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And Then There Were Sum: Agatha Christie’s relatives make eye-watering amount 50 years after author’s death

Queen of crime’s estate is earning huge profit thanks to hit films and TV shows adapted from her work

The Independent UK

Enyd Williams obituary

Director and producer of BBC radio dramas whose inspired casting of June Whitfield as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple proved a hit with listeners

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials on Netflix is a mundane mess that quickly gives away the whodunnit — so Kenneth Branagh’s mediocre Poirot movies can rest easy

As a former Agatha Christie-obsessed teenager, it breaks my heart to report that Seven Dials on Netflix is a criminal adaptation of a master at work.

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Waitrose 2024 Christmas advert: A cosy mystery with Succession, Sex Education and Fleabag stars... and a missing pud

5/5 A stacked cast chews the scenery, a gripping whodunnit ends on a cliffhanger, and an adorable cat makes this ad a sweet treat

Evening Standard

Towards Zero: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

Towards Zero sees an explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies...

WhatToWatch

Richard Osman: ‘I would have been terrible in MI6. I’m too tall, spill secrets and can’t lie’

After getting ‘the tap’ at Cambridge, he went from a behind-the-scenes TV ideas man to a fixture in front of the camera. Then the Pointless star’s Thursday Murder Club books became the biggest thing in fiction since Harry Potter

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie's novels edited to remove likely offensive language

'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie is best known for her detective novels, particularly Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple series. The English writer wrote between 1920 to 1976, and her works are widely read across the world even today. Now news is that several of her novels are edited to remove…

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Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over National Emergency Library, Will Appeal

Plus: "Sensitivity readers" rewrite Agatha Christie, a Little Free Library battle, and more...

Reason

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

Agatha Christie novels being rewritten due to 'modern sensitivities'

Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters no longer used the N-word, the term ‘Oriental’ or 'native' in the Queen of Crime's mysteries

Wales Online

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

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

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

Edinburgh councillor hits back at depute leader's "Miss Marple" remark

Alison Dickie said the jibe was 'intimidating given the circumstances' but added "I don't really care what's said about me, I've heard worse behaviour in a classroom."

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