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Episode 139: The Strand Magazine

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<i>The Strand Magazine</i> and Sherlock Holmes are inextricably linked. It was the stories of the immortal detective, carried each month in that publication, that made it as popular as it was in the late 19th century and early 20th century. When the magazine published its last issue in 1950, it was the end of an era that spanned nearly 60 years.<br />
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In the late 1990s, <i>The Strand</i> was given a new life by Andrew Gulli, who determined that the world was prepared for more literature around detective fiction. Andrew sat down with us to talk about his unique beginnings with Sherlock Holmes in Greece, a television program (not the one you think) and what led him to editing an iconic mystery magazine.<br />
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Episode 139: The Strand Magazine

"the rushing stream of life in the Strand" [ILLU] The Strand Magazine and Sherlock Holmes are inextricably linked. ...

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by Scott Monty

A Dastardly New Sherlock Holmes Tale This Spring

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"The Royal Mallows is, as you know, one of the most famous" [CROO]</h4>
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When it comes to candy, some holidays are sweet. Halloween was a treat, Christmas was pure joy, and Valentines Day is when you thought "Be Mine" referred to ownership of the candies.<br />
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Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy confections again, we're quickly approaching Easter. And that means furry and fuzzy creatures, hopping and waddling their way to us. Bunnies and chicks are among the most popular, and thanks to Peeps and Company, their eponymous squishy treat owns the holiday like no other (perhaps with the exception of Cadbury and their creme egg).<br />
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But this year, rather than just the standard yellow Peeps which came to define the category, Sherlockians must keep an eye on their sundials. For if you look closely at the image above, you'll note that the yellow has given way to orange, and the Peeps are arranged neatly in a tray, five across.<br />
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<b>THE FIVE ORANGE PEEPS!</b></h3>
<a href="https://www.peepsandcompany.com/product/peeps-orange-marshmallow-chicks-24-ct-case">Coming to a store near you</a>.<br /><br />Take care near Waterloo Station...<br />
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Baker Street Elementary — Everyone's a Critic

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When one produces some public work of note, there's virtually never an instance of said work being universally acclaimed. It's met praise and scorn, depending on the view of the critic.<br />
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From weekend sport (from which the popular phrase "Monday morning quarterback" gained popularity) to even some of the greatest works we know — such as the London premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony — creative works are subject to negative reviews and skeptical audiences.<br />
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So it comes as no surprise that we occasionally glimpse Holmes's prickly attitude regarding the cases that Watson has chosen to bring to life. As early at <i>The Sign of Four</i>, we're granted a view of Holmes taking issue with the single previous story that Watson has written up:<br />
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"You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or en elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid."</blockquote>
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Given that Holmes had the demeanor of an artist (recall that he said he was descended from the French artist Vernet, and that "Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms." [GREE]), it's not terribly surprising that his reaction to Watson's artistry would be emotional <span style="text-align: right;">— ironic, given that the topic over which he got so emotional was the discourse of the adventures arising from his logical faculties.</span><br />
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Later, in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches," published in June of 1892, Holmes remonstrates Watson: "You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales.” It continues as far as "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (September 1904) when Holmes unleashes:<br />
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 "You slur over work of the utmost finesse and delicacy in order to dwell upon sensational details which may excite, but cannot possibly instruct, the reader.”</blockquote>
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“Why do you not write them yourself?” I said, with some bitterness.</blockquote>
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“I will, my dear Watson, I will. At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a text-book which shall focus the whole art of detection into one volume."</blockquote>
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Could it be that this bickering of "professional beauties" [STUD] was rooted in something earlier in their relationship? Something that happened, perhaps, at Baker Street Elementary...<br />
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Baker Street Elementary — Everyone's a Critic

"the critical part of my argument" [PRIO] When one produces some public work of note, there's virtually never an insta...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 138: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes

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Episode 138: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes

"in and among the trenches" [REDH] In the previous episode , we talked with Ross Davies about supporting the fight...

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The Case of the Vinegar Valentine

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<br />When one searches the Canon for Valentines, the only one one comes across is Colonel Valentine Walter ("<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/bruc.htm">The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans</a>") and the only mention of Cupid is how one <a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/nobl.htm">noble bachelor</a> managed to avoid “the little god’s” [Cupid’s] arrows for twenty years. Surprising, given how many couples and the many permutations of love inform the adventures and the fact that the Victorians pretty much invented the holiday as we know it.<br /><br />There were apparently three saints called Valentine (Valentinus) — one a priest in Rome, one a bishop in Turni, Italy, and one who died in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis — all connected to February 14. <br /><br />Little is factually known of the three; legends about the priest and bishop may have been conflated into the stories known today. Valentine was martyred for secretly marrying Christians; or for secretly marrying Roman recruits, thus preventing them to fight in war (soldiers had to be single at the time); or that he was executed for trying to convert the Emperor; or that after being arrested he restored the eyesight of an Umbrian judge’s blind daughter, converted him and his family, later arrested again in Rome, became friendly with the Emperor Claudius Gothicus, tried to convert him, whereupon the Emperor had Valentine beaten with clubs and beheaded on February 14, 269; or that Valentine refused to make sacrifices to Roman gods, was imprisoned, healed the jailer’s daughter of blindness, and on the day of his execution left the girl a note signed, “From your Valentine.”<br /><br /><br />But like many other Christian holidays, Valentine’s Day has a very long history and pagan origins. Lupercalia was held in ancient Rome on February 15 in honor of Juno, in this case one of her specific aspects, Juno Februalis, involving fertility and purification.  One ceremony had the<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"names or tokens representing all the young girls in the district ... placed in a love urn and the young lads each drew a token and the couples paired off. This was a kind of mating lottery game. During the Roman occupation of Britain, the idea was brought to this country and adopted by the ancient Britons. When people were converted to Christianity the pagan and Christian festivals were merged; the festival of Lupercalia was put back a day and celebrated on St. Valentine's day, February 14. The old pagan customs still continued and in Britain up to the beginning of the present century it was customary for local lads and lasses to draw lots for partners. In Lancashire, on St. Valentine's eve, the names of eligible young people were written on separate slips of paper and divided into two groups, male and female. The boys drew a slip from the girls' pile and vice versa. Thus each person received two sweethearts and then had to work out for themselves the most satisfactory arrangement. After the final selection had been made the boys treated their maidens to all sorts of outings and surprises including dances and gifts." (<a href="https://www.learnenglish.de/culture/valentinesday.html">British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions: Valentine's Day in the UK - February 14th</a>)</blockquote>
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The linking of Valentine’s Day and love started in Europe in the Middle Ages, continued with written notes of verse in the 1500s and evolved in to giving tokens of affection, sometimes left anonymously on the doorstep of the beloved. Gloves were a popular gift because the name contained the word love. Flowers became widespread in the 1700s when Charles II of Sweden imported selam, the old Persian art of the <a href="http://www.novareinna.com/festive/valcard.html">language of flowers</a> to the West where it evolved to specific flowers and fruits having specific meanings, the giving of which conveyed messages to the receiver. </div>
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Postal reforms in England, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Penny_Post">Uniform Penny Post</a> in 1840 made it much more cost-effective to send your homemade Valentine to your love. Before then, postage was calculated by pages and distance; it could cost more than an average day’s wages to send a one-sheet letter from London to Edinburgh. Now the cost was one penny. Pre-printed Valentine cards became a big business. “Just one year after the Uniform Penny Postage, 400,000 valentines were posted throughout England.  By 1871, 1.2 million cards were processed by the<a href="http://fiveminutehistory.com/valentines-day-in-the-victorian-era/"> General Post Office in London</a>.” Mail carriers were given a refreshment allowance to help them cope with the increased burden in the days before the fourteenth.<br /><br />The cards ranged from simple color illustration and verse to elaborate constructions of paper lace, bird’s feathers, ribbons, bits of colored glass or mirror and hidden messages and gifts designed to be overlooked by the prying eyes of fathers. There were “mechanical” valentines made to pop-up or move by pulling paper levers or spinning discs.<br /><br />There were also "<a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vinegar-valentines-victorian">vinegar valentines</a>" designed to be sent, sometimes anonymously, to the object, not of your desire, but disgust. These early versions of trolling were less elaborate then their loving counterparts, but no less imaginative, ranging from clever to crass and crude. One example, to be sent to an “old maid” read:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
’Tis all in vain your simpering looks,<br />You never can incline,<br />With all your bustles, stays and curls,<br />To find a Valentine.</blockquote>
<br />Richard Cadbury, son of John Cadbury, knew when to jump on a trend. The family chocolate business had refined its drinking chocolate in 1866, reaching new taste heights.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"This process resulted in an excess amount of cocoa butter, which Cadbury used to produce many more varieties of what was then called "<a href="http://www.history.com/news/hungry-history/celebrating-valentines-day-with-a-box-of-chocolates">eating chocolate</a>." Richard recognized a great marketing opportunity for the new chocolates and started selling them in beautifully decorated boxes that he himself designed."</blockquote>
<br />Richard didn’t patent his 1868 heart-shaped chocolate box, but it not only became associated with the holiday, but they were so beautiful that people kept them, filling them with tokens from their love.<br /><br />With all this rich history and contemporary popularity, it’s a shame that Watson never recorded a case connected with Valentine’s Day. Or did he?<br /><br /><h3>
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To divine which villain cruelly used the holiday for his nefarious goals we need to turn to chronology. I hear the sound of marbles on porcelain as eyes roll in skulls, “Oh Gawd, not chronology!” I love the study of Sherlockian chronology; it can illuminate dark corners of the Canon, although I know it is the bane of some. But bear with me.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
“It may be remembered that after my marriage, and my subsequent start in private practice, the very intimate relations which had existed between Holmes and myself became to some extent modified. He still came to me from time to time when he desired a companion in his investigations, but these occasions grew more and more seldom, until I find that in the year 1890 there were only three cases of which I retain any record,” </blockquote>
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writes Watson in "The Final Problem," giving a headache that chronologist masochistically enjoy. Which three? Well, certainly "The Adventure of the Red Headed League" gets an almost unanimous nod, and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches," with its list of cases from the first year of Watson’s marriage comes in a close second. That leaves an opening for only one other case.<div>
<br />“You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland…" [REDH], which would seem to settle it; "A Case of Identity" it is, except most chronologists are loath to put it in 1890, because in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective," Mrs. Hudson visits Watson “in the second year of my married life,” which would put it in 1890, if Watson was married in 1888 and if this is not a reference to the doctor's second marriage. Oh, Watson, why didn’t you tell us when the start of your “own complete happiness” began? The majority of chronologists relegate "A Case of Identity" to 1889.</div>
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“a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, and a large curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat which was tilted in a coquettish Duchess-of-Devonshire fashion over her ear…. the boy in buttons entered to announce Miss Mary Sutherland, while the lady herself loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed merchantman behind a tiny pilot boat.” </blockquote>
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<br />Angel disappeared from the cab in front of St. Savior’s Church on a Friday, which according to Mary’s “Missing” ad was the morning of the 14th. In 1890, the fourteenth fell on a Friday in February, March and November. November would be too late, for that would occur after "The Red Headed League" in October. Traditionally, weddings are not held during Lent (and this was to be a church wedding); Ash Wednesday was on February 19 and Easter on April 6, which eliminates March. So the perfidious James Windibank planned for Hosmer Angel to vanish on Valentine’s Day! The most romantic date on the calendar now becomes the most tragic day of Mary Sutherland’s life.<br /><br />Holmes feels some sympathy for Miss Sutherland: “Quite an interesting study, that maiden. I found her more interesting than her little problem, which, by the way, is rather a trite one….But the maiden herself was most instructive." And harbors something of a deep protectiveness: “But between ourselves, Windibank, it was as cruel, and selfish, and heartless a trick in a petty way as ever came before me.” Holmes comes across as a chaste knight errant to a maiden who he judges, rightly or not, as unable to protect herself, leading to his famous quote to Windibank, “I’d horsewhip you, if I had a horse.” No, wait that was <a href="https://youtu.be/PUV_2cqbrbo?t=41s">Groucho Marx</a>. <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"The law cannot, as you say, touch you,” said Holmes, unlocking and throwing open the door, “yet there never was a man who deserved punishment more. If the young lady has a brother or a friend he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!” he continued, flushing up at the sight of the bitter sneer upon the man's face, “it is not part of my duties to my client, but here's a hunting-crop handy, and I think I shall just treat myself to—" He took two swift steps to the whip, but before he could grasp it there was a wild clatter of steps upon the stairs, the heavy hall door banged, and from the window we could see Mr. James Windibank running at the top of his speed down the road.</blockquote>
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“And Miss Sutherland?”<br />“If I tell her she will not believe me. You may remember the old Persian saying, ‘There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.’ There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much knowledge of the world.”</blockquote>
Did he really think she was too delicate and psychologically fragile to handle the truth? Perhaps to spend the rest of her life as a spinster, never to find true love? Or did he think that the danger of snatched delusions was more physic than psychic—for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction? Indeed, did he see a different type of passion in the depths of Mary's astigmatic eyes? Did those parallel cases in Andover in '77 and The Hague “last year” have a victim who sought her revenge? Poison in the family soup? Forty whacks with a handy ax? <br /><br />Whatever his reasoning, Holmes was overprotective of his client, treating her like a child, not a woman. Leave it to Watson, with experience of the “fair sex” <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles61">over three continents</a> and many nations to adjudge correctly. After a cooling period of a year, he unveiled the treachery of her step-father to her and to the public, perhaps also stopping a cold-blooded scoundrel in his rise from crime to crime.</div>
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The Case of the Vinegar Valentine

"proof against the little god's arrows" [NOBL] When one searches the Canon for Valentines, the only one one comes acros...

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Baker Street Elementary — Drawing a Blank

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The Sherlock Holmes stories have their fill of codes and cyphers. "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" is probably the most easily recognized and well-known. But the clever spacing of words within a bit of nonsense writing in "The <i>Gloria Scott</i>" was an early code that Holmes cracked, while recuperating at the country home of his university friend Victor Trevor.<br />
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Baker Street Elementary — Drawing a Blank

"leaving blanks for the other to fill up" [REIG] The Sherlock Holmes stories have their fill of codes and cyphers. "T...

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Illustrating Sherlock Holmes — Your Chance to Vote

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The above image may be familiar to long-time Sherlockians. Is is the Folio Society's box set of the complete Sherlock Holmes stories, first published in 1993. Divided into two cases — one containing the four novels, the other the containing the five collections of short stories — the spines of the volumes form a profile of Watson and Holmes, respectively.<br />
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[<b>Editor's note:</b> <i>when the Baker Street Journal <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/05/fresh-spec_31.html#.WnlnFainHb0">went from stapled to perfect-bound</a> we advocated creating a silhouette over the course of multiple volumes, thus ensuring that those who wished to display a similar illustration on their shelves would continue to subscribe, lest the image be broken. Alas, our suggestion was turned down</i>.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.foliosociety.com/">The Folio Society</a> is preparing to release a new set of Sherlock Holmes stories and late last year put out a call for illustrations to accompany it, in conjunction with <a href="http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/">House of Illustration</a>, as part of its eighth annual <b>Book Illustration Competition</b> (#BIC2018). There were 450 entrants, and 24 have been selected to move to the longlist. Entries came from 48 countries including the USA, Singapore, Iran, Spain and Guatemala, and over 35% of them were from students.<br />
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The winner will receive a prestigious £5,000 commission from The Folio Society to illustrate their new edition of <i>The Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</i>. The five other entrants who complete the shortlist will each receive £500. As part of the Book Illustration Competition’s commitment to nurturing new talent, the judging panel ensures that students form part of the shortlist.<br />
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The awards will be announced and presented by Helen Dorey, BSI ("Helen Stoner") at an exclusive ceremony at House of illustration on February 20, 2018.<br />
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In addition to the main Book Illustration Competition Award, there is a standalone <a href="http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/book-illustration-competition-2018/peoples-choice-award/">People’s Choice Award</a> that will recognize the illustrations that resonate most with the public. Simply <a href="http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/book-illustration-competition-2018/peoples-choice-award/">click here</a> to see the entrants and cast your vote.</div>
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Illustrating Sherlock Holmes — Your Chance to Vote

"a fresh illustration" [LADY] The above image may be familiar to long-time Sherlockians. Is is the Folio Society's box se...

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Trifling Issues in January

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If you frequent this site, you're certainly familiar with our <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows">10 year-long show</a>, in which we interview notable Sherlockians who are doing their part to keep the memory of Sherlock Holmes green. <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b> has evolved over that decade, but we're on a steady cadence of long-form interviews on the 15th and 30th of every month.<br />
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Meanwhile, over on <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a>, we're engaged in something different: we have short discussions of about 15 minutes in length every week in which we talk about one or two issues that we've noticed within the Sherlock Holmes stories. It's an approach that we hope brings more people into our fold who are new to Sherlock Holmes and are fascinated with the details within the story, or who may have some questions about what they read.<br />
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And now, on with the recap of <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/01/">our January shows</a>.<br />
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<b>January Update</b></h3>
A new year marked a new season, and by popular demand, we're going to start covering some of the topics we mention in each show's introduction. Did you know that each introduction is different? We began with <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles53">Compounding a Felony</a> in which we discuss what happened when Holmes let perpetrators go free.<br />
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Beginning with Episode 54, we're instituting a new monthly feature. "<b>Inside 221B</b>" looks at some of the physical objects we find in the flat at 221B Baker Street. We begin this series by looking <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles54">On the Sideboard</a> and pondering its purpose.<br />
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And then it's off to another monthly feature in which we focus on some aspects of the cases that didn't make it to the public and that Watson kept in his famous tin box. "<b>Unpublished Cases</b>" begins with an investigation into <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles55">Weird Animals</a>.<br />
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Finally, we found our way home in Episode 56 as we talked about everyone's favorite landlady (not housekeeper) and potential relatives - including her non-existent husband - in <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles56">The Hudsons</a>.<br />
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<b>Here's an Idea</b></h3>
Why not take along an episode of Trifles to your next scion society meeting? Or use one of the topics as a basis of discussion yourselves. Go ahead, see what it sparks. And by all means, let your fellow Sherlockians know about the show. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a> via the podcast provider of your choice, or to the email updates.<br />
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