9.30 Doors Open and Registration
9.55 Welcome
10.00 Simon and Lucy Brett: Lord Peter Wimsey on Radio 4
10.30 Martin Edwards and Christine Poulson discuss ‘John Bude and the British Library Crime Classics’
11.00 Mark Aldridge: Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness
11.30 COFFEE
12.00 Tony Medawar: The Man Who Lost His Head: The Life and Works of Edmund Crispin
12.30 Dolores Gordon-Smith and Jake Kerridge: True Crime influences on the Golden Age
1.00 – 2.00 LUNCH*
2.00 Ronaldo Fagarazzi: BBC’s ‘Detective’: 1960s Golden Age TV Adaptations
2.45 Moira Redmond: Fancy Dressed to Kill: The Costume Party in the Golden Age
3.15 John Curran: Golden Age College Crimes
3.45 COFFEE
4.15 Jim Noy: Enid Blyton, Detective Novelist
4.45 Ask the Experts
5:30 Wine Reception – sponsored by HarperCollins
The organisers reserve the right to amend the programme if necessary due to force of circumstances.
*There are various outlets in the British Library where you can purchase hot or cold food and drinks.