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Tina Hodgkinson
@tinahodgkinson.bsky.social
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Reads, gives talks & writes about Agatha Christie
Loves London, history, gothic, great disabled access
Works at The London Archives https://tinahodgkinson.com/
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carolinederry.bsky.social
An excellent newsletter, essential for #AgathaChristie fans!
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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municipaldreams.bsky.social
🚨 Amelia King, volunteering for the Women's Land Army in 1943, was rejected by Essex farmers. This week's Substack post on John Scurr House in Stepney looks at the racial discrimination suffered by residents and its later redevelopment.
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Contemporary leaflet protesting against the discrimination shown again a young black volunteering for the Women's Land Army in 1943.
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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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
Hallowe'en titlecard - 2025 remix!
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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jcbernthal.com
Next month, the Seagull Amateurs, my local theatre company, is staging a play I wrote! Seeing the cast in character is really special.
Nine people outlined in various colours above the words 'Clue-don't' written in the style of a ransom note, with each letter cut out and pasted.
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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christietime.com
BOO! Our now-traditional Hallowe'en special will drop 2 WEEKS TODAY! Set your watches/broomsticks* for Sunday 26 October 💃🏻💃🏻🎃

*and they better be decorated (Hallowe'en Party in-joke)

Catch up before then: podfollow.com/the-swinging...
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s
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 th...
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October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
tinahodgkinson.bsky.social
Happy birthday to much loved Agatha Christie born #OTD 1890 in Torquay, Devon
Agatha Christie blowing out the candles of her cake on her 80th birthday. Agatha wears a navy blue dress and a pearl necklace. Watching her are a group of men wearing suits. The photo was taken at the offices of her publishers, Collins.
September 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Huge thank you & congratulations to @goldenagemysteries.bsky.social @michellekazmer.bsky.social @aspaceofonesown.bsky.social @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com for organising another fantastic Golden Age Conference with outstanding speakers, fascinating topics, had utterly delightful time
Michelle being presented with a gift by Sarah as a thank you for her enormous help with the organising of the conference
September 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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agathafestival.bsky.social
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Young People’s Mystery Story Writing Competition
Thank you to @redbreastedbird.bsky.social for presenting the prizes
@librariesunlimited.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
#torreabbey @literatureworks.bsky.social
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International Agatha Christie Festival | WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR FESTIVAL YOUNG WRITERS MYSTERY STORY COMPETITION 2025
Agatha Christie Festival is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Young People’s Mystery Story Writing Competition.
www.iacf-uk.org
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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goldenagemysteries.bsky.social
We are extremely lucky to kick off day two with our amazing keynote! The amazing @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social discussing Golden Age Detective Fiction as War Fiction. 🕵🏻‍♀️🔪✨

#GoldenAgeDetectiveFiction

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September 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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carolinederry.bsky.social
This has been an exciting week, and is ending with the fantastic @goldenagemysteries.bsky.social conference. So many exciting papers today, and so many to come tomorrow!
September 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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goldenagemysteries.bsky.social
Kicking us off this afternoon, Charlotte Beyer with an amazing paper on ‘The Immigrant Woman as Traumatised Other’! 🕵🏻‍♀️✨

Always such pleasure to hear her papers!
September 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
tinahodgkinson.bsky.social
Such a fabulous first day with so many engaging speakers with such interesting papers on diverse aspects of the Golden Age of Crime Fiction, thank you to all who spoke amd to our wonderful organisers ~ bring on day two
goldenagemysteries.bsky.social Golden Age Mysteries Ltd. @goldenagemysteries.bsky.social · Sep 12
DAY ONE 🕵🏻‍♀️🔪🧶 is underway! ✨

We are so excited for some amazing papers this morning. Are you joing us? What panel are you excited for?!

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September 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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This is lovely - Visitors take a shine to Agatha Christie and her beloved dog www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/visitor...
Visitors take a shine to Agatha Christie and her beloved dog
SO many people have fallen in love with Torquay’s new harbourside tribute to the Queen of Crime that she has had to have running repairs.
www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
tinahodgkinson.bsky.social
Congratulations Martin, looking forward to this so much
thecwa.bsky.social The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · Sep 11
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Martin Edwards buff.ly/bFCK2Pr with 'Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife'!
September 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Martin Edwards buff.ly/bFCK2Pr with 'Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife'!
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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jcbernthal.com
I’m so excited that, in 2 days, we are launching both Silent Echoes, a golden age crime conference and Ten Little Mysteries, a book of new fiction inspired by the Golden Age. Get a sneak preview of the introduction here: jcbernthal.com/2025/09/07/c...
A green background with gold patterns including a stylised woman’s face, atop logos for Golden Age Mysteries Ltd, FSU College of Communication and Information, and The Golden Age of Crime. Text below reads: ‘Silent Echoes: Golden Age Crime Fiction and Trauma, FSU (Florida State University) London Study Centre, 12-13 September 2025’ Red, white, and cream book cover for Ten Little Mysteries by Golden Age Mysteries Ltd
September 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Starting tonight, a new 4 part series The Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel on More4 at 9pm. Delighted to have been involved in the project discussing Agatha Christie www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
The Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel
All aboard for the story of the celebrated Orient Express - from London to Istanbul
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September 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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jcbernthal.com
The Christie Catch-Up: August/September 2025 open.substack.com/pub/christie...
The Christie Catch-Up: August/September 2025
A monthly newsletter keeping you up to date on all things Agatha Christie
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August 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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carolinederry.bsky.social
Excited to invite you to the launch of Legal History in the Curriculum: Comparative Perspectives, Critical Approaches and Future Directions.

Hear from contributors on how and why to teach it, and its subversive potential!

6pm, Monday 8 Sept, online.
Booking: forms.office.com/e/VFgwKs9iHM
Image of the book cover, which has a patterned green background and a white band with black text.
August 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Your absence will go on forever... ❤️
A quote on a plain beige background. The text reads: "I am only just now understanding. The difference between your death and your absence. Your death was a singular event. But your absence will go on forever." MOLLY MATTOCKS COACHING
August 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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One of only six in the world ✍️

This is William Shakespeare’s signature on the deed of a house he bought in Blackfriars in 1613, now on display at The London Archives.

Join our talk to uncover the story behind this rare document:
📍 In-person and online
📅 11th September
🎟️https://buff.ly/CalUb7r
August 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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It's been a year being The London Archives🥳

What an amazing year we've had!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us, we couldn't have got this far without you❤️

p.s. it's not just you, its the staff too 😉

#TheLondonArchives #1yearanniversary #archives
August 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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agathafestival.bsky.social
In partnership with @librariesunlimited.bsky.social our 1st Christie for Kids Day is on Sat 13th Sept at Paignton Library. With bestselling children’s authors Robin Stevens & Abie Longstaff
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Free but pls register
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International Agatha Christie Festival | Christie for Kids
The Agatha Christie Festival, in partnership with Libraries Unlimited, is delighted to introduce the Festival’s first Christie for Kids day at Paignton Library. Open to all families and children, it’s...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Congratulations to Festival Friend, Dr Jamie Bernthal-Hooker on this wonderful achievement! He can now add prize-winning author to his list of talents!

Jamie is speaking at this year's Festival, and there are some tickets still available:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
July 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Congratulations Jamie, I'm so happy for you
thecwa.bsky.social The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · Jul 3
🗡#CWADaggers
And the Short Story Dagger 2024 WINNER is…

JC BERNTHAL, for ‘A Date on Yarmouth Pier’
Published in Midsummer Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards
(Flame Tree Press)
July 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM