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We were privileged to attend the opening of Gordon Murray’s one-off exhibition celebrating his 50 years of vehicle design and engineering. Staged at the new Gordon Murray Design facility in Dunsfold, Surrey, this remarkable event brought together 40 of his iconic race and road cars.Read now
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Le Mans Model Collection (Claude Nahum) – Octane Publication of the Year nominee
Read nowWe are delighted to find ourselves in such good company among the shortlist for Octane’s ‘Publication of the Year’ award. The books they choose are always high-quality motoring books, so to be selected for nomination among such a diverse and...
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We have been shortlisted! Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year 2017
Read nowIn the motoring world, autumn is awards season, and Porter Press has been a frequent attendee at these glittering gatherings of motoring’s great and good. In 2016, Philip Porter’s Stirling Moss – the Definitive Biography Volume 1 and Ian Wagstaff’s...
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Day 1 at Goodwood Revival
Read nowAbove: Goodwood 2017 - day 1. Alex and Aza Holis. Day 1 of the Goodwood Revival was a tad soggier than ideal, but no one seems to be put off by the inclement weather. Terrific atmosphere and already the stand is...
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Gearing up for Goodwood
Read nowThe office is a whirlwind of activity this afternoon as Philip, Julie, Louise, Luke and Albert gather, pack and stow books, banners and (inevitably) umbrellas in the van for transport to the Goodwood Revival. A highlight of the motoring and...
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They don’t make them like that any more
Read nowGreat excitement in the office with the arrival of the 'Great Cars' book number 9, Jaguar C-type, the stunning story of the 1953 Le Mans winner. Driven to victory by Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton, it has continued to race...
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Welcome to our NEW Porter Press International Website!
Read nowWelcome to our new website! Our website designer Abigail Humphries has been hard at work creating our new site. We hope you will find it attractive and full of equally alluring books. After a quiet few months on the publishing...