Episode 342: Star Trek, Stagecraft, and Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“His face lit up with a boyish enthusiasm” [HOUN]  </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49CslFJoykwqKMy5DOD2t7LEFTnazVSTBnOG6YyH_Hai4VDHLBPQzu0A6YohjTVhUy5c_diWUrobD9O-2eIk1RyMhDCzaU9YZyllPajkBKNGdZG08ycSTxthIB8ClYaTNETsi8fQg9uj2_vQHF2hYLzW_ws9q5A35NIL4_9j7Q-s_aIGMtp7M8TEPpcQa/s760/ihearofsherlock342-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="760" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49CslFJoykwqKMy5DOD2t7LEFTnazVSTBnOG6YyH_Hai4VDHLBPQzu0A6YohjTVhUy5c_diWUrobD9O-2eIk1RyMhDCzaU9YZyllPajkBKNGdZG08ycSTxthIB8ClYaTNETsi8fQg9uj2_vQHF2hYLzW_ws9q5A35NIL4_9j7Q-s_aIGMtp7M8TEPpcQa/w640-h424/ihearofsherlock342-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></h4><div><div>What happens when the world of Sherlock Holmes collides with the worlds of Star Trek, Shakespeare, and the stage? T. Rick Jones—author, veteran Actors’ Equity stage manager, former Managing Editor of <i>Daily Star Trek News</i>, and prolific contributor to <i>Sherlock Holmes Magazine</i>—brings a unique perspective to Sherlockiana. </div><div><br /></div><div>We explore what happens when two fandoms meet, comparing the cultures of Star Trek and Sherlockiana, and then turn to the practical question of how the adventures of Sherlock Holmes could be brought effectively to the stage. With his experience in theater production, Rick offers insights into the challenges—and possibilities—of adapting Conan Doyle’s stories for live drama.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our conversation also explores Rick’s writing about Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualism, and how subjects that may seem distant from modern audiences can still be fascinating and relevant. He discusses his upcoming essay examining the intriguing connections between Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes, as well as the wide range of interviews and essays he has produced for Sherlock Holmes Magazine. It’s a conversation about Holmes, theater, literature, fandom, and popular culture—and another reminder that there are always new ways to look at the Great Detective.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the first half of November. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, with his review of the third season of the BBC’s <i>Sherlock </i>series. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of <i>Mystery!: A Celebration</i>. for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by September 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. 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Episode 342: Star Trek, Stagecraft, and Sherlock Holmes

“His face lit up with a boyish enthusiasm” [HOUN]   What happens when the world of Sherlock Holmes collides with the worlds of Star Trek, Sh...

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by Scott Monty

An Ancestor of Mine

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“as brilliant a record as his famous ancestor” [SILV] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOxnA4mKc111xfBmFpBLs1QB7SIZBhCGVrJe1JLa-J4ap0opXKsxTMl-5BZKat3nQexI_adU30iE9AwgHvYjrOwKeHSu-beyB9wDdU8dE_kJd3IJWcKbiogsCcdQ_-DZwL60aoY3GIAF-ItGZLQ-ZWq8S6Gcqad89_KAjmw2SohWEF-CJGs3MhjZ2U_EYv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="500" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOxnA4mKc111xfBmFpBLs1QB7SIZBhCGVrJe1JLa-J4ap0opXKsxTMl-5BZKat3nQexI_adU30iE9AwgHvYjrOwKeHSu-beyB9wDdU8dE_kJd3IJWcKbiogsCcdQ_-DZwL60aoY3GIAF-ItGZLQ-ZWq8S6Gcqad89_KAjmw2SohWEF-CJGs3MhjZ2U_EYv=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>In 2022, Bob Stek, BSI (“The Mysterious Scientist”) wrote a pastiche that connected the worlds of Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes. He wasn't alone in this thinking; as the lone Vulcan on the <i>Enterprise</i>, Spock consistently reminded others that he was governed by logic and did not allow emotions to affect his judgment.</p><p>Nicholas Meyer, BSI (<span style="text-align: center;">“A Fine Morocco Case”</span>), author of <i>The Seven Per-Cent Solution</i> and director of <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</i> and <i>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</i>, previously made connections between Holmes and Spock, as the latter referenced "an ancestor of mine" when using the famous impossible/improbable quote. </p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><i>More about Spock, Star Trek, and Meyer below.</i></h4><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, Bob Stek's novella, titled <i>An Ancestor of Mine</i>, was <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/43526379" target="_blank">originally posted on AO3</a> (Archive of Our Own) and has been downloaded many hundreds of times. The plot is as follows: </p><p>Can Professor Moriarty blackmail Sherlock Holmes? He has evidence that the examination of a cosmic string by <i>Star Trek</i>’s Mr. Spock went horribly awry, and stranded him in Victorian England. In his new home, a surprise onset of Pon Farr leads to an encounter with a Wold Newton descendant — Violet Rutherford, a progressive English adventuress with eclectic interests and friends. Their relationship stretches the Prime Directive to the breaking point and leads to the birth of both Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. </p><p>It could explain so much. Logic in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bob has kindly agreed to have the volume published on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, so we include it here: </p><p><br /></p><div><hr /><p><br /></p> <center><div class="pdf-wrapper"> <div class="pdf-container"> <iframe class="pdf-viewer" frameborder="0" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HzKZoLiUemeLAAV6AYowulU68X0MfM8K/view?usp=drive_link"></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="download-wrapper"> <button class="pdfdownload-btn">Download</button> </div></center> <p> </p> <br /> <script> const downloadBtns = document.querySelectorAll(".pdfdownload-btn"); downloadBtns.forEach(function (btn, index) { btn.addEventListener("click", function () { const pdfViewer = document.querySelectorAll(".pdf-viewer")[index]; const pdfSrc = pdfViewer.src; const fileId = pdfSrc.match(/\/file\/d\/(.+)\/preview/)[1]; const downloadUrl = `https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=${fileId}`; window.open(downloadUrl, "_blank"); }); }); </script> <p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><hr /><h3><br /></h3><h3>Related reading:</h3><div>We have four entries related to Star Trek and Leonard Nimoy, for those interested:</div><div><ol><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/07/search-of-glor_3.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonard Nimoy Goes In Search of... Sherlock Holmes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/08/have-figured-out-your-connections-3gar_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonard Nimoy's Sherlock Holmes Connections</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/02/remembering-leonard-nimoy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Leonard Nimoy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/03/the-earliest-sherlock-holmes-star-trek.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Earliest Sherlock Holmes - Star Trek Crossovers</a></li></ol></div><div><br /><hr /><h3><br /></h3><h3>Related episodes:</h3></div><div>Nicholas Meyer has been a frequent guest on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. You can find him featured in the following episodes.</div><div><ol><li><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose85" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Episode 85: Nicholas Meyer</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose178" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Episode 178: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose228" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Episode 228: The Return of the Pharaoh</a></li><li><a href="https://bit.ly/ihose294" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Episode 294: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> </span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2025/08/episode-317-sherlock-holmes-and-real.html" style="color: #013fd3; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Episode 317: Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing</a></span></li></ol><div><br /></div></div></div>

An Ancestor of Mine

“as brilliant a record as his famous ancestor” [SILV]  In 2022, Bob Stek, BSI (“The Mysterious Scientist”) wrote a pastiche that connected t...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Say Cheese

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“filled with photographs” [CHAS]<span> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXEXyQPYE1LJ4tsFY9O2esQEvMUjw2lfqn0LCPpFj0jVWjkirlqi7ui6Udb9lU2cKmx_V4u2N2s56CJ8XRNSeL4Bn0h_hWZ8hwZuSwe8IQCqK01YOS64bIuG8XflDwvgXSIFm5rVXHCqldNPUzmv4azLoSzS5G7k4S0kX75esmTycZwsH5KvNnF7EIV_g/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20235.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXEXyQPYE1LJ4tsFY9O2esQEvMUjw2lfqn0LCPpFj0jVWjkirlqi7ui6Udb9lU2cKmx_V4u2N2s56CJ8XRNSeL4Bn0h_hWZ8hwZuSwe8IQCqK01YOS64bIuG8XflDwvgXSIFm5rVXHCqldNPUzmv4azLoSzS5G7k4S0kX75esmTycZwsH5KvNnF7EIV_g/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20235.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></h4><div>Quick — name two canonical villains who claimed photography was a hobby of theirs.</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll hazard a guess that one came to you quite easily, but you may have had to struggle to think of the other.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you answered Vincent Spaulding, who kept darting into the basement of Jabez Wilson's pawnshop to develop his photos (why didn't Wilson ever ask to see those photos?) in "The Red-Headed League," you were correct.</div><div><br /></div><div>And if you also answered Jephro Rucastle, who in "The Copper Beeches," told Violent Hunter that the locked turret contained his dark room, you were also right.</div><div><br /></div><div>Two villains. One handy excuse to cover up activity they wanted well hidden.</div><div><br /></div><div>Photography was handy to Sherlock Holmes as well. In "The Second Stain," the identity of Eduardo Lucas and M. Henri Fournaye were determined to be one and the same through "a comparison of photographs."</div><div><br /></div><div>It was in this same story too that Watson discovered that Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope was much more impressive than her photographs:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I had often heard of the beauty of the youngest daughter of the Duke of Belminster, but no description of it, and no contemplation of colourless photographs, had prepared me for the subtle, delicate charm and the beautiful colouring of that exquisite head.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Let's not forget that it was Baron Gruner's "beastly book" that contained photographic evidence against him:</div><div><blockquote><div>“He had it all in that book. Snapshot photographs, names, details, everything about them.”</div></blockquote></div><div>For Sherlock Holmes, photography was much more useful than as a hobby. 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Baker Street Elementary – Say Cheese

“filled with photographs” [CHAS]   Quick — name two canonical villains who claimed photography was a hobby of theirs. We'll hazard a gue...

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June Wyndham Davies, Producer of Granada Sherlock Holmes Series, Aged 97

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “a certain gracious lady” [BRUC]</h4><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1dAAmgcDoUVJkd-GE03FgaajObPv3yaP2AhBtSYMGFiu7BzjypEmDPd-ZYxvJNFe_Eds7oFK-B8NNpvSmB-op3Ge_dSzV8663M0KXviEdQo6LkkMKkJFts8A6IfZaEA6Cr4C8JXIOvbJVA8ohhC0pHc1DNCZJtVLC2io1ZRqm6zIfqchHBS_Ato0OcuGz"><img alt="" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1dAAmgcDoUVJkd-GE03FgaajObPv3yaP2AhBtSYMGFiu7BzjypEmDPd-ZYxvJNFe_Eds7oFK-B8NNpvSmB-op3Ge_dSzV8663M0KXviEdQo6LkkMKkJFts8A6IfZaEA6Cr4C8JXIOvbJVA8ohhC0pHc1DNCZJtVLC2io1ZRqm6zIfqchHBS_Ato0OcuGz=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>News reached Sherlockians today that <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943921/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_in_0_q_june%20wyndham" target="_blank">June Wyndham Davies</a>, the Granada Television producer who was a key part of the acclaimed Sherlock Holmes series, passed away on September 9 in Spain.</p><p>Fittingly, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SherlockPod/posts/june-wyndham-davies-1929-2026we-are-deeply-saddened-to-share-news-of-the-passing/1448175404037831/" target="_blank">word came</a> from our friends at <i><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock/episode/MWEzMDJkNmYtZTIzYi00YWNiLWJmNmUtMWZhNjM1ZjJiOTcx" target="_blank">The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast</a></i>, whose producers have become close to many of the cast and crew of the series. They wrote:</p><blockquote><p> “We are deeply saddened to share news of the passing of our friend, June Wyndham Davies. Her transition was peaceful and she was with loved ones."</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">An Eye for Holmes</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.” [VALL]</h4><p>Born on June 27th in Cardiff, Wales to Mervyn and Despina Wyndham Davies, June trained at RADA and began her career as an actress before moving behind the camera. She joined the BBC as a director in 1965, working across single-play strands including <i>30 Minute Theate</i>r and <i>Sunday Afternoon Theatre</i>, then went freelance in 1969, directing for the BBC, Anglia, and Yorkshire television as well as Granada — work that included the Emmy-nominated <i>Heidi </i>(1974) and long stretches on <i>Coronation Street</i> and <i>Crown Court</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1976 she worked almost exclusively for Granada, producing dark and supernatural drama <i>Shades of Darkness</i> among it — and the Victorian-set <i>Cribb</i> series. It was against that backdrop that <a href="http://www.dunwich.org/tv/sherlock/junewynd.html" target="_blank">she made the recommendation</a> for which Sherlockians can be the most grateful: she suggested Jeremy Brett for the title role in <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. By her own account, she was not even particularly fond of Sherlock Holmes. She simply knew talent when she saw it — which, as Holmes himself might have observed, is a rarer gift than it sounds.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Guiding the Canon to the Screen</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“A friendly native will surely guide us.” [CREE]</h4><p>Wyndham Davies went on to produce <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4A8vjxV" target="_blank">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a></i>, taking over day-to-day running of the series when Michael Cox stepped back to his executive producing duties. When Cox resumed direct control for <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4yqUVo0" target="_blank">The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1991), she returned to lead the two-hour feature films that followed — among them <b><i>The Master Blackmailer</i></b> (1992) — working with screenwriter Jeremy Paul to stretch thinner source material to feature length.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her fiercest fight came with <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4yx9kz3" target="_blank">The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1994). Having initially been denied airtime, she fought for and won six one-hour episodes — then had to steer the production through Jeremy Brett's advancing illness, a circumstance that led to the decision in one episode to give Holmes this part to his brother Mycroft, rather than abandon the story. It was producing under the most difficult of circumstances, in service of a series she had helped propel.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">A Career Beyond Baker Street</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.” [GREE]</h4><p>Holmes was only ever part of her output. In 1997 she won a BAFTA Cymru for Best Drama for <i>August</i>, a Welsh-set adaptation of <i>Uncle Vanya</i>, directed by its star Anthony Hopkins. She had previously received the Chicago International Film Festival's Silver Plaque for <i>The Lady's Maid's Bell</i> (1985). Along the way, she gave early opportunities to actors including Michael Caine, Hugh Grant, and Rhys Ifans — a reminder that her eye for talent was no one time accident of casting Brett, but a career-long habit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Granada series she helped shepherd to screen remains, for many, a fixed point in a changing age against which every subsequent Sherlock Holmes is measured. That debt is owed in no small part to a producer who knew a good thing the moment she saw it, and who spent the rest of her career proving it wasn't a fluke.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can listen to an in-depth conversation with June Wyndham Davies, conducted by <i><a href="http://sherlockpodcast.com/" target="_blank">The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast</a></i>: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="416" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yqiF69XzBOg" width="501" youtube-src-id="yqiF69XzBOg"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>

June Wyndham Davies, Producer of Granada Sherlock Holmes Series, Aged 97

 “a certain gracious lady” [BRUC] News reached Sherlockians today that June Wyndham Davies , the Granada Television producer who was a key p...

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Episode 341: The Illustrious Clients of Indianapolis

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“All good comradeship and friendship” [ABBE]</h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjJ9xh5WWEhBXWKMQfQlSifU8BZqp5CxAgu9z0l4-CWuuKQhA2pKMv0hmbNQissDWmC7Dyi0Yy8JF_9lxPKrdeLhYtuFjGwHt37hFx17oAvYQc9B_vxbxosbBHZhFY8BGv0VVgt9CKS0zgYWMoj9YST9ptxT-_L_qGpTKIvmKGhYYbHsEBtGKvZrwh70f/s3000/ihearofsherlock341-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjJ9xh5WWEhBXWKMQfQlSifU8BZqp5CxAgu9z0l4-CWuuKQhA2pKMv0hmbNQissDWmC7Dyi0Yy8JF_9lxPKrdeLhYtuFjGwHt37hFx17oAvYQc9B_vxbxosbBHZhFY8BGv0VVgt9CKS0zgYWMoj9YST9ptxT-_L_qGpTKIvmKGhYYbHsEBtGKvZrwh70f/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock341-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></h4><div><br /><div><div>The Illustrious Clients of Indianapolis, one of the oldest Sherlock Holmes societies in the United States, is celebrating its 80th anniversary this September. Today, we talk with leaders Shelly Gage and Mark Walters about their own introductions to Sherlock Holmes, and the remarkable history of the Illustrious Clients. It’s a story that begins with the very young Jerry Williamson, who discovered Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce at the movies, sought out the Canon, and began corresponding with prominent Sherlockians.</div><div><br /></div><div>You’ll hear about “Immortal Thirteen” who joined their first meeting, and the group’s remarkable tradition of writing and publishing, which continues today. Shelly and Mark give us a fascinating look at how an organization founded in the 1940s has preserved its traditions while adapting to a new generation of Sherlockians — and they invite listeners to join the celebration of the Illustrious Clients’ 80th anniversary on <b>Saturday, September 19</b>, at 6:00 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the second half of October. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, with his review of the second season of the BBC’s <i>Sherlock </i>series. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of something from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by September 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. 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Episode 341: The Illustrious Clients of Indianapolis

“All good comradeship and friendship” [ABBE] The Illustrious Clients of Indianapolis, one of the oldest Sherlock Holmes societies in the Uni...

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Baker Street Elementary – That's Life

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand” [VEIL]<span> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhCpg-pmMsKoSoZzMDiv6TTVc46AISihq80MeZoPlCY68xKxA9mq5fAwn_5rPfArRD9UuBcpQF4_mj9xtWReEZjtsTgUDSuCzScUSTtlGPDZi9lzvuHDI6btj7hC_XMOtY363cPKIrtd8uCJ3r6l3FdjScqfgOmx47BReGxV8BazQmDjPudaZNhiRfRI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhCpg-pmMsKoSoZzMDiv6TTVc46AISihq80MeZoPlCY68xKxA9mq5fAwn_5rPfArRD9UuBcpQF4_mj9xtWReEZjtsTgUDSuCzScUSTtlGPDZi9lzvuHDI6btj7hC_XMOtY363cPKIrtd8uCJ3r6l3FdjScqfgOmx47BReGxV8BazQmDjPudaZNhiRfRI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></h4><div>One of the most philosophical scenes in the Sherlock Holmes story takes place in "The Naval Treaty," when Holmes is reflecting on the existence of a higher power as he focuses on the natural beauty of a flower:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“What a lovely thing a rose is!” </div><br /><div>He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects. </div><br /><div>“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>It's probably made more vivid by the accompanying Sidney Paget illustration of Holmes admiring the moss-rose, with the caption "What a lovely thing a rose is."</div><div><br /></div><div>However, there is another scene in the Canon — a more obscure one — that finds Holmes equally philosophical, although about aging, death, and the results of the way a life is lived.</div><div><br /></div><div>In this case, we find Watson entering the sitting room at 221B Baker Street after Josiah Amberley made an exit in the opening of "The Retired Colourman." Holmes asks Watson his impression of the man, before pronouncing his view of life:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“A pathetic, futile, broken creature.” </div><br /><div>“Exactly, Watson. Pathetic and futile. But is not all life pathetic and futile? Is not his story a microcosm of the whole? We reach. We grasp. And what is left in our hands at the end? A shadow. Or worse than a shadow—misery.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div>This is a far less hopeful (dare we say "rosy"?) outlook on the universe. It's at the other end of the tales that Watson has penned: "The Retired Colourman" is the final story in the <i>Strand</i>. Could it be that Holmes was in one of his "fits of the blackest depression" that Watson told us about in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>?</div><div><br /></div><div>Perhaps he was feeling the effects of a stinging defeat in a case or considering what he might be leaving behind as retirement loomed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Things are looking just as bleak at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><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/AVvXsEgnQi57iFSCRDvuI4N8Z3IZE1wJMYLFTqjt0HVDfYyqRVRZ__AWZbY6X6qYMhgqKLt-R5Zbtpxbl9mOejOxTUVOJljt5JmMUusKFxrLB3Lgzh3rI8E0hb8w-aFzJqzrJBxspfZMB0IMs3GpXXQfaJGi08kC5doM4WBXfml1EsH-vJLqvmJB960t-krWPQE/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQi57iFSCRDvuI4N8Z3IZE1wJMYLFTqjt0HVDfYyqRVRZ__AWZbY6X6qYMhgqKLt-R5Zbtpxbl9mOejOxTUVOJljt5JmMUusKFxrLB3Lgzh3rI8E0hb8w-aFzJqzrJBxspfZMB0IMs3GpXXQfaJGi08kC5doM4WBXfml1EsH-vJLqvmJB960t-krWPQE/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLZFOSynBMkj4sePK1FFUgVk6JITVRpt5ZFtGetTO9OxcQ_GLI14Qt72KPgSew-aAnq8Zoy9iMb1Ayu0PfSrcB-2_rIUIOso4qtlXKtGF1AO7gnQeSlajNDnasaRSCsEDQyIwOdynzTQ_G3QVKufLNOXBbWUgxyXTJdC0cooYauzU-lNMy2fJuZ6tyY8/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLZFOSynBMkj4sePK1FFUgVk6JITVRpt5ZFtGetTO9OxcQ_GLI14Qt72KPgSew-aAnq8Zoy9iMb1Ayu0PfSrcB-2_rIUIOso4qtlXKtGF1AO7gnQeSlajNDnasaRSCsEDQyIwOdynzTQ_G3QVKufLNOXBbWUgxyXTJdC0cooYauzU-lNMy2fJuZ6tyY8/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw8ctRFr4ztpzX9mOPIrMxReeteIvuocXiLEChemTSfexcM9tyhXSksjgWDiO7dAvHF0hHbE2h4VX15TWyIPtPPABhox2YTehCDHPEgRD3GjnpvkKnWN2mYVqni179jzDEcuyuCecpAh6HY1qrOvzoVP4aL9_DVhb6MifvOFPpv2H2OhR6u4-_-p08II/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw8ctRFr4ztpzX9mOPIrMxReeteIvuocXiLEChemTSfexcM9tyhXSksjgWDiO7dAvHF0hHbE2h4VX15TWyIPtPPABhox2YTehCDHPEgRD3GjnpvkKnWN2mYVqni179jzDEcuyuCecpAh6HY1qrOvzoVP4aL9_DVhb6MifvOFPpv2H2OhR6u4-_-p08II/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20234.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=John+Watson+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DJohn%2BWatson%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>John Watson</a>, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Victorian+London&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DVictorian%2BLondon%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>Victorian London</a>. 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Baker Street Elementary – That's Life

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Baker Street Elementary – What Is It Good For?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“then so prepare for war” [SECO]<span> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGN_4QM4wFXAJr5Y66pFA3wzz_LyvjG6OdN4bVjBPPhJqXiwkAtSDH2LaiJAKdZsBMPjLgwK8RmkImOIoHIe8flUvKUcBqV6k9XYnyYIVwgDwUhdYCmWZRIZquHuvJCMMD2NA-qxARp7afcTe9KGAWe2dpydGt4Rq1hALjaIJ-GgXFhyphenhyphenuaqnvPgOcCV4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20233.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGN_4QM4wFXAJr5Y66pFA3wzz_LyvjG6OdN4bVjBPPhJqXiwkAtSDH2LaiJAKdZsBMPjLgwK8RmkImOIoHIe8flUvKUcBqV6k9XYnyYIVwgDwUhdYCmWZRIZquHuvJCMMD2NA-qxARp7afcTe9KGAWe2dpydGt4Rq1hALjaIJ-GgXFhyphenhyphenuaqnvPgOcCV4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20233.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></h4><div>General William Sherman once said, "War is hell." Partly because it's never-ending. In the mid- to late-20th century, historians Will and Ariel Durant estimated that over the past 3,421 years, humans experienced only about 268 scattered years without war.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the Sherlock Holmes stories, we open with war: Watson introduces himself to us in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> as a veteran wounded at the Battle of Maiwand. In <i>The Sign of Four</i>, we find ourselves at the Fort of Agra during a rebellion. During another rebellion in "The Crooked Man," one officer betrays another out of jealous love. Soldiers and veterans turn up throughout the Canon. </div><div><br /></div><div>In fact, it extends to the final story (at least chronologically) in "His Last Bow," set on the very eve of the Great War in August 1914 — in which Holmes delivered his now-famous, almost prophetic line to Watson: </div><blockquote><div>"There's an east wind coming... such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, and a good many of us may wither before its blast." </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Other clients carry their own war histories: a Boer War veteran searching for a missing friend in "The Blanched Soldier," an admiral's son whose father commanded a fleet in the Crimean War in "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," and a Confederate colonel from the American Civil War among the Openshaw family in "The Five Orange Pips," to name a few.</div><div><br /></div><div>War is always with us. As are its participants and after-effects. 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Baker Street Elementary – What Is It Good For?

“then so prepare for war” [SECO]   General William Sherman once said, "War is hell." Partly because it's never-ending. In the ...

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Episode 340: The Six Napoleons of Baltimore

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Those of good fellowship” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d9vVaTeD_OAPQKOzT_zwMYYq0gYBuOfWOyYgUOcGy-XDbA9cgkVIose8Nv0uGtGGUlogmCGhxprszm9PEScdNqm89MlXEHEdkvwbZNPggHRGjLsFnn4bJhga9o-gspZon7L5FpCW5AkY-WrzgJwY6w-gWV_k4lfvz1tHzBoLRJhWcI5KM1jS1BUHDgl4/s2495/ihearofsherlock340-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1951" data-original-width="2495" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d9vVaTeD_OAPQKOzT_zwMYYq0gYBuOfWOyYgUOcGy-XDbA9cgkVIose8Nv0uGtGGUlogmCGhxprszm9PEScdNqm89MlXEHEdkvwbZNPggHRGjLsFnn4bJhga9o-gspZon7L5FpCW5AkY-WrzgJwY6w-gWV_k4lfvz1tHzBoLRJhWcI5KM1jS1BUHDgl4/w640-h500/ihearofsherlock340-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><div><div>We return to Baltimore and the rich history of one of America’s oldest Sherlock Holmes societies, the Six Napoleons of Baltimore. Greg Ruby and Mike McSwiggin join us to talk about the group’s origins and its upcoming 80th anniversary. </div><div><br /></div><div>We hear about their first encounters with Sherlock Holmes and then travel back to 1946, when six Baltimore Sherlockians gathered for dinner and founded what would become the Six Napoleons. We also discuss the wonderfully complicated story behind its name, which connects a local Baltimore woman to Napoleon’s family and, of course, to a famous Holmes adventure.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, the group continues its traditions of scholarship, trivia, and, above all, fun. We talk about their memorable “inquisition” used to induct new members, its twice-yearly meetings, and its 80th anniversary celebration this September, which features our own Scott Monty as guest speaker. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also discuss Greg Ruby’s Sherlockians of Baltimore (SOBs), a newer organization that meets quarterly, on Saturdays. It’s a conversation about 80 years of Sherlockian friendship—and a reminder that the game is still very much afoot in Baltimore.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the first half of October. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, as he begins a review of the BBC's <i>Sherlock</i> series. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of something from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by August 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 340: The Six Napoleons of Baltimore

“Those of good fellowship” [VALL]  We return to Baltimore and the rich history of one of America’s oldest Sherlock Holmes societies, the Six...

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Baker Street Elementary – Ghostbusters

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“this agency stands flat-footed upon the ground” [SUSS]<span> </span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfxmwmtMWy1LSCI_Ux_SGtHEO_n-uGEmzlMd5ZvsJP-tHJG-HiGYAwiMhjAMdefGIU2A16pOEq5Z2qNyzRqwfefBzCELX8y5Kss1Ok3lSbNiNksx7o3Pqxwcg4_jwWpluWp-faAVvT0aR3DYzV-9gnOGaSiCNxCpj7GCb32Uci8rwGaUvkrFYQf-hJ1UI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfxmwmtMWy1LSCI_Ux_SGtHEO_n-uGEmzlMd5ZvsJP-tHJG-HiGYAwiMhjAMdefGIU2A16pOEq5Z2qNyzRqwfefBzCELX8y5Kss1Ok3lSbNiNksx7o3Pqxwcg4_jwWpluWp-faAVvT0aR3DYzV-9gnOGaSiCNxCpj7GCb32Uci8rwGaUvkrFYQf-hJ1UI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>One of the greatest ironies in literary history is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the most famous logic-based human thinking machine in literature, was also a committed spiritualist — a devoted believer in being able to communicate with the dead.</div><div><br /></div><div>This belief spanned his writings, his public lectures, and even crept into the world of Sherlock Holmes after Conan Doyle's death: the 1939 production of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> was infused with a seance (which was decided <i>not </i>in the book about the so-called spectral hound).</div><div><br /></div><div>He was thorough in his belief; he wasn't trying to hoodwink anyone, nor was he naively accepting. His belief was a rational and deeply personal decision shaped by childhood religious conflict, scientific inquiry, and the theological tenets of the religion he grew up with (and was conflicted about). In fact, it famously led to the dissolution of his friendship with Harry Houdini when the latter (a committed hoax-buster) felt duped by a seance to communicate with his departed mother.</div><div><br /></div><div>Conan Doyle's writing on the topic included the novel <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3Dconan%2520doyle%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dland%2520of%2520mist%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Land of Mist</a></i>, numerous letters and articles, including "<a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/The_Case_for_Spiritualism" target="_blank">The Case for Spiritualism</a>" in 1920. When one conducts a search at the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia, it returns <a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?search=spiritualism&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go" target="_blank">more than 700 entries for spiritualism</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>But the one item that requires additional attention is that of the seance that was held a week after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death in July of 1930. Held at Royal Albert Hall, the president of the Marylebone Spiritualist Association (appropriately named "Craze") hosted the event at which Mrs. Estelle Roberts, a noted clairvoyant supposedly passed along a message to Lady Conan Doyle. Read all about it <a href="https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/building-and-history/our-history/the-seance-of-conan-doyle" target="_blank">at the Royal Albert website</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's almost enough to make <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/08/conan-doyle-sues-own-estate-from-beyond.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conan Doyle sue his estate from beyond the grave</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div> Let's see who's getting spooked at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfmdXSi-13Sr34IMNq7uvMnaKYKXJbSsYrTvaQ2-JmDEy4VyJWJ071PUbZVKTGJvRsFFFFmIUWVopI6LnuHJSj7NH0qpRVhMJXJCvVUTDnILoe-aw4afsUZ3m_GfVDuJlWpa1W-D0RmW9tzTzX9CUpeJ5PZa5_N7fLHkYFKJ1BPp1nenMO4g6E6qWeWuX/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfmdXSi-13Sr34IMNq7uvMnaKYKXJbSsYrTvaQ2-JmDEy4VyJWJ071PUbZVKTGJvRsFFFFmIUWVopI6LnuHJSj7NH0qpRVhMJXJCvVUTDnILoe-aw4afsUZ3m_GfVDuJlWpa1W-D0RmW9tzTzX9CUpeJ5PZa5_N7fLHkYFKJ1BPp1nenMO4g6E6qWeWuX/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gnwIo53xBm_rm9W8x4CWQ3zMxg3AhXgYHRzSuwujFbMS_4xfAKfze9TRLiZteRohboeSQLVrHySetK2EL0MPsJGBQK3CfYDDoLepqn1j1mtybhukfR977cB4lauFFY9ajx1ejRXidczFRCz5VGeEKVI9yY4HPCDeGQH0lIuqqX-_9fZJb4XnyZPxNnb-/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gnwIo53xBm_rm9W8x4CWQ3zMxg3AhXgYHRzSuwujFbMS_4xfAKfze9TRLiZteRohboeSQLVrHySetK2EL0MPsJGBQK3CfYDDoLepqn1j1mtybhukfR977cB4lauFFY9ajx1ejRXidczFRCz5VGeEKVI9yY4HPCDeGQH0lIuqqX-_9fZJb4XnyZPxNnb-/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6h1CuqY0Nm2xZAdv0uHE-e8-1_D0TuR-J1ax5O9naIwzTws8IzadScbZnOGQ0XqLgjgL2wEPGXFSgQaHO_LPJviarML0yvFfEM5eHW9EFQUJfjQ_vAT_lNVi3jg7h3UxhlzBy0QnQJ5x-vsKhyC7G2ewmTYxdCAn822OeD27uD0yaWJtltGD6e34RmTR/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6h1CuqY0Nm2xZAdv0uHE-e8-1_D0TuR-J1ax5O9naIwzTws8IzadScbZnOGQ0XqLgjgL2wEPGXFSgQaHO_LPJviarML0yvFfEM5eHW9EFQUJfjQ_vAT_lNVi3jg7h3UxhlzBy0QnQJ5x-vsKhyC7G2ewmTYxdCAn822OeD27uD0yaWJtltGD6e34RmTR/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=John+Watson+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DJohn%2BWatson%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>John Watson</a>, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Victorian+London&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DVictorian%2BLondon%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>Victorian London</a>. 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“this agency stands flat-footed upon the ground” [SUSS]   One of the greatest ironies in literary history is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, cr...

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Episode 339: Clubland

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“The exclusion from his clubs would mean ruin” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKabOZt49CjV3tRqoYg21W-4PBMCJH2KUcuvM_SMhYItftUpx_J_GiNlDqcNYN7lbLwERBiVlQbWFcgIEOWbKKTPzEBtAuZPNTinF5OAs09zCfERMphkybVPGRm-W2gGDxrTbRSDUsOZQZ0wPdDYyBbsk0IxD1Zsf5j_Q0TqQ7qb3OEF7RKL3DoDY3Whl/s1236/ihearofsherlock339-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1236" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKabOZt49CjV3tRqoYg21W-4PBMCJH2KUcuvM_SMhYItftUpx_J_GiNlDqcNYN7lbLwERBiVlQbWFcgIEOWbKKTPzEBtAuZPNTinF5OAs09zCfERMphkybVPGRm-W2gGDxrTbRSDUsOZQZ0wPdDYyBbsk0IxD1Zsf5j_Q0TqQ7qb3OEF7RKL3DoDY3Whl/w640-h460/ihearofsherlock339-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><div>Today we are joined by <b>Seth Thévoz</b>, creator of the popular <i><b><a href="https://clubland.substack.com/" target="_blank">Clubland</a></b></i> Substack and author of <i>London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious</i>, among other books. Dr. Thévoz offers a fascinating look inside the traditionally secretive world of London’s private clubs—institutions that have long relied on discretion and exclusivity for their survival.</div><div><br /></div><div>We explore the evolving nature of club life, contrasting the old model of member-owned institutions with today’s for-profit members’ clubs built around brand, networking, and lifestyle. Despite changes in how people work and socialize, Thévoz makes a compelling case that London clubland is not fading but thriving—adapting to modern needs while preserving its essential character.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our conversation also touches on the club life of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose memberships included the Athenaeum Club, the Reform Club, and the Authors' Club. We discuss the real-world inspirations behind the Diogenes Club—including Seth’s identification of its most likely historical counterpart.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the second half of September. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, as he reviews <i>Enola Holmes 3</i>. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of something from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by August 14, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. Join us on the platform of your choice:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com" target="_blank">Substack</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">And the good news is we have additional conversation with Seth from our interview in this episode. It's available to our paid members (Bonus on Patreon | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-339-bonus" target="_blank">Bonus on Substack</a>)</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And if you need some show swag or gift ideas, or if you want to show off your good taste to other Sherlockians, check out our <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/merchandise" target="_blank">Merch Store</a>, with mugs, notepads and more.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Merriweather; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock339.mp3" style="color: #013fd3; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 110 MB, 1:28:38</h3><p><iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42274925/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" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border-width: medium; 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font-style: italic;"> </span>(2025) </li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4fX2rAu"><span style="font-style: italic;">Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members’ Clubs</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic;"> </span>(2022)</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4pGlwdw"><span style="font-style: italic;">Club Government: How the Early Victorian World was Ruled from London Club</span>s</a> (2018)</li></ul><li>Other episodes mentioned on the show:</li><ul><li>Episode 335: Brettcon 2</li></ul><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/merchandise" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere / Trifles Merch Store</a></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29cSHabGIObH4IdQeGyx88PTNcrOeD1J3l8-pjNYrpKNS5DLNjRjSVWxJzYbEhJGSvRPxOa9hIwgz4QYUYM-e4vALe1Tx2Je3pl8KQh6g_rueo9E8pd7SossrtPayueShhgt9Hd_JUqsj3yqVN7VUKghho7s3n51MIBgCKCsf_FAe34zDSNstKSge7Off/s590/IHOSE%20Mug%202%20closeup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Episode 339: Clubland

“The exclusion from his clubs would mean ruin” [EMPT]  Today we are joined by Seth Thévoz , creator of the popular Clubland Substack and au...

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Episode 338: Simanaitis Says

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“As I glanced round I was surprised at the universality of the man’s interests” [3GAR] </h4><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2_RYfhnWfpLQZb_f6rHCC3cabQEPnvOYOWi5Vl2rfIeqdQu4J3nrDDx8-u_mvcYTxbuDxC6NJBW1yDDRVA7g53Iq8wy_g0RjoI3dh6805odRA6mmllo36doGrghDocUYszmSAtoqB3oL9jVrzlRiWYBNDtEuNAeN6nunQ6JG6Pw-3OYo9BPOZkT2nDFt/s1470/ihearofsherlock338-header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1470" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2_RYfhnWfpLQZb_f6rHCC3cabQEPnvOYOWi5Vl2rfIeqdQu4J3nrDDx8-u_mvcYTxbuDxC6NJBW1yDDRVA7g53Iq8wy_g0RjoI3dh6805odRA6mmllo36doGrghDocUYszmSAtoqB3oL9jVrzlRiWYBNDtEuNAeN6nunQ6JG6Pw-3OYo9BPOZkT2nDFt/w640-h394/ihearofsherlock338-header.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>We discovered writer and blogger Dennis Simanaitis, a true “Sherlockian in the wild,” whose path to the Great Game developed independently of any local groups. With a background spanning engineering, automotive journalism, and mathematics, Dennis brings a uniquely eclectic perspective to Sherlock Holmes. Like many of us, he suggests Dr. John H. Watson is the real chronicler of Holmes’s adventures, with Arthur Conan Doyle serving as Watson’s literary agent. We explore his admiration for classic Holmes adaptations, including the radio scripts of Edith Meiser and performances by actors such as Richard Gordon and John Stanley.</div><div><br /></div><div>The conversation ranges from Dennis’s early experiences in 1950s Cleveland radio to the origins of his long-running blog. Along the way, we indulge in a bit of imaginative fun: what car might Holmes drive in a high-speed chase across the English countryside? Dennis makes a compelling case for a machine he has actually driven himself. It’s a lively discussion that blends Sherlockian enthusiasm with a lifelong curiosity about technology, storytelling, and the enduring appeal of old-time radio.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the first half of September. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, as he reviews Enola Holmes 2. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of something from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by July 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. DST. All listeners are eligible to play.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 338: Simanaitis Says

“As I glanced round I was surprised at the universality of the man’s interests” [3GAR]  We discovered writer and blogger Dennis Simanaitis, ...

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Baker Street Elementary – A Pitched Battle

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“half-sporting, half-intellectual pleasure” [CROO]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvngylwy8hAOQXvrlYlWLVTwj4CQd-s4j4rGuk64OLaiiiiL1A2L9X80_tVUYWQy1geUMD-GdX58Z5F8q7PZ8qhQcCw6rM6CImDJqxkUO9TM-d5bbyBDZynjO1cd8Mh6_W2b4dWS8MAwrpwyRIRyykyjQ_xhbnHjUH_h_wP2gBgJ1Mncw4KMznV408lzI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20231.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvngylwy8hAOQXvrlYlWLVTwj4CQd-s4j4rGuk64OLaiiiiL1A2L9X80_tVUYWQy1geUMD-GdX58Z5F8q7PZ8qhQcCw6rM6CImDJqxkUO9TM-d5bbyBDZynjO1cd8Mh6_W2b4dWS8MAwrpwyRIRyykyjQ_xhbnHjUH_h_wP2gBgJ1Mncw4KMznV408lzI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20231.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Of the prevailing number of topics we find in the Sherlock Holmes canon — from tobacco to food, the role of women to social hierarchy, weapons to money — we don't often find ourselves considering the world of sport.</div><div><br /></div><div>We do get a glimpse of sports every now and again; in the opening chapters of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, Watson remarks on Holmes's physical abilities: he was noted to be "an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman." Notably, none of these is a team sport. All require the talents of a single participant, matched against one opponent.</div><div><br /></div><div>As far as team sports go, the Canon provides us very few glimpses, and they are quintessentially British. One —rugby — even lends one of its positions to the title of a story. "The Missing Three-Quarter" concerns the mysterious and sudden disappearance of one of Cambridge's varsity right-wingers. As we sprint through the rest of the stories, we find that Gilchrist played for the rugby team in "The Three Students," and that Watson played for Blackheath when Robert Ferguson played for Richmond in "The Sussex Vampire."</div><div><br /></div><div>For team sports originating in India, we have polo and cricket. Baron von Bork ("His Last Bow") is said to be a polo player who belongs to the Hurlingham Club. And a young Percy Phelps ("The Naval Treaty") was the victim of cricket bats over the shin and young Lord Saltire's cricket cap turned up ("The Priory School").</div><div><br /></div><div>But nowhere do we find a mention of association football (that's "soccer" for our American readers), despite England being the birthplace of the first official rules of the game in 1863. Indeed, there is a history of the game that goes back to the twelfth century in England, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that it rose in popularity.</div><div><br /></div><div>By 1871, there was a divide in the sport, with those in favor of "hacking" (that's carrying the ball) splintering off to form the Rugby Football Union. Then there was a further split of professional and amateur teams, leading to official recognition of professionalism by the Football Association in 1885.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For a fun look at putting together a team, you might want to listen to <a href="https://pod.link/trifles/episode/MmZmZGMwYzYtMGI5MC00YzBhLWEwZGYtMTA1M2Q3ZmFiMDBm" target="_blank">Episode 270</a> of <i>Trifles</i>: "The Missing Three-Quarter One-Third Discovered" (Listen <a href="https://pod.link/trifles/episode/MmZmZGMwYzYtMGI5MC00YzBhLWEwZGYtMTA1M2Q3ZmFiMDBm" target="_blank">wherever you get podcasts</a>). And check out the the full <b>Games & Sports</b> collections on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/372702" target="_blank">Patreon</a> and <a href="https://trifles.substack.com/t/games-and-sports" target="_blank">Substack</a>.</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="6589" data-dashlane-rid="533c6bb8333aaae8" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12529856/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3a4e59/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: medium;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div> Let's see what the field looks like at Baker Street Elementary these days...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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