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When one visits London, you will find that there are a number of Sherlock Holmes walking tours available,  either programmed or self-guided. We chronicled a number of those back in May 2006 in a post titled <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/05/is-hobby-of-mine-to-have-exact_24.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Tours of London</a>, including the famous <a href="http://www.walks.com/our-walks/friday-walks#in-the-footsteps-of-sherlock-holmes" target="_blank">Original London Walks</a>.<br />
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Now we understand that there is a new bus tour available for those who seek to walk - er, ride - in the footsteps of the great detective. From their press release:<br />
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Brit Movie Tours, a unique sightseeing bus tour company that visits film and TV locations in London and throughhout Britain, is launching the first ever <a href="http://britmovietours.com/bookings/sherlock-holmes-london-tour/" target="_blank"><b>Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour</b></a> in London.<br />
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Visiting sites linked with the world famous sleuth the Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour will take fans on a three-hour tour visiting places featured in both the Arthur Conan Doyle books and also the recent TV and film dramatisations.<br />
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The tour will take in key locations from the books including the Sherlock Holmes pub, locations from the recent Robert Downey Jr movie and BBC production with Benedict Cumberbatch and of course 221B Baker Street.<br />
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Brit Movie Tours director Lewis Swan explains, “one of the aims of the Sherlock Holmes London Tour is to get fans of the character a bit closer to the places they know both in the books and on screen. The Victorian London of Holmes is still very much alive and well today.”</blockquote>
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Find out more about London Tours of TV and Film Locations: <a href="http://britmovietours.com/" target="_blank">http://britmovietours.com</a>.<br />
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Have you ever taken a Sherlock Holmes tour when you were in London or in other Canonical locations? Let us know which have been the most useful and/or rewarding by leaving a comment.<br />
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Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour

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"Stand With Me Here Upon the Terrace..." [LAST]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4181737203/in/set-72157623028136178/"><img border="0" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4181737203_6c651b0dd8_m.jpg" /></a></span></div>On occasion, we must unfortunately share news of some members who have broken from the ranks of the Baker Street Irregulars. These are tagged (or grouped, if you will) under the category "<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/search/label/terrace">terrace</a>" in the sidebar area titled "Some Other Topic." Today, as we do some end-of-year tidying, we find that there are no less than three members who require our memories.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWDtqh2wV_Zmt3FaOgDJsno886DeMQ-UL2qqK_ie8ntVHLXtaOW_QCncyWtUqVPiMKSTzLrdcTpsAMmh5tCLG3eLbeQ_UWBmMGUtAu4pglvcBpnJhTzmAuH2wlkXXcEismMrcKX1VjsBv/s1600/Musto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWDtqh2wV_Zmt3FaOgDJsno886DeMQ-UL2qqK_ie8ntVHLXtaOW_QCncyWtUqVPiMKSTzLrdcTpsAMmh5tCLG3eLbeQ_UWBmMGUtAu4pglvcBpnJhTzmAuH2wlkXXcEismMrcKX1VjsBv/s200/Musto.jpg" width="168" /></a></div><b>David Musto, BSI ("Dr. Anstruther")</b> passed away on October 8, 2010 while on a visit to Shanghai to donate his papers to Shanghai University at a ceremony. In his professional life, Dr. Musto was the leading historian on drug policy and was world renowned in the field, having consulted for presidents and academia. He founded the Yale Sherlock Holmes Society and notably penned "A Study in Cocaine: Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud" that appeared in <i>The Journal of the American Medical Association</i> in 1968. For a full recounting of his career and life, the obituary that ran in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/us/14musto.html">New York Times is available here</a>.<br /><br />A personal reminiscence from Burt Wolder:<br /><blockquote>David was one of the founding few, with Henry Folsom, Jan Prager, and Al Silverstein, who formed The Cornish Horrrors in December 1970.<br /><br />David brought a rare mix of whimsicality and scholarship to his Sherlockian pursuits.<br /><br />His annual Reichenbach Lecturers ore the last few years included Dr.Henry Lee, one of the world's foremost forensic scientists, Lila Wolff Wilkinson, niece to Julian, and Lisa Sanders, diagnosis columnist for New York Times Magazine.<br /><br />Whimsicality, of course, because he conceived of the Yale Sherlock Holmes Society as an ephemeral organization, steadfastly refusing to appoint officers or adopt any formal procedures.<br /><br />David was especially fond of Basil Rathbone's protrayal of the Master.  Each summer evening at Yale ended with a screening of the Hound, The Adventures, or one of the Universal series.<br /><br />David was gentle, soft-spoken, and brilliant.  We have lost a great scholar and friend.</blockquote><br />At Yale, Dr. Musto established the annual Sherlock Holmes Lecture. We happen to have footage of  the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTsuQbo3F0M">27th annual Sherlock Holmes Lecture, by Dr. Thomas Duffy</a>, which took place at the Davies Auditorium, Becton Center at Yale on June 12, 2008.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTsuQbo3F0M?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTsuQbo3F0M?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRSrh24t4Pdi94NOGJGvYkZCX4Lvz7D98QmvIe0fGy8m_qE4v8BJ0prUsmKtnrMBvoLvYq_ZxDhdjOqhSrGD_9iuZvHKtSw7QpSkjsezWxYyVfv75Z-w4Ka1W9MhIsai_MODIYKgPbV62/s1600/kobayashi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRSrh24t4Pdi94NOGJGvYkZCX4Lvz7D98QmvIe0fGy8m_qE4v8BJ0prUsmKtnrMBvoLvYq_ZxDhdjOqhSrGD_9iuZvHKtSw7QpSkjsezWxYyVfv75Z-w4Ka1W9MhIsai_MODIYKgPbV62/s200/kobayashi.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><b>Tsukasa Kobayashi, BSI ("Baritsu")</b> died on September 27, 2010 in Tokyo. He had been suffering from myelodysplastic syndromes. Also known as a psychologist, and an active Esperantist, Dr. Kobayashi constituted  the Japan Sherlock Holmes Club in 1977. He and his wife Akana Higashiyama, along with photographer Masaharu Uemura, put their Sherlockian interest to work by producing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877013802?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0877013802"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes's London: Following the Footsteps of London's Master Detective</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0877013802" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> in 1986.<br /><br />The passion for Sherlock Holmes in Japan can be said to be one of the most fervent in the world, if we pit countries against one another. And Dr. Kobayashi's work there has been instrumental in driving that passion. The Baker Street Irregulars chronicled that passion in the 2005 entry in the <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsiinternationalseries.html">BSI International Series</a>, <b><i>Japan and Sherlock Holmes</i></b>, which has since sold out.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiT35jn9JLbM3nEzuqbG6eFKHZdl69xFAqDiRbIt2A6XJ8oFwP4T1bSGj48sFkOxozopuhVwJL1QQ_k6I8hES53KeAeus6m39o3puiE9hSag16iyfILN-gHmK2XYVJv2BuoBs5DcEuayF/s1600/Tinning1118_1118_it_tif_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiT35jn9JLbM3nEzuqbG6eFKHZdl69xFAqDiRbIt2A6XJ8oFwP4T1bSGj48sFkOxozopuhVwJL1QQ_k6I8hES53KeAeus6m39o3puiE9hSag16iyfILN-gHmK2XYVJv2BuoBs5DcEuayF/s1600/Tinning1118_1118_it_tif_.jpg" /></a></div><b>Herb Tinning, BSI ("Dr. Leon Sterndale")</b><br />The Reverend Herbert P. Tinning passed away on November 15 after visiting his children in Arizona and Illinois. He worked as an association executive, and was a dedicated deacon in the Episcopal church. He was an active Sherlockian, holding membership in a number of societies in the midwest and then in the northeast. His special enthusiasms included the Antarctic (where he believed Dr. Watson visited during the Great Hiatus) and his namesake story "The Devil's Foot". He was awarded his Investiture in The Baker Street Irregulars in 1974. A longer obituary can be found  <b><a href="http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2010/11/obituaries_herbert_p_tinning_d.html">here</a></b>.<br /><br />As we look back at 2010, it's natural to reminisce. Do you have any memories of the above Irregulars, or of other Sherlockians who have passed beyond the Reichenbach this year? 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"The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE]

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It's always our intention to bring you new posts on these pages. But occasionally out of necessity, we resort to some old chestnuts.<br />
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Most notably, that has traditionally been the post titled "The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE] which has been used in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html"><b>2006</b></a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html"><b>2008</b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2009/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html">2009</a> </b>previously. As is the custom with the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, which annually reproduces a 1961 editorial on the pilgrims in the new world, we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br />
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So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's <a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm" style="color: #003366;">A Visit from St. Nick</a>.<br />
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Please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author.<br />
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Episode 29: Baker Street Irregular

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We enjoy the episodes in which we have an opportunity to interview interesting people in the world of Sherlock Holmes. Even more so when we can welcome back a previous guest. In this case, we're happy to have Jon Lellenberg join us to talk about his new novel <a href="http://www.bsiarchivalhistory.org/BSI_Archival_History/Novel.html"><b><i>Baker Street Irregular</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1552469220" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Jon previously joined us on <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/11/episode-13-arthur-conan-doyle-life-in.html">Episode 13: A Life in Letters</a> with Dan Stashower. If you haven't had a chance to listen to that yet, please do.<br />
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In this chat, Jon fills us in on his first novel - one that combines his professional experience and Sherlockian interest very nicely - featuring Woody Hazelbaker, a young lawyer whom we meet in New York City during Prohibition. Through associations with a crime boss, the early members of the Baker Street Irregulars, and eventually some high-ranking members of the U.S. and British government, Woody's personal and professional journey up to and beyond World War II is a fascinating one. And for those uninitiated in both BSI history and pre-WWII history, you'll get a glimpse as you've never gotten. Listen in to hear what inspired Jon to write this and some of the inside secrets behind the pages of the book.<br />
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<li>Some background on <a href="http://www.otr.com/davis.html">Elmer Davis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bsiarchivalhistory.org/">BSI Archival History</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bsiarchivalhistory.org/BSI_Archival_History/Woodys_World.html">Explore Woody's world</a></li>
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"I Did a Good Deal of Shopping" [HOUN]

<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/f9OWoJ"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcgVEqsaxp-e3T3E5vd9Rv6VsQsmlLwgHbbIzN-nv9GDhBHU9eastZuy-y-YV4nMTHSGYV1tAm2MTei6dGN6_WcgrC-pQZ16wmv6Fr5e-7-10Uvb0k2c80Y6eNIKwjoaaYtbnN1cANVDS/s1600/HolmesHolidays.jpg" /></a></div><br />It's that time of the year again - when a young man's fancy turns to Sherlock Holmes-related holiday gifts. Or for that matter, a young woman's as well.<br /><br />This year, thanks to a new movie and television show, not to mention one of the best Sherlock Holmes reference books around, you should have no problem finding appropriate gifts for the Sherlock Holmes fan in your life. For example, you might find:<br /><ul><li>A <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006FU9ZU?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0006FU9ZU">Sherlock Holmes action figure</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0006FU9ZU" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b></li><li>Or perhaps a <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NM2ID2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000NM2ID2">Star Trek Lt. Commander Data as Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000NM2ID2" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b> is more your style.</li><li>For the clever, a <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003G9MAM8?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003G9MAM8">Sherlock Holmes Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle</a></b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003G9MAM8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> might do.</li><li>Or <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H8UAI6?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001H8UAI6">The Sherlock Holmes Handpainted Chess Set</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001H8UAI6" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b> for the more strategic mind.</li><li>Those inclined to play computer video games might prefer these: <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UDJEMQ?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001UDJEMQ">Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001UDJEMQ" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b>,<b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V9CCLU?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000V9CCLU">Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000V9CCLU" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b>, or<b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DBJGW8?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001DBJGW8">Sherlock Holmes versus Arsene Lupin</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001DBJGW8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b>.</li></ul><br />For a fuller list of Sherlock Holmes gift ideas such as books, DVDs, mp3 files, other mysteries and more, <b><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thebakerstree-20">please visit our store by clicking here</a></b>. Every purchase helps to support this site.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKE2nnPev6-x1Eyxa4P5y65F-8Kbd6co7SBRwZvCUPuChCx892Um51z9CB8yTACwnKntZT87keE5C7vS1GDCuIVYdqzB5IGuocpQv-6P-ann1ZaelSo7wqiiTQP4YinwL7QuVLB42Ir-iW/s1600/scandinavia-sherlock-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKE2nnPev6-x1Eyxa4P5y65F-8Kbd6co7SBRwZvCUPuChCx892Um51z9CB8yTACwnKntZT87keE5C7vS1GDCuIVYdqzB5IGuocpQv-6P-ann1ZaelSo7wqiiTQP4YinwL7QuVLB42Ir-iW/s320/scandinavia-sherlock-cover.jpg" width="208" /></a>And as if that's not enough, <b>The Baker Street Irregulars</b> are running a holiday special as well. If you pop on over to the <b><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/"><i>Baker Street Journal</i></a></b> site, where you'll find an offer on the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/dealtable.html"><b>Deal Table</b></a> section: 25% off of one of the classic titles from the Baker Street Irregulars International Series: <i>Scandinavia and Sherlock Holmes</i>. This book translates the best Holmesian writings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway into English, with essays from the 1950s to the present day.  Edited by Bjarne Nielsen, longtime Baker Street Irregular and President of The Sherlock Holmes Klubben i Danmark. Regularly priced at $39.95, you can have it for $29.95 plus shipping. Please <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/scandinavia.html">click through for full information</a>.<br /><br />And finally, we'd like to leave you with this Sherlockian version of the Perry Como classic "<a href="http://washingtonmo.com/christmas/lyric/1029.htm">Home for the Holidays</a>." We creatively call it "Holmes for the Holidays."<br /><blockquote>Oh there's no one like<br />Holmes for the holidays<br />'Cause no matter how far away you roam,<br />When you pine for the genius<br />Of deductive grace<br />For the holidays you can't beat<br />Holmes sweet Holmes.<br /><br />I met a man who lived in Baker Street<br />And he was headin' for Baskerville Hall <br />To track a ghostly hound.<br />From Baskerville Hall folks are travelin’ down<br />To chases on the moor.<br />While Grimpen is prolific, gee<br />The howling is terrific.<br /><br />Oh there's no one like Holmes<br />For the holidays, ‘cause no matter<br />How far away you roam<br />If you want<br />To be happy in a million ways<br />For the holidays, you can’t beat<br />Holmes, sweet Holmes. </blockquote><br /><br /><i>Please consider visiting our sponsors (in the right column of the site and our <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thebakerstree-20">Amazon Store</a>) from time to time. 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"I Was Invited to a Weekend Gathering" [LAST]

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEQSmNHkX68dK-CfR9A9RPgThCCMYKVskMg6-Vx8YeJ37MwsOl36JBjpcsfJql54l6BdBEtGSbAruI3X-EDZ465ixYV81VpXp4H6_C42QV1s9C7-kgl-xr9wZ96QjJr16r2UUGaZC_sRB/s1600/sign.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEQSmNHkX68dK-CfR9A9RPgThCCMYKVskMg6-Vx8YeJ37MwsOl36JBjpcsfJql54l6BdBEtGSbAruI3X-EDZ465ixYV81VpXp4H6_C42QV1s9C7-kgl-xr9wZ96QjJr16r2UUGaZC_sRB/s320/sign.gif" width="203" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It is the unofficial force - the Baker <br />Street Irregulars."</td></tr></tbody></table>As November creeps up on us, that means our minds begin to turn to the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a>, an annual gathering in New York City that is expected to bring over 300 Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts together for fun, eating, drinking and pseudo-scholarship.<br /><br />The Baker Street Irregulars (or BSI) is a literary society with Sherlock Holmes at its core. We have our origin in the first two novels about Holmes and Watson by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.<br /><br />From <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-Sherlock-Holmes-Mystery/dp/1450596185?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Study in Scarlet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1450596185" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>:<br /><blockquote><i>"What on earth is this?" I cried, for at this moment there came the pattering of many steps in the hall and on the stairs, accompanied by audible expressions of disgust upon the part of our landlady.</i></blockquote><blockquote><i>"It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force," said my companion gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.</i></blockquote><br />From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sign-Four-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/8184560435?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b><i>The Sign of the Four</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=8184560435" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>:<br /><blockquote><i>"No, it's not quite so bad as that. It is the unofficial force - the Baker Street irregulars."</i></blockquote><blockquote><i>As he spoke, there came a swift pattering of naked feet upon the stairs, a clatter of high voices, and in rushed a dozen dirty and ragged little street arabs. There was some show of discipline among them, despite their tumultuous entry, for they instantly drew up in line and stood facing us with expectant faces. One of their number, taller and older than the others, stood forward with an air of lounging superiority which was very funny in such a disreputable looking little scarecrow.</i></blockquote>This annual tradition began in 1934, when Christopher Morley gathered a few like-minded friends at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/12/arts/restaurants-114590.html?pagewanted=2">Christ Cella's </a>to celebrate the birthday of Sherlock Holmes, which has always been placed on January 6. Since that time - nearly uninterrupted (save for a few years in the late 1930s), the BSI has always met each January. Over time, the dinner first evolved into a lunch prior to the dinner for out of town guests, and now is comprised of events that span from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning.<br /><br />Below is a summary of the events of the BSI Weekend. Aside from the BSI Dinner (which is by invitation only), everything you see is open to the public. You may also find a fuller description and many helpful links at the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/"><b>BSI Weekend</b></a> website at <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">http://www.bsiweekend.com</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/40465706/The-2011-Baker-Street-Irregulars-Weekend-at-a-glance" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View The 2011 Baker Street Irregulars Weekend - at a glance on Scribd">The 2011 Baker Street Irregulars Weekend - at a glance</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_523749588244003" name="doc_523749588244003" style="outline: none;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%">  <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=40465706&access_key=key-2dkuzzn68ohpdexhgw2i&page=1&viewMode=list"><embed id="doc_523749588244003" name="doc_523749588244003" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=40465706&access_key=key-2dkuzzn68ohpdexhgw2i&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed>  </object> <br /><br />If you have any questions about the festivities, please let us know. 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"Name of Leslie" [MISS]

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During the #Sherlock_PBS chat on Sunday evening, there was also a West coast feed. We would be remiss if we did not mention the rather impressive individual behind that. It was none other than our own Leslie Klinger, BSI, 2s ("The Abbey Grange"), tweeting as <b><a href="http://twitter.com/lklinger" target="_blank">@lklinger</a></b>.<br />
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Les's achievements in the Sherlockian and literary world are impressive in their own right - even more so when one discovers that he's a practicing lawyer by day. Les is the author of not one, but two of the most impressive pieces of research on Sherlock Holmes: <b><i>The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</i></b> (divided into sets: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Complete/dp/0393059162?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Short Stories</b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393059162" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Baskervilles/dp/039305800X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Novels</b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=039305800X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>) and the <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Reference-Library-Apocrypha/dp/0938501496?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10-volume Sherlock Holmes Reference Library</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0938501496" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>. He joined forces with S.E. Dahlinger to edit and annotate <b><i><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/bookman.html" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle & the Bookman</a></i></b>, available from <a href="http://wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>. In addition, Les branched out from his Sherlockian roots (although sticking with the Victorian) when he wrote <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Dracula-Bram-Stoker/dp/0393064506?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The New Annotated Dracula</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393064506" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>. If you'd like to see the full line of his work, you can check his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FLeslie-S.-Klinger%2FB002LABYP2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1288230916%26sr%3D1-1&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Author Page on Amazon</b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>.<br />
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Les also holds the role of General Editor of the Baker Street Irregulars' publishing efforts: the History Series, Manuscript Series and International Series. All are <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale.html" target="_blank">available for sale</a> on the <i><b><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a></b></i> website.<br />
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Below you'll find a reverse chronology (sorry, it's the way Twitter search works) of the stream of commentary and 140-character "annotations" Les made while watching the new series "<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004132HZS" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>" starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Freeman, written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Enjoy the transcript!<br />
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If you've made it this far, congratulations! And you'll be pleased to know that Les and I have been invited back by PBS to host another chat this Sunday evening as well. You'll be able to join us again on the <b><a href="http://is.gd/fZxDB">Tweetgrid</a></b> set up at <a href="http://is.gd/fZxDB">http://is.gd/fZxDB</a>.<br />
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"Name of Leslie" [MISS]

During the #Sherlock_PBS chat on Sunday evening, there was also a West coast feed. We would be remiss if we did not mention the rather imp...

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On Co-hosting PBS Masterpiece Twitter Chat

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Last night marked the U.S. premiere of "Sherlock" on PBS's Masterpiece MYSTERY! and it was marked by a first for the Sherlockian community: a live Twitter chat during which online followers would watch and participate in commentary about the show.<br />
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We were honored to have been <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/twitter.html"><b>asked by PBS to act as one of the hosts</b></a> for the evening. We used our Twitter handle <a href="http://twitter.com/bakerstreetblog"><b>@BakerStreetBlog</b></a> [Editor's note: now <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">@IHearofSherlock</a>] and employed the #sherlock_pbs "hashtag" so that people who are not following certain Twitter accounts have a single phrase to follow. This allows for a broader distribution of the conversation.<br />
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Other hosts for the evening included PBS's staff as <a href="http://twitter.com/masterpiecepbs">@masterpiecepbs</a> and Andrew Giulli as <a href="http://twitter.com/strandmag">@strandmag</a>, and we addressed questions, made observations, and kept the pace going for everyone involved.<br />
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And there was plenty of conversation to go around! Here's a quick graphic of the volume of conversation (over 1,500 tweets in less than 90 minutes):<br />
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If you're interested in seeing a transcript of the entire chat, you can pull it up from http://wthashtag.com/sherlock_pbs <b><a href="http://wthashtag.com/transcript.php?page_id=20209&start_date=2010-10-24&end_date=2010-10-25&export_type=HTML">by following this link</a></b>. For us, part of the allure was how the updated version tied to the original stories. There were not only clear homages, but almost literal lifts as well. Here are but a few.<br />
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When Holmes showed he was wearing nicotine patches, he remarked "It is quite a three-patch problem."</div>
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After seeing Holmes and Watson chasing down a cab by taking short-cuts through alleys, this original quote came to mind:</div>
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In addition to the quotes and other obvious tie-ins ("A Study in Pink" vs. <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>), there were other elements that we thought were particularly clever and spot on for a 21st century Sherlock Holmes:<br />
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<li>The use of texting as a modern proxy for Holmes's proclivity for telegrams ("he has never been known to write when a telegram would serve" [DEVI]).</li>
<li>Using Watson's phone rather than his pocket watch to deduce things about his life.</li>
<li>The way Holmes's thought process was superscripted on the screen as he made his quick observations. It gave the audience as sense as to what the observations were, which made the later explanations more context.</li>
<li>The relationship between Holmes and Watson begins to blossom - from standoffish at first, to more friend-like toward the end of the episode.</li>
<li>Mycroft's appearance and position within the government (although this Mycroft has lost a significant bit of weight - which the character references in the episode).</li>
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The evening was a fast-paced one (and we were glad that we were able to screen the episode prior to the airdate, in order to prepare for the session). At this point, we're not sure if we'll be repeating this on October 31, but stay tuned. But we're certainly looking forward to seeing the series unfold and at the same time, we're hoping that we introduced a few new people to <b><i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></i></b>, the <b><a href="http://sherlockholmes.ning.com/">Sherlock Holmes Social Network</a></b>, the podcast <b><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a></b>, and our own blog.<br />
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"more to me than the twitter" [ILLU] Last night marked the U.S. premiere of "Sherlock" on PBS's Masterpiece M...

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Meet the New 221B Baker Street

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The new 221B Baker Street is here. <br />
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If you're tuning in to the new series <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock</i></b></a> on PBS, you'll note the exterior shot that represents one of the most famous addresses in literature. It looks familiar, but it wasn't shot on Baker Street. More on the actual location in a moment.<br />
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As we all know, Baker Street of today doesn't look quite as cozy as the television version. Officially, Upper Baker Street didn't exist in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time, and the original location of 221B has been debated for decades in a number of Sherlockian publications, including <b><i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></i></b>. Tourists, residents and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts alike have strolled up and down that famous Westminster thoroughfare in search of the residence of the famous consulting detective.<br />
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The character of Sherlock Holmes was such a part of the public consciousness that even in Conan Doyle's time, correspondence would be addressed to 221B Baker Street. When the Abbey National Building company was housed in a section of the street that included 221, they employed a secretary that did nothing but answer the hundreds of letters that arrived there annually. They've since vacated the building, leaving the <b><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a></b> (officially at 239 Baker Street) to claim the letters addressed to 221B.<br />
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So, back to our new location. The producers of "Sherlock" selected 187 North Gower Street, London NW1 as the official home to our 21st century Holmes. You can see a real street view of the location below, courtesy of Google Maps - complete with Speedy's Snack Bar, which also appeared in the new TV series.<br />
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North Gower Street is actually an ideal location for our hero. It's not far from Euston Station (which saw some activity in <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-Sherlock-Holmes-Mystery/dp/1450596185?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Study in Scarlet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1450596185" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, the story on which the first episode, "A Study in Pink," is based). This is a fairly academic area of the City - you'll find the British Library and British Museum not terribly far away, and University College London is directly there as well. This area also includes Montague Street, which is where Sherlock Holmes first settled when he came to London (mentioned in "The Musgrave Ritual").<br />
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You may note the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blue_plaques">blue plaque</a> on 183 Gower Street in the photo above. It's actually a plaque dedicated to the memory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Mazzini">Giuseppe Mazzini</a>, the Italian philosopher, politician and patriot who spent a few years in London in the 1850s. While there's no direct connection between him and the Sherlock Holmes Canon, there are a number of Italian references in the stories, including "The Six Napoleons" and "The Red Circle," primarily. If you haven't already done so, pick up a copy of <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsimanuscriptseries.html" style="font-weight: bold;"><i>Mandate for Murder</i></a><b> </b>from the Baker Street Irregulars' Manuscript Series. This volume looks at the influence of Italians in the Canon.<br />
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Finally, if you're at all interested, we have a limited supply of "221B" or "1895" oval stickers for your car, laptop, desk, or wherever else you might like to slap one on. You can grab one for yourself or as a holiday gift for the Sherlock Holmes fan in your life by clicking on the link below.<br />
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