Crime & thriller special and a tribute to Christie

Dear crime and thriller fan (especially in the UK),

I think I may have written before about changes at weekly magazine The Lady.  Rachel Johnson is about to take over as editor and the magazine is already undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts, aimed at a broader demographic audience and having come over, well, a bit literary of late.  This week is no exception with "Thriller Special" as the lead banner on the front cover.  And what do we have?

(1) An article on south Devon, Agatha Christie and her works, with mention of the forthcoming festival running from 13 to 20 September.

(2) An interview with her grandson Mathew Pritchard.

(3) A note of the next The Lady Literary Lunch on 26 October with Norman Tebbit, Ann Widdecombe and Stanley Johnson (£65 at the Institute of Directors in London).

(4) Paul Blezard's usual literary column, this week reviewing the latest from Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Mark Billingham, plus a little more on Christie.

UK Christie fans may want to purchase a copy.  Blogging Christie aficionados from further afield than these shores may want to see if a UK-based blogging friend will send them a copy.

Last, but not least, the price has just gone up to £1.80 (from a previous £1.50).  But where would you get such a concentration of crime and thriller articles elsewhere?

Comments

[kimbofo]

I used to know a sub-editor on "The Lady" -- she used to have me in hysterics telling me about the types of things they advertised in the Classified ads. Maybe you had to be there.

[cfr]

It's funny you should say that Maxine. The post has already resulted in the purchase of an additional copy and to a man! I thought Norm would be interested in the Christie info because of his impending plans and obligations, and he confirmed this afternoon that he had bought a copy today. (I hope he doesn't mind that I divulge this publicly...) He also came out with a story about his and his wife's history with said mag, but I'll leave him to divulge that one.

And no, the articles are not available online, sadly. You don't need to subscribe but you can buy individual copies in shops. Indeed, my local corner store had it in a stand as an obvious promo this week, never before having sold it.

[Maxine]

Fascinating....somehow "The Lady" does not seem to go with this blogging lark. Can you get an online edition of the crime/thriller content or does one have to subscribe?

[cfr]

Thanks again, Norm. I thought this week's articles would be of particular interest to you as I know you have a guest blog coming up re Christie...

[Norm]

Thanks for letting us know about that cfr. I shall be posting next week about our recent trip to Greenway when I staggered out of the shop with virtually every book on Christie there is but The Lady might have something I can plagiarize in the post. ;o)