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Agatha Christie's novels edited to remove likely offensive language

'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie is best known for her detective novels, particularly Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple series. The English writer wrote between 1920 to 1976, and her works are widely read across the world even today. Now news is that several of her novels are edited to remove…

The Times of India

Agatha Christie Books Get Woke Makeover, Join Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming

Books by the acclaimed mystery author have been edited, ostensibly to comport with modern sensibilities.

Reason

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Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

Agatha Christie novels being rewritten due to 'modern sensitivities'

Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters no longer used the N-word, the term ‘Oriental’ or 'native' in the Queen of Crime's mysteries

Wales Online

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have passages edited by sensitivity readers for latest HarperCollins editions

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

All the best Ruth Wilson movies and TV shows and where to watch them

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Woman & Home

Review: The laughs and the corpses pile up in the Chinese blockbuster 'Full River Red'

The knives are out and then some in "Full River Red," a murkily entertaining exercise in twist-twist-stab-stab from the Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Set over a long, dark and increasingly bloody night at a Song Dynasty military fortress, this 12th-century comic mystery opens with a touch of "Macbeth" — a…

Los Angeles Times

Travelodge shares which books Scottish guests leave behind most often

Travelodge, Scotland largest budget hotel chain, has revealed its 2022 Scotland Books Left Behind Index, which highlights the most popular books left behind by customers.

Daily Record

Top 10 criminal duos in fiction

Authors from James M Cain to Patricia Highsmith show how partners in crime can really bring out the worst in each other

The Guardian - UK

Sacking Richard Sharp would be a great loss to the BBC: after all, he has friends in high places

Given his predicament, Sharp has much to gain from defending the corporation – and the connections to do it effectively, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

You season four review – Penn Badgley’s frothy thriller is awful (and hugely entertaining)

This series, the murder drama tries to become a whodunnit that satirises the British class system. It’s no longer worth asking if it’s good or bad – just enjoy the rollercoaster

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Marple: Twelve New Stories by various authors audiobook review – the sleuth reimagined

A dozen acclaimed authors, including Val McDermid and Naomi Alderman, create new mysteries for Agatha Christie’s detective to solve

Inverse

Poker Face review: Rian Johnson remakes the detective show for the superhero era

Stylish, wry, and oh-so-satisfying, Poker Face is another ace from Rian Johnson.

The Guardian - UK

Graphic novelist Deena Mohamed: ‘People seem to love how Egyptian my work is’

The author of the hit Cairo-set novel – set to be a future classic – on going viral with her first web comic and growing up reading Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie

Daily Mirror

If you loved BBC’s The Traitors then make sure you check this game show out on Netflix

For more lies, deception and psychological manipulation, fans of The Traitors can add The Mole on Netflix to their must-watch list of gripping game shows

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Jamie Dornan: 'Kenneth Branagh’s moustache made me feel insecure'

The Tourist star was also joined by James Norton, Sophie Okonedo, Derry Girls actress Siobhan McSweeney, and Lewis Capaldi

Salon

The strange case of the undead writer

A romance writer’s family said she had died. Fans bought her final book. Two years later, she’s alive

Chronicle Live

12 top North East theatre shows to see in 2023

The North East stage is already set for 2023 action with upcoming stage gems including world premieres, classics, rising stars and famous names - like Priscilla Presley, wife of the late Elvis

Chicago Sun-Times

Last Sherlock Holmes work among 2023 public domain books, movies, music

The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan. 1 include Conan Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes work.

The Independent UK

2023 public domain debuts include last Sherlock Holmes work

Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023

The Independent UK

Ben Shapiro mocked for not understanding how murder mysteries work: ‘We’re actively deceived’

Right-wing activist compained about the movie Glass Onion online

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Rian Johnson has a blast peeling back the layers in 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'

Rian Johnson is really getting the hang of this Agatha Christie thing.

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