Simon Woolley
Editor at Classic Ford Magazine
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Freelance writer + editor // editor of @classicfordmag
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Simon Woolley
The toppling of the statue of the British enslaver Edward Colston, five years ago today, felt like a historic moment. Bringing down this one statue and symbolically hurling it into Bristol harbour, protesters – predominantly white – drew international attention to the barbarity of African enslavement, its generated wealth that turbocharged the UK’s global power and the legacy of slavery, whose long historical tail had led to the murder of George Floyd less than two weeks before.
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2 months ago |
classicsworld.co.uk | Simon Woolley
Britain’s favourite van set to celebrate 60 years at the Classic Ford Show in May at the South of England Showground in West SussexIn 1965, Britain’s builders could finally find an easy home for every sheet of 8×4 they needed in the back of a van that handled like a car. The Transit’s arrival 60 years ago saw the founding of an impressive commercial vehicle dynasty and another household name for the Blue Oval.
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Sep 21, 2024 |
blackhistorymonth.org.uk | Simon Woolley
I am always struck by the deluge of micro aggressions many Black people have to face, often on a daily basis. On a train, for example, you’ll be the last person a white traveller will sit next to as they asses where to sit. In London you’ll need on average two or three vacant black cabs for one to stop. In shops and in stores the body language of the service provider readily tells you’re not welcome.
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May 30, 2024 |
msn.com | Simon Woolley
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May 30, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Simon Woolley
After one week of campaigning, and successfully so, Keir Starmer is discovering there are some events that defy storyboarding and scrupulous choreography.
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New work for @Speedhunters now up with photos by @markriccioni featuring an ex-Japan T25 Escort Cosworth given the production line treatment to its undercrackers by resto masters SR Autobodies 👇 https://t.co/LyT0pQAP3x https://t.co/kcBqXyw6QG
Chuffed that not only is @FordFestShow back on the calendar for 2024 (September 22) but it's at Mallory Park, too - one of my favourite UK circuits Got to be Cortina's track debut, I reckon 😎 https://t.co/wgPKYULpSs
RT @classicfordmag: The May-June issue's out now and inside we pay tribute to Ford’s legendary twin-cam engines from the classic Lotus and…