The Residence brings murder mystery fun to the White House
Plus, the showrunners clearly didn’t want the audience thinking about politics
Agatha christie
Thursday
Monday
Kenneth Branagh: the luckiest man in Hollywood?
He has been given break after break and has done his best with them
Sunday
Where will the vogue for censoring our best-loved authors lead?
It seems that the ‘revised’ titles are likely to become the norm
The charm of Toronto’s Park Hyatt Writer’s Room
It’s like dropping into the opening scene of an Agatha Christie story: anything could happen
Tuesday
Is Glass Onion a victim of its own success?
The Knives Out sequel almost loses the plot
Wednesday
Why does Hollywood ruin literature’s best characters?
What Kenneth Branagh has done to Poirot borders on literary mutiny
Thursday
The deep conservatism of Agatha Christie
Her stories always saw good triumph over evil, while resisting social anarchies
Wednesday
The lockdown list: books to read during quarantine
Daily reading recommendations from The Spectator’s writers and editors
