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Matthew Benns is Editor-at-Large at The Daily Telegraph. He is a career journalist from Fleet Street to Sydney and has covered stories all over the world, tracking tigers in the Russian Far East to finding Elvis Presley’s first girlfriend in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Birtles and Bean, the trip from London to Sydney with Daily Telegraph journalists Warren Brown and Matthew Benns. The pair are in Saudi Arabia crossing the desert.

‘Astonished to see’: Why roadster tackled Saudi Arabian desert

More than 100 years ago Lawence of Arabia crossed the uncharted Nafud desert by camel over months. Now a vintage roadster has taken on the same task. Here’s why.

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, Birtles and Bean Round the world trip with Daily Telegraph Cartoonist, Warren Brown and Journalist, Matthew Benns. The pair have made it to Cairo, Egypt. Picture: Supplied.,

‘Bit chaotic’: Inside the mission to push a roadster to the pyramids

It had been a long wait and a mountain of paperwork for this red Bean 14 roadster to hit the road to the Egyptian capital in the name of charity. Here’s how it played out.

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Matthew Benns and Warren Brown Bean art 16x9

Bean around the world: Wild goal for media duo’s ‘happy’ car

Believe it or not, when journo Matthew Benns and cartoonist Warren Brown finish their epic global trip, they won’t even be the first to pull it off.

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Round the world trip with News Corp journalist Matthew Benns and Cartoonist Warren Brown in a car called The Bean. Pictured is the journey from Slovenia to Croatia. They drove into a rain bomb between Slovenia and Croatia. Two blokes in the car. (Left in brown) Slovenian RTV Morning Show presenter David Urankar and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host Jure Godler in the Bean with Matthew Benns (left) and Warren Brown (right).Picture: Supplied.

TV stars welcome team Bean to Slovenia

Two of the biggest TV stars in Slovenia welcomed The Daily Telegraph’s team Bean to the country amid a flurry of national media interest. SPONSORED CONTENT

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Birth of a legend: Bean team return to where it all began

Almost 100 years since The Daily Telegraph’s red Bean 14 roadster rolled off the production line in Dudley, in the West Midlands of England, the Bean team returned to its roots. SPONSORED CONTENT

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Inside the battle to push a 100yo roadster up Albanian mountains

Follow Warren Brown and Matthew Benns as they coax their trusty Bean roadster up the perilous peaks of Albania on the way to Greece.

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Bean team‘s Dubrovnik pop culture shock

Dubrovnik is steeped in 1400 years of history but our intrepid travellers discover that tourists are more interested in landmarks where the Games of Thrones and Star Wars were filmed.

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Why driving a top-down sports car in the rain is a bad idea

While driving from Slovenia to Croatia on their epic journey, Warren Brown and Matthew Benns learned why travelling in a top-down sports care isn’t always the best idea.

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The hills are alive with the sound of the Bean 14 roadster

Our intrepid travellers drove through the Austrian Alps in their 100-year-old roadster defying rain, fog and freezing winds to arrive in the picturesque Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.

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Two men’s ‘completely nuts’ trip around the world

Almost a century after the original journey, The Daily Telegraph’s Matthew Benns and Warren Brown are recreating an iconic journey around the world. Follow their adventure.

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