Of course he said it!
Detective fiction has left an indelible mark on our literary and cultural landscape, thanks to the unforgettable characters it has given...
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- May 3
Clues to Clouseau
Today’s great detective first came to life on the silver screen, but his character pays homage to some of his famous literary...
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- Apr 24
A tribute to the man who composed Poirot
The theme music from the Agatha Christie’s Poirot TV series is instantly recognisable and won its composer Christopher Gunning his second...
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- Apr 19
From sleuth to singing teapot
We head across the Atlantic from the UK/Europe for the location of today’s Great Detective series, but both the award-nominated actor and...
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- Apr 11
Seams like old times
What does it take to make a truly authentic on-screen Great Detective? In a previous post, we looked at the brilliant Aussie trio behind...
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- Apr 3
Instrumentally, my dear Watson!
Sherlock Holmes is known for his sharp wit and keen eye for detail. But he also had a passion for music, and particularly violin music....
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- Mar 27
Making mystery and history
There is real life mystery in the life of Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, creator of two very individual literary Great Detectives,...
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- Mar 21
Cooking up a Great Detective
Like most credible writing, Nicolas Freeling’s idea for Commissariat Piet Van der Valk came out of real life events. Having dropped out...
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- Mar 13
Nettles beyond Midsomer
The TV series “Midsomer Murders”, based on UK writer Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby mystery novels , originally had a working title...
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- Mar 6
A deerstalker and a curved pipe? Not so elementary!
Sherlock Holmes’ now familiar deerstalker cap and curved calabash tobacco pipe were not really part of the original character in the...
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- Feb 27
Liszt and The Pink Panther??
Here’s one for the musical super-sleuths! How is Franz Liszt linked to The Pink Panther in the world of the movies? “Song without End”...
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- Feb 20
Music from the English County with the most murders…
Everyone knows the character Inspector Barnaby and the exquisitely mysterious theme music for Midsomer Murders, but who is the composer...
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- Feb 13
Here's one for the music sleuths!
What’s the connection between the 1964 hit single “Have I the Right?” (which pushed The Beatles out of number one spot in the charts) and...
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- Feb 5
Another Aussie dream team
The author of the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries crime novels is not a household name like Agatha Christie, in spite of her own...
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- Jan 29
Matt and "Piet" almost at Eye Level
Matt Monro, known as “the Man with the Golden Voice” recorded the song “And you smiled” in 1973. This reached 28 on the UK charts, but...
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- Jan 23
Getting to know Poirot
Barely fictional (the Belgian town of Ellezelles proudly displays his birth certificate), this most famous of the "Great Detectives" has...
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