Simon De Burton, is a highly respected journalist and author combining his passion for classic cars, motorbikes and watches in his work.
1. Describe your childhood.
Too much happened in my childhood to describe it briefly – but key moments included being unexpectedly conceived when my mother was 44 and being born with three siblings who were older than me by 13 years, 15 years and 24 years respectively; spending the first six years of my life in the family’s Georgian manor before my parents separated, leaving my mother and I homeless; learning to ride a motorcycle aged six; becoming acquainted with two former Prime Ministers by the age of eight; encountering my first dead body aged 10; driving a car on the public highway for the first time aged 12 and becoming involved with a considerably older woman at the age of 16. After that, I was no longer a child.