Mark Aldridge
@markaldridge.info
'Agathologist', H.R.F. Keating Award winner and Associate Professor of Screen Histories. Consultant for documentaries and other projects. Co-host and co-producer of The Swinging Christies. 📧 Agathachristieonscreen@gmail.com 🏳️🌈
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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The Swinging Christies x Burgh Island!!!! 💃🏝️
Why not treat yourself this Christmas and join @christietime.bsky.social at Burgh Island for a talk all about #AgathaChristie and the festive season? Stay the night or book in for afternoon tea on Sunday 14 December... www.burghisland.com/a-christie-c...
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Swinging Christies x Burgh Island!!!! 💃🏝️
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An iconic #AgathaChristie cover - 'Hallowe'en Party' by Tom Adams plus the studio photograph he took to help him create this image - an apple under a stream of water. My new article shares more unique insights into his creative process. #bookcovers Link: www.collectingchristie.com/post/tom-ada...
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An iconic #AgathaChristie cover - 'Hallowe'en Party' by Tom Adams plus the studio photograph he took to help him create this image - an apple under a stream of water. My new article shares more unique insights into his creative process. #bookcovers Link: www.collectingchristie.com/post/tom-ada...
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I think about this New Statesman review a lot
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I think about this New Statesman review a lot
Woke up at 4am thinking about Celeb Traitors
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Woke up at 4am thinking about Celeb Traitors
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The true winner is men being kind to each other #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The true winner is men being kind to each other #celebritytraitors
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November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I demand an OFCOM inquiry into how this season of #celebritytraitors has managed to be so fantastically good #TheTraitors #traitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I demand an OFCOM inquiry into how this season of #celebritytraitors has managed to be so fantastically good #TheTraitors #traitors
There's a wonderful story about Kevin Elyot in @kathyburke.bsky.social's book, which I won't ruin here. It's full of similarly brilliant stories. Highly recommended.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There's a wonderful story about Kevin Elyot in @kathyburke.bsky.social's book, which I won't ruin here. It's full of similarly brilliant stories. Highly recommended.
Why not treat yourself this Christmas and join @christietime.bsky.social at Burgh Island for a talk all about #AgathaChristie and the festive season? Stay the night or book in for afternoon tea on Sunday 14 December... www.burghisland.com/a-christie-c...
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Why not treat yourself this Christmas and join @christietime.bsky.social at Burgh Island for a talk all about #AgathaChristie and the festive season? Stay the night or book in for afternoon tea on Sunday 14 December... www.burghisland.com/a-christie-c...
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It's not too late to catch our Hallowe'en special before things start to get a little Christmassy... pod.fo/e/3448f0 and on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUG...
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's not too late to catch our Hallowe'en special before things start to get a little Christmassy... pod.fo/e/3448f0 and on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUG...
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
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Now online! Part 1: Tom Adams' Archives Uncovered. Originally shared at the Int'l Agatha Christie Festival in 09/25. You'll see exclusive images from his archives showing how he brought #agathachristie's covers to life. #bookcovers Link: collectingchristie.com/post/tom-ada...
November 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Now online! Part 1: Tom Adams' Archives Uncovered. Originally shared at the Int'l Agatha Christie Festival in 09/25. You'll see exclusive images from his archives showing how he brought #agathachristie's covers to life. #bookcovers Link: collectingchristie.com/post/tom-ada...
The programme for the Tenerife Agatha Christie Festival is out! Looking forward to speaking at several events, including offering some insights into what we can learn about writing from Agatha Christie and our first @christietime.bsky.social talk outside of the UK! #AgathaChristie
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The programme for the Tenerife Agatha Christie Festival is out! Looking forward to speaking at several events, including offering some insights into what we can learn about writing from Agatha Christie and our first @christietime.bsky.social talk outside of the UK! #AgathaChristie
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Happy Hallowe'en Swingers!! Dish out that potion (pumpkin soup? Wine?), light some gnarled old candles, and curl up under a blanket with our new Hallowe'en podcast: pod.fo/e/3448f0 discussing the #HalloweenParty adaptation that relocated from 1969 to 1947. Plus apple bobbing! #AgathaChristie 🎃👻💃
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy Hallowe'en Swingers!! Dish out that potion (pumpkin soup? Wine?), light some gnarled old candles, and curl up under a blanket with our new Hallowe'en podcast: pod.fo/e/3448f0 discussing the #HalloweenParty adaptation that relocated from 1969 to 1947. Plus apple bobbing! #AgathaChristie 🎃👻💃
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Gays going on a night out
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gays going on a night out
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You are doing Little Miss Marple too, aren't you?
Oh and you may be interested in this...
Oh and you may be interested in this...
The forgotten Shropshire tragedy that inspired The Mousetrap
The death of 12-year-old Dennis O’Neill in 1945 shocked Britain and led Agatha Christie to write her famous play The Mousetrap
centralbylines.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
You are doing Little Miss Marple too, aren't you?
Oh and you may be interested in this...
Oh and you may be interested in this...
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BOO! NEW PODCAST! It's our Hallowe'en special 2025... or should that be 1969...? Or 1947...? Hop aboard your broomsticks for a very special ep: pod.fo/e/3448f0 #AgathaChristie #HalloweenParty #AHauntinginVenice
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
BOO! NEW PODCAST! It's our Hallowe'en special 2025... or should that be 1969...? Or 1947...? Hop aboard your broomsticks for a very special ep: pod.fo/e/3448f0 #AgathaChristie #HalloweenParty #AHauntinginVenice
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We loved friend-of-the-podcast @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social's article following in the footsteps of Agatha Christie on the Isle of Man! 💃 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
Following in Agatha Christie’s footsteps on the Isle of Man: No archive could ever get me as close to her experience
In 1930 the detective novelist was commissioned to set a treasure hunt on the island enticing tourists to visit
www.irishtimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We loved friend-of-the-podcast @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social's article following in the footsteps of Agatha Christie on the Isle of Man! 💃 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
A spooky Swinging Christies episode out today - includes apple bobbing! But will either of us become a victim? Find out on your @christietime.bsky.social feed #AgathaChristie #Halloween
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A spooky Swinging Christies episode out today - includes apple bobbing! But will either of us become a victim? Find out on your @christietime.bsky.social feed #AgathaChristie #Halloween
This would have been a HUGE story for days or weeks 25 years ago.
Today: So few people watched the draw that the reporting resorts to "It is understood that viewers..."
Today: So few people watched the draw that the reporting resorts to "It is understood that viewers..."
October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This would have been a HUGE story for days or weeks 25 years ago.
Today: So few people watched the draw that the reporting resorts to "It is understood that viewers..."
Today: So few people watched the draw that the reporting resorts to "It is understood that viewers..."
An exhausting and difficult week, but nice to end with the official launch of the Mr Men/Agatha Christie crossover books. They're gorgeous! #AgathaChristie #MrMen
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An exhausting and difficult week, but nice to end with the official launch of the Mr Men/Agatha Christie crossover books. They're gorgeous! #AgathaChristie #MrMen
Planet of Evil is so boring that it should have been in Season 15
October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Planet of Evil is so boring that it should have been in Season 15
Watched the final Mission Impossible film and struck by the lack of dialogue. It could be Wings! Just a smidge less gay.
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Watched the final Mission Impossible film and struck by the lack of dialogue. It could be Wings! Just a smidge less gay.
Furious that it's still October
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Furious that it's still October