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The Nine Tailors of the book's title are taken from the old saying "Nine Tailors Make a Man", which Sayers quotes at the end of the novel. As explained by John Shand in his 1936 Spectator article The Bellringers' Art, "'Nine Tailors' means the nine strokes which at the beginning of the toll for the dead announce to the villagers that a man is ...
In The Nine Tailors Bunter becomes upset after a maid is caught polishing a beer bottle taken as evidence. [5] In Busman's Honeymoon , he becomes furious when Mrs Ruddle stands all the bottles upright and washes them.
His productions included: Z Cars, The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Corridors of Power, and The Duchess of Duke Street. [9] In 1974 he directed the adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey story The Nine Tailors for the BBC. [10] In 1978, he was offered full freedom of control as producer for London Weekend Television's show, The Professionals. [5]
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (/ s ɛər z / SAIRZ; [n 2] 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first class honours in medieval French.
Gaudy Night was released as an unabridged audio book read by Ian Carmichael in 1993. Gary Bond starred as Lord Peter Wimsey and John Cater as Bunter in two single-episode BBC Radio 4 adaptations: The Nine Tailors on 25 December 1986 and Whose Body on 26 December 1987. [17]
After a pause the years were counted out at approximately half minute intervals. The word "teller" in some dialects becomes "tailor, hence the old saying "Nine tailors maketh a man". The bell used in the novel for the announcement is the largest (tenor) bell which is dedicated to St. Paul. Hence "teller Paul" or in dialect "tailor Paul".
How does one celebrate 175 years of existence? If you're Huntsman, London's storied Savile Row tailoring house, you tap Tom Chamberlin, editor-in-chief of "The Rake" magazine, to make his ...
Gaudy Night (1935) is a mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the tenth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, and the third including Harriet Vane.. The dons of Harriet Vane's alma mater, the all-female Shrewsbury College, Oxford (based on Sayers' own Somerville College), have invited her back to attend the annual Gaudy celebrations.