Wednesday July 12, 2006

Give us a job Ron!

Not only is Montoya leaving Team Mac at the end of this year , he now won't be driving in their car for the rest of the season. Pedro De La Rosa one of their test drivers will drive in this weeks race in France. It raises an interesting question who will get the second seat in Team Mac if as expected Kimi leaves to join Ferrari or Renault for 2007. I hope its one of two Brits. Gary Paffet is another Team Mac test driver and is worthy of a chance for the job. But my money is on Lewis Hamilton who is doing an excellent job in GP2 this year. He has been Sponsered by the Ronster for some time now and I think Team Mac might well pop these two guys in a race seat sometime in 2006 to try them out. They will have to be careful with Lewis as a lot of the upcoming F1 races he will be driving GP2 at the same weekend but Gary can do those races.

Shine one you Crazy diamond

It was announced on the news last night that Syd Barrett one of the founding member of Pink Floyd had died aged sixty. He was a recluse and had not set down any music for years. RIP Syd.

The Hollow

A good Agatha Christie book this if somewhat pedestrian. Poirot is in the country in a cottage near a large house the home of the Angkatells. Lucy the head of the household can be best described as a rather odd person. Totally eccentric and has the habit of saying what she thinks should be said rather what should be said and creating those rather embarrassing long silences. A family gathering has a couple Gerda and John Christow at the Hollow. Poirot visits the Hollow for dinner and is invited back for Sunday lunch. As he walks through the grounds he passes a swimming pool where Gerda is standing over John Christow who has been shot. In her hands is a gun. Henrietta John Christow's lover is part of a very complicated love triangle and it is soon clear someone else in the cottage next to Poirot was involved with John Christow in the past. So there are plenty of possible murderers to choose from. At the end there is a dramatic ending the details of which are the only difference between the book and an excellent dramatisaton of this story with David Suchet as Poirot. The style of writing of Agatha Christie might seem old fashioned now but the details in the book are excellent.