John Malkovich played Poirot in tonight’s The ABC Murders (Picture: BBC) John Malkovich’s French accent threw The ABC Murders viewers right back to Johnny English as they tuned into the first episode ...

Agatha Christie was able to explore (and at times poke fun at) the complexities of Englishness and its relationship to continental Europe. By Christopher Pittard, Senior Lecturer in English Literature ...

A hundred years ago, Agatha Christie introduced British readers to a small man with an impeccably maintained moustache who, with the help of his “little grey cells,” was very good at solving crimes.