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Lara Platman
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Lara Platman
Lara, an ambassador for Leica Camera, is the author and photographer of "Through the Night - the passion of Motorsport", "Spirit of Place: Whisky Distilleries of Scotland", "Harris Tweed: From Land to Street" and "Art Workers Guild 125 Years". She holds a motor racing license, a bike license, restored her own 1964 Series IIA Land Rover, which is now the daily drive, and loves to take on new adventures with it. Her passion for finding a trailblazer and documenting areas of culture that are considered to be eccentric or endangered, stem from being brought up in a family producing theatrical costumes.She trained as a photographer and journalist and now combines these two skills to bring an in-depth study to each of her projects.
FIELD TESTED: BushPig BBQ- who else has a barbecue painted in the colour of their Land Rover
Having owned this BBQ (or Braai) for over a year I used it for the first time last weekend and, oh my goodness, my chicken was the best-tasting chicken and the best-looking chicken on the whole campsite. These usually come…
Fay Taylor – Queen of Speedway by Brian Belton
I picked this book up at an open air autojumble in the summer. Quite apt really. I am always after books on fascinating women. Written by a chap – well, there is quite a lot of commentary in the book…
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse
I bought this book from Hatchard’s Piccadilly two weeks before Christmas in the hope I would sit by the fire and read it from start to finish. The book didn’t even make Christmas week. Cover to cover a total farce…
Wayward Women – A Guide to Women Travellers by Jane Robinson
There is always a book beside my bed, well a pile of them actually, but one of at the top of the pile these past few months has been Wayward Women. I first had this book out of the London…