Miss Marple isn’t an old duffer - she’s a swinging cat! At least that’s what Mark and Gray discover this episode when they shine a light on Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth.

In particular we look at her 1960s outings, plus her Swinging-era cases in the recent 2021 short story collection, in stories by Alyssa Cole, Naomi Alderman, Jean Kwok, Dreda Say Mitchell, Karen M. McManus and Leigh Bardugo.

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The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

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00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:50 - Introductory chat

00:07:00 - Why the Sixties belong to Miss Marple

00:15:09 - The Swinging-era Marple: Twelve New Stories

00:19:01 - Miss Marple Takes Manhattan by Alyssa Cole

00:29:20 - The Open Mind by Naomi Alderman

00:41:45 - The Jade Empress by Jean Kwok

00:44:43 - A Deadly Wedding Day by Dreda Say Mitchell

00:52:44 - The Murdering Sort by Karen M. McManus

00:58:26 - The Disappearance by Leigh Bardugo

01:04:59 - Tackling racism in these stories

01:16:17 - How to get in touch

01:17:17 - Closing titles

01:17:44 - Coda

TW: discussion of racism and antisemitism