There I was driving a 1931 V16 Cadillac built to the command of a maharajah – a car which has been featured on a postage stamp no less. In the back was a member of England’s soccer squad, so I was in Sixth Heaven. It would have been Seventh Heaven, but said soccer star would first have to turn out for Arsenal FC (Go, Gunners, Go!) for that to happen. Said soccer star had turned down the offer to drive…