Work on Volume 6 of the 223B Casebook Series is still going on. I’ve got to write 16 introductions, add a dozen more footnotes, add the corrections from the beta reader and wrap up five years of Conan Doyle’s life. I want to get the book finished by the end of February, and right now […]
In the process of researching material for volume 6 of the 223B Casebook project, I came across some of Sherlock Holmes art by Frederic Dorr Steele. These three can be found online, but some of others are new to me. They certainly aren’t available at the size I’m displaying them. I’ll share some more next […]
I’m still a bit gob-smacked about this news from the recent Baker Street Irregulars weekend, even though it has nothing to do with me. It’s just that I’ve never personally known a member of that august group of Sherlockian superfans before. The speed of going from a Bacon number from infinite to 1 can be […]
Part of the fun of working on the 223B Baker Street series is discovering connections among disparate people. Not a direct link, more like a “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” situation. So this is today’s “Six Degrees of Sherlock Holmes,” in which we find a connection between Holmes, Charles Dickens, and Rudolph Valentino. It passes […]
Mr Holmes – video review – The Guardian Ageing Holmes saga is sadly clueless – Express Film: The many faces of Sherlock Holmes – The Independent Agatha Christie Auction Record – Fine Books Magazine Stephen Mangan cast as Sherlock Holmes author in ITV drama Houdini & Doyle – Express Lionel Wigram teases’ new Sherlock Holmes […]
SHERLOCK HOLMES SEASON 4 RETURNS TO THE BBC IN 2017 WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IN DECEMBER. The latest Sherlock Holmes news will appear here with the most recent item at the top. News and reviews about 19th century detective fiction will appear as well. Video Introduces Meiji-Era Ace Attorney’s Sherlock Holmes — Anime News Network […]