Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Titles in Translation
Gray and Mark meet Mystery Steve who has travelled all the way from Australia! Steve has been examining the way Agatha Christie titles have been translated into other languages. Steve’s project has just hit the 1960s, so we wanted to get him onto the podcast for the full lowdown. Travel the world with Gray, Mark and Steve!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Our YouTube account is @TheSwigingChristies. Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we’re going LIVE!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00: 40- Introductory chat00:01:58 - Mystery Steve: Agatha Christie - Titles in Translation00:10;41 - Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)00:15:16 - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)00:20:06 - The Pale Horse (1961)00:24:10 - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (1962)00:27:52 - The Clocks (1963)00:31:48 - A Caribbean Mystery (1963)00:34:12 - At Bertram’s Hotel (1964)00:37:23 - Third Girl (1966)00:42:24 - Endless Night (1967)00:46:13 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)00:49:48 - Hallowe’en Party (1969)0:56:37 - Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)00:57:58 - Wrap up, next episode01:00:58 - Closing titles01:02:08 - CodaSolutions revealed - The Pale Horse, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, Endless Night, By the Pricking of My Thumbs
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Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Interview with Jan Carson at the Belfast Book Festival
Gray and Mark head to beautiful Belfast to chat to novelist and Agatha Christie fan Jan Carson. Jan has been tackling the Troubles in her work for some time, and we want to discuss with her Christie’s Troubles references in Passenger to Frankfurt, as well as Irish characters and references in other Swinging books - all the way from The Pale Horse to By the Pricking of My Thumbs!A handful of tickets are still available for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Our YouTube account is @TheSwigingChristies. Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we’re going global… again…!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:47 - Introductory chat in Belfast00:02;46 - Interview with Jan Carson and discussion of Ireland in the Swinging Christies00:37;58 - The Troubles00:52:46 - Next episode, how to get in touch00:54:03 - Closing titles00:54:31 - CodaSolutions revealed! - The Pale Horse, At Bertram’s Hotel, Endless Night, Passenger to FrankfurtTW: Racist and xenophobic language quoted
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Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson
Two wickedly witty women writers, separated only by the Atlantic! This episode, Gray and Mark carry on their American adventures and discuss the similarities and differences between the works of Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson. Specifically focussing on Shirley’s Swinging era - The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle!A handful of tickets are still available for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Our YouTube account is @TheSwigingChristies. Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we’re heading to Belfast!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:40 - Introductory chat, recorded in Greenwich, New York00:05:40 - Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson00:20:25 - Swinging Shirley work-by-work01:03:00 - Next episode, how to get in touch01:05:02 - Closing titles01:05:30 - CodaSolutions revealed! - Five Little Pigs, Third Girl
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Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Swinging USA: Washington DC (Part 2)
Mrs Christie went to Washington, and Dr Aldridge and Mr Brown are following suit! This episode, we get the train to Washington DC to uncover the truth about how an American Christie fan would REALLY have experienced a Swinging Christie…A handful of tickets are still available for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social.Please subscribe to us, and rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we look at Agatha Christie alongside a contemporary - Shirley Jackson!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:43 - Introductory chat00:01:44 - Agatha, Washington and America in the 1960s, down the Mall 00:09:41 - Discoveries in the Library of Congress00:43:37 - Wrap up, the National Museum of African American History and Culture00:47:24 - Next episode, how to get in touch00:49:09 - Closing titles00:49:36 - Coda
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Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Swinging USA: New York (Part 1)
Mark and Gray take Manhattan in the first in this very special miniseries recorded in the USA. In New York, Gray and Mark discuss Agatha’s 1960s connections to America, plus their discoveries in papers held at the Princeton University Archive.A handful of tickets are still available for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please subscribe to us, and rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: Part 2 of Swinging USA - we go to Washington DC!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:40 - Introductory chat at Heathrow airport00:03:57 - Agatha and America in the 1960s at Central Park00:32:38 - Discoveries in the Princeton Archive00:55:49 - Wrap up, Schubert Archive, and off to Washington DC!00:58:30 - How to get in touch00:59:41 - Closing titles01:00:12 - CodaSolutions revealed! - Cat Among the Pigeons, The Clocks, The Pale Horse, At Bertram’s Hotel
About 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 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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