Mark Aldridge
@markaldridge.info
'Agathologist', H.R.F. Keating Award winner and Associate Professor of Screen Histories. Consultant for documentaries and other projects. Co-host and co-producer of The Swinging Christies. 📧 [email protected] 🏳️🌈
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We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
https://goodlaw.social/ycba
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
https://goodlaw.social/ycba
TalkTV: Ofcom bows to pressure | Good Law Project
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
goodlaw.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
https://goodlaw.social/ycba
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
https://goodlaw.social/ycba
My tinnitus is going OFF tonight
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
My tinnitus is going OFF tonight
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The #AgathaChristie Spring Gathering is BACK - and so are we! It's bound to sell out again, so swing on over and grab your ticket while you can...
**Tickets for the 2026 Spring Gathering on April 11 are now on sale**
With authors @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and Kelly Mullen, the @christietime.com podcast, and special guests @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
With authors @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and Kelly Mullen, the @christietime.com podcast, and special guests @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
International Agatha Christie Festival | Spring Gathering
After the sell-out success of the inaugural Spring Gathering in April 2025, we are delighted to be able to invite you to our Spring Gathering for 2026. We are looking forward to sharing a day of murde...
www.iacf-uk.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The #AgathaChristie Spring Gathering is BACK - and so are we! It's bound to sell out again, so swing on over and grab your ticket while you can...
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So, we all know that the second recording block of Shada was cancelled due to strike action - but the sets were planned out in full... What would it have looked like? Wonder no more!
TC6, 19th November 1979. #DoctorWho #CGSets
TC6, 19th November 1979. #DoctorWho #CGSets
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So, we all know that the second recording block of Shada was cancelled due to strike action - but the sets were planned out in full... What would it have looked like? Wonder no more!
TC6, 19th November 1979. #DoctorWho #CGSets
TC6, 19th November 1979. #DoctorWho #CGSets
Sometimes, in a quiet moment, I'll reflect on life's big questions.
"What's the story behind Meryl Streep's version of The Day Before You Came on the Mamma Mia 2 soundtrack?" I'll wonder. "Was it ever meant to be in the film itself?"
"What's the story behind Meryl Streep's version of The Day Before You Came on the Mamma Mia 2 soundtrack?" I'll wonder. "Was it ever meant to be in the film itself?"
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Sometimes, in a quiet moment, I'll reflect on life's big questions.
"What's the story behind Meryl Streep's version of The Day Before You Came on the Mamma Mia 2 soundtrack?" I'll wonder. "Was it ever meant to be in the film itself?"
"What's the story behind Meryl Streep's version of The Day Before You Came on the Mamma Mia 2 soundtrack?" I'll wonder. "Was it ever meant to be in the film itself?"
Sending me a paperback that's the wrong edition with a STICKER on the spine, oh it's JAIL for you, eBay seller
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sending me a paperback that's the wrong edition with a STICKER on the spine, oh it's JAIL for you, eBay seller
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
The Spring Gathering is back back back! You can be sure tickets will sell out again... #AgathaChristie
**Tickets for the 2026 Spring Gathering on April 11 are now on sale**
With authors @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and Kelly Mullen, the @christietime.com podcast, and special guests @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
With authors @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and Kelly Mullen, the @christietime.com podcast, and special guests @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
International Agatha Christie Festival | Spring Gathering
After the sell-out success of the inaugural Spring Gathering in April 2025, we are delighted to be able to invite you to our Spring Gathering for 2026. We are looking forward to sharing a day of murde...
www.iacf-uk.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Spring Gathering is back back back! You can be sure tickets will sell out again... #AgathaChristie
@dirtyfeed.org Something I've wondered for a while (by which I mean about 30 years) - any idea why the early(ish) Fawlty Towers VHS releases collect the episodes as they do? I'd assumed so each could be named after a famous ep but not sure that tracks. To even out the running time?
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@dirtyfeed.org Something I've wondered for a while (by which I mean about 30 years) - any idea why the early(ish) Fawlty Towers VHS releases collect the episodes as they do? I'd assumed so each could be named after a famous ep but not sure that tracks. To even out the running time?
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Brand new on Dirty Feed: just how reliable are Bob Monkhouse's memories of The Golden Shot?
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/poor...
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/poor...
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Brand new on Dirty Feed: just how reliable are Bob Monkhouse's memories of The Golden Shot?
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/poor...
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/poor...
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Here's a new one... Which is the #AgathaChristie you've read the MOST? Not your favourite necessarily, but the one you reckon you've picked up the most times. Gray's, unsurprisingly, is a 60s one - #TheMirrorCrackdfromSidetoSide! What's yours?
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here's a new one... Which is the #AgathaChristie you've read the MOST? Not your favourite necessarily, but the one you reckon you've picked up the most times. Gray's, unsurprisingly, is a 60s one - #TheMirrorCrackdfromSidetoSide! What's yours?
Ooh good question.
I think probably Hallowe'en Party!
Second place between And Then There Were None and Endless Night, I think.
'The Coming of Mr Quin' is probably the short story I've read the most. Followed by 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding' and 'The Man from the Sea'.
#AgathaChristie
I think probably Hallowe'en Party!
Second place between And Then There Were None and Endless Night, I think.
'The Coming of Mr Quin' is probably the short story I've read the most. Followed by 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding' and 'The Man from the Sea'.
#AgathaChristie
Here's a new one... Which is the #AgathaChristie you've read the MOST? Not your favourite necessarily, but the one you reckon you've picked up the most times. Gray's, unsurprisingly, is a 60s one - #TheMirrorCrackdfromSidetoSide! What's yours?
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ooh good question.
I think probably Hallowe'en Party!
Second place between And Then There Were None and Endless Night, I think.
'The Coming of Mr Quin' is probably the short story I've read the most. Followed by 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding' and 'The Man from the Sea'.
#AgathaChristie
I think probably Hallowe'en Party!
Second place between And Then There Were None and Endless Night, I think.
'The Coming of Mr Quin' is probably the short story I've read the most. Followed by 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding' and 'The Man from the Sea'.
#AgathaChristie
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Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum
Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum
Anthony Pratt's daughter explains how evenings performing at country hotels inspired the murder-mystery game.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum
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Screaming at the actual official BBC Doctor Who Jackie Tyler Christmas mug
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Screaming at the actual official BBC Doctor Who Jackie Tyler Christmas mug
Wait, The Loving Kind is finally in HD on the Girls Aloud YouTube channel, why wasn't this on the news
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wait, The Loving Kind is finally in HD on the Girls Aloud YouTube channel, why wasn't this on the news
Just had a random memory of the time that the actor playing Andy McDonald's girlfriend Amy in #Corrie left the show urgently and was replaced by Mel B in dim lighting for one brief, final scene (no, seriously)
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just had a random memory of the time that the actor playing Andy McDonald's girlfriend Amy in #Corrie left the show urgently and was replaced by Mel B in dim lighting for one brief, final scene (no, seriously)
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Did you catch the article we wrote for agathachristie.com last year? Read on, my Swingers: bit.ly/Swinging60sAC 💃💃
Sex, Drugs and Agatha Christie: Reading the Swinging Sixties
Delve into the themes of Christie's sixties novels with the hosts of the podcast, The Swinging Christies
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Did you catch the article we wrote for agathachristie.com last year? Read on, my Swingers: bit.ly/Swinging60sAC 💃💃
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Someone at an event just said "that's bright pink - so that's Swinging!"
Our work here is done.
Our work here is done.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Someone at an event just said "that's bright pink - so that's Swinging!"
Our work here is done.
Our work here is done.
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We're starting to feel festive after last night's #AChristieforChristmas event! If you are too why not relive our seasonal special from last year? > pod.fo/e/294968
This year's festive special drops on Sunday 14 December! 💃🏻🎄
This year's festive special drops on Sunday 14 December! 💃🏻🎄
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Christmas
There’s always Christie at Christmas! Join Mark and Gray making the yuletide gay with a discussion about Christie’s festive writings from the 1960s. Come swing around the Christmas tree!You can...
pod.fo
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're starting to feel festive after last night's #AChristieforChristmas event! If you are too why not relive our seasonal special from last year? > pod.fo/e/294968
This year's festive special drops on Sunday 14 December! 💃🏻🎄
This year's festive special drops on Sunday 14 December! 💃🏻🎄
Enjoying seeing Purdey dressed as a Ferrero Rocher
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Enjoying seeing Purdey dressed as a Ferrero Rocher
Anyway, the correct list of the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes that should be returned is:
Master Plan 1, 4, 12
Massacre 4
Smugglers 1
Tenth Planet 4
Power 1-6
Macra 1-4
Evil 7
#DoctorWho
Master Plan 1, 4, 12
Massacre 4
Smugglers 1
Tenth Planet 4
Power 1-6
Macra 1-4
Evil 7
#DoctorWho
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Anyway, the correct list of the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes that should be returned is:
Master Plan 1, 4, 12
Massacre 4
Smugglers 1
Tenth Planet 4
Power 1-6
Macra 1-4
Evil 7
#DoctorWho
Master Plan 1, 4, 12
Massacre 4
Smugglers 1
Tenth Planet 4
Power 1-6
Macra 1-4
Evil 7
#DoctorWho
Every time Gan wanders into a scene in Blake's 7
a man in a sweater is standing in front of a gumball machine and saying umm
Alt: David from Schitt's Creek asking "What are you doing here?"
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every time Gan wanders into a scene in Blake's 7
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And a Happy Canon Pennyfather Day to all of you at home! 💃🏻🎉
Half-way into the latest @christietime.bsky.social on a chilly walk, and Canon Pennyfather has turned up! Or, rather, his disappearance has, if you see what I mean
OTD 1965: Canon Pennyfather goes missing / The Irish Mail Train is robbed
…but surely these two events couldn’t be connected?
In Miss Marple – At Bertram’s Hotel
Today would also have been William Russell’s 101st birthday, so I can’t help but exclaim,
London! 1965!
…but surely these two events couldn’t be connected?
In Miss Marple – At Bertram’s Hotel
Today would also have been William Russell’s 101st birthday, so I can’t help but exclaim,
London! 1965!
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And a Happy Canon Pennyfather Day to all of you at home! 💃🏻🎉
There's no point saying "even if you don't like football..." (or whatever). The "even if" is just an indication of your incredulity at such a position. If you don't care you don't care.
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
There's no point saying "even if you don't like football..." (or whatever). The "even if" is just an indication of your incredulity at such a position. If you don't care you don't care.