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Still addicted to old Agatha.

'The Clocks' and 'By 'The Pricking Of My Thumbs' finished and I'm starting a collection of her short stories tonight.

David Mitchell's Mom wrote:Still addicted to old Agatha.

'The Clocks' and 'By 'The Pricking Of My Thumbs' finished and I'm starting a collection of her short stories tonight.

Me and Sutti went to see the Agatha Christie Theatre Company's 'Murder On Air' the other week, in which they perform a trio of the old girl's thrillers on stage recreating an authentic 1930s radio studio setting (with a flashing red ON AIR sign, the actors all standing around big old-fashioned microphones, scripts in hand, and a man on a sound effects table and all). It had Roy Marsden & Susan Penhaligon in it. By gum Mrs M, I think you'd have loved it! We had a whale of a time. I think they're still touring now actually (we caught them on the opening night of the tour, a Monday, and the theatre was only about a fifth full, which must;ve been disappointing for them. It was a truly great show though).

I'm currently reading Forgotten Heroes Of The Great War. Which is basically a load of transcribed monologues from people from all sorts of different walks of life relating their experiences of the first world war. It's engrossing stuff.

Hughesy wrote:Me and Sutti went to see the Agatha Christie Theatre Company's 'Murder On Air' the other week, in which they perform a trio of the old girl's thrillers on stage recreating an authentic 1930s radio studio setting (with a flashing red ON AIR sign, the actors all standing around big old-fashioned microphones, scripts in hand, and a man on a sound effects table and all). It had Roy Marsden & Susan Penhaligon in it. By gum Mrs M, I think you'd have loved it! We had a whale of a time. I think they're still touring now actually (we caught them on the opening night of the tour, a Monday, and the theatre was only about a fifth full, which must;ve been disappointing for them. It was a truly great show though).
That sounds rather spiffing! I wonder if they'll be coming Middle England way? I simply must ask my trusty assistant, Miss Google, to check on their tourage for me.

I'm still reading the Agatha Christie's. So far Problem at Pollensa Bay ,The Harlequin Tea Set both a little different to the usual Agatha Christie mysteries I'm used to, but, very good tales with a twist to them, The Second Gong and Yellow Iris (both Poirot stories), Five litle Pigs, Third Girl and I'm now half way through Death In The Clouds

I do rather like the language of the times in these books and the detail old Aggie gives of surroundings and such are wonderful. I particularly like reading how things were done on planes back in 1935. It's just fantastic to read there was a place to hang one's coat and such items at the front of the aeroplane carriadge and one could pop up and retrieve ones handkerchief or cigarette holder from ones coat pocket or ask the steward to fetch ones servant to do it for one. Such lovely stuff.

I do wish I'd read them chronologically though, It's odd to be in the 1920's, then, 1960's, then, back to 1935 again with the same characters.