The Things They Say...

He left the country broke and disillusioned, to spend the rest of his days racing foreign cars. He finally met his end after a crash at the Tripoli Grand Prix in 1933.” – SW, announcing the BBC Birkin drama as the “Pick of the Day” in the Daily Mail Weekend TV Guide. A case of words in a twist; it was news to me that Sir Henry went to live abroad, and he actually finished third at Tripoli in a Maserati, behind Varzi’s Bugatti and Nuvolari’s Alfa Romeo.