His reading ranged from Agatha Christie to The Book Of Job and he had an insatiable interest in his fellow-creatures, while his letters were full of gossip about new politicians and old men of letters with whom he had been intimately thrown six decades before.

Christie had always had an interest in archaeology.

Prior to meeting Mallowan, Christie had not had any extensive brushes with archaeology, but once the two married they made sure to only go to sites where they could work together.

From 8 November 2001-24 March 2002, The British Museum had an exhibit named “ Agatha Christie and Archaeology: Mystery in Mesopotamia ”, which presented a fascinating look at the secret life of Agatha Christie and the influences of archaeology in her life and works.

Beginning with Three Act Tragedy ( 1934 ), Christie had perfected during the inter-war years a sub-genre of Poirot novel in which the detective himself spent much of the first third of the novel on the periphery of events.

They had two children, Christie ( born 1952 ) and David ( born 1955 ).

Although Buffalo's offense had trouble scoring touchdowns because Kelly and Thomas were rusty coming back from their injuries, Christie scored 5 field goals to make up for the difference.

A number of other defendants were found not guilty, including Stuart Christie, who had previously been imprisoned in Spain for carrying explosives with the intent to assassinate the dictator Francisco Franco, and Angela Mason who became a director of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group Stonewall and was awarded an OBE for services to homosexual rights.

His best-known plays include Anna Christie ( Pulitzer Prize 1922 ), Desire Under the Elms ( 1924 ), Strange Interlude ( Pulitzer Prize 1928 ), Mourning Becomes Electra ( 1931 ), and his only well-known comedy, Ah, Wilderness !, a wistful re-imagining of his youth as he wished it had been.

To add to this, he also had a victory against Linford Christie at Crystal Palace at the end of 1986.

Later on, Christie claimed he had bone spurs and was placed on the injured list after playing only a few games for the Magic.

Whilst working at the Institute, Childe took up residence at Lawn Road Flats near to Hampstead, an apartment block perhaps recommended to him by the popular crime fiction author Agatha Christie ( the wife of his colleague Max Mallowan ), who had lived there during the Second World War.

The 100 m Olympic Gold and Silver medallist, Linford Christie of Great Britain famously had frequent false starts that were marginally below the legal reaction time of 0. 1 seconds.

: Over two dozen of Italian descent had been elected as state governors, most recently Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts, John Baldacci of Maine, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Donald Carcieri of Rhode Island, Joseph Manchin of West Virginia, Chris Christie of New Jersey, and Andrew Cuomo of New York.

That same year, Haunch of Venison, a contemporary art gallery which since 2002 had successfully conducted back-room sales of secondary-market works by major artists such as Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, and Damien Hirst from its locations in London and Zürich, became a subsidiary of Christie ’ s International plc.

The director, John Schlesinger, had cast Christie only after another actress dropped out of the film.

Christie, who had obtained the lead role when the casting of Shirley MacLaine fell through, won numerous accolades for her performance, including the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The persona as the " swinging 60s British bird " that Christie had embodied in Billy Liar and Darling was further cemented by her appearance in the documentary Tonite Let's All Make Love in London.

The film marked the first of three collaborations between Christie and then-boyfriend Warren Beatty, who described her as " the most beautiful and at the same time the most nervous person I had ever known.

In November 2007, it was reported that the couple had quietly married in India, which Christie called " nonsense ," explaining " I have been married for a few years.

In writing the above article, Professor Christie had access to and made much use of these manuscripts, which include a life of Julius Caesar Scaliger.

Within the area are several sports facilities, including the Linford Christie stadium, tens of football pitches and a pony centre.

It took several months of persuasion by Polley before Christie finally accepted the role, which was written with her in mind.

It was also used several times in the 1930 movie Anna Christie, and in the 1938 cartoon The Brave Little Tailor, starring Mickey Mouse.

Agatha Christie has recently developed two further tricks: one is, as of the juggler who keeps on dropping things, to leave a clue hanging out for several chapters, apparently unremarked by her little detective though seized on by us, and then to tuck it back again as unimportant.

Christie takes advantage of this end-of-an-era feeling in several ways: while she uses the full range of servants and their testimony, a sense of decline, of breakup is evident ; feudal attitudes exist, but they crack easily.

In late 1980s to mid 1990s several female rock singers popularly known as " Lady Rockers " were famous in Indonesia, such as Nicky Astria, Inka Christie, and Anggun that started her career in as a pop-rock singer in Indonesia before moving to France and pursue her international career.

She appeared in several popular television serials, notably in the BBC's blockbuster, The Forsyte Saga ( 1967 ), in which she played Fleur and the series The Andromeda Breakthrough ( 1962 ) in which she replaced Julie Christie who was not available for the show but had played the part of Andromeda in the first season A for Andromeda ( 1961 ).

In addition to the collections of Spencer, Crawford, Christie and Bullock, holdings have been enriched by gifts, permanent loans or purchases of several libraries belonging to institutions and individuals.

Jeff Christie had initially worked with several bands including The Outer Limits, who released " Just One More Chance " / " Help Me Please " ( 1967 ) and " Great Train Robbery " / " Sweet Freedom " ( 1968 ), and Acid Gallery, whose single " Dance Around The Maypole " ( 1969 ) was written by Roy Wood.

Christie had previous convictions for several thefts and malicious wounding.

During interviews with police and psychiatrists prior to his execution, Christie admitted several times that he had been responsible for the murder of Beryl Evans.

Agatha Christie has been well represented with several seasons ' worth of stories featuring Hercule Poirot starring David Suchet as well as two versions of Miss Marple's mysteries.

Since the days of silent film, the surrounding area had contained several movie studios, including the Christie Studios ( on the north-west corner ) during the 1920s, then later, Columbia and Republic Studios to the south along Gower Street.

The house was occupied by Christie and Mallowan until their deaths in 1976 and 1978 respectively, and featured, under various guises, in several of Christie's novels.

Two 2x Christie 18K HD projectors, each with a 1920x1080 resolution, were used to project several animated videos on the clock.

Agatha Christie quotes him several times especially in her final novel, Postern of Fate.

Stacy, Sherri, Chauntelle and, their younger sister Christie DuPree contributed backing vocals on several tracks of New Found Glory's album Coming Home and three songs on David Crowder Band's album Church Music.

Christie would act as Zündel's attorney in several cases over the subsequent two decades up to his deportation from Canada in 2005.

Dirk directed adaptations of several Agatha Christie short stories for Radio Four, and a production of Bill Naughton's Alfie for the BBC World Service.

The same year Christie re-recorded " Amarillo " together with the Hermes House Band for the German market, reaching # 25 in the German charts and having several TV performances.

There are several fruitier candidates for the title of ' worst Christie '.

Although her main focus has been television, Kurtz has starred in several major Hollywood films including the Agatha Christie drama Caribbean Mystery in 1983, Dangerous Liaisons in 1988, its 1999 remake Cruel Intentions, as a lesbian, activist, in the acclaimed indie film Citizen Ruth, and perhaps most notably, alongside Jim Carrey in 1997's Liar Liar.

In several other episodes it is shown that Zeddemore loves mystery novels and detective stories, and in " Boodunnit " he is the one who solves the mystery novel left behind by a deceased mystery writer similar to Agatha Christie, allowing her soul to rest.

The island has several private houses owned by Christie Brinkley, Keith Richards, Bruce Willis, Donna Karan, Robert Earl, William Pike ( telephone tycoon ), Robert Haas ( Dallas based investment banker ), Nigel Morris ( founder of Capital One Bank ), and a Swiss clothing tycoon.

Robert Barnard: " A late collection, with several of the ' long-short ' stories which suit Christie well.