Agatha Christie
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Murder On The Nile At The Crescent Theatre
Murder on the Nile is almost Death on the Nile. Almost, but not quite. For a start, there’s no Poirot. Agatha Christie, fed up with the early film and theatre portrayals of her little Belgium detective as a strapping six footer in need of a love interest, replaced Poirot with the kindly but very astute Cannon Pennefather. Linnet, the beautiful, incredibly spoilt heiress, is now Kay, still married to Simon, but now a Mostyn rather than a Doyle. Other characters have disappeared altogether, and have been replaced/merged for a more streamline cast. So, Murder on the Nile is almost Death on the Nile, the same but somehow different. Yet, as…
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Preloved Special – Homes and Books
As regular readers of this blog know, I love a preloved bargain. Whether that be from Vinted, from a Charity shop, from a car boot sale, or from an antiques or vintage shop, I just love finding something a little different to the general High Street or online. Today I am looking at some of the preloved beauties I have seen recently. I am focusing on homewares and books, with, as you might have guessed, a focus once again on Agatha Christie books, something I am frequently trying to source. Many of the things featured are items that I have actually bought, whilst others are things I regret not buying.…
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Towards Zero: Review
Disclaimer: I haven’t watched all three episodes of the BBC adaptation of Towards Zero yet. I’m being old school and watching each episode a week at a time rather than binge watching it. But, if I’m being honest, I haven’t really had any inclination to binge this series, it’s all been a bit slow and, for such a brilliant, twisty novel, just a bit boring. Agatha Christie didn’t write boring books. There are a few poor ones, but even those often had a flash of humour, or a good character, at least something to recommend. Towards Zero is one of my very favourite stand alone stories, it is full of…
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Love From A Stranger (1937)
Love from a Stranger is an early (1937), film adaptation of one of Agatha Christie’s short stories, Philomel Cottage. The short story told of a woman who wins quite a large amount of money on a French lottery. Intending to travel, she puts her flat up for rent, and is promptly swept off her feet by the handsome stranger who is interested in renting her flat. They marry and move to a idyllic cottage in the middle of nowhere, seemingly to live ‘happily ever after’ in a life of bliss. But her new husband is not all he seems, and has a few shocking secrets of his own. The film…
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Stylish Television: Death On The Nile (2004)
Death on the Nile is one of the most iconic of all Agatha Christie novels, the deadly love triangle featuring a beautiful heiress, a handsome but penniless husband, and his jilted lover as all the ingredients that make the very best of murder mysteries. It has been filmed twice for the silver screen, both of the films being star studded affairs that feature great performances, beautiful settings and exquisite costumes. I have blogged about both of these other versions in a series of reviews (you can find the posts here, and here.) Today I turn my attention to the small screen version which featured David Suchet as Poirot, and actually…
