LES PLUS BELLES EXPOS (ARTS IN THE CITY). GABRIELE D´ANNUNZIO E LA CALABRIA. AND AGATHA CHRISTIE. TORQUAY MUSEUM

 

LE TOUR DE FRANCE DES PLUS BELLES EXPOS Enfin les vacances ! Peu importe votre destination, nos beaux musées en régions vous réservent de jolies surprises : à Poitiers, Niki de Saint Phalle et Suzanne Valadon prennent le contrôle du musée Sainte-Croix, tandis que Rosa Bonheur et Sonia Delaunay posent leurs pinceaux au Louvre-Lens.

GABRIELE D´ANNUNZIO PARLA DELLA CALABRIA

C'è un luogo in Italia che ha stregato persino il grande Gabriele D'Annunzio, tanto da meritarsi l'appellativo di "chilometro più bello d'Italia". Non si trova in Toscana, né sulla costiera amalfitana o nelle Cinque Terre.

Si tratta del lungomare Falcomatà di Reggio Calabria, un balcone naturale affacciato sullo Stretto di Messina dove la Sicilia sembra così vicina da poterla toccare.

Sebbene si chiami "il chilometro più bello", in realtà il lungomare si estende per quasi 1,7 km, un percorso dove la bellezza naturale si fonde con la storia. Passeggiando tra edifici in stile Liberty e resti archeologici, si può ammirare uno spettacolo che cambia continuamente.

Nei giorni più fortunati si può assistere alla Fata Morgana, un rarissimo fenomeno ottico che crea miraggi sull'acqua, rendendo il panorama ancora più magico e surreale.

Le parole di D'Annunzio continuano a risuonare per chi ha la fortuna di passeggiare su questo lungomare, testimonianza che a volte le bellezze più straordinarie si nascondono nei luoghi meno celebrati.

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AGATHA CHRISTIE. TORQUAY MUSEUM

The Museum first started to interpret the life of the world’s most famous crime writer, Agatha Christie, in 1990 through an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of her birth.

 Agatha’s family had a long association with the Museum with her father being a member of the Museum Society in 1894. Since 1990 the Museum has had a number of exhibitions both temporary and permanent about her life and works.

Our current gallery is the only permanent exhibition about Agatha in the UK, it tells her story through amazing images from the family archive and a growing collection of over 700 items of books, memorabilia and props owned by the Museum.

 

Highlights include original manuscript items on loan from the Agatha Christie Archive, costumes worn by David Suchet as Poirot and Joan Hickson as Marple, the set of Poirot’s Office from ITV series and Poirot’s swan cane on loan from David Suchet. 

The Museum is also home to regular Agatha Christie events, film showings and talks as part of the yearly festival.

Challenge yourself with the Agatha Christie Quiz (download it below) - answers can be found in the Museum's Christie Gallery.

The silver swan walking stick below with a shaft of black hardwood was used by David Suchet for over 20 years in his portrayal of Poirot in the ITV adaptations of the Belgian sleuth, the first episode being broadcasted in 1989. It was kindly loaned to the Museum by David Suchet in July 2013 and is now on display in the gallery.

To raise much-needed funds for the Museum, different objects from the Agatha Christie Gallery including this walking stick can be adopted for a year. If you would like to support the Museum or are looking for an unusual present for a Christie enthusiast, please contact the Museum (enquiries@torquaymuseum.org) for more information.

To support the Museum and keep the Agatha Christie gallery open to the public you can also donate through our Just Giving page below. All donations are much appreciated.

https://torquaymuseum.org/look-inside-the-galleries/category/agatha-christie-gallery

 

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She’s sold over 2 billion books - with only the Bible and Shakespeare shifting more. And 100 years since her first novel, Agatha Christie is STILL the Queen of Murder Mystery. As another star-studded Hollywood adaptation is released today, Agatha’s great-grandson and producer on 'A Haunting in Venice' James Pritchard joins us from a place where he shares many happy memories with his famous relative.  

He’ll share the secret to a perfect crime story and how Kenneth Branagh left his A-list co-stars screaming on set. Plus - we'll ask him about Agatha's own mysterious 11-day disappearance  and the changes made to some of the books to remove outdated and offensive language