Agatha Christie Festival 2024!

Every year, on the week of Agatha Christie's birthday, a festival is held in Torquay, her birthplace, to celebrate her life and works. There's a great variety of events, centring around talks on Christie-related topics, but also featuring plays, tours, and murder mystery events. This year, I attended it for the first time! I've always been put off by the distance, but it was very much worth making the trip. I started things off by watching the Peter Ustinov Evil Under the Sun for…

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Christie For Christmas! The Thirteen Problems

It's Christmas! Well, it was Christmas. Reviews are like Christmas cards - better late than never. I hope that all of you have a great New Year.I thought it was high time to cover an Agatha Christie on this blog - and given I love short stories, this was the first thing I turned to. I should mention that, between Poirot and Miss Marple, my favourite is the spinster sleuth of St. Mary Mead. These thirteen stories mark the debut of Miss Marple, before…

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