Freelance Motoring Journalist Who Has Written For the Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Classic Cars & Octane Magazine, Regular Columnist in Motor Magazine, Car Reviewer for Nationwide Vehicle Contracts, Author of ‘ The Bluffer’s Guide to Cars’, Member of The Guild of Motoring Writers & a Judge at the Motor Trader Awards

Martin Gurdon is a freelance motoring journalist and author who has written for titles including the Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Classic Cars and Octane Magazine. He also has a slightly weird side line, writing comedic books about domestic fowl. Martin is also a regular columnist in motor magazine and he used to have a column in Your Chickens magazine. Yes, your read that right.

What started many years ago as book plugging talks have taken on an afterlife. Martin is now a popular speaker on the after dinner circuit. He has done hundreds of dinners and lunches in venues ranging from village halls to the Derby Assembly Rooms.

Martin Gurdon makes people laugh and he’s very good at doing these things. Apart from his chicken talk, he’s now added a car-themed talk called The Bluffers Guide to Cars, which just happens to be the name of one of his book.

He talks about burning Reliant Robins to the ground and pensionable, pissed English motoring journalists accidentally climbing into bed with Swedish businessmen.

Martin Gurdon BookMartin Gurdon has been writing about cars for more than 20 years and has owned nearly 70, from a Honda Z600 to a Bristol 401. He wrote and made videos about new cars for Honest John’s website.

He also does car reviews for Nationwide Vehicle Contracts and has written several books. These include The Bluffer’s Guide to Cars and An Estate Car Named Desire. He also wrote Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance.

Martin is a member of The Guild of Motoring Writers and a judge at the Motor Trader Awards.

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