I attempt here to précis and comment on Alison Light's brilliant and innovative analysis of Agatha Christie in her Forever England (Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars: 1991) which was a group read for WWTTA in 2007 (yes it has taken me that long!). This analysis, which forms Chapter 2 of the book, is …
Category: mysteries
Winter Diary
Now that I have settled in here and put all the essential posts in the February archive, I will produce something a bit more current. Or catch up with lost months of December and January anyway. Lost of course to Depression. It has been a very bad eight months. Since July only October was wholly …
St Hilda’s 2007
I spent the weekend of 17th to 19th August at the annual St Hilda's Mystery and Crime Weekend in Oxford. This is the third time I have attended - my report on the 2006 weekend can be found below and includes a general introduction. The following report is wholly subjective - in no way am …
St Hilda’s 2006
Another old conference report. Another very belated entry this time on the subject of the St Hilda's Crime and Mystery Conference 2006, which was held, as usual, at St Hilda's College, Oxford in August 2006. It is quite difficult to describe St Hilda's ; an excellent attempt is made at... http://www.crimespreemag.com/sthildas.html I went in 2001 …
Mysteries of the Year 2008
(Another transfer but pretty relevant and recent.....) Delayed due to illness but here it is. My reviewing for rte means that I can for the first time provide a reasonably contemporary list of the 'top 5' new mysteries which I read in 2008 - and as I love a list here goes..... 1) Reginald Hill - …
Moving Toyshop 