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Episode 282: A History of the Woman

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“to Sherlock Holmes, she is always <i>the</i> woman” [SCAN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPLW70V4cv9S7J-8lN7C9bQMX3LgbHjWcKVX0XQZ_8t3FRk0Q_mlUcEO2mWPmRmmfS421Kjdo97a5TZVfunj0UTxJ-KCJoRbTTLQqjVv0dAAjGcm-MHjUa2_bRcS6i1z5zne1Ncn7TuOOQAdbbLgopZdeO6p8pSnph9aWYY_x-00BoMQYije8EfkEXRTT/s1200/ihose282%20cover.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPLW70V4cv9S7J-8lN7C9bQMX3LgbHjWcKVX0XQZ_8t3FRk0Q_mlUcEO2mWPmRmmfS421Kjdo97a5TZVfunj0UTxJ-KCJoRbTTLQqjVv0dAAjGcm-MHjUa2_bRcS6i1z5zne1Ncn7TuOOQAdbbLgopZdeO6p8pSnph9aWYY_x-00BoMQYije8EfkEXRTT/w640-h480/ihose282%20cover.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>This is a fascinating episode that brings us closer to the inside story of "<i>The </i>Woman" — an honor bestowed every year by the Baker Street Irregulars — and a bit of personal history from one of those very women.</p><p>Beverly Wolov is a longtime Sherlockian and is well-known by the Sherlockian community as a longtime companion of Peter Blau, BSI ("Black Peter"). You've heard from Peter on four episodes previously (links to those below), but now you have an opportunity to hear about Bev's role — in particular how her journey is bookended by Michael Kean, "Wiggins" of the BSI.</p><p>Bev does a wonderful job of bringing us back in time and helping us understand how <i>The </i>Woman is selected, what has happened at their dinners and how the proceedings have evolved, and even shares a bit of the tradition with us.  </p><p>We have the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz again. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will win a copy of the 2022 <i>Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: Women on the Periphery of the BSI, 1940–1960</i>. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by March 14, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>, not only will you help to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services, but we have thank-you gifts at certain tiers and ad-free versions of the episodes for all patrons.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock282.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 97.8 MB, 1:11:15</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="6848" data-dashlane-rid="0eac15cfc9506c46" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/30181888/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h4 style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere</a></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="639" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyAfMy7WsxQV7D-7YxXoJ7uyOK4l3ZKzNMFZT0_e2g_3u8z2Gbtn4x3WQzTw0OqaSsP-k13-QHde9EnFgO3uzikjHmQ3rK2_0Xmvb_v6ggUV32CnZ2ZeqiSrAkGL0SUYMvr0JEiMJupjFvq8dQL8CuZqAWTTbMcYBZVV1NHgYP4X5XME7qekOhj2fZg/w400-h145/Pod%20Link.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> regularly issues a <b>Thank Holmes It's Friday</b> newsletter, filled with first-to-know information and discounts for regular subscribers. 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Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><a href="https://files.bakerstreetirregulars.com/bsi/bsi-members.pdf" target="_blank">A listing of <i>The </i>Women</a> </li><li><a href="https://ash-nyc.com/" target="_blank">The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes</a> (ASH)</li><li>Previous episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/08/episode-06-peter-blau-part-1.html#.UuW9QMQo5w0" target="_blank">Episode 6</a> and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/08/episode-07-peter-blau-part-2_27.html" target="_blank">Episode 7</a>: Interview with Peter Blau</li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/12/episode-72-sherlockian-tannenbaum.html" target="_blank">Episode 72: The Sherlockian Tannenbaum</a> (Peter Blau's Sherlockian tree)</li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2021/08/episode-222-scuttlebutt-from-spermaceti.html" target="_blank">Episode 222: Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a> (Peter Blau's newsletter)</li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/07/episode-79-collectors-corner-glen.html" target="_blank">Episode 79: Collectors' Corner - Glen Miranker</a></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? 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Episode 282: A History of the Woman

“to Sherlock Holmes, she is always the woman” [SCAN] This is a fascinating episode that brings us closer to the inside story of " The...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 06: Peter Blau (Part 1)

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We do another interview show, this time when we have a conversation with longtime Baker Street Irregular Peter Blau ("Black Peter"). Peter is one of the center points of the Sherlockian hub and has plenty of great stories to tell. Add to that an audio comment from a listener, and we've got a show that should not be missed.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Topics covered in this week's show:</span><br />
01:50  Listener comment<br />
03:55  Begin interview with Peter Blau<br />
04:50  Peter defines the "average Sherlockian"<br />
06:25  My First Meeting with Sherlock Holmes<br />
09:20  Memories of visiting Ben Abramson's Argus Bookshop in New York<br />
11:22   Ben introduces Peter to <span style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Journal</span><br />
13:05  Memories of Edgar Smith, BSI dinners in the 1950s, and what "keeking" is<br />
18:10  Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press<br />
27:00 The Red Circle of Washington, DC<br />
29:28 Peter discusses his role in the Baker Street Irregulars and the BSI Trust<br />
33:15  Peter's editorship at <span style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Journal</span><br />
34:04  A brief history of the BSJ editors<br />
35:10  Julian Wolff's one-man BSJ editorship & management<br />
37:10  Peter as a pitchman<br />
39:07  The subject of this year's BSJ Christmas Annual is announced!<br />
39:30  One of Peter's greatest regrets<br />
41:05  Sherlock Holmes inspired "Cats"??<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Links:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a><br />
<a href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/">The Baker Street Irregulars Trust</a><br />
<a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/doyle_symposium.html">The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sesquicentennial</a> - May 7-9, 2009<br />
<a href="http://www.mccavity.com/">Macavity, the Mystery Cat</a><br />
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Part 2 of this interview can be found<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/08/episode-07-peter-blau-part-2_27.html" target="_blank"> on Episode 7</a>.<br />
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Episode 06: Peter Blau (Part 1)

We do another interview show, this time when we have a conversation with longtime Baker Street Irregular Peter Blau ("Black Peter...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 222: Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“all gossip upon the matter” [BERY] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBEhD70bunAhDo5HmQpP-kvdqOAYqDxwl-eD8DhOMClncMmMHyBXJTYXOKEKJkr9k3tJz6DMosyharSBWDXxH6lLkVcAoDCuWDuRuzeNAF-Rhb2MYilqdi1fRCYV9Bn3T9fR5ms4mDTGV/s800/Scuttlebutt+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="800" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBEhD70bunAhDo5HmQpP-kvdqOAYqDxwl-eD8DhOMClncMmMHyBXJTYXOKEKJkr9k3tJz6DMosyharSBWDXxH6lLkVcAoDCuWDuRuzeNAF-Rhb2MYilqdi1fRCYV9Bn3T9fR5ms4mDTGV/w640-h356/Scuttlebutt+logo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>If there is one name that is synonymous with the Sherlockian hobby, it is Peter Blau, BSI, 2s. ("Black Peter"). And if there is one publication that is eagerly anticipated every month, it is his longstanding newsletter "Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press."</p><p>As "Simpson" of the Baker Street Irregulars, Peter goes more places, sees more things, and overhears more than just about anyone in the Sherlockian world. So much so that it has often been said that if Peter doesn't know about it, it's not happening.</p><p>We had a chance to speak with Peter about the origins of his newsletter, what makes for a good story, and what his plans for the future are. You won't want to miss this episode.</p><p>And of course, we have another <b>Canonical Couplet</b> to challenge your acuity. If you are chosen as a winner, you'll get some mystery item from the IHOSE vaults. Answers are due by August 29, 2021 at 11:59 a.m. EDT.</p><br /><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><h4 style="margin: 0px;"><b>BONUS CONTENT:</b></h4><div style="margin: 0px;">For our <a href="https://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Patreon</a> supporters, the conversation continues with Peter Blau. 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Episode 222: Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press

“all gossip upon the matter” [BERY] If there is one name that is synonymous with the Sherlockian hobby, it is Peter Blau, BSI, 2s. ("B...

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Episode 07: Peter Blau (Part 2)

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The chatfest with Peter Blau continues as we enjoy more conversation in an even more interesting vein, if you can imagine. If you missed <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/08/episode-06-peter-blau-part-1.html#.UuW_ZsQo5w1" target="_blank">Part 1, you can find it here</a>. From the early days of the BSI to radio connections, professional societies, collecting and traditions, and even Sherlock Holmes in a far-flung place, Peter gives his unique perspective.<br />
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1:52   Meeting Rex Stout at the BSI dinner and the resulting shift in the paperback book industry<br />
7:05   Sherlock Holmes on radio<br />
10:13 The Practical, But Limited Geologists and other professional Sherlockian societies<br />
13:30 Some interesting books<br />
15:04 Peter's collecting interests<br />
17:00 An annual Sherlockian Christmas tradition<br />
23:50 Sherlock Holmes in the Smithsonian Institution - and beyond!<br />
30:52 What are your society's traditions?<br />
31:54 The Editor's Gas-Lamp: June 1982, Vol. 32, No. 2 - Peter Blau's first Gas Lamp as editor of the BSJ<br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Stout">Rex Stout</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553237217?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553237217">The Doorbell Rang</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0553237217" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flicklives.com/">Jean Shepherd</a></li>
<li>Reference to "F.U." from The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009MGGI?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009MGGI">House of Cards Trilogy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00009MGGI" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://sherlockiancalendar.homestead.com/">Sherlockian Calendar of Events</a></li>
<li>Sherlockian Societies worldwide</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0472085662?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0472085662">The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric Readings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0472085662" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li>"That any     civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/stud-102.htm">earth     travelled round the sun</a> appeared to me to be such an extraordinary fact that I could     hardly realize it."</li>
<li>Get your own Sherlockian calendar at <a href="http://www.thesherlockstore.com/">The Sherlock Store</a></li>
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Please let us know if your Sherlock Holmes society has any traditions. We'd love to hear about them and talk about them on the show.<br />
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Episode 74: BSI Weekend 2015

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The #BSIWeekend 2015 is in the history books. As usual, it was a reminder of the richness of friendship and fun that are the side effect - and in some cases, the driver - of our interest in Sherlock Holmes. And it is the subject of this episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere.<br />
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As you know, the <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/" target="_blank">Baker Street Irregulars (and Friends) Weekend</a> is a gathering of some hundrends of interested Sherlockians that is always full of food, fun and friends, and this year was no exception. In fact, this year it coincided with the 125th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Morley, the founder of the BSI, and the 100th anniversary of the publication of <i>The Valley of Fear</i>.<br />
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One of the highlights for us was the Lunch of Steele at the Salmagundi Club, honoring the memory of Frederic Dorr Steele, one of the great illustrators of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Burt has hosted this luncheon for the last 12 years, and he tells us why he decided to bring back the tradition of Morley's Three Hours For Lunch Club under the topic of Steele.<br />
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There at the club, we enjoyed an intimate setting that allowed us to share a variety of interests and to capture a couple of those legendary stories that aren't documented in writing. We refer, of course, to Peter Blau, who regaled us with a John Bennett Shaw story and an Al Silverstein tale.<br />
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We also reflected on the associated interests of Sherlockians that brought us to other societies such as the Victorian Military Society, the English Speaking Union and others.<br />
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One of the common interests of Sherlockians is comedy. David Stuart Davies has always been a star attraction at comedic efforts at our gatherings. And this year was no different, with Davies doing a one-man rendition of a Goon Show-like interlude called "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYzfxlC6gbE" target="_blank">A Quartet of M's</a>," which we have a short audio clip of within the show. If you'd like to watch the full version, please check out the full video below (recorded with the permission of the BSI's "Wiggins," as you heard in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/12/episode-71-conversation-with-head-of-bsi.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 71</a>).<br />
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The investitures this year were nothing short of thrilling, with two very special ones. Kristina Manente of the Baker Street Babes received the investiture "Grace Dunbar," and Emily Miranker is now "Lady Hatty St. Simon." We have audio clips of each of them, including some commentary from her father, Glen Miranker, BSI ("The Origin of Tree Worship").<br />
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If you'd like to see more photos from the 2015 BSI Weekend, here's a slideshow from <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk43xXcU" target="_blank">our Flickr set</a>:<br />
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The Editor's Gas-Lamp for this episode is "Watson's Wound: Real of Phantom?" by Robert Katz, MD, BSI from <i>The Watsonian </i>(Vol. 2, No. 2).<br />
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<li>The Three Stooges' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYP1OBZfFK0" target="_blank">Niagara Falls routine</a></li>
<li>The Amateur Mendicant Society's history <i><a href="http://www.amateurmendicantsociety.org/2014/12/coming-soon-from-lower-vault-treasures.html" target="_blank">From the Lower Vault</a></i> by Chris Music is now for sale.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.musowls.org/netcommunity/CampusNews?ID=1940&Scrolling=SWEN" target="_blank">Tim Greer won the Morley Montgomery Award</a> for 2014 for the best article in the <i>Baker Street Journal</i>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150210-sherlock-as-youve-never-seen-him" target="_blank">A first look and review at <i>Mr. Holmes</i></a> with Ian McKellen as a 93 year-old retired Sherlock Holmes.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sherlocked-the-official-sherlock-convention-tickets-15647166095" target="_blank">Sherlocked is the official convention</a> of the BBC's Sherlock and it's taking place in London in April 2015.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlockology.com/news/2015/2/10/sherlock-special-wrap-100215" target="_blank">Filming has wrapped</a> for the Christmas special of <i>Sherlock</i>, with the actors in full Victorian garb.</li>
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Episode 74: BSI Weekend 2015

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Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (August 17 - August 23, 2013)

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">A weekly roundup of links from across the web related to Sherlock Holmes, courtesy of </span><a href="https://twitter.com/always1895" style="color: #003366; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;" target="_blank"><b>Matt Laffey</b></a><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;"> from Always1895.net. We welcome your comments and feedback, and if you have any material to include in the weekly roundup, please send to always1895 @ gmail.com.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://redcircledc.org/assets/files/Spermaceti/scuttlebutt-2013-07.pdf" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press July 2013 PDF">Peter Blau</a></span>'s Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press - the main inspiration for Always1895's “Friday Sherlock Links Compendium” -  "has been published monthly on ink-on-paper, with occasional illustrations and enclosures, <span style="font-weight: 700;">for forty years</span>.” Peter Blau, BSI (“Black Peter”), in his most recent list (July 13, 2013), mentions <span style="font-weight: 700;">Norman Schatell</span>'s brilliant <a href="http://mxpublishing.tumblr.com/post/58722888997/the-lighter-side-of-sherlock-holmes-the" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Schatell's illustrations on MX"><em>The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes</em></a> (MX), the <a href="http://titanbooks.com/brands/sherlock-holmes/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Titan's Sherlock series">Titan</a> CBS <em>Elementary</em> tie-in novels, the soon-to-be-released “28-page tribute to a man who was admired by more than one generation of Sherlockians” <em>The Sage of Sante Fe: The Adventures and Public Life of <span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/JBS.htm">John Bennett Shaw</a></span></em> (Oceanside: Sherlock in L.A. Press, 2013) by <span style="font-weight: 700;">Susan Rice</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Vinnie Brosnan</span>, and much much more. Make sure to check out the <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.sherlocktron.com/scuttle.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Spermaceti Press Archive">Spermaceti Press Archive</a></span> of newsletters dating back to 1985; and let us hope that one day the entire run of newsletters dating back to 1971 is made available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-amazing-rose-by-another-name.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title=""Solar Pons might even be seen as the greatest fan of Sherlock Holmes who never existed, re-creating the detective more perfectly than anyone ever did, in fact or fiction.""><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Peoria</span></a> tinged his post with just a hint of romanticism when relating the story of “perusing the Sherlock shelves tonight, I noticed a section where the dust was noticeably thicker than every other part of the library. I like a little dust in my library, a bit of a tribute to [Wilder’s] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"><em>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>, as well as a nod to every library of arcane lore on film, where that particular tome you were looking for always requires having the dust blown off the top after you pull it down….” And what valuable though neglected treasure does Mr Keefauver refer? None-other-than the various adventures - some might call them the apex of all Sherlockian pastiches - of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Pons" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Solar Pons"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Solar Pons</span></a>!  ”Solar Pons might even be seen as the greatest fan of Sherlock Holmes who never existed, re-creating the detective more perfectly than anyone ever did, in fact or fiction.” Born from the rich and prolific pen of <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Derleth" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="August Derleth">August Derleth</a></span> (1909-1971) who among other accomplishments was named a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Fellow" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Guggenheim Fellow">Guggenheim Fellow</a> in 1938, founded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkham_House" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Arkham House"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Arkham House</span></a> in 1939 and was an early champion of the then obscure American horror writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="HP Lovecraft"><span style="font-weight: 700;">H. P. Lovecraft</span></a> and the now classic “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Derleth#Arkham_House_and_the_.22Cthulhu_Mythos.22" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>”. "No other writer, of whatever background or training, knew and understood his particular ‘corner of the earth’ better than August Derleth” wrote professor of History William F. Thompson in his Forward to the 1985 reissue of Derleth’s non-fiction book <em>The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles</em> (1942). Somehow between 1945 and his death in 1971 Derleth managed to write eleven Solar Pons story collections on his Arkham House imprint <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycroft_%26_Moran" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Mycroft & Moran"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Mycroft & Moran</span></a>, the first titled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Re:_Sherlock_Holmes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="In Re: Sherlock Holmes"><em>In Re: Sherlock Holmes – The Adventures of Solar Pons</em></a> (1945) whose Introduction was written by no less a personage than uber Sherlockian <span style="font-weight: 700;">Vincent Starrett</span>. Later Solar Pons collections would contain Introductions by equally eminent writers/Sherlockians such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Ellery Queen"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Ellery Queen</span></a><b>,</b> <span style="font-weight: 700;">Edgar W Smith</span><b>,</b> <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Boucher" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Anthony Boucher">Anthony Boucher</a></span><b>, </b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Harrison_(writer)" style="color: black; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Michael Harrison">Michael Harrison</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ruber" style="color: black; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Ruber">Peter Ruber</a><span style="font-weight: 700;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://alistaird221b.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-3-or-4-or-5-or-pipe-problem.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="A 3 or 4 or 5 pipe problem?">Doyleockian</a></span> in “A 3 or 4 or 5 pipe problem?” reminds us that “two of the most iconic elements of Holmes were provided by people other than the author,” the iconic deerstalker and the equally iconic ‘curved pipe’ or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_pipe_(tobacco)#Calabash" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Calabash">Calabash</a>. The deerstalker is derived from a reference in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boscombe_Valley_Mystery" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BOSC">BOSC</a> to a “close-fitting cloth cap” which illustrator <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sidney Paget</span> interpreted as the now classic deerstalker. Read the rest of Mr <span style="font-weight: 700;">Alistair Duncan</span>'s post to learn more about Holmes' preferences regarding tobacco pipes, none of which were the 'curved pipe' first made famous by actor <span style="font-weight: 700;">William Gillette</span>. And don’t miss Mr Duncan’s piece “<a href="http://alistaird221b.blogspot.com/2013/08/baron-gruner-villain-i-want-to-see.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Duncan on Gruner">The Villain I Want To See</a>" on why BBC <em>Sherlock</em> Season 3 should include Chinese pottery expert, master scrapbooker and multiple murderer <span style="font-weight: 700;">Baron Gruner</span> from “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Illustrious_Client" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="ILLU">The Adventure of the Illustrious Client</a>”. Mr Duncan even goes so far as to make a (rather controversial sounding) suggestion as to who should play the fiend: “my current idea, and I admit, it is a bit “out there”, would be to have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Doctor" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The 10th Doctor"><span style="font-weight: 700;">David Tennant</span></a> play Gruner. His ‘ladies man’ credentials are firmly established courtesy of Casanova and I think he would be an excellent Gruner.” Someone get Moffat on the line…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mxpublishing.co.uk/engine/shop/category/Sherlock+Holmes+Books" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="MX's Sherlock Holmes-related books"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MX Publishing</span></a> is hosting a book launch party <a href="https://papersofsherlockholmes.eventbrite.co.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Book launch party for The Papers of SH vol.1">September 26, 2013</a> in London for the release of<span style="font-weight: 700;">David Marcum</span>'s latest collection of Sherlock pastiches <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Papers-Sherlock-Holmes-Volume/dp/1780924453/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Papers of SH Vol. 2 on Amazon"><em style="font-weight: 400;">The Papers of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2</em></a></span> (MX, 2013) - and you can order Volume 1 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Papers-Sherlock-Holmes-Volume/dp/1780924275" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Marcum's Papers of SH Vol.1 on Amazon">here</a>. Other MX authors such as <a href="http://lukebenjamenkuhns.wordpress.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Luke Benjamin Kuhns website">Luke Kuhns</a>, Ross K Foad and Tony Reynolds will be on hand to sign their books and talk Sherlock with attendees. Then on <a href="http://theimmortals-es2.eventbrite.co.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Immortals book launch by MX">November 8, 2013</a> MX is hosting a BBC <em>Sherlock</em> and CBS <em>Elementary</em>book launch for <span style="font-weight: 700;">Matthew Elliott</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Luke Kuhns</span>'s <span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Immortals-Unauthorized-Sherlock-Elementary/dp/1780924909" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Immortals on Amazon">The Immortals: An Unauthorized Guide to Sherlock and Elementary</a>,</em></span> a “companion to both the UK and US hit series, analyzing each episode (including the un-filmed pilot for <em>Elementary</em>), identifying trivia, offering criticism and considering Canonical fidelity.” For more up-to-date information about MX releases and events, check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MXPublishing" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="MX on Facebook">MX on Facebook</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/best-mystery-thriller-novels-_n_3794524.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="11 Best Upcoming Mystery Novels of Fall 2013"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Huffington Post</span></a> (originally composed by <span style="font-weight: 700;">Nathan Rostron</span> for <a href="http://www.bookish.com/articles/must-read-books-the-best-mysteries-and-thrillers-for-fall-2013" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="11 Best Mystery/Thrillers of Fall 2013">Bookish.com</a>) article that I’m linking to is begging for me to ask the following question: What do <span style="font-weight: 700;">Stephen King</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Joyce Carol Oates</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sue Grafton</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Lee Child</span>, J<span style="font-weight: 700;">ohn Grisham</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Michael Connely </span>and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Scott Turow</span>have in common with one of Always1895’s absolute favorite Sherlockians, historical mystery novelists and Baker Street Babes aka Ms <a href="https://twitter.com/LyndsayFaye" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="@LyndsayFaye"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Lyndsay Faye</span></a>? They are all authors of books in the “<span style="font-weight: 700;">11 Best Upcoming Mystery/Thriller Novels Of Fall 2013</span>”! That’s some serious company - and this isn’t exactly an ‘off’ year for Stephen King considering his entry, <a href="http://www.bookish.com/books/doctor-sleep-stephen-king-9781476727653/4fee7aea-5584-4672-872e-b4dfeb7d1e61" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Doctor Sleep"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;">Doctor Sleep</em></span></a>, is an official sequel to the 1977 horror classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Shining"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;">The Shining</em></span></a>. “Lyndsay Faye caught the attention of thriller aficionados with her Edgar-nominated historical novel <span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;">The Gods of Gotham</em></span>, about down-on-his-luck Timothy Wilde, who joins the brand-new NYPD in the 1840s. In the second book in Faye’s Timothy Wilde trilogy, <em><a href="http://www.bookish.com/books/seven-for-a-secret-lyndsay-faye-9780399158384/c66a73f4-c442-4920-a6d3-e7d5af8c170a" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Seven For a Secret">Seven for a Secret</a></em>, Wilde has proved himself an able cop, and he’s horrified to learn of the powerful underground network of “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbirders" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Blackbirders info at Wikipedia">blackbirders</a>" who steal free black Northerners and sell them in the South as slaves." All I can say for now is that we’re quite proud of the "booming" of Ms Faye’s name and talents throughout the Mystery/Thriller world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sherlockdc.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/sherlock-pajama-party-watch-a-long-starting-828/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Pajama Party Watch-a-long  Starting 8/28"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock DC</span></a> alerted me to the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Pajama Party Watch-a-Long</span>, wherein participants 1) don their very best sartorial sleepwear, 2) tune in to <a href="http://www.weta.org/tv/uk" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="WETA UK">WETA UK</a> <span style="font-weight: 700;">Wednesday, August 28</span> at 10:30pm for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_in_Pink" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BBC Sherlock - A Study in Pink"><em>A Study in Pink</em></a> (or synchronize their DVD players or AVI players on their computers), 3) drop-in at the <a href="http://tinychat.com/sherlockdc" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock DC chat room">Sherlock DC chat room</a> where you can type chat or video chat (remember to make sure your PJs rivals <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=FTs85BS6IeYC&lpg=PA300&ots=HKl4KjrHYm&dq=blue%2C%20purple%2C%20and%20mouse%20dressing%20gown%20sherlock&pg=PA300#v=onepage&q=blue,%20purple,%20and%20mouse%20dressing%20gown%20sherlock&f=false" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Steve Doyle's Sherlock Holmes For Dummies on color of Sherlock's dressing gown in the Canon">the Master’s dressing gown</a>, be they blue, purple or mouse) and 4) comment, critique, edify and/or amuse in the Sherlock DC chat room during the episode. Though this will be Sherlock DC’s first sleepwear-themed watch-a-long, the group hosts a weekly Granada <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Granada's Sherlock Holmes"><em>Sherlock Holmes</em></a> ‘tweet-a-long’ using the hash tag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GranadaHolmes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="#GranadaHolmes on Twitter"><span style="font-weight: 700;">#GranadaHolmes</span></a>. If you’re unfamiliar with what a twee-a-long is, instead of using a chat room, everyone gets together <em>virtually</em> and watches the Granada Holmes episode while simultaneously tweeting about the episode. And last but certainly not least, on August 31st, 2013 WETA UK will be showing a film extremely close to my Sherlockian heart and soul, <em><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Private Life of SH">The Private Life of Sherlock Homes</a> </span></em>(1970) and of course Sherlock DC is planning a tweet-a-long. I can’t wait to read the raw reactions of Sherlockian neophytes on Twitter as they watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827137/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Robert Stephens on IMDB"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Robert Stephens</span></a> assume his nuanced and brilliantly ambiguous role as the Great Detective. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/the-younger-stamfords/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Younger Stamford host Iowa City Sherlock film night">The Younger Stamfords</a></span> via <a href="https://twitter.com/Sweeper887/status/369112999442649088" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="YS announcements from @Sweeper887">Monica Schmidt</a> (also webmistress for Peter Blau’s <a href="http://www.redcircledc.org/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Red Circle of DC">The Red Circle</a>) announced “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</em></span></a> (1970) film screening September 23, 2013 at the <a href="http://www.icpl.org/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Iowa City Public Library">Iowa City Library</a> at 7:00 pm…the first in a series of Sherlockian film screenings/moderated discussions”  by the <a href="http://www.meetup.com/the-younger-stamfords/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Younger Stamford on Meetup.com"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Younger Stamfords</span></a>. Best of luck to the burgeoning scene of Sherlockians in Iowa City as they kickoff a moderated Sherlockian film series with what I consider to be the greatest Sherlock Holmes film in existence (not to be confused with the greatest Holmes adaptation, which is of course <span style="font-weight: 700;">Jeremy Brett</span>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)">Granada series</a>), Billy Wilder’s 1970 classic film featuring the remarkable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephens" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Robert Stephens"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Robert Stephens</span></a> in the role of the Master Detective alongside Mycroft as played by one time Sherlock actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Christopher Lee"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Christopher Lee</span></a>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">[Watson (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Blakely" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="Colin Blakely">Colin Blakely</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">) shows off his latest Strand publication to an unimpressed Holmes: </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Watson</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">: “Here’s an advance copy of </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">Strand  Magazine</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">. They’ve printed “The Red-Headed League!”” </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Holmes</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">: “Very impressive…”</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Watson</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">: “Would you like to see how I treated it?” </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Holmes</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">: “</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">I can hardly wait. I’m sure I’ll find  out all sorts of fascinating things about  the case that I never knew before….</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">" (Click for PDF of full </span><a href="http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/holmes.pdf" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="PDF script of Private Life">shooting script here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">.)]</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://johnhwatsonsociety.com/1/post/2013/08/alexian-gregorys-tv-interview.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Alexian Gregory's TV Interview"><span style="font-weight: 700;">John H Watson Society</span></a> announced that longtime New Jersey Sherlockian <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/1/post/2013/04/the-society-welcomes-alexian-a-gregory-bsi-to-charter-membership.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Al Gregory intro to JHWS"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Al Gregory</span></a>, BSI, (“The Grimpen Postmaster”) recently appeared on <a href="http://classicmovieswithronmaccloskey.hpage.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Classic Movies with Ron MacCloskey">Classic Movies with Ron MacCloskey</a> in an extensive and excellent interview about all things Sherlock Holmes. The format of MacCloskey’s <em>Classic Movies</em> program consists of a long form interview broken up occasionally by the movie of the week which the guest and interviewer then comment on and discuss. For the Al Gregory episode, a colorized version (!?) of the Rathbone/Bruce film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038259/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Woman in Green (1945)"><em>The Woman in Green</em></a> (1945) is shown and discussed making for an unique and edifying experience for viewers of all levels of Holmes expertise. Totaling 1 hour and 33 minutes, this is a video you’ll want to carve out a bit of Sherlockian-me-time for as you sit back and listen to an expert Sherlockian discuss the topic nearest and dearest to his heart and then share in a movie viewing experience. (<span style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span> when clicking on <a href="denied:mms://media.edisonnj.org/ClassicMovies4.wmv" style="outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Will ask if it can open video player (Windows Media Player)">the link to watch the video</a> you may get an “opening an external application” warning - don’t worry the link is safe and it simply opens up a video player (eg. Windows Media Player) on your computer.)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">[Mr Al Gregory explains everything from Deerstalkers to ‘the Game’ as well as commenting on a colorized print of</span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Woman in Green</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;"> (1945) starring </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="Basil Rathbone">Basil Rathbone</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;"> and </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558/" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="Nigel Bruce">Nigel Bruce</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">.]</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tea-at-221b.tumblr.com/post/58733540522/sherlock-holmes-playing-cards-produced-in-1989" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock playing cards from 1989"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Tea at 221B</span></a> posted scans of a set of Sherlock Holmes Playing Cards produced in 1989 by The Gemaco Playing Card Company. I’ve never seen these before, but I absolutely <em>must</em> find a set of these. Not only is the artwork well done, but the range of characters extends well beyond the usual choice of Canonical personages used for projects like this. As seen on <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://tea-at-221b.tumblr.com/post/58733540522/sherlock-holmes-playing-cards-produced-in-1989" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cick for scans of Sherlock cards at Tea at 221B">Tea at 221B</a></span>,<span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Holmes</span> is the Ace of Hearts, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Dr John H Watson</span> is the King of Hearts (appropriately enough), <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mrs Hudson</span> is the Queen of Diamonds, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Prof. James Moriarty</span> is the King of Spades, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Col. Sebastian Moran</span> is the Jack of Spades, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mycroft Holmes</span> is the King of Diamonds and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Inspector Lestrade</span> is the King of Clubs. After a few quick image searches, I found scans for <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes playing cards from 1989"><span style="font-weight: 700;">the entire 1989 Gemaco Sherlock Holmes playing card set</span></a> - and here’s where it gets really interesting: <span style="font-weight: 700;">Jabez Wilson</span> from REDH is the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279j01.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Jabez Wilson as The Joker">Red Joker</a>, poor little <span style="font-weight: 700;">Tonga</span>from SIGN is the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279j02.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Tonga as the Black Joker">Black Joker</a>. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Aces</span>: all four Aces are Sherlock Holmes though shown in different poses: <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279sA.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holmes as the Ace of Spades">Ace of Spades</a> shows Holmes scowling with pipe and magnifying glass, <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279sA.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holmes as Ace of Hearts">Ace of Hearts</a> shows Holmes playing his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Stradivarius">Strad</a>, <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279dA.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holmes as Ace of Diamonds">Ace of Diamonds</a> has Holmes tinkering with his chemistry set and <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279cA.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holmes as Ace of Clubs">Ace of Clubs</a> shows Holmes brandishing a pistol, presumably about to fire at the Black Joker card. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Kings</span>: all shown on Tea at 221B (though click for individual, hi-res images of each), the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279sK.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Moriarty as King of Spades">King of Spades</a> is the fiendishly misshapen Napoleon of Crime <span style="font-weight: 700;">Prof. Moriarty</span>, the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279hK.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watson as King of Hearts">King of Hearts</a> Dr <span style="font-weight: 700;">John H. Watson</span>, the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279dK.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Mycroft as King of Diamonds">King of Diamonds</a> is <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mycroft</span> and the<a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279cK.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Lestrade as King of Clubs">King of Clubs</a> is <span style="font-weight: 700;">Lestrade</span>. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Queens</span>: here’s where the cards get super awesome - who else could be <em>the</em> <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279sQ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Adler as Queen of Spades">Queen of Spades</a> other than <em>the</em> Woman <span style="font-weight: 700;">Irene Adler</span> (in drag no less), the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279hQ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Mary Morstan as Queen of Hearts">Queen of Hearts</a> is of course <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mary Morstan</span>, the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279dQ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Mrs Hudson as Queen of Diamonds">Queen of Diamonds</a> is the long-suffering <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mrs Hudson</span>and the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279cQ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Hattie Doran as Queen of Clubs">Queen of Clubs</a> is <span style="font-weight: 700;">Miss Hatty Doran</span> (misspelled on the card as “<em>Hattie</em> Doran”) from “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Noble_Bachelor" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="NOBL">The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor</a>" - no offense to Ms Doran, but I think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Illustrious_Client" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kitty Winter is from ILLU">Kitty Winters</a> would have made a much better Queen of Clubs. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Jacks</span>: Col. Moran is the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279sJ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Moran as Jack of Spades">Jack of Spades</a>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Jack Stapleton</span> (aka Rodger Baskerville) is the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279hJ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Jack Stapleton is Jack of Hearts">Jack of Hearts</a>, probably the coolest card in the deck is the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279dJ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Roylott as Jack of Diamonds">Jack of Diamonds</a> featuring Dr <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dr Grimesby Roylot from SPEC">Grimesby Roylott</a></span> with a ‘<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band#Swamp_adder" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Swamp Adder">swamp adder</a>' wrapped around his head ready to strike and last but certainly not least the <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279cJ.jpg" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Col Lysander Stark Jack of Clubs">Jack of Clubs</a>, the most haunting card in the deck, features <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Engineer's_Thumb" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Col Lysander Stark from ENGR">Col. Lysander Stark</a></span> grasping a menacing looking cleaver. A framed set of all 18 of the illustrated cards would look glorious on my wall, but for now I’ll have to settle for these scans as supplied by one <a href="http://albinas.borisevicius@vkontrole.lt/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Email">Albinas Borisevicius</a> (credited on both <a href="http://tea-at-221b.tumblr.com/post/58733540522/sherlock-holmes-playing-cards-produced-in-1989" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock playing card scans">Tea at 221B</a> and the<a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13279/d13279.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Full set of scans of Sherlock cards">.EU site</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://prioryscholarsnyc.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PSNYC"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Priory Scholars of NYC</span></a> have just announced a date, <a href="https://twitter.com/PrioryNYC/status/369930810323111936" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PSNYC - October 6, 2013"><span style="font-weight: 700;">October 6, 2013</span></a>, for their ‘Back To School’ Fall Session of the PSNYC which will take place at a brand new Manhattan venue (for us) called <a href="http://www.thechurchillny.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Churchill Pub of NYC">The Churchill Tavern</a>, replete with all the trappings one might suspect from a British-style pub plus a variety of distinct Churchillian touches like the playing of WSC speeches in the bathrooms and a gigantic portrait of the World War II English Prime Minister dominating the fireplace room (cf. photo below). I have yet to find a definitive list of connections between the Great Detective and Winston Churchill, but I do know that during World War II Churchill nicknamed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="SOE"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Special Operations Executive</span></a>, the group tasked with espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance behind enemy lines, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_Irregulars#Special_Operations_Executive" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="SOE nicknamed the Baker Street Irregulars"><span style="font-weight: 700;">the Baker Street Irregulars</span></a> for their presumed ability “to go everywhere, see everything and overhear everyone.” (<a href="http://168.144.50.205/221bcollection/canon/sign-08.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sign of Four, Chapter 8">SIGN, Ch. 8</a>)</span></div>
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Episode 100: A Sherlockian Centennial

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Well, we managed to do it. And it only took us nine years, an 18-month hiatus, one lost episode and thousands of fans.<br />
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That's right, it's our <b><span style="font-size: large;">100th</span></b> episode.<br />
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We asked you what you wanted to hear for the centenary of the first podcast for Sherlock Holmes devotees, and time and again, we heard from you, telling us to do a retrospective - a look back at our favorite moments from what we've accomplished. We also asked you what your favorite moments are and what you wanted to know from us. Well, we managed to deliver on both.<br />
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Our 100th episode gave us a chance to reflect on exactly what turning 100 means, and to dive back into our murky and fuzzy origins. We try to answer some of your queries and we celebrate those who joined us previously before launching into our top memories of the show, as represented in audio clips. Our Gas-Lamp features two readings, including a new one created just for this episode. Finally, we wrap up with a couple of important announcements that you won't want to miss.<br />
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We have so many of you to thank — from those of you who wrote in with feedback, to those who provided reviews, created something for us, provided financial support, and of course, those who appeared on the show. It's all been absolutely overwhelming and this wouldn't be possible without you.<br />
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1:37 Welcome and intro<br />
2:25 Someone else is pretty excited<br />
3:19 Other centenary celebrations in 2016<br />
7:10 Milestones can be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INhL0MYhOOI" target="_blank">difficult to celebrate</a>, featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wolfberg" target="_blank">Dennis Wolfberg</a><br />
9:32 Our humble beginnings<br />
11:14 Spending time<br />
11:55 I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere - by the numbers<br />
15:49 Multiple IHOSE interview guests<br />
18:10 Your kind reviews <a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">on iTunes</a><br />
20:24 <a href="http://wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a><br />
21:40 You asked for it / your favorite moments<br />
23:29 How it all began<br />
34:24 Remembering our hiatus<br />
41:00 Looking back at our favorite moments<br />
42:25 Mike Berdan on getting involved with Sherlock Holmes<br />
45:12 Christopher Morley on the reality of Sherlock Holmes<br />
48:00 Peter Blau on Edgar Smith<br />
51:38 Otto Penzler gets defensive about his literary doppelgänger<br />
55:23 Fritz Weaver recalls <i>Baker Street</i>, the characterization of Sherlock Holmes, and the importance of Conan Doyle<br />
57:54 Michael Dirda reads from <i>On Conan Doyle</i><br />
1:01:59 Lara Pulver reflects on her success<br />
1:05:03 Bert Coules on the role of the writer with BBC Radio, the importance of his director David Johnson recognizing the major characters in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i><br />
1:11:20 Bert Coules talks about casting Michael Williams as Dr. Watson, as opposed to Nigel Bruce<br />
1:14:55 A comic interlude: a halfway decent Jack Benny impersonation<br />
1:20:22 Lyndsay, Ashley and Ardy from the Baker Street Babes play Jeopardy and make Burt's editing job a living nightmare<br />
1:24:06 A flashback within our flashback as Steve Rothman is unruffled and Bob Katz freaks out about Dr. Rosenbach's credentials<br />
1:26:57 Nicholas Meyer recounts how he was invited to the BSI dinner and how he overstepped<br />
1:35:25 Susan Rice shares the story of the afternoon when women were granted membership in the Baker Street Irregulars, together with a recording of Tom Stix presiding at that very event.<br />
1:42:53 <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" target="_blank">The Baker Street Journal</a></i><br />
1:45:02 The Editor's Gas-Lamp: a two-fer with "221B" and "A Long Evening with Holmes"<br />
1:50:45 Housekeeping, special thanks and two announcements — listen closely, as we need your feedback<br />
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