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Tina at The Mousetrap’s 70th Birthday Party, standing next to the cake

Hello, I am Tina Hodgkinson from Guided Walks in London.

I offer talks about London and Agatha Christie.

Please contact me if you would like to book me for a talk.

You can also find me on twitter

London

I am a qualified City of London and City of Westminster tour guide. However, due to my mobility disability I am currently not leading guided walks.

I am available for in person or online talks and virtual tours about London, its history, people and architecture.

Marching band in The Mall

Agatha Christie: Talks

Tina speaking at the International Agatha Christie Festival

I am a huge Agatha Christie fan. I have spoken at the Agatha Christie International Festival in Torquay on Agatha Christie’s London and Poirot’s London.

I have researched and presented papers Agatha Christie’s England; The Mousetrap Archives; Re-evaluating Christie in the Context of Disability and Ableism; Agatha Christie’s London and Witchcraft in Murder is Easy, The Pale Horse and Hallowe’en Party at the Agatha Christie Conferences. Also From Re-unions, Misdirection to Murder. Tube and Train Travel in Agatha Christie’s London at The Golden Age of Crime. A Reappraisal Conference.

I am available for talks about Christie, her life and her writing.

Please contact me if you would like to me to speak at your event.

Agatha Christie: Articles

I was truly honoured to be asked by Agatha Christie Limited to write the Christie’s London article for their website.

Other online Agatha Christie articles are:

Agatha Christie – Must See Accessible Places to Visit Across the UK for Euan’s Guide (disabled access charity)

A Visit to Agatha Christie’s Grave for Cemetery Club

A Piece of Detection Club History – Guest Blog by Tina Hodgkinson for Martin Edwards website

Agatha Christie: Media Appearances

I have appeared on Al Jazeera News talking about Christie and the Detection Club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6TDYQ292PA&t=1s

Tina being interviewed about Agatha Christie for Al Jazeera News

I was delighted to join Kemper, Jenni and Emma to talk about All About Ableism on the All About Agatha podcast. We discussed the portrayal of Christie’s disabled characters. The link to the podcast is below and kindly note that it does contain spoilers. Running time is 1 hour 22 minutes.

All About Ableism https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie/id1155061645?i=1000613727658

Disabled Access Work

I am a disabled woman and a disability rights campaigner. I am delighted to be the London Ambassador, for the award winning disabled access charity Euan’s Guide, which is best known for its disabled access review website. Through this role I write articles and blog posts about access issues, as well as representing Euan’s Guide in television and radio interviews, including Channel 5 News.

Tina appearing on Channel 5 News