Unfortunately I won't be going to any events to celebrate Christie Week, although after popping into the library yesterday I came across a leaflet about The Agatha Christie Theatre Company production of Spider's Web which will be running at the theatre for one week only at the end of the month.  I'm thrilled so I will be booking my seat today!   

I see quite a few events are planned. It sounds like it's going to be a fabulous week. I have been to Torquay once and had a terrific time. I just checked the National Trust website and it looks like the apartment in Greenway House (Agatha Christie's summer home, now fully restored) is avaiable from September 11 - 17. The apartment is large, so with 2 or 3 couples splitting the cost for the week it's reasonable especially considering how nice the accommodations are and include a heated pool, your own private small garden and parking. And you will be able to explore the gardens at Greenway House at your leisure. I can't think of a better place to stay for the celebrations. It would be an Agatha Christie week from A (accommodation) to W (whoopee i.e. having a lot of fun)...I couldn't come up with a word starting with the letter Z, but I thought W was close enough.    

Thanks for letting us know.  I've seen the apartment and it really is stunning.

We've also just announced that a whole weekend on ITV3 will be dedicated to Christie.  Schedules are still to be finalised but there is some information on the home page.  Keep checking the site for updates.

The apartment has 5 bedrooms and the rental is something like 1,907 Pound sterling for seven nights, which comes out to about 635 per couple..if you and two other couples decided to rent the apartment. I doubt you will be able to find somehwere as nice and with such amenities at this price, which comes out to less than 100 quid  for each couple per night. Even if your friends are not fans of Agatha Christie, they can still enjoy the property along with the area and you can go off to the festivities in Torquay.  

I'm heading for Torquay and really looking forward to the week. So far I have booked ahead for the Literary Dinner and the Murder Mystery Dining Train.  I also plan to spend a day at Greenway, taking the ferry from Torquay. Also planning to take in the open air cinema, some guided walks and at least one play - possibly Spider's Web. Thanks for sharing the news - I only learned of this via the site and newsletter. I'm really excited to be having dinner and cocktails at Greenway!

Lucky you! It all just sounds so wonderful! But there is no hope for us who live so far far away from England. We can only dream of doing all the things you speak of doing for the Christie Week. I am a great admirer of Agatha Christie's work and so is my mom (for that matter so was my dear late grandma). But we are just so far away!

My Mom's a big Agatha Christie fan, too -- that's how I came to like her -- she has read all of her books including the Mary Westmacot ones. Has your Mom read most of her books, Frndorfoe?

Well, she had when she was young. But now she claims to have forgotten most of it due to the pressure of raising all of us! Recently she has planned on re-reading some of the books. She had mentioned The Crooked House and Endless Night (including the 70's movie version) to be her favorites. But the real fan was my grandma (that is my mom's mother). She had read most of the books and had collected almost all of it. Unfortunately, after her death all the books were lost.

Frndorfoe

But the real fan was my grandma (that is my mom's mother). She had read most of the books and had collected almost all of it. Unfortunately, after her death all the books were lost.

Sorry to hear that.

Well, she had when she was young. But now she claims to have forgotten most of it due to the pressure of raising all of us! Recently she has planned on re-reading some of the books. She had mentioned The Crooked House and Endless Night (including the 70's movie version) to be her favorites.

I like those books too. My Mom also said that it was hard to remember all of the plots since she read them when she was in her teens. But her favorite ones she remembers Like: They Came to Baghdad, The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side, Murder on the Orient Express, They Do it With Mirrors, and Crooked House, too.

Is this the Death of an Era?Agatha Christie’s residence Greenway in Torquay has recently been restored by the National Trust and in celebration of the Queen of Crime’s achievements a festival is held every year in Torbay. Renowned as an area of outstanding natural beauty, The English Riviera has become synonymous with the life and times of Agatha Christie, with millions of visitors having come from around the World to re-live that Golden Era. Despite this invaluable cultural heritage, developers plan to build high-rise glass tower blocks in the heart of Torquay Harbour near historic buildings (see: TorbayFuture.co.uk) and are being actively encouraged by some senior Officials, all in the name of progress! The devastation caused by such inner-city style tower s to the harbour and Bay will be inmeasurable and with more developers lined up to rip the heart out of Torbay's heritage, millions of Agatha Christie fans will be left with only fond memories of a magnificent bygone Era.

Well Torquay Kevin, that is awful and unsurprising considering how most councils and developers are so greedy. AC fans would go for the charm and old world syle of their imaginations, not plexi-glass monstrosities they can see in the big cities. It's such a shame.

BTW, I will be celebrating Christie week each evening in my living room reading the book club book and sipping a gin and tonic.

Too far away to attend from Sydney, Australia unfortunately.

 Cheers 3rd Girl, I think I might watch some of the JH Adaptations, I sadly cannot attend either but will be there in spirit, as I should think everybody who can't attend will be.

I am going to Torquay for the week of the Festival and am really looking forward to it.  So far I have booked the radio plays, Spider's Web, the Guided Walk and the Greenway Cruise.  I would have liked to go on the Murder Mystery Dining Train, but am on my own that evening and wasn't sure about doing it alone.  I'm sure it will be a fantastic week and a great chance to meet other Christie fans.  

Hey FranW ... ah, go for it - I'll be on my own too - and I'm sure there'll be others in the same boat (or should that be train). I felt the same about going to the literary dining evening at Greenway on my own but the woman from the NT that I talked to was so nice that she easily persuaded me it was fine to be a solo diner.

bakuvia

Hey FranW ... ah, go for it - I'll be on my own too - and I'm sure there'll be others in the same boat (or should that be train). I felt the same about going to the literary dining evening at Greenway on my own but the woman from the NT that I talked to was so nice that she easily persuaded me it was fine to be a solo diner.

Hi Bakuvia, Thanks for your message, I may well end up booking the train.  I'm going to the radio plays and dinner on my own and I'm sure it will be fine.  I'm also going to see Spider's Web on the Monday night and to Greenway on the Friday.  I think its going to be a fantastic week!  All the best

Oh, I'm so jealous of you all who are going! I'm unable to get any time off work  during the festival so am unable to get to Torquay and attend any of the functions. But I do hope you all have a great time.

I shall join fellow stuck-at-homes such as 3rdGirl and Tommy A Jones (hello to you both!) and indulge in all things Chrisite at home. I feel an overdose of Poirot DVDs, audio books and a re-read of Christies autobiography coming on. That should keep me happy for a while! But I'd sooner be in Torquay......

Puffinjill

I shall join fellow stuck-at-homes such as 3rdGirl and Tommy A Jones (hello to you both!) and indulge in all things Chrisite at home. I feel an overdose of Poirot DVDs, audio books and a re-read of Christies autobiography coming on. That should keep me happy for a while! But I'd sooner be in Torquay......

I shall do the same!

I am going through a stage when I try to watch 1 JH adapt every weekend and an audio Cassette when I have a spare moment, I started to listen to Hercule Poirot's Early Cases but the tape broke, never mind, How I wish I could visit places where the JH MM were filmed or the places where she based her books on like Doon Island (I think that is it's name, it was the inspiration behind Evil Under The Sun and And Then There Were None I used to live near Buddley Salterton where somne of Miss Marple (The JH version) was filmed.