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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 8h

Can't wait to read it @collectchristie.bsky.social 💖💃🏻💃🏻

Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social · 8h

This fab 1961 1st global paperback of #agathachristie "The Cat Among the Pigeons" evokes the Swinging 60s - a theme one of my fave podcasts @christietime.bsky.social discusses so well - and stay tuned as my new article on 60s paperbacks 1sts will be live in a few days on my website. #booksky

The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 10h

I agree! I mean funnily enough the (arguable) first masterpiece Ackroyd does come out at (around) 35...

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 13h

"Nobody ever wrote a masterpiece before the age of thirty-five." - The Millstone, Margaret Drabble (1965)

Your reminder that Agatha Christie was 69 when the 1960s dawned... 😉💃💃💃

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 1d

Ah thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed

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rithebard.bsky.social @rithebard.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats!

The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 8d

Our live episode is on track to be our BIGGEST EPISODE on YouTube to date! (Which makes sense I guess, given there's something to watch, even if it is just our wild gesticulations.) See what all the fuss is about > www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... 📺💃💃 or listen as normal > pod.fo/e/332d77

The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: LIVE! Cool Covers and Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

It’s The Swinging Christies as you've never heard (or seen) it before - with a live audience! Join Mark and Gray at the 2025 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon, for this...

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 7d

Not one but two quotes, from two episodes, I misremembered !

Start of Chapter 3 of White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 8d

Our live episode is on track to be our BIGGEST EPISODE on YouTube to date! (Which makes sense I guess, given there's something to watch, even if it is just our wild gesticulations.) See what all the fuss is about > www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... 📺💃💃 or listen as normal > pod.fo/e/332d77

The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: LIVE! Cool Covers and Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

It’s The Swinging Christies as you've never heard (or seen) it before - with a live audience! Join Mark and Gray at the 2025 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon, for this...

pod.fo

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 8d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 9d

Sandbrook opens a whole chapter on a quote from this episode in White Heat!

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 10d

Wimbledon. Daleks. Then The #SwingingChristies. All the important things available in GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR 🎨💃

Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 10d

I listened to this while out for a long walk yesterday and had to imagine the excitingly gaudy visuals, though apparently there’s a new-fangled on-screen in-colour version (but, being the Sixties, only 0.3% of viewers can watch it)

The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 11d

We've Swung our way into TECHNICOLOUR! Oh it's the future, dear Swingers. You can WATCH our LIVE EPISODE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6lQg... or if you think we have faces for radio, just listen: pod.fo/e/332d77 💃📺📻 @agathafestival.bsky.social

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 10d

Find out the answers to such questions as: what connects Help by the Beatles and Agatha Christie? Truman Capote and Third Girl? Mark Rothko and Tesco? 😂💃🏻

Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social · 10d

For those who weren’t able to be there (or indeed anyone who was there), here’s the first ever video episode of the Swinging Christies - recorded at the recent Agatha Christie Festival. It’s groovy, baby!🌻
Thank you to Emberlense films

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The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 11d

Our first video episode of The Swinging Christies - recorded LIVE at @agathafestival.bsky.social, filmed and edited by Emberlense Productions! Video available on YouTube and supported podcast apps, including Spotify. #AgathaChristie @christietime.bsky.social

youtu.be/gjs_0IjqgVA?...

The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 11d

We've Swung our way into TECHNICOLOUR! Oh it's the future, dear Swingers. You can WATCH our LIVE EPISODE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6lQg... or if you think we have faces for radio, just listen: pod.fo/e/332d77 💃📺📻 @agathafestival.bsky.social

L Mark Aldridge and R Gray Robert Brown (with some sunflowers between them) at The Swinging Christies LIVE! episode recording on 19/09/2025 as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 13d

READ ALL ABOUT IT 💃💃

Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social · 13d

We made the front page of the newspaper! The mystery of the curious headline is explained on page 4. And there's a double page spread of photos inside, so see if you recognise anyone...

Thank you to Torbay Weekly and Ben Tisdale for all of the support.

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 17d

LOVE this! Apple and all!

Speaking of apples, our Hallowe'en ep isn't far off... 🍏💃🏻

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 17d

yeah well it's only 40 miles away from Agatha's Wallingford I guess!

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 18d

My phone just autocorrected Swindon to Swinging 💃🏻💃🏻

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Richard Banks @lyricalbankster.bsky.social · 18d

Every episode I think: “they’ll never top this one”. But I genuinely think this one’ll be impossible to surpass. On a trip to Estonia we noticed they’re as passionate as ever about classic detective fiction.

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 18d

Aw that's such a lovely comment Richard thank you! And those pics are fascinating. Our next one - the live audience recording - was the most giddy yet, so hopefully you'll enjoy. Coming soon!

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 19d

We agree 💖

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you so much for coming 💃🏻💃🏻

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Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 19d

I had a wonderful time at @agathafestival.bsky.social - fantastic talks from Kemper Donovan, Dr John Curran, @victoriadowd.bsky.social, David Brawn and a fabulous evening at a LIVE recording of @christietime.bsky.social with @markaldridge.info and Gray Robert Brown. A great weekend!

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks for listening and saying so!! 💖💃🏻

The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 21d

We are so excited for our first ever live episode recording tomorrow!!!!!

The ep will drop on all our normal platforms including a filmed version for YouTube in the days/weeks afterwards! 💃🏻💃🏻

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 24d

Not a single 1959-1970 title there. For shame! 😉

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