Top-billing crime and thriller author Val McDermid was the special guest at the Agatha Christie Festival Literary Dinner at Torquay’s Grand Hotel. Val spoke about how she had been heavily influenced in her early years by Agatha Christie’s work and in particular she remembered her early reading of The Murder at the Vicarage. McDermid is [...]
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The international bestselling crime writer, Sophie Hannah, who is to write a new Agatha Christie novel, appeared at the famous Agatha Christie Festival. Appearing with Sophie were Mathew Prichard (Agatha Christie’s Grandson), David Brawn (HarperCollins) and John Curran (author Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks). The new novel will feature Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective who Agatha [...]
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Guests brought out their beads, dusted off their feather boas, and sharpened their skills of detection for The Reunion, an exciting murder mystery at Churston’s Weary Ploughman. Dressing up in 30′s style for the evening of glamour and intrigue, suspects sipped on Christie-themed cocktails and enjoyed a delicious three-course dinner while the drama unfolded. The [...]
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A Garden Party To Die For was held in the Potent Plants Garden at Torre Abbey. Guests dressed in their period finery met the Head Gardener Ali Marshall, learned about Agatha Christie’s potent and poisonous plants and her time as a pharmacy assistant in Torquay. With a 1930s theme: music, servants, bubbly, tea and cake [...]
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Guests in period costume boarded the Riviera Belle Dining Train for an evening of murder and mystery. The evening’s plot was set in motion by the Candlelight Theatre Company with cuisine provided by Hennessy Restaurant in Torquay. It was a glamorous night of cocktails and dining with clues and plenty of intrigue and part of [...]
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Agatha Christie fans congregated at Kents Cavern, the English Riviera’s home of archaeology for a three-course dinner, tour of the caves and talk from eminent archaeologist Dr Joan Oates, who worked at Nimrud with Max Mallowan and his wife Agatha Christie-Mallowan. With a brief introduction to Nimrud, the after dinner talk focused on on their [...]
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Agatha Christie fans from around the world put on their glad rags for a glamorous Cocktails, Costumes, Cake and Cole Porter event at the Agatha Christie Festival’s Hub at Torquay’s Grand Hotel. They enjoyed delicious cocktails. delightful cakes to celebrate Agatha Christie’s birthday and listened and danced to a live band playing Cole Porter numbers. [...]
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The international bestselling crime writer, Sophie Hannah, is to write a new Agatha Christie novel, it is announced today (Wednesday 4 September) by publisher HarperCollins and Christie rights manager Acorn Productions Limited. Sophie will appear at the world famous Agatha Christie Festival on Devon’s English Riviera on Thursday 19th September 4.30pm at Torquay’s Grand Hotel. [...]
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Top-billing crime and thriller author Val McDermid will be appearing at the Agatha Christie Festival’s Literary Dinner at Torquay’s Grand Hotel on 19 September. The acknowledged queen of the psychological thriller, Val McDermid will be a big draw at this year’s world-famous Agatha Christie Festival. Val will be talking about how she admired and drew inspiration [...]
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The award winning actor David Suchet gets ready to exercise his little grey cells one last time as he undertakes his final duties portraying Agatha Christie’s world famous detective, Hercule Poirot. The final film to go into production also sees David celebrating 25 years playing the much-loved TV detective. Dead Man’s Folly is especially poignant [...]
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