QUESTIONS

Q : Did Agatha Christie detest Hercule Poirot?

Michael French, Newport, Gwent. Q : Why did police in the 1940s and 1950s have a black-and-white, striped band at the end of their right tunic sleeve?

David Palin, Aughton, Lancs. Q : What happened to the great French TV star Chantal Nobel?

Terry Severin, Glasgow.