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:

Luxury in Bath, UK April 29, 2015
With its acclaimed three AA rosette restaurant - The Olive Tree - that has even been recognised in the Good Hotel Guide guests cannot help but feel that this is quite a find

Live at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015; Internationally acclaimed animal sculptor Edward Waites

Welsh artist Julia Harris

Her painting was selected by comedian Richard Digance, who is also a painter himself.

Motoring: Honda Civic April 1, 2015
The Civic has been awarded a five-star EuroNCAP rating thanks to its plethora of safety equipment including adaptive cruise control and collision mitigation – which applies the brakes if it thinks you’re about to crash.

Sylvia Paul has been exhibiting in galleries for more than 30 years and is well established in the East Anglian region.

Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens is a must to visit

Hamish Baird

Magna Carta exhibition March 18, 2015
Surrey artist Alan Perriman’s ‘Runnymede Ghosts’ exhibition from June 12 to June 16

Glyn

Visit Mongolia in the UK this May

Motoring: Honda Civic Tourer February 25, 2015
The Tourer is certainly visually appealing and looks decidedly futuristic, which is surprising for an estate car, which so often looks the poor relation when compared to its hatchback or saloon variants.

Travel feature: Kent, UK

Journeys from the forest to the sea by Claire Wiltsher

Claire Eastgate from Shropshire

Liz Whiteside from Newcastle

Motoring: VW Golf SV February 4, 2015
Overall, while there is a feeling of quality and robustness about the vehicle one cannot help feeling that it is lacking some useful features that would be really appreciated.

Sarah MacDonald from Campeltown

Bell Fine Art in Winchester, Hampshire

Motoring: Peugeot 308 January 7, 2015
The Pug is a versatile car looking the part no matter what the plan; family or business.

Richard Whincop


Artist publishes old story December 3, 2014
Robert Mountjoy; Farmer and the Parrot.

In town it is economical and on the motorway it is surprisingly fast.

Travel feature: Jersey December 1, 2014
There are only two ways to travel to Jersey: air or sea. We opt for Condor Ferries, sailing from Poole to St Helier.

Pollyanna Pickering


Ruth Gray from Belper

A versatile people carrier November 5, 2014
Motoring: Mazda 5

The farm at Woodbridge in Suffolk opened as a family attraction in 1974, at a time when such attractions were few and far between, compared to today