Episode 79 - Mark Wightman, a potted history of Singapore, Agatha Christie and the Old Swan, and the origins of the Singapore Sling
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In this episode we talk to historical crime writer Mark Wightman, who gives us a potted history of Singapore, discuss Agatha Christie's vanishing act in 1926 which inspired the world's largest crime fiction festival, and reveal the origins of the Singapore Sling.