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Fire crews have been tackling the blaze at the Crooked House

Staffordshire's famous Crooked House pub engulfed by flames on Saturday night August 5. Roads around it remain closed

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This article was originally published on The Conversation. A hundred years ago, Agatha Christie introduced British readers to a small man with an impeccably maintained moustache who, with the help of his "little grey cells," was very good at solving crimes. That man, of course, was Hercule Poirot, who made his debut in Christie's first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," in 1921. Though potentially the second-most famous detective in British culture (after Sherlock Holmes), Poirot is not British at all but a refugee. Coming to England as part of a group of Belgians displaced by the Fii...

Though potentially the second most famous detective in British culture (after Sherlock Holmes), Poirot is not British at all but a refugee Agatha Christie was able to explore (and at times poke fun at) the complexities of Englishness and its relationship to continental Europe. By Christopher Pittard, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Portsmouth - A hundred years ago, Agatha Christie introduced British readers to a small man with an impeccably maintained mustache who, with the help of his “little grey cells””, was very ...