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Rolling Stone: Mission Critical

In war-torn Ukraine, professional medical staff and well-equipped ambulances are essential for treating injured soldiers. After driving an ambulance a thousand miles to where it’s needed, Adam Hay-Nicholls meets the medics saving lives behind the front line.

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Air Mail: Antique Road Show

At Mille Miglia, Italy’s most prestigious auto race, an appreciation for classic cars and all that comes with driving them—danger, beauty, and speed—endures across generations.

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Country Life: The Great Escape

Living off grid isn’t for the faint-hearted, says Adam Hay-Nicholls, but, for some, it can be a life-changing (and saving) experience.

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Motor Sport: Goodwood’s Blue Sky Thinker

The huge sculpture on the Duke of Richmond’s front lawn has become an essential element of the Festival of Speed. Adam Hay-Nicholls meets Gerry Judah, the creative figure behind the awe-inspiring Central Feature design.

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The Spectator: My night with Beyoncé at Dubai’s most lavish hotel

Last Saturday, Beyoncé was paid $24,000,000 (£19.5m) to perform for 1,500 invited guests in Dubai. Somehow, I was among them.

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Country Life: A freak like me

Ever been barked at or serenaded on an Aspen ski lift? You might just have encountered one of the resort’s notorious ski gangs, writes Adam Hay-Nicholls.

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Motor Sport: Shake, Rattle & Roll

The second season of the innovative Extreme E series has provided plenty of car-rolling drama, a few new locations and a different winner. So, how’s it progressing? Adam Hay-Nicholls went to the 2022 finale in Uruguay to find out.

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The Official Ferrari Magazine: Caledonia calling

The last time a technologically advanced visitor from Rome arrived in Scotland, it didn’t end well. Two millennia later, a Ferrari Roma follows ancient legionnaires along the Antonine Wall, bringing grand tourer comfort to an enchanting environment.

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PMC Journal: David Bowie

If it wasn’t for Roger Moore, we could have seen David Bowie playing Max Zorin in James Bond. Adam Hay-Nicholls explains…

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The Spectator: Ghost story – the dark side of Rolls-Royce

The Black Badge Ghost is the marque’s alter ego.

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Motor Sport: Arctic Monkeys

Lining up in some of the most inhospitable locations on the planet, Extreme E is motor sport with an environmental message. Adam Hay-Nicholls travelled to the frozen wilderness of Greenland to find out what all the noise (or lack of it) is about.

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Motor Sport: We can work it out

A crash in 2000 left Arrow McLaren SP co-owner Sam Schmidt paralysed. now technology has given him the opportunity to race again in a converted supercar and Adam Hay-Nicholls gets an exclusive – and incredible – test drive.

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Tempus: Explosive performance

We put the Lamborghini Urus through its paces on a daring drive to the top of volcanic Mt Etna – but can this powerful supercar really take the heat?

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Tempus: Making tracks

Hollywood actor and racing fanatic Patrick Dempsey chats to Tempus about his on-track highlights and dream film projects, as he takes on Porsche’s ice driving challenges with TAG Heuer.

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Classic Driver: Follow us on a trip down memory mud track with the legendary Camel Trophy

They just went for cigarettes – and ended up among headhunting tribesmen, piranhas and pockets of malaria. In search of the ultimate adventure, the Land Rovers that competed in the Camel Trophy in the 1980s and ‘90s literally went to the end of the world. We look back at their jaw-dropping stories.

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GQ: The Bono-approved Fiat 500 (RED) edition is here

Last century, Fiat built cars symbolic of Italy’s economic boom. Now, it’s building cars to beat pandemics – with a little bit of help from U2’s Bono.

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Country Life: A race for their lives

As the black cloud of the Second World War descended, three grand prix drivers came together to fight the Nazis. Only one would live to return to the race track. Adam Hay-Nicholls recounts the thrilling and tragic tale of the Bugatti spies.

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PMC Journal: Just Eddie

It might not surprise you to know that Eddie Irvine, the former Formula One driver, international tycoon and unreconstructed playboy from Northern Ireland, owns a few motors. It may surprise you, though, that his favourites are a brace of Aston Martin Cygnets which he acquired second-hand.

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Boisdale Life: Feel My Power

Adam Hay-Nicholls drives the McLaren Senna to East Anglia in search of something else very light and expensive.

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PMC Journal: Peter Sellers’ metal underwear

Peter Sellers had the most envied car history in celebritydom. Such was his propensity for constantly upgrading his motors, fellow Goon comic Spike Milligan referred to them as Peter’s “metal underwear” because he changed them with such frequency.

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Echelon: Full speed ahead

For Lewis Hamilton, breaking the mould is just part of the game. As he overtakes Michael Schumacher’s all-time win records, we look at how the world’s most successful race driver is carving out a legacy unlike any other – on and off the track.

By Adam Hay-Nicholls  

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France Magazine: Racing a toast

Adam Hay-Nicholls borrows a fast car and joins The Beaujolais Run – the longest-running pan-European rally – to grab the titular wine’s latest release and bring it back to Blighty in style.

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The Sunday Times Magazine: Me & My Motor

The 2nd Earl of Snowdon, born David Armstrong-Jones and known professionally as David Linley, loves Aston Martins, but he’s also rather partial to fast Fords and tiny continental run-arounds.

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