Poirot’s little grey cells

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about Belgium’s greatest fictional detective

Why has Hercule Poirot’s appeal been so enduring and what does his character owe to Agatha Christie’s interests in psychoanalysis and Christian morality? In this episode of Black’s History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic‘s political editor, Graham Stewart, about Belgium’s greatest fictional detective.

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