Yesterday's London Times

The Detection Club: Dark Rituals in a Golden Age PLUS Agatha's London


Listen Later

Can a city be a muse?  What about London inspires writers of detective mysteries?
In this episode, we'll: 

  • delve into the Golden Age of the Detective Novel in interwar London.
  • meet some of the top authors of the era in a secretive, ritualistic organization they founded.  Enter the Detection Club.
  • follow Agatha Christie's footsteps through London, where she spent some pivotal moments of her life
  • celebrate the long-running The Mousetrap, a play that has become a London institution and has been making interesting headlines within the last year.

Photos, sources, and recipes can be found in our show notes HERE.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Yesterday's London TimesBy Jen & Mares

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

19 ratings


More shows like Yesterday's London Times

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,395 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,944 Listeners

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast by Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

278 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,758 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,328 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

14,859 Listeners

The History Guy by Lance and Josh Geiger

The History Guy

178 Listeners

British Scandal by Wondery

British Scandal

2,366 Listeners