I’ve been thinking about Michael Jackson’s lasting legacy, his music, and which songs will live on best personally for me.

He was not the most prolific of artists - some like to release an album every couple of years but Jacko was never like that. His usual release schedule even in his early solo career was more like one album every four or five years.

Of course this means that there’s less of a back catalogue to draw on - although despite his recent spate of greatest hits collections, no doubt more will be appearing from now on.

I don’t really know what to say. I am a fan who loved his music but I didn’t know the man, I doubt many really did, despite all the talking heads appearing non-stop on the news channels over the last 24 hours.

Where were these people when he really needed them?

Rewind a few years and it would have done him and his reputation the world of good to have his fellow musicians and celebrities saying a few good words about him, but when the mud was flying about they kept their heads down - no wonder worried more about some of it sticking to them for being associated with him.

This is book 13 of a supposed 30 I am going to read this year, and the next 17 are going to have a heck of a job if they are to be better than this.

By far, my favourite book of the year so far - and that’s saying something as I’ve enjoyed a lot of the books along the way.

It’s hard to pinpoint just what it is about Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry that made it so brilliant. Perhaps it was that I read it in just two sittings, mainly outside in the sunshine which helped but then again the nature of the story and relentless pace of the story surely made it anything but a chore to do so.

I tend to read quite a few books in the summer as it helps pass the time on a nice sunny day lazing about outside, so that’s when I tend to end up being lured into taking up special offers in bookshops!

Last summer I bought a book called Ratcatcher by James McGee. I’d never heard of the author to be honest, but the blurb on the back coupled with the intriguing cover art made it look interesting enough to take a chance on.

I’m glad I did as it was a cracking read, and was quickly followed by the second in the series, Resurrectionist.

By jingo both of these cars can fairly shift!

The guy in the 911 really knows where to place it on the track to ensure the seemingly faster Viper can’t squeeze past.

The Nurburgring seems to be one of the few tracks where you see all classes of cars on track at the same time - in this clip there are not only the two GT3 cars which feature, but also a collection from practically every other manufacturer from Lambourghini and BMW right down to Opel Corsas and Ford Fiestas.