Book reviews: The early material related to An indulgence of Agatha Christies has been moved to Book Reviews: Archives. This includes the introduction, reviews of two books about Christie’s life and work: Laura Thompson, Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life and John Curran, Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks: Stories and Secrets of Murder in the Making and reviews of The Agatha Christie Collection and the international novels in the train series – .Murder On The Orient Express and The Blue Train Mystery.
Television Comments: American Presidential Election has been moved to Television Comments: Archives. This week, I add further comments on An Australian Podcast , including an interview with Judy Calquhoun, one of A Country Practice’s script writers, notably of many of the deaths that occur in the program.
A Country Podcast has posted on their Facebook page that they would like to make shows in Australian cities – but seem to have a preference for Noosa or Margaret River so they can enjoy a holiday as well as produce a program. I, too, am contemplating a holiday to Noosa – and what fun to be around the show.
Part 1 of Racism, Sexism and Classism in Agatha Christie’s Novels is now complete, finishing with reference to the 1920s novels.
I am currently reading Christie’s Come, Tell Me How You Live, her story of life on Archeological sites. This will be reviewed when completed.
A few days later – oh joy, I have finished and a review appears on the Book Reviews page.
President Elect, Joe Biden, has nominated an impressive all women communications team. The historical line up represented the diversity of America.
Will the likes of a CJ (The West Wing) be at the podium giving press briefings? Lawrence O’Donnell , The Last Word, recently interviewed Richard Schiff, with comments from other The West Wing favourites – the interview introduced by the music from The West Wing. This was great to listen to – I must re-watch the whole show.
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton is the fourth of her books that I have read. I was impressed by the other three. However, Three Hours is such a feat of exquisite plotting, dramatic tension, political and literary force and a tribute to love, resilience, and young people of independence, courage and ideas, together with the school system and teachers who encouraged them to be thus that it stands out against even Lupton’s earlier work.
I was reading until 4.00 am (what a pity I am not in America where I could use this as the reason for being awake for Way Too Early with Kasie Hunt) because the tension was too much to bear without some sort of resolution. That achieved, in at least a minor way, I slept, then finished this morning. A review is in the making, but I have far from finished with Christie.
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