Simon De Burton is a highly respected journalist and author combining his passion for classic cars, motorbikes and watches in his work.
Q8. Who has had the strongest influence on you?
As a child, my mother. She raised me alone from the age of six and instilled in me the importance of being independent and true to oneself. From my mid-teens into adulthood, Dorian. His outlook on life and way of living was bizarre by normal standards, but he taught me to appreciate just how many fake people there are in the world, to trust my own judgment, make my own decisions, be resilient and not to be a sheep that follows the crowd. I am not really a fan of mottos or sayings, but I think the one adopted by Henry Graves Jnr (we all know about him) is a good rule for life: Esse quam videri: to be, rather than to seem.