I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

"The Scholarship Is a Very Valuable One" [3STU]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6154853486/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/6154853486_052be0b9c3_m.jpg" width="165" /></a>On the anniversary of Jeremy Brett's death, his alma mater, the <a href="http://www.cssd.ac.uk/">Central School of Speech & Drama</a> at the University of London, has started a scholarship in his memory. Funded by an Italian donor, Ms. Pia Trona, the scholarships will apply to five applicants in financial need for the 2011-12 entry year, with an addition two slots for each of the following entry years (2012-13 and 2013-14). Ms. Trona remarked, <blockquote>"Jeremy Brett is an inspiration to me, and I wanted to be able to find a way to help him to be remembered amongst the next generation of Central students so that his legacy might continue. I couldn’t fund a whole school the way he dreamt of doing, but I hope that by making this gift I can help in some way make a difference in the life of a hard-working, talented student."</blockquote> The scholarship is meant to commemorate Brett’s contribution to acting and his mental health advocacy work, as well as his dream to found a school for unemployed actors. For more information, please see <a href="http://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/jeremy-brett-scholarships-launched-support-central-students">the related press release</a>. When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity. --

"The Scholarship Is a Very Valuable One" [3STU]

On the anniversary of Jeremy Brett's death, his alma mater, the Central School of Speech & Drama at the University of London, has s...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

"Obviously Under the Influence" [HOUN]

<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/4182490974_d9da6df4cb_m.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/4182490974_d9da6df4cb_m.jpg" style="float: right; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 155px;" /></a>Many of we Sherlockians enjoy the occasional diversion from the canon - or even pastiche - to partake of something that shows the pervading influence of Conan Doyle and the Great Detective on popular culture. Recently, there were two examples of online content (one a web comic, the other a column written about a specific video release) that were not only influenced by Holmes, but one in particular contains insight into the era. 
 
The online <a href="http://www.newcomicday.net/">New Comic Day</a> site focuses on the trials and tribulations of a group of comics fans centered around a comics shop. Written by Eric Ratcliffe, the strip has started to focus on a Sherlockian theme, and is leavened with great humor. Here are parts <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/wp_ncd/?webcomic_post=ncd-110">one</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/wp_ncd/?webcomic_post=ncd-111">two</a> of the Holmes-influenced storyline; updates can be received via <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/wp_ncd/?feed=rss">RSS feed</a>. 
 
In addition, <a href="http://www.musicrooms.net/tv/40112-stephan-moffat-has-no-plans-to-leave-doctor-who.html">current Doctor Who producer Steven Moffatt is also working on a second series of Sherlock.</a>..but Doctor Who has had a slight Holmesian touch in its past. In October, 1977's Talons of Weng Chiang will be rereleased in a "special edition", with copious amounts of bonus material covering various aspects of the Victorian era (Be sure to check out the documentary on music hall - very enlightening and informative). Please feel free to visit <a href="http://comicrelated.com/news/12770/talons-of-weng-chiang">this detailed review from July</a> to gain a greater background, and to also investigate a story that is steeped in atmosphere.... 
 
Finally, via the Internet Archive, the first ever Sherlock Holmes-themed film from 1900, entitled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Baffled">Sherlock Holmes Baffled</a>: 
 
 
 
<center>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-W_0_1LmUaQ" width="420"></iframe></center>
 
 
 
Holmes has had an influence on popular culture, and for your enjoyment...a few examples of that influence which span the century. 
 
Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/" style="color: #003366;">Blog THIS, Pal!</a>and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/" style="color: #003366;">Comic Related</a>. 
--

"Obviously Under the Influence" [HOUN]

Many of we Sherlockians enjoy the occasional diversion from the canon - or even pastiche - to partake of something that shows the pervading ...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

New Television Show About Sherlock Holmes to Air on CBS

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
"pushing anotherone in my direction" [STUD]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gLcQC_5ad6PpChsoPUVMV2OsjQH54p04EGX4BPEAG0MfzW6yDaiaNUgtw3Z5FVtzZMKVjy4BykEvyWbrthupEOtKCCwS1Hr1Frg1NnkV_6bG4tedYj8Gs6XAhxoJxdKzsx9x6uO99k2W/s1600/CBS-MagifyingGlass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gLcQC_5ad6PpChsoPUVMV2OsjQH54p04EGX4BPEAG0MfzW6yDaiaNUgtw3Z5FVtzZMKVjy4BykEvyWbrthupEOtKCCwS1Hr1Frg1NnkV_6bG4tedYj8Gs6XAhxoJxdKzsx9x6uO99k2W/s640/CBS-MagifyingGlass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
 
Move over, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-Blu-ray-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132I20?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004132I20" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Make room for Elementary. 
 
CBS has evidently seen the furor caused by the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes/dp/B0038P59A0?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Robert Downey, Jr. film</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0038P59A0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and more importantly, the television series from the BBC. 
 
The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS">Tiffany network's</a> attempt is being described as "a modern take on the cases of the pipe-smoking private eye created by Arthur Conan Doyle." It will be written by Rob Doherty and produced by Samantha Timberman and Carl Beverly. No word yet on the timing. 
 
As Holmes himself said, 
<blockquote>
"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before."</blockquote>
 
And clearly, Sherlock creator Stephen Moffat thought the same: 
 
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtN07SPA2yINjavqlbJ6t5ml2roA_6auLCj08JyqkFGVz0iHYx42xRWXcJFXXiKjqgSVpr6pXMc19BaCCBo7O2LZ2OkuhhzmTGkKEwT7gFqLzaoarrTdKbJtNQSaAB31gbKYDf0lhXns7/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtN07SPA2yINjavqlbJ6t5ml2roA_6auLCj08JyqkFGVz0iHYx42xRWXcJFXXiKjqgSVpr6pXMc19BaCCBo7O2LZ2OkuhhzmTGkKEwT7gFqLzaoarrTdKbJtNQSaAB31gbKYDf0lhXns7/s1600/Capture.PNG" /></a></div>
 
What do you make of this announcement? More good material for Sherlockians, or a lame effort to benefit from the success of a similar show on the BBC? 
 
 
Incidentally, for those of you who crave a CBS Eye-inspired magnifying glass (pictured above), you can get one in sterling silver with a sapphire teardrop for the low price of £920 <a href="http://www.20ltd.com/product/look-magnifying-glass-in-sterling-silver-with-a-sapphire-tear-drop/">from 20ltd</a>. 
<div>
 </div>
<div>
 </div>
 
We've previously covered the BBC version here: 
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/10/rooms-at-no-221b-baker-street-stud_23.html" rel="nofollow">"The Rooms at No. 221B, Baker Street" [STUD]</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/10/more-modern-houn_10.html#.VqvPP_krLb0" rel="nofollow">"Something More Modern" [HOUN]</a></li>
</ul>
 
When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity. 
 
-- 
 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004132HZS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004132HZS&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=NVTWNUXGA2INPEAT" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B004132HZS&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004132HZS" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CL151G4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CL151G4&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=BSPAZBVB4ZLUH7AS" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00CL151G4&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CL151G4" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />

New Television Show About Sherlock Holmes to Air on CBS

"pushing anotherone in my direction" [STUD] Move over, Sherlock . Make room for Elementary . CBS has evidently seen the fur...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Boswell and Johnson Twitter Accounts Document the 21st Century

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
"I am lost without my Boswell" [SCAN]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZx3BdFkghgHDwQ9WGkqawZhLhL7XrRWQv-lMHIn24Y98vFQhZiOBwCpueSqy83FfQd-LhvkA879NeFrc1hakA-O6h_IL9sK6NzZElQhDKRAMNSunMfImh60ojxUvn9aw-P2LfFFBnKdN/s1600/Samuel_Johnson-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZx3BdFkghgHDwQ9WGkqawZhLhL7XrRWQv-lMHIn24Y98vFQhZiOBwCpueSqy83FfQd-LhvkA879NeFrc1hakA-O6h_IL9sK6NzZElQhDKRAMNSunMfImh60ojxUvn9aw-P2LfFFBnKdN/s1600/Samuel_Johnson-1.png" /></a></div>
 
 
It's not often that the 18th and 19th centuries and Twitter intersect. Yet that's exactly what happened when Mashable shared a story called <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/09/11/literary-twitter-parodies/">Twitter Parodies: 9 Top Literary Fakes</a>. 
 
The reason we're sharing it here is there are some natural connections with Sherlock Holmes. The first two that grabbed our attention were the accounts of Dr. Samuel Johnson (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/DrSamuelJohnson">@DrSamuelJohnson</a>) and his faithful friend and biographer James Boswell (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/RealBoswell">@RealBoswell</a>). 
 
Here's a sampling of their tweets, which you can see have a bent toward current events. 
 
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZp92t1lA2-AUkSILOVJ8VFfPShFGgblMrIYDvJzraujRLm4HoEwebVuD_A1N_V2tM1UoSxZuV8su3Ua4iqKDxtOkYGk6gkDYXqleZbQi91_hA_5eatQoRf_1IhvEN2msT1ux8EV0lxKk/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZp92t1lA2-AUkSILOVJ8VFfPShFGgblMrIYDvJzraujRLm4HoEwebVuD_A1N_V2tM1UoSxZuV8su3Ua4iqKDxtOkYGk6gkDYXqleZbQi91_hA_5eatQoRf_1IhvEN2msT1ux8EV0lxKk/s1600/Capture.PNG" /></a></div>
 
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwt7JH9MI00NkNx9xXoSzyiHtPqnBoKyc5FXKWYlg51kOi0se3xMDLenlsSpNlJh3fYyirQmMy1tt6ZUe4inxBAxESPCA88lZtp8l2hgUFZW0DPtwaVisqRT0lRHHiMNjX2-zc_Ru34Qq/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwt7JH9MI00NkNx9xXoSzyiHtPqnBoKyc5FXKWYlg51kOi0se3xMDLenlsSpNlJh3fYyirQmMy1tt6ZUe4inxBAxESPCA88lZtp8l2hgUFZW0DPtwaVisqRT0lRHHiMNjX2-zc_Ru34Qq/s1600/Capture.PNG" /></a></div>
 
Other Canonically-connected literary types from that list include Edgar Allan Poe (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Edgar_Allan_Poe">@Edgar_Allan_Poe</a>), whose Dupin Watson was reminded of in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-Illustrated-Classics-Sherlock/dp/1402770820?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Study in Scarlet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402770820" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. As you can see, he's a barrel of laughs. 
 
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLE1vEQ2wKgLK9QCfoJ746mlNUd9RN2HINkvisZBUBOQlRByGn-IBcaRgRQGVEb9KF4wLB9hIB1LqpveV_gOrh_mf-IMcH6omnKNM2GAn-xUDreN3P_fFiYBelOZKRbMF1a6sbq196KbJ8/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLE1vEQ2wKgLK9QCfoJ746mlNUd9RN2HINkvisZBUBOQlRByGn-IBcaRgRQGVEb9KF4wLB9hIB1LqpveV_gOrh_mf-IMcH6omnKNM2GAn-xUDreN3P_fFiYBelOZKRbMF1a6sbq196KbJ8/s1600/Capture.PNG" /></a></div>
 
And just for good measure (For Measure), there's William Shakespeare (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ShakespeareSays">@ShakespeareSays</a>). 
 
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LBwxyanVrdOenDkcZydEcGwVb3tLJKSschwQcf7lY6jJpT95-pKxqGvyqUdORU0y77MevgwEGL9vyZ-9k_K7TyaRaIPKIJkWYUm_FaSXrJ8UcGg-gmAGNHvzZKUX8AjFdn3PWlH17k-A/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LBwxyanVrdOenDkcZydEcGwVb3tLJKSschwQcf7lY6jJpT95-pKxqGvyqUdORU0y77MevgwEGL9vyZ-9k_K7TyaRaIPKIJkWYUm_FaSXrJ8UcGg-gmAGNHvzZKUX8AjFdn3PWlH17k-A/s1600/Capture.PNG" /></a></div>
 
The full list can be found <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ihearofsherlock/literary-parodies" target="_blank">via our Twitter account here</a>. If you have additional suggestions for this list, please let us know. 
 
 
When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity. 
--