Brian Bold

Leaving London in 1964, Brian Bold hitchhikes to Geneva to find his fourth girlfriend and so begins a journey of over forty years. Driving more than twenty cars, nearly every one he's owned, he travels along the minor roads of personal fortune and the motorways of social and technological change. Travelling but never quite arriving, Brian breaks down on the way to the Cavern Club on the night of Kennedy's assassination, races an Austin Maestro at Silverstone, has a secret meeting with the Prime Minister and dresses up in another man's clothes. Often hilarious, sometimes poignant, always engaging, these stories of a family, told through the car journeys they make, remind us of our own progress from baby boomer to grey parent. This is a love story and memoir as well as perhaps the longest road story ever told.

THE EXTRA MILES - On Roads Still To Travel Ten years after publishing ROAD WORKS, Brian Bold is back on the road. His second travel memoir, THE EXTRA MILES, includes his new partner, Anne-Marie, and we join them on their emotional and surprising journeys of discovery. They travel through familiar and fresh landscapes, revisiting old favourites, exploring the excitement of new ones and following the hidden paths of a new relationship. In THE EXTRA MILES Brian and Anne-Marie offer a collection of treasured memories of later life told with a wry sense of humour. Imagine your extra miles as you follow their journeys.

These very short stories offer a speculative view of the future of love, time travel and life with robots. You can't ignore the trends they suggest or can you?

* UK POPULATION EXPLODES TO OVER 70 MILLION. * A QUARTER ARE PENSIONERS* DEMENTIA CASES EXCEED A MILLION AND CARE SERVICES COLLAPSE * WHO SURVIVES?...THE GOVERNMENT QUOTA POLICY DECIDES In 2032, life is rationed. After Kate's husband dies in an accident, the goverment slash her Quota. Kate has to choose which of her family is the next to die. All their lives will be shortened and her mother-in-law is named for immediate euthanasia. Kate's vulnerable daughter is at risk and her son wants to fight the system. Kate faces an impossible decision. She needs help. But who can she trust?

FROM THE SIXTIES TO THE MILLENIUM - EVERY CAR TELLS A STORY. In TURNING CORNERS Brian Bold reflects on his business and family life through the prism of journeys in every car he has owned. Starting with his 1937 Standard Nine, bought for 12, you are transported for forty years in the popular cars of the day. These anecdotal stories illustrate how much cars are part of the very fabric of our lives. Written with wry humour, this is part memoir, part social history, and part nostalgia. A perfect read to recall the thrills of your own driving experiences.