Salt, sand and sea
It’s time for this month’s chain of reading, set off by Kate’s Six Degrees of Separation, in which we are invited to build a chain of 6 books that bear […]
Seasonal confusion
Cup of tea and a hot cross bun Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 April 2020 Posted as part of #acoffeeandabook series
Agatha
This sculpture of the famous English author was the work of Carol van den Boom-Cairns. It was unveiled in September 1990 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of her birth in the area […]
Fire Duty
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 August 2016 Part of Weekend in B&W
Potty
Stacked in the gardens of Greenway House, once the home of Agatha Christie, do these pots give any clues about the life of the Dame of Crime? Copyright Debbie Smyth, 5 August 2016 […]
Straight and Narrow
This lengthy pier in Torquay was popular with the local Dame of Crime, Agatha Christie. It was built in the year she was born (1890) and became a regular haunt for […]
Murder, Mystery and a Beautiful Sunset
Stunning scenery, good food, a big wheel with views and delectable cream teas aren’t the only attractions on the English Riviera. Torquay is currently hosting the International Agatha Christie Festival […]
Mistress of the Unexpected
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (1890 – 1976) was an incredibly prolific English writer, known best, of course, for her crime novels (66 in all). She also wrote short stories and plays, plus six romances under the […]
