Podcast appearances and mentions of mike hawthorn

Patrick Henz tells the story of Rob Walker, heir to the famous Johnnie Walker family and founder of the Rob Walker Racing Team, played a pivotal role in Formula One history. His team achieved many milestones and would had been instrumental in efforts to bring Stirling Moss to Ferrari. However, Walker was also closely linked to the tragic deaths of Mike Hawthorn, Ricardo Rodríguez, and Gary Hocking. Officially, he was never held responsible for these events.

Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel. In this episode, Jon reflects on his experiences and the evolving landscape of automotive safety. He delves into the presentation by the airbag manufacturer Autoliv, exploring the company's innovations and their impact on global car safety. Jon also shares his thoughts on the tension between safety measures and the freedom of driving, recounting personal anecdotes and observations on motorcycle riding, driver behavior, and regulatory environments. The episode covers the history and future trends in automotive technology, the role of organizations like the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the broader implications of vehicle autonomy and electrification. ==================== 2001: A Space Odyssey Autoliv have half of the global airbag market The venue - Nordic Innovation House Similar event to the Hawkwind and Lidar pod Sven Beiker and SAE Mobilus Know Thine Enemy ? Safety Fast, not Safety Fast The Motorcycle Helmet law debate - personal choice, or the state's right to dictate what you do Harley Davidson Roadglide digression Smoking while riding Barry Sheene's smoking helmet Ned Ludd Saving 35,000 lives a year, targeting 100,000 Safety is a Sherman Tank for the School Run Freedom and Freedumb are a trade off Waymo now (Q4 ‘24) functional in San Francisco, despite the odd phantom driver The Roi de Belge opera seating position and Leopold of Belgium Becker Limos Vis a Vis seating The cliche'd image of the Car of The Future Freedumb makes you happy - exposing yourself to irrational danger makes you fullfilled Exposure to risk makes it an adventure Parrallels between dogs and bikes Honda CBR Racebike lives again An embarrassing fall Bikini chicks and celebrities Forgetting to switch on the CBR fuel tap A eulogy on doing hard things because they are hard Analysis and Statistics suck the Joy out of motoring Running Wild - Free Wind Rider SAE and Standards Hanna Karlssen Bunac Student Exchange program Active Safety vs. Passive Safety $5 milliseconds to get an airbag inflated Only 10ms for side impact airbags The Door Hit; Keith Odor, Mike Hawthorn, JD McDuffie Airbags for big rigs, safely rolling 18 wheelers Airbags in bikes (!!!) Pedestrian airbags in the cowl Run over by a grey Citroen BX “We Must Design For Free Flying Objects in the Cabin” Steering Wheel Cover design Zoox Fireside Seating (new words for Vis A Vis) Safety Focus on Low Speed Prangs Blocking and Tackling of safety - seat belt positions, design of cars noses Saxon - Forever Free ===== (Oo---x---oO) ===== The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net More Information: https://www.motoringpodcast.net/ Become a VIP at: https://www.patreon.com/ Online Magazine: https://www.gtmotorsports.org/ Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This content is also available via jonsummers.net. This episode is part of the Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

In episode 81 of the BaT Podcast, Alex, Randy, and Zac reunite to lick their respective social media wounds ahead of the third edition of their new favorite game, The One-Year Garage. This time, the year is 1956 and Howard kicks it off with an easy theft from Randy, who maintains that shoving one's children through uncomfortable spaces is much cooler than granting them their own doors and goes on to expound further on his own car-related deficiencies as a father.  They move on to briefly rank the wives of Don Draper and mention Zac's upcoming race weekend in a field of, coincidentally, 56 Spec Miatas. The conversation turns to very special Italian sports cars and shocks Randy with a Porsche transmission revelation. Howard proves that one can make an eye-roll obvious in an audio recording, Randy does his best to describe the ultimate way to drive over a Canada goose, and Alex declares a favorite car of all time. Wild card territory sees Howard singing and declaring his love for Mike Hawthorn, Randy poking fun at our brick-and-mortar compatriots, Zac courting legal trouble with Ferrari, and everyone failing to send a link to the producer. They wrap by barely scratching the surface of honorable mentions for this absolutely stellar year in automotive history. We want to know: What five cars are on your list? Why are our picks stupid? What did we forget about in our race to pick perfection? Let us know in the comments below! Follow along! Links for the picks discussed in this episode: 1:30 The One-Year Garage: 1995 5:20 1956 Chevy Nomads on BaT 7:00 1956 Chrysler 3ooBs on BaT 8:18 Supercharged 1956 Ford Country Squire Wagon 10:33 1956 Fiat Multipla 13:06 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Lightweight 15:23 The crown jewel of Italian collaborations is this Zagato bodied Fiat 8 V Berlinetta (Classic Driver) 18:29 1956 AC Aceca 19:35 Porsche 550 Spyder 22:26 406-Powered 1956 Chevrolet Carryall Suburban 22:42 1956 Dodge Power Wagons on BaT 24:31 Cummins-Powered 1949 Dodge Power Wagon Four-Door 25:04 1956 Ford F100s on BaT  25:50 1956 Fiat-Bartoletti Tipo 306 Race Car Transporter (Sports Car Market) 27:15 Willock Swivel-Frame: 1958 Dodge Power Wagon 28:25 Lot #10,000: 1956 Porsche 356A Carrera GS Coupe 29:57 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing & Roadster Model Page 32:04 Aston Martin DB2/4s on BaT 33:10 1956 BMW R60 34:27 30-Years-Owned 1956 Volkswagen Beetle 35:21 Ferrari 290 MM (1956) 37:35 Ex-Gustavo Quintero 2-owner 1957 BMW 507 Series 2 (Supercar Nostalgia) 40:01 Ferrari D50: 1955 F1 single-seater 45:11 Earls Court Motor Show 1956 Austin-Healey 100M 45:49 Alfa Romeo Van at 2023 BaT Monterey Alumni Gathering 46:59 Rally Veteran: 1956 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 48:51 1956 Thunderbirds on BaT 49:22 22-Years-Owned 1958 Lotus Eleven Series 2 Le Mans 50:48 1957 Continental Mark II Got questions for the BaT staff or suggestions for our next One Year? Don't hesitate to let us know! Write in to podcast@bringatrailer.com and we'll do our best to address them.

Hoy abordaremos la historia de un piloto sumamente talentoso que aunque tuvo una carrera corta y tan solo 3 victorias, es uno de los pilotos mas aguerridos que ha tenido la escudería Ferrari. Un accidente en Le Mans marcó su carrera, pero aún así persiguió el campeonato de Fórmula 1 que tanto anhelaba. Conoce más de este gran campeón. No olvides suscribirte y dejar tu like en este video.

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This episode is all about books and the tales they tell. Crispian Besley talks about his new book ‘Driven to Crime' which investigates the seedier side of the motor sport world, and world-renowned author Doug Nye talks to Paul Tarsey about everything from why Mike Hawthorn wasn't universally popular in his home town to the tale of the Italian lunch that brought about the Goodwood Festival of Speed. In a full length, exclusive, interview, Doug also explains his thoughts on Vanwall and their rivals at BRM. Since the runaway success of Jon Saltinstall's biography of Niki Lauda the author has been researching and writing a new volume about Jacky Ickx, Unusually, Saltinstall was able to rely on the wholehearted support of Ickx himself, creating a full and in-depth look at the life of the great Belgian driver. Jon Saltinstall explains why he so much enjoyed his time with Jacky too. Paul Jurd revisits a couple of books by Tim Beavis and Guy Loveridge featuring photographs from the racetracks of the 1960s and '70s and wallows in the nostalgia from those times. 

Es curioso: La etapa de la Fórmula 1 que en mi opinión ha sido la más aburrida de la historia, ha acabado con una de las carreras más emocionantes de la historia… pero es que en la #F1 ha habido carreras muy, pero que muy emocionantes. Os hemos seleccionado las 10 mejores… Está claro que para conseguir carreras emocionantes hay cuatro ingredientes que, al menos alguno, no pueden faltar: Circuitos míticos, grandes pilotos, estrategias atrevidas… y la lluvia. No es casual que aparezcan Nürburgring, Monza, Mónaco por duplicado o mi querido Jarama…y Jerez, ¡qué pena que no vaya la F1 a Jerez! Ni es casual que aparezcan nombres como Cevert, Fangio, Lauda, Senna, Mansell, Verstappen o Alonso. 1. Nürburgring (Alemania) 1957. La estrategia no es algo nuevo. Ya en 1957 una buena estrategia podía valer una victoria. Para muchos esta carrera es la obra maestra de Fangio que decidió hacer la carrera con neumáticos blandos y la mitad de gasolina y parar a media carrera. Sus rivales, nada menos que Mike Hawthorn y Peter Collins hicieron la carrera de un tirón. 2. Monza (Italia) 1971. La carrera más ajustada de la historia. Sólo una centésima separó al vencedor, Peter Gethin, de Peterson. No solo es la carrera con menor diferencia entre los dos primeros de la historia, también la llegada en grupo más ajustada, con Cevert, Hailwood y Ganley a rebufo. 3. Monte Fuji (Japón) 1976. Lauda era humano. Porque, aunque hasta entonces pareciese un robot o un androide, en esta carrera Lauda demostró ser humano… y este gesto, para mí, le hace más grande. Pese el accidente de Nürburgring y gracias a una milagrosa y esforzada recuperación, Lauda podía ganar el título. 4. Jarama (España) 1981. ¿Quién lo imaginaba? El circuito del Jarama fue el escenario de la última victoria de Gilles Villeneuve. Nadie lo imaginaba en ese momento. Y, por cierto, el último Gran Premio de Fórmula 1 que se celebró en Madrid. 5. Mónaco (1982). ¿Nadie quiere ganar? Eso parecía en 1982 en G.P. de Mónaco. En la penúltima vuelta Patrese que iba primero con su Brabham trompea y cala el motor. Le adelantan Pironi con Ferrari y De Cesaris con Alfa Romeo, pero en la última vuelta los coches italianos se pararon, el Ferrari con una avería y el Alfa sin gasolina. Al final Patrese consigue ganar la carrera que nadie quería ganar. 6. Jerez (España) 1986. Senna es mucho Senna. Incluso para un Nigel Mansell en su mejor momento. Mansell pinchó una rueda de su Williams y se reincorporó a la pista a 20 segundos del Lotus de Ayrton Senna y a algo menos del McLaren de Alain Prost. Impuso un ritmo frenético increíble con los neumáticos nuevos, adelantó a Prost y cuando faltaban dos vueltas estaba a 6 segundos de Senna aún estaba lejos. Esas dos vueltas son para la historia de la F1. 7. Mónaco (1996). Combinación explosiva. Circuito urbano y lluvia a mares igual a emoción garantizada. Michael Schumacher, salía primero, poro no completo ni una vuelta. Ni tampoco Pedro Lamy, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jos Verstappen, el padre de Max ni Rubens Barrichello. Hill se puso en primero, pero rompió en la vuelta 40. Jean Alesi heredó la primera plaza, pero a 15 vueltas del final rompió su suspensión. ¡Y apareció Olivier Panis! Había salido decimocuarto y con su modesto Ligier después de 75 vueltas y dos horas de carrera, logró su primera y única victoria en la Fórmula 1. 8. Imola (Italia) 2005. Cuando Fernando se puso galones. Fernando Alonso luchaba por su primer título mundial contra Kimi Räikkönen. Pero en Imola, el rival fue el más duro posible, Michael Schumacher que estuvo más de 20 vueltas rodando a solo unas décimas del español, aunque no consiguió superarlo. 9. Montreal (Canadá) 2011. El mundo está loco, loco, loco. Es el título de una película, pero encaja en esta carrera, celebrada en el circuito Gilles Villeneuve, una de las más raras y curiosas de la historia de la Fórmula 1. Llovía y Jenson Button a pesar de recibir un “drive-through” por superar la velocidad tras el Safety, de sufrir un pinchazo, de hacer seis paradas en boxes y de pelear con Sebastian Vettel, ganó la carrera. 10. Yas Marina (Abu Dabi) 2021. Una vuelta que vale un Mundial. ¡Quién lo iba a decir! Que después de 7 años bastante aburridos con el reglamento híbrido de 2014, que ha ganado siempre la misma escudería y casi siempre, el mismo piloto, íbamos a cerrar esta etapa con una temporada así, con un G.P. así y con una última vuelta como la que vimos. Coche del día ¡Seguro que no adivináis el coche del día! Tiene que ver con la F1… en mi caso. Ya os he comentado que escuché el GP del Jarama que ganó Villeneuve en la mili, concretamente dentro de un Land Rover Santana largo del ‘78, un coche que fue mi primer contacto con el TT y con la tracción total… y que disfrute como un niño.

On this day in 1958, England claim their first Formula One World Champion in Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss won the Moroccan GP. Matt pays tribute and remembers a special day.

In this episode Ganna Pogrebna and Patrick Henz speak about the first British Formula One champion, Mike Hawthorn. His life, career and legacy. We talk about the way he approached his driving, car analytics, his work with Enzo Ferrari, discuss major wins and accidents. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Looking back on these times now it is difficult to see when I managed to devote the time to my basic job when at any moment I was going to be asked to imitate Stirling Moss or Mike Hawthorn in a mini van!

Welcome back. We've been expecting you.We have a bit of a longer episode than usual this week because we just had so many interesting people to talk about, including a liar who looks like Hugh Jackman, and one of the most prolific Astronomers to ever live.But, first up, the Nerds discuss the rumoured Disney Robin Hood remake. In live action. With photorealistic CGI. This sounds terrifying. This is a terrible idea. This will haunt your nightmares forever.One of Professor's favourite game studios has had a great year, and Professor wants to talk about their future. Bohemia Interactive has some great projects in the works that are well worth checking out, so we've got a summary for you.Dev-i-Boy has brought us the ESRB's disappointing attempt to resolve the Lootbox debate. He and Professor agree that this is a poor response. Maybe one day there will be a solution, but not today.Dev-i has also found the algorithm for creating the perfect steak. It involves dozens of factors and complicated equations. But don't pull this paper out next time you go to a barbecue, or everyone will go home before you start cooking.As usual, we bring you the games of the week. Professor and his girlfriend are finding out why they shouldn't have kids in Think of the Children. DJ and Professor are still playing Generation Zero. Professor is better at surviving the robot apocalypse than he is at raising kids. Dev-i is playing VR chat again. We wish him luck in his quest to become an anime girl.Live action Robin Hood movie starring animals-https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/robin-hood-remake-works-at-disney-blindspotting-director-1289702Bohemia Interactive sales reaching 68 million USD-https://www.bohemia.net/blog/bohemia-interactive-sales-reaching-68-milion-usd-in-2019ESRB’s new measures to combat loot boxes- https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/13/21219192/esrb-new-label-loot-boxes-gacha-gameThe mathematically perfect steak-https://www.sciencenews.org/article/math-equations-cooking-perfect-steak-beef-meat-simulation- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjp%2Fs13360-020-00311-0Games PlayedProfessor– Think of the Children - https://store.steampowered.com/app/573600/Think_of_the_Children/Rating: 4.5/5DJ– Generation Zero - https://store.steampowered.com/app/704270/Generation_Zero/Rating: 4.5/5Dev-i-Boy– VRChat - https://store.steampowered.com/app/438100/VRChat/Rating: 4/5Other topics discussedCats movie butthole cut coming soon- https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/6/21207710/cats-release-the-butthole-cutARMA 3 (open-world, realism-based, military tactical shooter video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARMA_3DayZ (DayZ is a survival video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DayZ_(video_game)ARMA 3 APEX : Old man- https://arma3.com/news/arma-3-apex-old-man-is-now-availableARMA 3 developers arrested in Greece- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARMA_3#Espionage_arrestsARMA 3 banned in Iran- https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/19/3357600/arma-3-banned-in-iranVigor (Free-to-play online action game by Bohemia Interactive for the Xbox One.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigor_(video_game)Minecraft Hunger Games- https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/technology-blog/minecraft-hunger-games-exists-just-amazing-imagining-165117705.htmlStar Wars Battlefront II (action shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Battlefront_II_(2017_video_game)Heston Blumenthal's perfect steak- https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/heston-blumenthals-perfect-steakPerfect steak journal article- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.10787.pdfFlory-Huggin’s theory (Flory–Huggins solution theory is a lattice model of the thermodynamics of polymer solutions which takes account of the great dissimilarity in molecular sizes in adapting the usual expression for the entropy of mixing.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flory%E2%80%93Huggins_solution_theoryIncredible dads save kids compilation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RIhUUt88ZMOculus Quest (Oculus Quest is our first all-in-one gaming system for virtual reality.)- https://www.oculus.com/quest/?locale=en_USUgandan Knuckles (Ugandan Knuckles is the nickname given to a depiction of the character Knuckles from the Sonic franchise created by YouTuber Gregzilla, which is often used as an avatar by players in the multiplayer game VRChat who repeat phrases like "do you know the way" and memes associated with the country Uganda, most notably the film Who Killed Captain Alex? and Zulul.)- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ugandan-knucklesSimp (Simp, often interpreted as an acronym for Sucker Idolizing Mediocre Pussy or a portmanteau of "sissy" and "pimp," is a slang expression used to ridicule males who are perceived as being overly invested in a woman and acting submissive to that person.)- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/simpAmiga 500 (The Amiga 500, also known as the A500, is the first low-end Commodore Amiga 16/32-bitmultimedia home/personal computer.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500Conway’s Game Of Life (The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematicianJohn Horton Conway in 1970.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_LifeBuild a working game of Tetris in Conway's Game of Life- https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/11880/build-a-working-game-of-tetris-in-conways-game-of-lifeThe Avengers (British espionage television programme created in 1961.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)The Avengers (1998 American action spy film adaptation of the British television series of the same name directed by Jeremiah Chechik.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)Brown note (a infrasonic frequency that would cause humans to lose control of their bowels due to resonance.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_noteTed Kaczynski (also known as the Unabomber, is an American domestic terrorist, anarchist, and former mathematics professor.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_KaczynskiKen Kesey (American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_KeseyThat’s not COVID (TNC podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/thatsnotcovidpodcastShout Outs11 April 2020 – John Conway, a renowned mathematician who created one of the first computer games passes away - https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/us/john-conway-death-obit-trnd/index.htmlJohn Conway, English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory,number theory,combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. A Google search for "Conway's Game of Life" prompts the search engine to automatically start playing the game. It is now commonly used as an introductory exercise in computing classes. Conway used his love of games to connect with children, spending time at math camps across the country. He passed away from complications from COVID-19 at the age of 82 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.12 April 2020 – Sir Stirling Moss, F1 driver known as one of the best behind the wheel, passes away - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stirling-moss-f1-driver-known-as-one-of-the-best-behind-the-wheel-dies-at-90/2020/04/12/91f03b9c-7cd3-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.htmlSir Stirling Craufurd Moss, a British Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of competition and has been described as "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". Mr. Moss was known in his sport as “Mr. Motor Racing.” Long after his retirement, he was also considered a British national treasure — a dashing gentleman racer who was chivalrous and always sportsmanlike to his competitors despite the cut and thrust of motor racing. He was knighted by Prince Charles, standing in for the queen, in 2000. Mr. Moss’s sportsmanship was perhaps most evident in 1958, when he could have won the world championship after taking the Portuguese Grand Prix in Porto in his British-made Vanwall racecar. His archrival, Mike Hawthorn, finished second, giving him a key six points, which would have clinched the world title. But Hawthorn, a fellow Englishman, was threatened with disqualification for pushing his stalled Ferrari back onto the track after a spin. His disqualification would have put Mr. Moss in the driver’s seat for the world title. But Mr. Moss told race officials that Hawthorn had pushed his Ferrari only on an off-the-track area and should not be disqualified. His intervention swayed the officials, who awarded Hawthorn second place, eventually enabling him to win the F1 world championship by a single point over Mr. Moss. He passed away from a long illness at the age of 90 in Mayfair, London.12 April 2020 – Tim Brooke Taylor, best known for his work on The Goodies and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue passes away - https://www.etonline.com/tim-brooke-taylor-the-goodies-star-dies-at-79-of-coronavirus-complications-144654Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor, English comedian and actor. He was best known as a member of The Goodies, starring in the television series throughout the 1970s and picking up international recognition in Australia and New Zealand. He also appeared as an actor in various sitcoms, and was a panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue for almost 50 years. In 2008, Brooke-Taylor was heard in the Doctor Who audio story The Zygon Who Fell To Earth, made by Big Finish Productions. Paul McGann played the Eighth Doctor, and Brooke-Taylor played the part of Mims, a Zygon taking the shape of a human. In 2011, Brooke-Taylor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) during Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honors, for his services to entertainment. He passed away from complications from COVID-19 at the age of 79 in the United Kingdom.13 April 2020 – Rick May, who voiced Star Fox 64 and Team Fortress II passed away - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8216159/Rick-voiced-Star-Fox-64-Team-Fortress-II-characters-dies-79-coronavirus.htmlRick May, American voice actor and theatrical performer, director, and teacher from Seattle, Washington. He began voice acting in video games in the late 1990s, including roles as Peppy Hare and Andross in Star Fox 64, Peppy Hare might not be one of gaming's most famous characters, but May’s line in 1997's Star Fox 64 where he played Fox McCloud’s mentor is one of the most iconic lines in gaming history - so much so that even Google got in on the beloved meme. Go ahead, Google "Do a barrel roll". His other various campaign characters, include Genghis Khan, in Age of Empires II'; and Soldier in Team Fortress 2. He passed away from complications from COVID-19 at the age of 79 in Seattle,Washington.14 April 2020 – Pip Baker, one half of the Dr Who writing duo known as Pip and Jane Baker passes away - http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/04/pip-baker-died-2020.htmlPip Baker, along with his wife and writing partner Jane, was one of the best-known writers from the mid 80's era of Doctor Who, writing eleven episodes for the series. Together they created the Rani, a female Time Lord scientist who was brought to life so vividly by the late Kate O'Mara, as well a creating the companion Mel. The Bakers scripted or contributed to four serials for the programme in the 1980s: The Mark of the Rani, The Trial of a Time Lord, Parts 9–12 and 14 (also known as Terror of the Vervoids and The Ultimate Foe); and Time and the Rani. They have also written novelisations of these stories, as well as a Make Your Own Adventure With Doctor Who (Find Your Fate With Doctor Who in the United States) gamebook titled Race Against Time. Pip and Jane's audio story The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind featured the return of the Rani and was released in 2000. He passed away from complication from a fall at the age of 91 in the United Kingdom.Remembrances5 April 2020 – Honor Blackman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_BlackmanEnglish actress, widely known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers, Bond girlPussy Galore in Goldfinger, Julia Daggett in Shalako and Hera in Jason and the Argonauts. She is also known for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand. At 38, she was one of the oldest actresses to play a Bond girl, and was five years older than the star Sean Connery. Albert R. Broccoli said Blackman was cast opposite Sean Connery in the James Bond films based on her success in the British television series The Avengers. He knew that most American audiences would not have seen the programme. Broccoli said, "The Brits would love her because they knew her as Mrs. Gale, the Yanks would like her because she was so good, it was a perfect combination." She died from natural causes at the age of 94 in Lewes, Sussex.13 April 1938 – Grey Owl - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_OwlArchibald Stansfeld Belaney, commonly known as Grey Owl, was a British-born conservationist, fur trapper, and writer who pretended to be a First Nations person. While he achieved fame as a conservationist during his life, after his death the revelation that he was not Indigenous, along with other autobiographical fabrications, negatively affected his reputation. Belaney rose to prominence as a notable author and lecturer, primarily on environmental issues. In working with the National Parks Branch, Grey Owl became the subject of many films, and was established as the "'caretaker of park animals' at Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba" in 1931. Together with his numerous articles, books, films and lectures, his views on conservation reached audiences beyond the borders of Canada. His conservation views largely focused on humans' negative impact on nature through their commodification of nature's resources for profits, and a need for humans to develop a respect for the natural world. Recognition of Belaney has included biographies, a historic plaque at his birthplace, and a 1999 biopic about his life by the director Richard Attenborough. He died from pneumonia at the age of 49 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.13 April 1941 – Annie Jump Cannon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_CannonAmerican astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types. She was nearly deaf throughout her career. She was a suffragist and a member of the National Women's Party. Cannon manually classified more stars in a lifetime than anyone else, with a total of around 350,000 stars. She discovered 300 variable stars, five novas, and one spectroscopic binary, creating a bibliography that included about 200,000 references. She discovered her first star in 1898, though she was not able to confirm it until 1905. When she first started cataloging the stars, she was able to classify 1,000 stars in three years, but by 1913, she was able to work on 200 stars an hour. Cannon could classify three stars a minute just by looking at their spectral patterns and, if using a magnifying glass, could classify stars down to the ninth magnitude, around 16 times fainter than the human eye can see. Her work was also highly accurate. In 1925 she became the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate of science from Oxford University. In 1935, she created the Annie J. Cannon Prize for "the woman of any country, whose contributions to the science of astronomy are the most distinguished." She died from congestive heart failure at the age of 77 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.13 April 1944 - Cécile Chaminade - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_ChaminadeFrench composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. Ambroise Thomas said, "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman." In 1908 she visited the United States, where she was accorded a hearty welcome. Her compositions were tremendous favorites with the American public, and such pieces as the Scarf Dance or the Ballet No. 1 were to be found in the music libraries of many lovers of piano music of the time. She composed a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, the ballet music to Callirhoé and other orchestral works. Her songs, such as The Silver Ring and Ritournelle, were also great favorites. In London in November 1901, she made gramophone recordings of seven of her compositions for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company; these are among the most sought-after piano recordings by collectors, though they have been reissued on compact disk. Chaminade was relegated to obscurity for the second half of the 20th century, her piano pieces and songs mostly forgotten, with the Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107, composed for the 1902 Paris Conservatoire Concours, her most popular piece today. Chaminade's music has been described as tuneful, highly accessible and mildly chromatic, and it may be regarded as bearing the typical characteristics of late-Romantic French music. She died at the age of 86 in Monte Carlo.Famous Birthdays13 April 1570 – Guy Fawkes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_FawkesAlso known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for mainland Europe, where he fought for Catholic Spain in the Eighty Years' War against Protestant Dutch reformers in the Low Countries. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England without success. He later met Thomas Wintour, with whom he returned to England. Wintour introduced him to Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. The plotters leased an undercroft beneath the House of Lords; Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder which they stockpiled there. The authorities were prompted by an anonymous letter to search Westminster Palace during the early hours of 5 November, and they found Fawkes guarding the explosives. He was questioned and tortured over the next few days and confessed to wanting to blow up the House of Lords. He became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in the UK as Guy Fawkes Night since 5 November 1605, when his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, commonly accompanied by fireworks. He was born in Stonegate, York.13 April 1892 - Robert Watson-Watt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Watson-WattSir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, Scottish pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology. Watt began his career in radio physics with a job at the Met Office, where he began looking for accurate ways to track thunderstorms using the radio signals given off by lightning. This led to the 1920s development of a system later known as huff-duff. Huff-duff allowed operators to determine the location of an enemy radio in seconds and it became a major part of the network of systems that helped defeat the U-boat threat. It is estimated that huff-duff was used in about a quarter of all attacks on U-boats. In 1935 Watt was asked to comment on reports of a German death ray based on radio. Watt and his assistant Arnold Frederic Wilkins quickly determined it was not possible, but Wilkins suggested using radio signals to locate aircraft at long distances. This led to a February 1935 demonstration where signals from a BBC short-wave transmitter were bounced off a Handley Page Heyford aircraft. Watt led the development of a practical version of this device, which entered service in 1938 under the code name Chain Home. Watson-Watt justified his choice of a non-optimal frequency for his radar, with his often-quoted “cult of the imperfect,” which he stated as “Give them the third-best to go on with; the second-best comes too late, [and] the best never comes.” He was born in Brechin,Angus.13 April 1899 - Alfred Mosher Butts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Mosher_ButtsAmerican architect, famous for inventing the board gameScrabble in 1938. In the early 1930s after working as an architect but now unemployed, Butts set out to design a board game. He studied existing games and found that games fell into three categories: number games such as dice and bingo; move games such as chess and checkers; and word games such as anagrams. Butts decided to create a game that utilized both chance and skill by combining elements of anagrams and crossword puzzles, a popular pastime of the 1920s. Players would draw seven lettered tiles from a pool and then attempt to form words from their seven letters. A key to the game was Butts' analysis of the English language. Butts studied the front page of The New York Times to calculate how frequently each letter of the alphabet was used. He then used each letter's frequency to determine how many of each letter he would include in the game. He included only four "S" tiles so that the ability to make words plural would not make the game too easy. Butts initially called the game "Lexiko", but later changed the name to "Criss Cross Words", after considering "It", and began to look for a buyer. The game makers he originally contacted rejected the idea, but Butts was tenacious. Eventually, he sold the rights to entrepreneur and game-lover James Brunot, who made a few minor adjustments to the design and renamed the game "Scrabble." To memorialize Butts's importance to the invention of the game, there is a street sign at 35th Avenue and 81st Street in Jackson Heights that is stylized using letters, with their values in Scrabble as a subscript. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.Events of Interest13 April 1953 – Project MKUltra begins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltraProject MKUltra (or MK-Ultra), also called the CIA mind control program, is the code name given to a program of experiments on human subjects that were designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, some of which were illegal. Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs and procedures to be used in interrogations in order to weaken the individual and force confessions through mind control. The project's intentionally obscure CIA cryptonym is made up of the digraph MK, meaning that the project was sponsored by the agency's Technical Services Staff, followed by the word Ultra which had previously been used to designate the most secret classification of World War II intelligence. Other related cryptonyms include Project MKNAOMI and Project MKDELTA. The project was organized through the Office of Scientific Intelligence of the CIA and coordinated with the United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories. Code names for drug-related experiments were Project Bluebird and Project Artichoke. The program engaged in many illegal activities, including the use of U.S. and Canadian citizens as its unwitting test subjects, which led to controversy regarding its legitimacy. MKUltra used numerous methods to manipulate its subjects' mental states and brain functions. Techniques included the covert administration of high doses ofpsychoactive drugs (especially LSD) and other chemicals, electroshocks, hypnosis,sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, as well as other forms of torture. In December 2018, declassified documents included a letter to an unidentified doctor discussing work on six dogs made to run, turn and stop via remote control and brain implants.13 April 1970 - Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/apollo-13-oxygen-tank-explodesOn April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission. Astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise had left Earth two days before for the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon but were forced to turn their attention to simply making it home alive. Mission commander Lovell reported to mission control on Earth: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and it was discovered that the normal supply of oxygen, electricity, light, and water had been disrupted. The landing mission was aborted, and the astronauts and controllers on Earth scrambled to come up with emergency procedures. The crippled spacecraft continued to the moon, circled it, and began a long, cold journey back to Earth. The astronauts and mission control were faced with enormous logistical problems in stabilizing the spacecraft and its air supply and providing enough energy to the damaged fuel cells to allow successful reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Navigation was another problem, and Apollo 13‘s course was repeatedly corrected with dramatic and untested maneuvers. On April 17, with the world anxiously watching, tragedy turned to triumph as the Apollo 13 astronauts touched down safely in the Pacific Ocean.13 April 2017 - The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province,Afghanistan.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Nangarhar_airstrikeThe GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (commonly known as "Mother of All Bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory. At the time of development, it was said to be the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the American arsenal. The basic principle resembles that of the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, which was used to clear heavily wooded areas in the Vietnam War. Pentagon officials suggested MOAB might be used as an anti-personnel weapon, as part of the "shock and awe" strategy integral to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The MOAB is not a penetrator weapon and is primarily intended for soft to medium surface targets covering extended areas and targets in a contained environment such as a deep canyon or within a cave system. The MOAB was first dropped in combat in the 13 April 2017 airstrike against an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIS) tunnel complex in Achin District, Afghanistan. Casualty figures were initially reported as 36 but increased over the following days as reconnaissance units investigated the site. On 18 April 2017, one senior Afghan security official said the bomb killed 96 Islamic State militants, among them 13 major commanders. Stars and Stripes reported that General Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said that since the strike, the offensive operation in the area was resumed. 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MINI VAN TO THE STATIONTaken from “It’s a Rum Life” Book two “Boston 1960 to 1970”Looking back on these times now it is difficult to see when I managed to devote the mind to my basic job when at any time I was going to be asked to imitate Stirling Moss or Mike Hawthorn in a mini van!.....................................

The Grand Prix de Farnham took place in October 2018 to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Mike Hawthorn  winning the Formula 1 World Championship. On 19 October 1958 the Moroccan Grand Prix was held on a circuit near Casablanca. This was the only time that Morocco has hosted a world championship Grand Prix. Mike Hawthorn … Continue reading "The Grand Prix de Farnham – October 2018" The post The Grand Prix de Farnham – October 2018 appeared first on The MrT Podcast Studio.

Mike, Jim and Graham spend the day in a wet Farnham town... Luckily, there is an event paying tribute to the 60th Anniversary of Mike Hawthorn winning the Formula One World Championship to keep them occupied!In amongst the vehicles they admire are Ferraris, Jaguars, Bentleys, a Fiat Abarth 750, an Austin Atlantic, and the Thinwall Special Ferrari driven by Hawthorn himself.Check out the highlights video on the UKMotorTalk website

Mike, Jim and Graham spend the day in a wet Farnham town... Luckily, there is an event paying tribute to the 60th Anniversary of Mike Hawthorn winning the Formula One World Championship to keep them occupied!In amongst the vehicles they admire are Ferraris, Jaguars, Bentleys, a Fiat Abarth 750, an Austin Atlantic, and the Thinwall Special Ferrari driven by Hawthorn himself.Check out the highlights video on the UKMotorTalk website

It's the time of year when F1 drivers get restless and start swapping seats... and it is hard to keep track!The Fiesta ST has been on track, and bringing smiles to a few faces.And we preview the Total Elf HTX Grand Prix of Farnham on 14th October... More from www.MikeHawthornGrandPrixOfFarnham.co.uk

It's the time of year when F1 drivers get restless and start swapping seats... and it is hard to keep track!The Fiesta ST has been on track, and bringing smiles to a few faces.And we preview the Total Elf HTX Grand Prix of Farnham on 14th October... More from www.MikeHawthornGrandPrixOfFarnham.co.uk