THE QUEEN of super-sleuthing and detective drama Agatha Christie is being honoured with a second annual festival in Wallingford this weekend.

The town is staging the festival to celebrate its claim to the best-selling novelist, who had strong connections to Wallingford and Cholsey.

The programme starts today and runs until Sunday. Among the highlights will be a talk by local historian Judy Dewey at the Corn Exchange, tonight starting at 7.30pm. The talk is entitled An interview with Agatha Christie – a Wallingford exclusive.

Tomorrow and again on Sunday there will be a guided Agatha Christie walk from Wallingford to Cholsey, where the writer lived, returning to the town by train.

And the town’s museum in High Street will be popular with visitors as it has a permanent Agatha Christie exhibition .

Jenny Carpenter, one of the directors at the museum, said: “People come from all over the world to see our display – we are really looking forward to the festival.”

Agatha Christie lived in Winterbrook House, Cholsey, from 1934 until her death in 1976 and there is a commemorative blue plaque on the house .

For the full programme of events, visit wallingfordmuseum.org.uk.