The UFO!

I was hard at work at my desk in the office one afternoon earlier this week, the sunshine was a welcome respite from previous day's endless shower.

Drafting a defendant's defence statement is all well and good but when you know its a losing battle from the beginning you do wonder about the purpose of it all. My client was guilty, I could sense it in his voice and his attempts to cover it did not get past me during my earlier visit to speak with him in the nearby prison. However it's a job and someone has to do it. My ageing Ethics Professor used to remind me "Mr. Cassad, Justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done, never forget that!"

Well sighing wistfully I looked outside and the light caught my eyes, I winced. Doing so, something caught my eye. Circular with a dome top and a transparent circular base. I am a self-confessed Trekkie and a Sci Fi Buff but this was just after lunch hour on a Tuesday afternoon!

Was it something I ate or was I staring at a Fying Saucer in the sky?

Instinctively I whipped out my mobile phone camera and snapped at a circular object in the sky. Was it..could it be what I thought it was..A UFO?

Would this be adequate fodder for Mulder to convince Scully of the Truth that is "out there."

I know they say that the eyes can deceive you but the camera cannot lie..or can it???

I met Hercule Poirot

I met Hercule Poirot yesterday..or rather the man who has played him to perfection for well over the past decade and a half -the one and only David Suchet.

Mr. Suchet is currently performing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 'The Last Confession' which revolves around the power struggle and politics in the Vatican during the short reign of Pope John Paul. The play in itself is definitely one of the best in the West End for quite some time now. The cast boasts of some very experienced thespians and revolve perfectly around David Suchet's Cardinal Benelli. If you ever have a chance to watch the show, dont hesitate to do so. It will stay with you a long time and you may even spot me somewhere in the audience catching it for the second time perhaps.

I met David Suchet backstage. His deep baritone voice is a far cry from the soft gentle tone of Poirot's accent Belgique. He told me to expect a couple of new episodes of Poirot coming up which account for the remaining stories on the Belgian detective written by Agatha Christie.

It was a bit of an awe struck moment to shake hands with one of your favourite characters especially having grown up watching the show. I found him to be very congenial and friendly.

David Suchet, thank you for the years of entertainment you have given us and I hope to see you enthrall us with many more moments of your pure acting genius and amazing screen/stage presence. Undoubtedly the best of his generation and one of the all time greats!

Till next time, a star-struck fan