Court Guinness
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Retired Businessman, Technologist, strategist, deaf, disabled, now blogs
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· Sep 17
Road Test: Citroën XM 2.0 vs Ford Granada 2.0 (UK, 1991)
One’s a safe suit, the other’s a flying saucer. But which gets the corner office? Setting the Scene The year is 1991. Britain is between recessions, Simply Red are still on the radio, and if you’re…
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· Sep 16
Police Corruption Speech 14/09/2025
This is a speech about police corruption given by Court Guinness on 14/09/2025 Thank you all for coming. It is wonderful to see you here today.This speech will be a little longer than those I norma…
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· Sep 14
Retro Road Test: Mercedes-Benz C-Class vs BMW 3-Series (1996, UK Spec, 2.0 Litre)
If the late 1990s had a battleground more hotly contested than the Oasis vs Blur chart war, it was surely the fight between the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the BMW 3-Series. Both promised German prec…
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· Sep 13
Retro Road Test: Fiat 131 vs Ford Cortina (1981 UK Specs)
If there was ever a time when Britain and Europe squared up across the family saloon battlefield, 1981 was it. On one side, the stalwart of British driveways: the Ford Cortina, still wearing its se…
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· Sep 12
Retro Road Test: The 1987 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth vs the 1987 BMW M3: An Anglo-German Grudge Match
When it comes to motoring rivalries, few can touch the cultural and engineering tussle that defined the late 1980s. The decade was a time of stonewashed jeans, red braces, brick-sized mobile phones…
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· Aug 30
Retro Road Test: Suzuki Hayabusa vs Honda Fireblade (1999)
Motorcycling in Britain during the late 1990s was in the middle of a horsepower arms race. The Japanese manufacturers were locked in an escalating battle to see who could build the fastest, sharpes…
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· Aug 28
Fairline Targa 36 vs Sealine S37: A Battle of British Sports Cruisers
There’s something quintessentially British about the 1990s sports cruiser. Not quite the champagne-fuelled glamour of the Côte d’Azur, but neither the fish-stained pragmatism of a Cornish fishing b…
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· Aug 25
Retro Road Test: 1999 Honda Fireblade vs Yamaha YZF-R1
The Gentleman vs the Hooligan The late 1990s were a golden era for motorcycling. Power figures were rocketing skywards, handling was being sharpened to surgical precision, and weight was being slas…
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· Aug 23
House Design – August 2025 – Log Cabin
My latest house design, completed today. Here we have a log cabin in a studio/bedsit layout. with kitchen and bathroom, with a seperate freestanding shed/plant room. Also featured is a poontoon doc…
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· Aug 23
Court Guinness Big Summer Update 2025
This is a slightly larger update than usual as there is some new stuff and some stuff I am trying out. I apologise for the length of delay between the last update and this one. Reading Time: Conten…
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