Keyword "Agatha Christie" - List of latest news (57 results)

21/04 Tense moment Richo interrupts Tigers presser

Wests Tigers boss Shane Richardson tried to shut down a Lachlan Galvin question during a tense post-match press conference after the club’s 38-22 loss to Parramatta on Monday.

20/04 Galvin’s legal move amid bullying claim

The ugly feud between Lachlan Galvin and the Wests Tigers has taken another ugly turn after reports of a legal move surfaced from the young playmaker’s camp.

14/04 UK seaside town unveils Agatha Christie attraction in tribute to famous author

The seaside town of Torquay has strong connections with the famous crime novelist.

10/03 David Suchet reveals how he really feels about Poirot after 12 years

EXCLUSIVE - The legendary actor has also explained why he nearly turned down two new TV shows, including the chance to retrace Agatha Christie's steps

02/03 Ella Lily Hyland: ‘Feeling watched is different to feeling seen’

After her role in the hit spy thriller, the Irish actor stars in the BBC’s racy new Agatha Christie adaptation. She talks about her difficult school days, her pole-vaulting uncle, and being inspired by Love Island

16/01 Winston Churchill's son was in a rehabilitation school!

The radio show "Shabadeh" directed by Ayub Aghakhani has been produced and broadcast in 5 episodes.

14/01 New Netflix film with Pierce Brosnan is perfect for Agatha Christie fans

In 2025, a new film with Pierce Brosnan will arrive on Netflix, “The Thursday Murder Club”, compared to “Knives Out” and Agatha Christie.

29/12 Romeo and Juliet actress Olivia Hussey dies at 73

Actress Olivia Hussey, who gained fame for playing Juliet in the 1968 version of William Shakespeare's story, has died aged 73.

27/12 The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie audiobook review – a starry whodunnit

Peter Dinklage’s resonant turn as Hercule Poirot gives the beloved writer’s debut a charismatic reboot

24/12 3 great British crime shows to watch on Christmas Eve

Tired of all that good cheer this Christmas? Then queue up some good old-fashioned murder with these three great British crime shows.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

06/11 The tiny Majorca village crowned Balearic Islands' 'most beautiful'

The most beautiful village in the tourist hotspot has been revealed and it's located on an island beloved by Brits.

13/10 Inside the most glamourous train journey in the world with £61k overnight stays

The train offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience for those who are able and willing to pay for the ultimate luxury.

05/10 Boy whose Mousetrap show at school led to legal threat joins West End cast

Alasdair Buchan, who directed his version aged 11 in 1997, will play mysterious stranger in long-running whodunnit

24/09 A new Agatha Christie miniseries arrives: an accused young man, a murdered rich widow and a penniless lawyer

Kim Cattrall becomes the most enigmatic widow. The iconic Sex and the City actress takes on a dramatic and dark role in the new crime series

09/07 The new collection of suspense stories reveals the disintegration of the genre

"16 Stories by the World's Greatest Suspense Writers", collected and translated by Shulamit Lapid and Dror Mishani, fails to convince that this is a genre that is underrated

31/05 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' returns to Prime Video in August 2024

The second season will feature the performances of Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Ismael Cruz Córdova and Charles Edwards

29/05 Jeremy Vine makes huge career move away from Channel 5 and BBC Radio

British broadcaster Jeremy Vine has written his first murder mystery novel and it's inspired by a very well-known author.

29/05 Jeremy Vine writes murder mystery after childhood Agatha Christie obsession

Broadcaster’s novel Murder On Line One will be set in a local radio station in Devon and is due for publication in April next year

17/03 Agatha Christie expert tells BBC to stop messing with beloved writer’s crime plots

Andrew Wilson blasts recent adaptations of the novelist’s work and says broadcaster should use new stories instead of changing Christie’s

16/02 When Ian Fleming Got Sick of James Bond

Does it matter if writers turn their back on their work?

31/01 What Murder Mysteries Solve

The books offer the promise of an ending where all questions are answered and some sort of justice is done.

25/01 Good News for Rich Uncles and Orphaned Heiresses.

A mystery-novel motive for murder may be too far in the past.

03/01 Disney icon Mickey Mouse becomes horror villain after Steamboat Willie copyright expires

The original depiction of Mickey Mouse, enshrined in the 1928 timeless classic Steamboat Willie, has entered the public domain – and creators have already taken a dark turn.

31/12 Vicars, tennis and a black sleuth… it would be a mystery if the BBC hadn’t updated Agatha Christie | Martha Gill

Murder is Easy provoked outrage but the Queen of Crime was in safe hands in a fresh adaptation for a modern audience

28/12 'Woke' BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie classic infuriates viewers over cast

Some viewers have been left upset that the BBC show touches on British history - but Christie's great-grandson has launched a staunch defence.

27/12 BBC feeds viewers a 'diet of woke bias' in breach of its own impartiality rules, campaigners say

Review of drama and news output has exposed prejudice and a preoccupation with slave trade, it is claimed

27/12 BBC’s new Agatha Christie drama is ‘an allegory of colonialism’, director reveals

Murder Is Easy features a black star and includes themes from west African Yoruba culture

26/12 Feminism, folk horror and an outsider hero: how I brought Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy to the small screen

While some viewers prefer screenwriters to remain faithful to a beloved book, as a 21st century woman of colour I make no apology for which parts of the novel spoke to me

23/12 When the season calls for merry murder mysteries

Agatha Christie spirits me away to fancy houses and glamorous island retreats.

23/12 Perfect escapism: why cosy crime stories are a Christmas essential

From Agatha Christie to Richard Osman, playful, quirky mysteries are particularly appealing at this time of year

11/12 Although he used descriptions in his books that now seem racist, he would still give his blessing to a black protagonist, Agatha Christie's great-grandson believes

The BBC will make a movie of the crime queen's novel "Killing is Easy", the main character of which will not be portrayed by a white actor this time.

11/12 Agatha Christie would ‘welcome changing race’ of protagonist in BBC adaptation, says great-grandson

Latest Murder Is Easy caste features a black actor as the main character

11/12 Agatha Christie’s family welcome diversity in new BBC adaptation

Author’s great-grandson suggests she would have approved of changing lead’s ethnicity in Murder Is Easy

02/12 Daniel Craig’s bath book goes viral

AS Daniel Craig’s detective character, Benoit Blanc, luxuriates in a bathtub in the much-hyped sequel to Knives Out, many sharp-eyed viewers noted his book of choice – Cain’s Jawbone.

21/11 Is RTL's murder reality as good as a Poirot movie or Cluedo?

We are just as excited by the basic situation as when we pick up a detective novel or prepare to play a killer role-playing game. I mean, very much. In the reality show Traitors - Murder in the Castle, celebrities are locked up to hunt down the murderers hiding among them. There is no better starting point for crime fans. But is it possible to make the show in such a way that the tension and paran

08/11 In the West, objectionable words are being removed from classical literature - Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, Roald Dahl will become politically correct

The West, in an effort to make literature politically correct, is simply killing the classics. Any words that may allegedly offend the feelings of people of non-standard appearance, sexual orientation, or members of a once oppressed race are immediately deleted from the text, as if they were never there.

03/11 Dagger awards adds categories for ‘cosy crime’ and psychological thrillers

The annual Crime Writers’ Association awards wanted to acknowledge the changing tastes of readers ‘looking for the next thrill, the next murderous innovation’

17/10 Jack Ginnivan’s future a key cog in AFL Trade deadline day

As just about everyone involved in professional sports knows, contracts are barely worth the cost of the paper they are printed on.

25/09 Search the Books Database Powering Meta’s Generative AI

Type in any author’s name to see if their work has been used to train the machines.

18/09 A Haunting in Venice – the Poirot film franchise finds its footing in this spooky murder mystery

The most recent instalment in Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot franchise is not faithful to Agatha Christie’s work, but it is entertaining all the same.

16/09 ‘A Haunting in Venice’ frightened the competition on its opening night

The third film in the murder mystery series produced and written by Kenneth Branagh raked in $5.5 million on its opening night Friday.

16/09 A Haunting in Venice review – Branagh improves on his Agatha Christie formula

With smart casting and suitably murky Venice setting, the director improves on last year’s Death on the Nile, though his moustache-fondling Poirot remains the same

11/09 Agatha Christie statue takes seat on bench in Oxfordshire town

Memorial by Ben Twiston-Davies is sited in Wallingford, where the mystery writer lived for more than 40 years

10/09 A Haunting in Venice review – Branagh’s Agatha Christie whodunnit given horror makeover

No amount of spooky jump-scares can save Kenneth Branagh’s latest Christie adaptation, which wastes its atmospheric setting and stellar cast

12/08 All Hail the Long-Suffering Cadaver

Once at the center of the murder mystery, the cadaver has become increasingly incidental to the action and now figures as little more than a prop.

05/08 How to Write Crime: ‘Avoid the cliches and tropes, such as the divorced alcoholic detective’

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, better known as Sam Blake, advises that red herrings are essential - but don’t overdo it

16/07 Jane Birkin: a tremendous screen presence with a gift for creative collaboration | Peter Bradshaw

Birkin made a sensational impact in Blow-Up, and went on to become a classy performer for a number of major French directors – notably Godard and Agnès Varda

11/07 FIRST LOOK | New adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder is Easy | Life

Filming has begun on a new adaption of Agatha Christie's novel Murder is Easy. The two-part thriller will launch in South Africa exclusively on BritBox in early 2024.

09/05 Tom Hanks says he would boycott books that are rewritten to avoid offending 'modern sensitivities'

Actor was asked during radio interview whether he supports censorship of problematic language in works by Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie

24/04 Leave classic texts alone and stop ‘nitpicking’, Michael Morpurgo says

The writer suggested instead of wholesale rewrites modern-day authors could reimagine stories taking account of contemporary sensitivities

19/04 The Orient Express makes its final run to Istanbul – archive, 1977

When Frank Martin made the great train journey across Europe, he discovered the glamorous train with the caviar and spies image is ‘stinking, late and prone to breakdown’

16/04 The week in TV: Obsession; Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?; Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields; Colin from Accounts – review

The sexed-up Obsession is unlikely to be anyone’s turn-on; Hugh Laurie delivers Agatha Christie 101; and an absorbing documentary makes you wonder how Brooke Shields held on to her sanity

01/04 Gone with the Wind branded ‘harmful’ by its own publisher

Margaret Mitchell's Civil War epic novel has been deemed 'problematic' in a trigger warning by its publisher, Pan Macmillan

26/03 Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have passages edited by sensitivity editors for latest HarperCollins editions

25/03 Agatha Christie classics latest to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have original passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins.

01/03 Top 10 criminal duos in fiction | Peter Swanson

Authors from James M Cain to Patricia Highsmith show how partners in crime can really bring out the worst in each other

22/02 Top 10 cads in fiction | Charlotte Vassell

Dangerously handsome young men carelessly ruining women’s lives are a rarer breed than they were. But their hatefulness still makes compelling reading