Aye, but could you thoil one?

Marek Reichman, director of design at Aston Martin, explaining some of the principles behind the car's design. Interesting that his design department use the one-third to two-thirds golden section rule for every proportion on the car.

I always travel with a notebook and pen but this time I came away without a pen - I'd done a clear up, emptying them out of coat pockets, bags etc. At Gatwick I called in a branch of W H Smith - that's W H Smith the stationers - and they told me they didn't sell pens. "You'll have to go to the one downstairs," they said, so I did and they had a small collection. A single Bic biro - you know, the sort you find lying about everywhere - cost £1.79. That's daylight robbery! Well they didn't get my custom and nor will they. I bought one later - not a Bic, but good enough - at a corner shop for 25p and thought that was enough. The Bic too was a piece of great design. It looks like I'll need to add biros from Smiths with Aston Martins to my "can't thoil" list.