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Agatha Christie

Penguin hunters booking in to collect some classic reads

Published Date: 02 October 2008 A NEW set of penguin hunters will invade Edinburgh this weekend but they are unlikely to trouble the zoo's most famous inhabitants. In addition, one of the city's secondhand bookshops has...

Interview: Simon Pegg

Shaun of the Dead star on losing friends, alienating people, and wanking off to Gillian Anderson Thirty-eight-year-old British actor Simon Pegg’s US star has been on the rise since his zombie-movie parody Shaun of the Dead...

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Definitive Collection (DVD Review)

by Howie Green EDGE Contributor Catching actor David Suchet in his many movie and TV appearances is always disconcerting to me. The impeccable casting, the Modern Art Deco settings and stylish backdrop of these Poirot...

'Run, you fat fairy'

By EMMA COX TV Features Editor AS a Wonder Woman-loving child it was obvious to everyone that Alan Carr was a bit different. Alan, who presents The Sunday Night Project with sidekick Justin Lee Collins, confesses he always...

Agatha Christie and the Autobiographical Tapes [Writerswrite.coms Writers Blog]

The discovery of audio tapes by Agatha Christie has set off a round of speculation of speculation as to how the tapes will be released. Chorion, the British publishing company, oversees the Christie estate, will have a...

Gay Erotic Author Wins Prestigious Award; New Novel Available

by Kilian Melloy EDGE Contributor Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 On Friday, September 12, James Lear was named "Writer of the Year" for his novel The Palace of Varieties at the Erotic Awards in London. Lear joins the esteemed...

Super-Smart Noir With A Feminist Jolt

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo By Stieg Larsson Translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland Hardcover, 463 pages Knopf List Price: $24.95 Read an excerpt Swedish author and activist Stieg Larsson wrote three novels before his...

Collins Lands TV Cameo

Veteran actress JOAN COLLINS has landed a cameo role in a new adaptation of AGATHA CHRISTIE classic MISS MARPLE. The 75-year-old former Dynasty star has been offered a guest slot in a new series by British TV network ITV,...

A new lakshya

Young, lean, with regular features and a fashionable close crop, Ritesh Sidhwani, founder-director of Excel Entertainment, is good-looking enough to be in front of the cameras himself. But, unlike his friend and partner...

Utah economist weighs in on investment bankers

Sep 18, 2008

A bailout of insurance giant AIG isn't enough to quiet down jittery investors. The stock market took another nosedive today, leaving Utahns asking, what's next? It's like an Agatha Christie novel. Months ago we started...