Scones, Tea, and Mysteries

Father Brown and Campion with some Lord Peter Wimsey. And with some of my other favorite classic detectives from time to time. 

[feliciamontagues]

BBC One Eyes 'Father Brown' Spin-Off 'The Sister Boniface Mysteries' - TVWise

EXCLUSIVE: Sister Boniface will be making a return to BBC One after all. Sources tell TVWise that BBC One is finalising a deal to acquire the UK rights to Father Brown spin-off series The Sister Boniface Mysteries for their daytime schedule. Production on both Father Brown season 9 and The Sister Boniface Mysteries was impacted by the COVID pandemic, but I'm hearing both are now on track to premiere either later this year or in early 2022.

Update: The Sister Boniface spinoff is still on despite COVID delays. 

[bisidneycarter]

EVERYBODY CHEERED

[talkingpiffle]

Dorothy L. Sayers (June 13, 1893-December 17, 1957)

Happy 124th birthday!

Portrait by Sir William Oliphant Hutchison, c. 1949-50.

[talkingpiffle]

Happy quasquicentennial!

[talkingpiffle]

Happy 127th!

[poirott]

Happy Birthday, David Suchet! (b. May 2 1946)

“One of the great traps for me and I think for other people as well, is that we get too worried about the next day, or the next month, or the next year. And, although what I’m about to say is rather cliché, it’s also rather true. You can’t do anything about yesterday, you can only hope for tomorrow, and the only time you’ve actually got, is now. And you know what now is? It’s called the present. But, actually, giving somebody a present is a great gift. What you have today is the greatest gift that you can be given. The time. Today. And it’s necessary for all of us to just to take a break, take a break and just realize that you’re in this moment. ‘What can I do to make this one moment fill up for the best, not only for me but for all those that I touch?’” - David Suchet, ABC Radio Perth Drive interview, January 17 2020

[poirott]

Quarantine: Poirot edition

[studying-pterosaur]

I’ve been reading lots recently (especially given the current Situation) and I finished this one super quickly. Definitely the best Agatha Christie book I’ve read!

[waitingforspringanddandelions]

2x10  The Laws of Motion 🖂 3

[universitybookstore]

Happy birthday to one of the greatest to ever write detective thrillers, the great Ngaio Marsh, born this day, April 23, 1899.

[sconesteaandmysteries]

thechroniclesoffairyhaven replied to your photo “I love Sister Boniface. She’s intelligent, skilled at chemistry, an...”

She's going to get her own show

I heard! I am so thrilled about that. It’s going to be on Britbox, isn’t it? Looks like I’ll have another reason to get it before too long....

[f-brown]

““Human science can never be quite certain of things like that,” said Father Brown, still looking at the red budding of the branches over his head, “if only because of the difficulty about definition and connotation. What is a weapon? People have been murdered with the mildest domestic comforts; certainly with tea-kettles, probably with tea-cosies. On the other hand, if you showed an Ancient Briton a revolver, I doubt if he would know it was a weapon—until it was fired into him, of course.”

— The Fairy Tale of Father Brown (The Wisdom of Father Brown) - G.K. Chesterton

[gallifreylove]

Ellie & Hardy, checking in

[melissabaronwrites]

From now on, every hour of light-heartedness would be, not a prerogative but an achievement - one more axe or case-bottle or fowling piece, rescued, Crusoe-fashion, from a sinking ship.

Dorothy Sayers, “Strong Poison” (via willowsandgables)

[waitingforspringanddandelions]

2x09  The Grim Reaper ⚜ 3

[yesterdaysprint]

The Tatler, England, May 28, 1941 Image © The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.

[feedergoldfish]

Another special moment between Inspector Mallory and Father Brown.

Mark Williams as Father Brown and Jack Deam as Inspector Mallory.

[everyday-deeds-deactivated20180]

Every Agatha Christie’s Poirot case wrap-up, every time.

[burntcopper]

#you come into my house #you insult my moustache

[miraclerizuin]

Look here, Peter, don’t be a damned fool.  How can I ask your sister to marry me?” “How you do it is your affair.  You might say: ‘What about a spot of matrimony, old dear?’  That’s up-to-date, and plain and unmistakable.  Or you could go down on one knee and say, ‘Will you honour me with your hand and heart?’ which is pretty and old-fashioned and has the merit of originality in these times.  Or you could write, wire, or telephone.  But I leave that to your own individual fancy.

Charles Parker & Lord Peter Wimsey, Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers (via miraclerizuin)