Monthly Archives: January 2014
A beautiful poem about HISTORY
Here’s a wondrous birthday gift that I received from my talented sister-in-law, Kersti Worsley. She wrote me a poem about HISTORY. Take your time and read it aloud… History is the hot breath of time on the back of your neck, History is the empty eye sockets of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, History is the
Continue ReadingWhy I love Dorothy L. Sayers
The final episode of ‘A Very British Murder’ will be on the goggle box again on Saturday 17th January at 8pm, and it includes my absolute tip-top favourite detective novelist, Dorothy L. Sayers. I really wanted to make the entire programme about her, but they wouldn’t let me! So, for my fellow enthusiasts, here’s the
Continue ReadingWhy I love Sherlock Holmes
On tonight’s ‘A Very British Murder’, we cover a bit of Sherlock Holmes, so here’s my recent article from the Telegraph about how much I love him. Apologies if you’ve read it already, I did tweet the link on New Year’s Day when it came out. (Oh, and did you know there’s a book to
Continue ReadingHoliday conversation chez nous
You may have noticed that members of my family never appear in this blog. That’s at their own request. Somehow, I don’t know why, they’ve got the idea that if they were to appear JOKES WOULD BE MADE AT THEIR EXPENSE. Anyway, dutifully anonymized, these are various snippets of conversation overheard chez nous from the
Continue ReadingMurder behind the scenes
Our BBC series A Very British Murder is back tomorrow night, starting a new run at 8pm on BBC Four. To get you in the mood, here are some behind-the-scenes photos from when we were making it last year…. Here Matthew Sweet, a very naughty man, and an expert on Wilkie Collins, is administering my first
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