The Nobodies

07/27/22 • 18 min

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Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction.

Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith

— The Suburbans by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

— "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot

— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— The Big Four by Agatha Christie

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Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction.

Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic.

Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thenobodies.

To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith

— The Suburbans by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

— "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot

— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— The Big Four by Agatha Christie

To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thenobodiestranscript.

Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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A judge looks back over her time on the bench at a very famous court.

Thanks to my guest, Wendy Joseph. Her book about her time as an Old Bailey judge, Unlawful Killings, is out now.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

— Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer

— The Crippen episode of Shedunnit

— The Brides in the Bath episode of Shedunnit

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Agatha The Adventuress

In 1922, Agatha Christie took a trip around the world.

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Referenced for this episode:

— Agatha Christie: The Grand Tour introduced by Mathew Prichard

— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.

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