The Life and Times of Agatha Christie
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Join Dr Mark Aldridge for a lively introduction to the ‘Queen of Crime’, as we kick off our day-long celebration of all things criminal to mark 50 years since Agatha Christie’s death.
Dr Mark Aldridge is an author, speaker and historian, specialising in the work of Agatha Christie. He has published three books on Christie, with the most recent, Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert on Wickedness (HarperCollins, 2024), winning Crimefest's H.R.F. Keating Award for best critical or biographical work. He is also the co-producer and co-presenter of the podcast The Swinging Christies and Associate Professor of Screen Histories at Southampton Solent University.
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Location
Attenborough Arts Centre, LE1 7HA