by The Swinging Christies
Sex. Drugs. Rock 'n' Roll. Agatha Christie?? Agatha Christie may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Swinging Sixties, but her writing has much to say about the big topics of the day. Join Dr Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown on a rad journey through time with the Queen of Crime.
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March 2, 2025
<p>Miss Marple isn’t an old duffer - she’s a swinging cat! At least that’s what Mark and Gray discover this episode when they shine a light on Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth. </p> <p>In particular we look at her 1960s outings, plus her Swinging-era cases in the recent 2021 short story collection, in stories by Alyssa Cole, Naomi Alderman, Dreda Say Mitchell, Karen M. McManus and Leigh Bardugo.</p> <p>You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are on BlueSky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p>Our website is ChristieTime.com.</p> <p>The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.</p> <p>Next episode: we travel to India!</p> <p> </p> <p>00:00:00 - Opening titles</p> <p>00:00:50 - Introductory chat</p> <p>00:07:00 - Why the Sixties belong to Miss Marple</p> <p>00:15:09 - The Swinging-era Marple: Twelve New Stories</p> <p>00:19:01 - Miss Marple Takes Manhattan by Alyssa Cole</p> <p>00:29:20 - The Open Mind by Naomi Alderman</p> <p>00:41:45 - The Jade Empress by Jean Kwok</p> <p>00:44:43 - A Deadly Wedding Day by Dreda Say Mitchell</p> <p>00:52:44 - The Murdering Sort by Karen M. McManus</p> <p>00:58:26 - The Disappearance by Leigh Bardugo</p> <p>01:04:59 - Tackling racism in these stories</p> <p>01:16:17 - How to get in touch</p> <p>01:17:17 - Closing titles</p> <p>01:17:44 - Coda</p> <p> TW: discussion of racism and antisemitism</p>
February 2, 2025
<p>A talented British author, a story about machinations in a girls’ school… How much do Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark have in common? Mark and Gray investigate…</p> <p>Featuring (from 5 mins in) a recording of a talk originally given by Gray for Romancing the Gothic, with kind permission of Dr Sam Hirst.</p> <p>You can read our special article for the Agatha Christie website <a href="https://bit.ly/Swinging60sAC " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> <p>You can find us on Instagram (as well as X) @Christie_Time. We are on BlueSky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p>Our website is <a href="ChristieTime.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ChristieTime.com</a>.</p> <p>The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.</p> <p>Next episode: stay tuned…!</p> <p>00:00:00 - Opening titles</p> <p>00:00:53 - Introductory chat</p> <p>00:05:00 - Gray’s Muriel Spark talk</p> <p>00:38:24 - Mark and Gray debrief</p> <p>00:57:21 - How to get in touch</p> <p>00:58:58 - Closing titles</p> <p>00:59:26 - Coda</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Solutions revealed! - The Plymouth Express, Witness for the Prosecution, Lord Edgware Dies, Towards Zero</p> <p>Sparks spoiled! - The Driver’s Seat, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</p> <p>TW: violence against women</p>
January 5, 2025
<p>Mark and Gray ring in the New Year with a discussion of the 1960s trend for… actually not being very 1960s at all! But just how much of Christie’s 1960s writing harks back to the Edwardian and Victorian eras? Did they even ‘swing’ back then??</p> <p>You can listen to our guest spot on the All About Agatha podcast, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/20wxze2HlvSbTV5fbJS7bc " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> <p>You can read our special article for the Agatha Christie website <a href="https://bit.ly/Swinging60sAC" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> <p>You can read Mark’s paper about Agatha Christie’s Charles Dickens’s Bleak House <a href="https://pure.solent.ac.uk/files/41922261/Aldridge_Agatha_Christie_s_Bleak_House_1_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </p> <p>And tickets and info for The Mirror Crack'd at the Tower Theatre can be found <a href="https://www.towertheatre.org.uk/mirror/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>!</p> <p>You can find us on Instagram (as well as X) @Christie_Time. We are on BlueSky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p>Our website is <a href="ChristieTime.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ChristieTime.com</a>.</p> <p>The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.</p> <p>Next episode: wait and see…</p> <p>00:00:00 - Opening titles</p> <p>00:00:51 - Introductory chat</p> <p>00:04:29 - The Sixties weren’t Swinging for everyone</p> <p>00:15:38 - Old-new locations</p> <p>00:58:02 - The Next Generation</p> <p>01:04:28 - Servants and service</p> <p>01:14:44 - Reviving the greats: Shakespeare, Tennyson, Austen, Brontë</p> <p>01:22:37 - Bleak House by Agatha Christie</p> <p>01:33:57 - Brave monkey puzzle: remembering Christie’s childhood home</p> <p>01:37:22 - Next episode, how to get in touch</p> <p>01:38:33 - Closing titles</p> <p>01:39:01 - Coda</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Solutions revealed! - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, At Bertram’s Hotel</p>
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