The Thursday Murder Club

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 03 September 2025 > What's On

Generally clubs and classes in retirement homes include things like baking, playing bridge or flower arranging. At Cooper’s Chase retirement community, there is also the Thursday Murder Club. Richard Osman’s bestselling mystery novel is now a hit Netflix film. Cooper’s Chase isn’t your average old people’s home. A retirement community built in an old English … Continue reading “The Thursday Murder Club”

Murder in the Bookshops

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 13 December 2017 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

As the latest film adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic Murder on the Orient Express hits our screens, Alison Bouhmid investigates women thriller-writers’ works, spanning a century of mystery writing. It is undeniable that British women writers have consistently been attracted to and excelled in detective fiction (though the genre was invented by a man, … Continue reading “Murder in the Bookshops”