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Tim Saunders

Tim Saunders is the former Business and Motoring Editor of the Bournemouth Echo in the UK. testdrives.biz

Most Recent Articles by Tim Saunders:

Four years to find favourite artist

It took four years for a couple to track down their favourite artist after the art gallery where they first saw her work closed.
- Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Suzuki SX4 S-Cross

First impressions matter. In business it is that care and attention to appearance, dress and general conduct that makes a lasting impression.
- Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Motoring: Nissan Juke

Eye-catching design at an attractive price. That’s the combination on offer from Nissan with its Juke, the increasingly fashionable compact sports utility vehicle. There’s no denying it, it’s a great design that from a distance looks like a three door but thanks to cleverly concealed rear door handles it is actually a five door vehicle.
- Monday, March 24, 2014

Motoring: Volvo V40 D3 R-Design

Laser radar. It sounds like something off a sci-fi thriller but we’re actually talking about technology fitted to Volvo cars, those traditionally staid and dull vehicles, favoured by the flat cap brigade. Today’s hip and trendy Volvos are anything but and are packed with sophisticated technology that keeps the brand at the forefront of car design and manufacture. Its laser radar systems are a key ingredient.
- Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Art news: Year of the horse

It is the Chinese year of the horse and Britain’s foremost artists explain what the horse means to them:
“Horses are a large and powerful animal but still hold so much elegance and grace,” says the sculptor Edward Waites. “This is why I love to sculpt them as it lends so much for me to create works using my loose style. I currently live and I was brought up in our country’s horse racing capital – Newmarket. This has given me huge inspiration to work on projects involving the thoroughbred racehorse.”
- Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Motoring: Peugeot 5008

Transporting seven people in comfort can present a problem unless of course you don’t mind Transit vans.
- Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Two strokes that improved painting for one artist

Two strokes, paralysis and loss of speech. Yet Roy Mackintosh from Surrey has continued to develop his painting style selling more than 700 paintings in his career. He now plans to start exhibiting with galleries and commence teaching next year.
- Wednesday, February 26, 2014

UK art news: Aine Divine

The work of a Scottish artist has been selected for a prestigious competition. Aine Divine's painting of herself has been selected for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2014. "Last year I won a Windsor and Newton award with my painting of Matthew," says Aine from Midothian, who is currently doing lots of watercolour painting. "It's given me the incentive to apply for membership." Meanwhile her painting of Leonie has been pre-selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Exhibition 2014. "I don't know how many of the pre-selected paintings get through to the exhibition, here's hoping this does," she says.
- Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Motoring: Citroen DS3 Cabrio

A five seat cabriolet with an electronically folding hood that can be operated at speeds of up to 75mph.
- Wednesday, February 5, 2014
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