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Jeremy Clarkson went on his usual moans and groans about the current state of the world in his latest Sun column. His solution to start solving those global problems? Go to the pub, enjoy a pint, and have a chat. Here’s a preview:

“Whatever happened to the days when people were normal and did normal things and had normal conversations?

“Now you’ve got half the world on marches, chucking statues into the sea and throwing things at policemen, and the other half in a wood, singing kumbaya and embracing the nearest larch. You are either Tommy Robinson or Greta Thunberg. There is no middle ground where people wear gardening trousers and have a shed.

“Certainly, no one goes to the pub any more for a pint and a chat. And I think that’s what we all need right now.”

(Usual disclaimers apply. Cheers!)

The former script editor for both Top Gear and The Grand Tour did his best on Instagram to promote his upcoming Smith and Sniff podcast live show in London next month. For those wondering where some of the signature writing and presentation style of both shows came from, well, here it is in action! 😅

James May found himself in Los Angeles driving the Tesla Model Y Performance. Naturally, he decided to charge up at Tesla’s diner… 😅

From video description: “James and Lucy avoid using a Cybertruck to review Tesla's self-driving tech on the way to Elon's restaurant. Should a diner, the bedrock of American culture, be managed by a tech billionaire or a cool chick on roller skates?”

The Sunday Times conducted an interview with Jeremy Clarkson in advance of the upcoming season of his hit farming show. Here’s how he sees the current state of British farming:

“Honestly, we’re not doing any real farming this year. I mean, there’s rabbits and market gardening — basically growing herbs for the farm shop — and that’s it. There’s no point. It’s impossible to make money. And next year the UK gets a carbon tax on fertiliser, on top of the fact that it already costs a million, billion pounds an ounce. The only crop that’s gone up in value is this,” he says, gesturing at the yellow field. “That’s because it’s an oil product.”

(This article also gets the usual disclaimers.)

I’m guessing that Hammond got his inspiration to do this DriveTribe video after James May did a similar thing while hawking his gin. Enjoy!

From video description: “Richard Hammond answers the web’s most searched questions about Top Gear, The Grand Tour, his cars, crashes, family life and career. From classic Top Gear moments to personal stories and driving adventures, Hammond reacts to the internet’s biggest questions.”

Jeremy Clarkson decided to go on holiday in Wales and wrote about the experience in his Sunday Times column. Now, the preview:

“Last week, I went to Wales for a couple of days and I’m talking about real Wales. The bit that’s so far away, it has an American postcode. When I went over the Severn Bridge, the sat nav said I still had 160 miles to go. I didn’t know Wales was that wide.”

(Yes, this column also gets the usual disclaimers.)

Jeremy Clarkson put on his political hat in his second column for The Sun. Before he went on his rant, he talked about his food memories from the 1970s. As always, the preview:

“I do not have exotic tastes when it comes to food. I even find garlic a bit left-wing. And hummus? That’d be like eating Zack Polanski’s underpants. This is because I was brought up in Doncaster, where there was only one restaurant.”

(Usual disclaimers obviously apply.)

Jeremy Clarkson wrote two columns for The Sun this weekend. The first one focuses on the BBC’s possible relaunch of Top Gear. Here’s a preview:

“The BBC is thinking of relaunching Top Gear, and that’s great. But it’ll be a tricky job because if the hosts have to review all the new electric cars, they’ll need to have a deep understanding of how they work.”

(Usual disclaimers apply as always.)

Remember when Jeremy Clarkson had a daytime talk show back in the 1990s? Well, some clips from that era have made their way to YouTube. Here’s one from 1999 where he talked about the future of cars. His genius was just slightly off the mark because some of those features actually made it to cars by the 2010s… 😅

From video description: “Jeremy Clarkson takes a hilarious look at how the future of motoring was imagined in the 1950s — and compares it with the disappointing reality that actually arrived by the year 2000. Featuring the incredible futuristic General Motors Firebird III, brutal criticism of bland modern cars, and Clarkson’s thoughts on why the motor industry stopped building exciting designs.”

For anyone who bothered to tune in to “The Grand-ish Tour” featuring our favorite trio making an appearance once again thanks to demands from Amazon, Jeremy Clarkson ended the clip-filled series with that quote. Perhaps they should hire better lawyers who know how to successfully take on Corporate America next time… 😅

Since James May now hawks his gin on YouTube, he decided to look at and review drinks that supposedly serve as “meal replacements.” By the way, there’s a small detail within the video that makes a nice reference to his Top Gear days! See if you can spot it… 😅

From video description: “James asks why on earth people would choose to drink ‘liquid food’ when cheesy pasta, fried egg sandwiches or indeed any other sort of actual food is available.”

It’s no secret that Jeremy Clarkson continues to have a big crush on actress Kristin Scott Thomas (as indicated by his constant references to her on both Top Gear and The Grand Tour). However, he disagreed with her as to which country produces better food and went on to defend the honor of his country, the UK. Here’s a preview:

“Dame Kristin Scott Thomas has appeared on the internet, saying that when she’s in England she eats out a lot, but when she’s in France she prefers to cook, because the produce over there is so much better. Right. Hold on to your horses, everyone. I’ve been a newspaper columnist for nearly 40 years and I’m about to make the boldest, bravest statement I’ve ever committed to print. Ready? Here goes. I’m not sure I agree with her.”

(Yes, usual disclaimers apply.)

Jeremy Clarkson noticed that the head of Ryanair was quite annoyed that passengers on his airline tend to be on the drunk side of things and thus wanted limits on how many alcoholic drinks they could have. As someone who regularly goes through them, Clarkson made this observation and echoed this sentiment about airports (as famously made known by the late Anthony Bourdain):

“You cannot stop people drinking at breakfast time in airports because there is no such thing in an airport as breakfast time.

“Once I was catching a flight to Istanbul with James May and as we were waiting, at 8am in the lounge, he asked: ‘Have you ever had a glass of red wine for breakfast?’

“I hadn’t so we tried it, and because we were in an airport, it was delicious.”

(Usual disclaimers apply as always.)

Jeremy Clarkson went on Instagram to briefly announce that he is reviewing two cars this week for his column in The Sunday Times. Guess which one he likes to spend more time in… 😅

(Yes, those columns will be posted on this subreddit as soon as they are published online.)

Jeremy Clarkson bemoaned the collective shrinking attention span prevalent across the West (especially when it comes to rousing speech) in his latest Sunday Times column. In particular, he focused on the impact from the speech King Charles made to Congress during his visit to the United States. As always, a preview:

“What did his speech achieve, I wonder? Indeed, what do any speeches achieve in this day and age? Back in the time of [Martin Luther] King and [President John F.] Kennedy and even [President Ronald] Reagan, an audience would listen in rapt silence as important-sounding men delivered their speeches. And they’d nod sagely, because they were learning something and hearing about new ideas. 

“But that doesn’t happen any more. You don’t listen to a speech to become better informed or to have your mind changed. You listen — usually to an edited four-second excerpt on TikTok — so you can retort with something weaselly and spiteful.”

(Usual disclaimers apply, obviously.)

Honda sent over the new Prelude for Jeremy Clarkson to review. Unfortunately, he no longer believes in the new version and thinks it falls short in some places. His overall rating ended up being 3 out of 5 stars. Here’s a preview:

“The figures are almost laughable, because all you get from combining the 2.0-litre petrol engine with the electrical motor is a miserable 181 brake horsepowers and 232 torques. This means you go from 0-62mph in 8.2 seconds, a tenth of a second more than it took my old Scirocco back in 1980, with a top speed of 117mph. There are animals faster than this. But as anyone who’s driven a Morris Minor knows, you don’t need a lot of power to have fun. You just need a chassis set up for it, and in the Prelude it isn’t. It’s front-wheel drive, and it’s all tuned for comfort, not pond-skater dartiness.”

(As always, usual disclaimers apply.)