Edinburgh (2004) Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, designated in 2004. It is the birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar. Publishing Scotland, the national body for … More UK Cities of Literature – part three
This post first appeared on Treasure Hunts In London – Explore, Discover,Experience. Beating Storm Ciara as it raced across the country we made our way to Harrogate and The Old Swan Hotel. Entering it’s revolving doors we found a friendly welcome and a warm foyer with a real blazing fire. That night we dined in the … More Mystery visitor to Harrogate
The plot for this movie involves a suspicious death – of course – and an investigation by spy-turned-private-detective Charles Hayward, played by Max Irons. Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, has been poisoned. Someone had laced his regular insulin injection with eserine from his eye drops. The old mans grandaughter, Sophia, is convinced he … More Agatha Christie’s Crooked House
Curiosity is aroused when an advertisement appears in the local gazette entitled ‘A murder is announced’. … More A Murder Is Announced
First published in the UK in 1969 Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver attends a Hallowe’en party where teenager Joyce Reynolds claims that years ago she witnessed a murder. She says that, as she was so young at the time, she had not realized it was a murder. However no-one believes her and she storms … More Hallowe’en Party
Agatha Christie Agatha Christie was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay. She published her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920. She went on to become one of the most famous writers in history, with mysteries like Murder at the Vicarage, Partners in Crime and Sad Cypress. She sold billions of copies … More 125th Birthday Celebrations of the Queen of Crime
Public Art Trails Following the success of the Public Art trails during the London Olympic year there have been a number of other public art trials taking place in recent years. Books about Town Also in 2014 the Books about Town trails appeared across the Capital. These sculptures were based on iconic books and authors … More Art on the Street : Buses, Benches and Bears – Part 2
Agatha Christie used characteristics from several old ladies she’d visited as a child to create the inquisitive Miss Jane Marple of St. Mary Mead. She described the character as being like one of her grandmother’s friends. Miss Marple has appeared in twelve novels, and twenty short stories, including Christie’s last published novel, Sleeping Murder. Miss Jane Marple appears … More Agatha Christie – Miss Jane Marple
Agatha Christies first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The method of death in The Mysterious Affair at Styles is poison and was so well described that Agatha received an unprecedented honour for a writer of fiction – a review in the Pharmaceutical Journal. The Mysterious Affair at Styles was also the first to … More Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie, the queen of crime was born in 1890. She is the best selling female author in the world – second only to Shakespeare and The Bible. Two of her recurring detectives, Poirot and Miss Marple, have become watchwords in quality crime fiction. During her long career, Agatha wrote 80 crime novels and short … More Agatha Christie – the Queen of Crime