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Look out for one another

  of the magazine is usually a précis of what is in this edition, but this time I would like to highlight what in it – namely my friend Charles Evans, who last month took his own life. Charles, or @douzecoupes as he was known on social, principally to Month in Pictures but also Octane Cars, for which he would bolt his rust-hiding filter onto his Canon and take pictures of my Triumph. He always eschewed payment, asking instead for a contribution to the charity Anthony Nolan. (I have made a donation in his honour; maybe you could, too.)

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