I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 199: Sherlockian Dynamo

<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="text-align: center;">"so many remarkable adventures" [MAZA]  </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA82yWN5kg_SIroUhS-NHS2Qp3AW3fDzHFyL_3oZsp4peWwFQUSs6hGPdlL15iEOwkmE3fCkpOxvfzMVUh0_c2FremEQX9MpQMNseOYmrOes7RNJ26JSfnmnUVdG52M0Efhgp5uNzDZjl/s1222/David+Marcum+in+Doyle%2527s+Study+-+Undershaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA82yWN5kg_SIroUhS-NHS2Qp3AW3fDzHFyL_3oZsp4peWwFQUSs6hGPdlL15iEOwkmE3fCkpOxvfzMVUh0_c2FremEQX9MpQMNseOYmrOes7RNJ26JSfnmnUVdG52M0Efhgp5uNzDZjl/s640/David+Marcum+in+Doyle%2527s+Study+-+Undershaw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>David Marcum has a good 45 years of Sherlockian fandom under his belt. Based on his output of writing and editing Sherlockian pastiches, you'd think he's been at it ever since his childhood.</p><p>As the editor of the series of <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/collections/the-mx-book-of-new-sherlock-holmes-stories" target="_blank">MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories</a>, he's responsible for bringing scores of new tales to the world, and his pace doesn't seem to be slowing down. His work has helped raise money for the Stepping Stones School at Undershaw, to the tune of $65,000.</p><p>When it comes to hats, David is a deerstalker-only guy, but when it comes to editing, he has other interests as well. We discuss these, as well as how someone who's interested in writing a Sherlock Holmes story can get David to consider theirs.</p><p>Also, we have a little news on the Enola Holmes film. And of course, the latest round of <b>Canonical Couplets</b>. The prize this time around is <i>The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Vol. XXI</i>. Entries are due by 11:59 pm EDT on September 14, 2020.</p><p><br /></p><div>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.<br /><center><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></center><div><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="cursor: move;" width="204" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Episode 199: Sherlockian Dynamo

"so many remarkable adventures" [MAZA] David Marcum has a good 45 years of Sherlockian fandom under his belt. Based on his out...

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Enola Holmes is Coming to Netflix and Looks Fun

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"the situation which I should like to see a sister of mine apply for.” [COPP] </b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7K4Vl9q_t5WiPkdYW-y87ubkLytF_SKmHHnYXsDuEM_PEJFs1LIWYwIUlYMx8yUHClF3CIAk5l_wspgJRrwr04T3_hIeCL8jeRSJDgq99QDZcez6vYwVqL8HzMBiDDmky_0BsdR27kj_/s1180/Enola+-+Title+Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="1180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7K4Vl9q_t5WiPkdYW-y87ubkLytF_SKmHHnYXsDuEM_PEJFs1LIWYwIUlYMx8yUHClF3CIAk5l_wspgJRrwr04T3_hIeCL8jeRSJDgq99QDZcez6vYwVqL8HzMBiDDmky_0BsdR27kj_/s640/Enola+-+Title+Card.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The young-adult mystery fiction series <a href="https://amzn.to/2YNCHih" target="_blank">The Enola Holmes Mysteries</a> is coming to Netflix in September. Starring Millie Bobby Brown in the title role, the film is scheduled to be released on September 23.</p><p>The plot of the film sounds like it's taken from the first book in Nancy Springer's six-part series, <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2GaGIqz" target="_blank">The Case of the Missing Marquess</a></i>:</p><blockquote><p>"While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord."</p></blockquote><p>The film is directed by Harry Bradbeer and written by Jack Thorne, with Ms. Brown also serving as a producer. It also stars Fiona Shaw, Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes, Sam Claflin as a fit-as-a-fiddle Mycroft Holmes, and Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x08Sdja2xslTJ4OyIgELA0zzrmil_ZYeR5wSayuI4Qr4sa66PHmibKmUiKXyUbheqV0EwrF4hhlwZ1n46gB_OUXXB0DOXCgmOBjiq03cWDo8ngwPHR14FNybTQnyCRUfjuR7j-lMZF3e/s996/Enola+-+lady.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="996" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x08Sdja2xslTJ4OyIgELA0zzrmil_ZYeR5wSayuI4Qr4sa66PHmibKmUiKXyUbheqV0EwrF4hhlwZ1n46gB_OUXXB0DOXCgmOBjiq03cWDo8ngwPHR14FNybTQnyCRUfjuR7j-lMZF3e/s640/Enola+-+lady.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d0Zf9sXlHk">the trailer</a></b>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1d0Zf9sXlHk" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>At first glance, the strapping Henry Cavill didn't seem to be properly cast as Sherlock Holmes. But as we thought about it more, we were convinced.</p><p>Let's not forget that one of the most famous portrayers of Sherlock Holmes was William Gillette. With a full head of hair and a square jawline, he wouldn't have seemed to fit Paget's version. But then Frederick Dorr Steele came along, and we were given this Holmes:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g9dU654oPBK6kMURXmEBkKvWSdLH65hUK3whdnAxA1C4wy7hZ82bFkyjGl-hKFhntAI4RqM1Qi8_mbNt3OedlG_H_vFVsFgBteHezlEoq7Tl6PtGlQ7Va1FyjIYfc9O3u59szOjBnAjA/s599/PRIO+-+FDS+Colliers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g9dU654oPBK6kMURXmEBkKvWSdLH65hUK3whdnAxA1C4wy7hZ82bFkyjGl-hKFhntAI4RqM1Qi8_mbNt3OedlG_H_vFVsFgBteHezlEoq7Tl6PtGlQ7Va1FyjIYfc9O3u59szOjBnAjA/s0/PRIO+-+FDS+Colliers.png" /></a></div><br /><p>Suddenly, Cavill as Holmes seems like a fine choice.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WP3dlSZev697mh_RMRkGEQyDwn9z9gOAh2tCOeO99BzF3AOngXUToWhhGRHPxPEyM29VBxqg1ODdQSOoOquElXxyPryT8qa8_Xi8tuqN1m-RhlR-CqMEyNsigrD8dhbHkszL-cXWQlKk/s1110/Enola+-+Henry+Cavill.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WP3dlSZev697mh_RMRkGEQyDwn9z9gOAh2tCOeO99BzF3AOngXUToWhhGRHPxPEyM29VBxqg1ODdQSOoOquElXxyPryT8qa8_Xi8tuqN1m-RhlR-CqMEyNsigrD8dhbHkszL-cXWQlKk/s640/Enola+-+Henry+Cavill.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>If you notice in the trailer, the producers make a clever integration with the original Paget drawings. For example, the iconic image of Holmes on his "Eastern divan" of pillows in "The Man with the Twisted Lip":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjSHz_xud-rsthjVDuR30VdOYrx1rLR4qXEYrglYuEBUMwEdUihSXYK8vHT7ZlWnf-ggp6fXp_jIzVGi8kE90pMSxPWwwhF_QVOaRDU7fTrEvSqB66qE3zKLNiukI96KpTtJuwOzp2AhD/s1548/TWIS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1441" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjSHz_xud-rsthjVDuR30VdOYrx1rLR4qXEYrglYuEBUMwEdUihSXYK8vHT7ZlWnf-ggp6fXp_jIzVGi8kE90pMSxPWwwhF_QVOaRDU7fTrEvSqB66qE3zKLNiukI96KpTtJuwOzp2AhD/w382-h410/TWIS.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><p>Now looks like this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvusehS8T6Kwu3eUJlx6pdP0W8yeCbJgYSwrtZesXotT7eIpZGusb74kn2t_DGKpGTPnbso4vnXZploYaubsNmaYHv6mJxmPRYZI-kjuxAYDcg3u8b5ZXAPF71SPzKogJbY34eGDOOmMS0/s1165/Enola+-+Henry+Cavill+Paget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1165" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvusehS8T6Kwu3eUJlx6pdP0W8yeCbJgYSwrtZesXotT7eIpZGusb74kn2t_DGKpGTPnbso4vnXZploYaubsNmaYHv6mJxmPRYZI-kjuxAYDcg3u8b5ZXAPF71SPzKogJbY34eGDOOmMS0/w640-h429/Enola+-+Henry+Cavill+Paget.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>And the image of Holmes knocking out Jack Woodley (or is that Teddy Roosevelt?) in "The Solitary Cyclist":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzLTvLTCsVhJY0vCnCrValXRdq_ahpOj-2iRMcGgY-B0s0sPJd4gGF5gzARuw-z8LpHFrBS4aQAScyrepxlYJAUaOiRujYKfgITPnJhY7iR6uN1LdeFeRpPg79nGSqhEzi-TThQ40szOi/s2048/SOLI+-+pub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzLTvLTCsVhJY0vCnCrValXRdq_ahpOj-2iRMcGgY-B0s0sPJd4gGF5gzARuw-z8LpHFrBS4aQAScyrepxlYJAUaOiRujYKfgITPnJhY7iR6uN1LdeFeRpPg79nGSqhEzi-TThQ40szOi/s640/SOLI+-+pub.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Has been transformed (and animated!) into this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg4-8c-r4bgXbw_hLPBRFsNrk2uHV_jWB64knCY5BtV5fpe9QqJ71BNvHyRUADbMk05_Uj-DFqiQtiQzdJWOoloCL5umhDbu_HdzbPA32VdEELj6G8HPoWk8K0mGWnEkBasbCJFmrEFj7/s1246/Enola+-+Henry+Cavill+fight.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1246" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg4-8c-r4bgXbw_hLPBRFsNrk2uHV_jWB64knCY5BtV5fpe9QqJ71BNvHyRUADbMk05_Uj-DFqiQtiQzdJWOoloCL5umhDbu_HdzbPA32VdEELj6G8HPoWk8K0mGWnEkBasbCJFmrEFj7/w512-h328/Enola+-+Henry+Cavill+fight.png" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p>Just for fun, we made a made out of it:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="height: 0px; padding-bottom: 56%; position: relative; width: 100%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="100%" src="https://giphy.com/embed/KzJmaH43BCaufi11s0" style="position: absolute;" width="100%"></iframe></div><p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/henry-cavill-sherlock-holmes-enola-KzJmaH43BCaufi11s0">via GIPHY</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Simply put, <i>Enola Holmes</i> looks like a lot of fun.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Image credits: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d0Zf9sXlHk" target="_blank">Netflix</a> (YouTube)</i></p><p><i>Disclosure: Amazon Affiliate links. We earn a small commission when you buy from Amazon. This helps us run the site.</i></p>

Enola Holmes is Coming to Netflix and Looks Fun

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Baker Street Elementary – The Freckled Band

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"the freckles started out on the lady's face” [HOUN] </b></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XmoetmY_qbhaMNsShOiqNBDaDZY3YdCR_ePEMpEstkT9bjNiSZyKKKZSyW9rct3sQ7JJt-lRxsr8K30xExrnV5TWxrbOglan05yldKW743BbEm4OBjF7f2bTZcHIv3CaIgUJ0rJOV19Z/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XmoetmY_qbhaMNsShOiqNBDaDZY3YdCR_ePEMpEstkT9bjNiSZyKKKZSyW9rct3sQ7JJt-lRxsr8K30xExrnV5TWxrbOglan05yldKW743BbEm4OBjF7f2bTZcHIv3CaIgUJ0rJOV19Z/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Quick: how many times are freckles mentioned in the Canon? We'll have the answer for you in just a moment, but first, some background.</div><div><br /></div><div>Freckles are common enough. You probably know someone with them, or someone who'll get them. Did you know that no one is born with freckles? That's because freckles are the result of exposure to the sun: they are pigment-producing cells that get revved up due to exposure to the sun.</div><div><br /></div><div>Liver spots are freckles that are acquired by older people who have been exposed to the sun over long periods of time. This is why they're sometimes called "age spots."</div><div><br /></div><div>With fair-skinned people more likely to get freckles, it's surprising we don't hear more about them in the Sherlock Holmes stories, given the fair-skinned beauties we come across. In fact, there are only two instances of freckled ladies that we know of. Do you know who they are?</div><div><br /></div><div>One is Laura Lyons, the typist and friend of Sir Charles Baskerville in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>. Watson met with her and was taken by her beauty:</div><div><blockquote><div>"The first impression left by Mrs. Lyons was one of extreme beauty. Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel colour, and her cheeks, though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom of the brunette, the dainty pink which lurks at the heart of the sulphur rose."</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>The other is Violet Hunter, the brave young lady who serves as a governess to the Rucastle family and is forced to cut her hair short and wear an electric blue dress as she sat in front of a window. Watson described her entrance to 221B Baker Street: "She was plainly but neatly dressed, with a bright, quick face, freckled like a plover’s egg."</div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, Wikipedia describes a plover's technique:</div><blockquote><div>"Plovers engage in false brooding, a type of distraction display. Examples include: pretending to change position or to sit on an imaginary nest site."</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>To change position or sit in an imaginary nest site. This seems exactly what Miss Hunter was doing to distract Mr. Fowler, the fiance of Alice Rucastle, when Jephro Rucastle asked her "to sit here, or sit here, that would not be offensive to you?"</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, there seems to be some distraction down at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C2BhtnSpdDJt4TYKIXOJH9Ry-iCYheiKBxUobQo3Kzf5fj817otjhx9H-uF1FLvv4v_wNcfjW1Dasm6JJcjWIXAEcFju2xjGiFpT81KdflCU8Z3yIJwqPkdVIoQdJMAXTLC9qroLCTvi/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C2BhtnSpdDJt4TYKIXOJH9Ry-iCYheiKBxUobQo3Kzf5fj817otjhx9H-uF1FLvv4v_wNcfjW1Dasm6JJcjWIXAEcFju2xjGiFpT81KdflCU8Z3yIJwqPkdVIoQdJMAXTLC9qroLCTvi/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU9txxsge13ONS1gBHZlQilUBXfp-iLaJ4QDNfV-AHLj_NdOhorcFqzfoHt6tqnQy9Y942bq7uaE-ujIIKAPEXQFiCg2KRG466EeGTlwehJn6G-NYxrOo1ICYUAL2w57aXkOUPdOISSy6/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU9txxsge13ONS1gBHZlQilUBXfp-iLaJ4QDNfV-AHLj_NdOhorcFqzfoHt6tqnQy9Y942bq7uaE-ujIIKAPEXQFiCg2KRG466EeGTlwehJn6G-NYxrOo1ICYUAL2w57aXkOUPdOISSy6/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4SfWV-ctIGNg5xNLqUhpPSJ3SP1FjiFDbyt84ZRNzVCZN3GoTuH7IRGHd2IM7eGjVTEr_O0d8fIIDpj_bYSK3jMsecJbwo8qEl6ZtigZME-blx6_iHgWMZSLrEEPMOeKYTHdFXM88rRI/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4SfWV-ctIGNg5xNLqUhpPSJ3SP1FjiFDbyt84ZRNzVCZN3GoTuH7IRGHd2IM7eGjVTEr_O0d8fIIDpj_bYSK3jMsecJbwo8qEl6ZtigZME-blx6_iHgWMZSLrEEPMOeKYTHdFXM88rRI/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyYTaQDx1Yg66r1R9YL1o3kP_bmHXO__yipbObwXKlP73b_5pi4Pf-4mm_ZkX6a6sAqD3j2bAbnJNiqS-Q5P2ppxNECZY9lHiHrwllCf0H_z28_vtcfmPhO5MBItwEY-od0FPz5gVW111/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyYTaQDx1Yg66r1R9YL1o3kP_bmHXO__yipbObwXKlP73b_5pi4Pf-4mm_ZkX6a6sAqD3j2bAbnJNiqS-Q5P2ppxNECZY9lHiHrwllCf0H_z28_vtcfmPhO5MBItwEY-od0FPz5gVW111/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+87.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div>

Baker Street Elementary – The Freckled Band

"the freckles started out on the lady's face” [HOUN] Quick: how many times are freckles mentioned in the Canon? We'll have the...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 198: The Baker Street Irregulars' New Wiggins

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"step up, Wiggins" [STUD]  </b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqj-N2MTCIpG33ek2496X-pBNzVk1OurLVQDgqbS37oQDZrhcbhsgYsxNC1jzYbpn8BjCGBNDDFUmbI69Y1KNG7I-5F_e66t1vVkzzo-7y-DfJjkACz-JhnUFd5E6r-H6oshTnYboNoOsNI-P0S2O_ihyMGxJZrST-grAPUyABXapXnIIYVOMXZfjHsdGt/s1262/ihearofsherlock198%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1262" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqj-N2MTCIpG33ek2496X-pBNzVk1OurLVQDgqbS37oQDZrhcbhsgYsxNC1jzYbpn8BjCGBNDDFUmbI69Y1KNG7I-5F_e66t1vVkzzo-7y-DfJjkACz-JhnUFd5E6r-H6oshTnYboNoOsNI-P0S2O_ihyMGxJZrST-grAPUyABXapXnIIYVOMXZfjHsdGt/w640-h562/ihearofsherlock198%20cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Earlier this year, Mike Whelan, BSI ("Vincent Spaulding") passed the gavel to Michael Kean, BSI ("General Gordon") as the latter assumed the position of "Wiggins," or head administrator of the Baker Street Irregulars. It was a momentous occasion, as Kean is only the sixth head of the BSI since its founding in 1934.</p><p>Burt and Scott had an opportunity to speak with Michael on a wide range of topics, including his Sherlockian origins (which were induced rather than pursued), his career in the publishing industry, early days in Sherlockian scions, and his role with the BSI Press.</p><p>Michael also takes us behind the scenes to give us the story of his selection as the next BSI, going back a number of years. We discuss his vision for the role of a literary society in the twenty-first century and more pointedly, the difficult decision to make the 2021 BSI Weekend a virtual affair.</p><p>Also covered is our upcoming 200th episode: we are looking for your feedback. And of course, the latest round of <b>Canonical Couplets</b>. We had a record number of submissions in the last episode; the prize this time is a copy of <i>Sherlock Holmes: The Writings of John H. Watson, M.D.</i>, compiled by Edgar W. Smith and printed in 1962 by the Baker Street Irregulars. Entries are due by 11:59 pm EDT on August 29, 2020.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsAxCkZXZtugFi1eLnk4qYx9J8kj_F-P4gmwUWNfwWbIUvsbRqa_vBavAxGcvz1l3QHwsCqzhlIoAKyRwLpp1GG11LU_30KuyNjQvSuliBmSq6OUohou2zSBO3H9uW58W3d9YPrCm8tb8/s500/2020-dinner-whelan-kean.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsAxCkZXZtugFi1eLnk4qYx9J8kj_F-P4gmwUWNfwWbIUvsbRqa_vBavAxGcvz1l3QHwsCqzhlIoAKyRwLpp1GG11LU_30KuyNjQvSuliBmSq6OUohou2zSBO3H9uW58W3d9YPrCm8tb8/s0/2020-dinner-whelan-kean.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The Wiggins gavel exchange (photo credit: self)</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><div>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.<br /><center><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></center><div><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="cursor: move;" width="204" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Episode 198: The Baker Street Irregulars' New Wiggins

"step up, Wiggins" [STUD] Earlier this year, Mike Whelan, BSI ("Vincent Spaulding") passed the gavel to Michael Kean, ...

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by Scott Monty

Get The Great Game of Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"hands who played a nice sly safe game" [SIGN]</b><b><br /></b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFqBwAQLXYolJHkNvNJAzctoXHoM4SRxQxzeUsvyu4dqqx4lc_q2fbabEoj3tMPLh8Wdxw6-gKe3ILPETEtCvKkawUo9KvfkGIhRABstyiGwifwxdoRxl4MtrcnmCQOJgXOgZJWL6H1fs/s680/Great+Game+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFqBwAQLXYolJHkNvNJAzctoXHoM4SRxQxzeUsvyu4dqqx4lc_q2fbabEoj3tMPLh8Wdxw6-gKe3ILPETEtCvKkawUo9KvfkGIhRABstyiGwifwxdoRxl4MtrcnmCQOJgXOgZJWL6H1fs/s640/Great+Game+1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the wild success of a recent Kickstarter to fund the game <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/07/new-game-sherlock-holmes-and-his-baker.html#.XzLdMyhKjb0" target="_blank">The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars</a> (more than $42,000 was raised on a goal of $5,221 from nearly 1,000 backers) and the <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/07/new-jeremy-brett-book-on-kickstarter.html#.XzLeIihKjb0" target="_blank">new Jeremy Brett biography</a>, this seems to be a fine time to launch Sherlockian projects on the platform.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One such effort by Belanger Books, a team made up of brothers Brian and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/Derrick%20Belanger#.XzLepyhKjb0" target="_blank">Derrick Belanger</a> (a name familiar to regular visitors to this site, as he's been a contributor) is <b><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/belangerbooks/the-great-game-of-sherlock-holmes?ref=6o7xbi&token=f55472de" target="_blank">The Great Game of Sherlock Holmes</a></b>, an easy to learn, fast-paced and fun card game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Each card covers one story and features a vintage illustration originally published in the <i>Strand Magazine</i>. There's a brief synopsis of each crime-cracking chronicle which will jog the memories of lifelong Sherlockians, or provide an exciting first dip into Holmes's adventures for newcomers. Watch an overview here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" scrolling="no" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/belangerbooks/the-great-game-of-sherlock-holmes/widget/video.html" width="640"> </iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to the game itself, backers will also receive a copy of <i>The Great Game of Sherlock Holmes Fun Facts and Puzzle Magazine</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Like <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/belangerbooks/the-great-game-of-sherlock-holmes?ref=6o7xbi&token=f55472de#" target="_blank">The Great Game of Sherlock Holmes</a>, the <i>Fun Facts and Puzzle Magazine</i> covers many of the classic cases in the Sherlockian canon. Word finds, mazes, crossword puzzles and other mental challenges abound to excite and entertain the most diligent detectives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMllqV3kZjwdlxa6t9XZmRWF8y6m6w-byQ_gjO66Bpgr1i5C3hL-eWEP0vULouDlaPhZuDBBSSBjp7D9-bg2YoyIjeI4wefLwsQ8jjOohA-l2_L9TtKWnv4Vm-gX7yj0EgV1pVBXOyB8u/s680/Great+Game+2+-+magazine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMllqV3kZjwdlxa6t9XZmRWF8y6m6w-byQ_gjO66Bpgr1i5C3hL-eWEP0vULouDlaPhZuDBBSSBjp7D9-bg2YoyIjeI4wefLwsQ8jjOohA-l2_L9TtKWnv4Vm-gX7yj0EgV1pVBXOyB8u/s640/Great+Game+2+-+magazine.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijT6OEqmxztjqxkC03jyT4yWGMgwJmuNfGFbLcFrYRau7M3pMCKPtaTAqtAcaBoMTmXrS8xLL_ogpJrq5E2QclberqLcCz2MMF5xTsHy8WElkd7mLiWf3XCx99uZhlTHMmQeQkA29VNJ5L/s680/Great+Game+3+-+magazine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijT6OEqmxztjqxkC03jyT4yWGMgwJmuNfGFbLcFrYRau7M3pMCKPtaTAqtAcaBoMTmXrS8xLL_ogpJrq5E2QclberqLcCz2MMF5xTsHy8WElkd7mLiWf3XCx99uZhlTHMmQeQkA29VNJ5L/s640/Great+Game+3+-+magazine.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a great way to involve children and get their clue-seeking minds turned onto brain teasers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The funding goal for this project is $4,000 and it's currently 77 percent backed. What a great opportunity to see this project through to its conclusion <b><i>and</i></b> pick up what could be a fun and unique gift that will be delivered in time for the holidays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Act quickly: there are just three weeks until this project closes. It will only be released to the world if it has enough backers to make it happen. And if the project reaches $5,000 in pledges, the stretch goal will be released: a game of Thrust, Trip, Distract: a Reichenbach Falls version of Rock, Paper, Scissors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Will you join the fun and sign up for a copy of the <b><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/belangerbooks/the-great-game-of-sherlock-holmes?ref=6o7xbi&token=f55472de#" target="_blank">The Great Game of Sherlock Holmes</a></b>? Just click the link to learn more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The game's afoot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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Baker Street Elementary – Picked Clean

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="text-align: center;">“</span></b>that cat-like love of personal cleanliness<b>” [HOUN] </b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUmcgaJ_Wo4mUMVTvYJOuVErJokZTWUBF705dInKfaRKtHhAFCECI9PQrHZsFhuiyIbjR8OvlaTz14Im-WKR7mMnQu2VrwjyctSYSkFxVhnEIBemalje3QB5b9ZfTJnkLohhcxiH4MC_-/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUmcgaJ_Wo4mUMVTvYJOuVErJokZTWUBF705dInKfaRKtHhAFCECI9PQrHZsFhuiyIbjR8OvlaTz14Im-WKR7mMnQu2VrwjyctSYSkFxVhnEIBemalje3QB5b9ZfTJnkLohhcxiH4MC_-/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>One of the scenes in the Canon that has always confounded us in when Watson found the hut in which the "man on the tor" was hiding (spoiler alert: he discovered that the man was Sherlock Holmes).</div><div><br /></div><div>Watson thought the place was abandoned, but soon found evidence to the contrary:</div><div><blockquote><div>"But there were ample signs that I had not come upon a false scent. This was certainly where the man lived. Some blankets rolled in a waterproof lay upon that very stone slab upon which Neolithic man had once slumbered. The ashes of a fire were heaped in a rude grate. Beside it lay some cooking utensils and a bucket half-full of water. A litter of empty tins showed that the place had been occupied for some time, and I saw, as my eyes became accustomed to the checkered light, a pannikin and a half-full bottle of spirits standing in the corner. In the middle of the hut a flat stone served the purpose of a table, and upon this stood a small cloth bundle—the same, no doubt, which I had seen through the telescope upon the shoulder of the boy. It contained a loaf of bread, a tinned tongue, and two tins of preserved peaches."</div></blockquote></div><div><div>When Holmes arrived (much to Watson's surprise), the doctor observed:</div><blockquote><div>"He was thin and worn, but clear and alert, his keen face bronzed by the sun and roughened by the wind. In his tweed suit and cloth cap he looked like any other tourist upon the moor, and he had contrived, with that cat-like love of personal cleanliness which was one of his characteristics, that his chin should be as smooth and his linen as perfect as if he were in Baker Street."</div></blockquote></div><div>And herein lies our question about how Holmes was able to affect such a pristine appearance in the wilderness of Dartmoor, set up as he was in a stone hut. Being clean-shaven in such a situation is not difficult to achieve, but but the linen always puzzled us. He mentioned Cartwright as supplying him with "a loaf of bread and a clean collar," but wouldn't there be more to his appearance than a clean collar? Perhaps having a clean-shaven face framed by a clean collar was enough to throw Watson off the scent.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then again, Holmes called the hut his "occasional retreat." Was there another place on the moor where he had a hideout? Perhaps he surreptitiously rented a room in Coombe Tracey. Or ingratiated himself with Laura Lyons. </div><div><br /></div><div>Down at Baker Street Elementary, there's one student whom we know was not interested in such trifles...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfJ2V1jfVmor6jTBPdI2HKoKv-M9Ge_a8h-28VTuqTGOxm06sAAcAq3Bn3aIkXnWR-eaxNVTnwYGUF_RdJNVDlvtbnxVCt46LbeRj6dzcEaDA0rjXAhz9wi0-uo7hS7o3Iqp2P314zY_h/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfJ2V1jfVmor6jTBPdI2HKoKv-M9Ge_a8h-28VTuqTGOxm06sAAcAq3Bn3aIkXnWR-eaxNVTnwYGUF_RdJNVDlvtbnxVCt46LbeRj6dzcEaDA0rjXAhz9wi0-uo7hS7o3Iqp2P314zY_h/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFffSJxSK3TcALl3GsXJ4Rlqf4GbmwcNCZ7kWGe7jWKBibtca4EvA3iqZry_7gT9zP4Z91Tl-xg3BIrzKXPLTsar8WY3A3AgW9L5dk2v7y6bYAP8erNIZafjBRJYDSBLduSYwDICA7p2MQ/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFffSJxSK3TcALl3GsXJ4Rlqf4GbmwcNCZ7kWGe7jWKBibtca4EvA3iqZry_7gT9zP4Z91Tl-xg3BIrzKXPLTsar8WY3A3AgW9L5dk2v7y6bYAP8erNIZafjBRJYDSBLduSYwDICA7p2MQ/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSa512a11QlMzkVBLFv7CTeJLR0ERXWm1VC_5sKrkSon-OcverY305BXZpah_0NMyOH_lvoCP50HgmYHyEIy_N2hyphenhyphen3UoPnwoRqkwYbCtaC2jZiqWeH_rdmlmPtT8WcvNhG10tz1B1e7QP/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSa512a11QlMzkVBLFv7CTeJLR0ERXWm1VC_5sKrkSon-OcverY305BXZpah_0NMyOH_lvoCP50HgmYHyEIy_N2hyphenhyphen3UoPnwoRqkwYbCtaC2jZiqWeH_rdmlmPtT8WcvNhG10tz1B1e7QP/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHny93H5eJZ2OerkIk3WMij3fjeN88Qg_-S2G90NF57URg7vKaESZqGXEJapVssmF3xBeGQ6UvtdVoOjcDQ2PGgKM1RWAKdoHte7TlRb8hzi95qg2SpJYWIJRU3SpmlNnzCfr__Cj7kj7Z/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHny93H5eJZ2OerkIk3WMij3fjeN88Qg_-S2G90NF57URg7vKaESZqGXEJapVssmF3xBeGQ6UvtdVoOjcDQ2PGgKM1RWAKdoHte7TlRb8hzi95qg2SpJYWIJRU3SpmlNnzCfr__Cj7kj7Z/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oDzpdqOm5J7P8xZaWCso-5m9X5qQ895TtomzifHFknKi9w2P0Ha2D5R9FoQmXAo_vXXLwTxwvupNeqTYLZee8WikiR76eDpoGEJYlksW7MYT6SX6O78CcvL3f56nBoK8MvwoNfpizgLy/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oDzpdqOm5J7P8xZaWCso-5m9X5qQ895TtomzifHFknKi9w2P0Ha2D5R9FoQmXAo_vXXLwTxwvupNeqTYLZee8WikiR76eDpoGEJYlksW7MYT6SX6O78CcvL3f56nBoK8MvwoNfpizgLy/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+86.6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div>

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2021 BSI Weekend Will Be Virtual

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you." [FINA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCpwKJB82hveapIh20Z5kYvi6IyNMnaw56T4BoWYNC_8RpsBw7t6J_I3-szjaBOxx2DOg_4SyzSSVPhlMoB7C1f5rFmsV7r2M5MVeAqGdgHdlpbhoacnCYrJNoJu_5uWVADk-4AJk8GmV/s1997/BSI+Dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1997" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCpwKJB82hveapIh20Z5kYvi6IyNMnaw56T4BoWYNC_8RpsBw7t6J_I3-szjaBOxx2DOg_4SyzSSVPhlMoB7C1f5rFmsV7r2M5MVeAqGdgHdlpbhoacnCYrJNoJu_5uWVADk-4AJk8GmV/s640/BSI+Dinner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For the first time in its history, the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com" target="_blank">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a> will not take place in person in New York City in January.</div><div><br /></div><div>The literary society dedicated to Sherlock Holmes was established on January 6, 1934 during a cocktail reception and held an informal first dinner in June 5, 1934. It was on December 7, 1934 that the formal dinner first got its start, but only one more was held (in 1936) before Edgar W. Smith came along and reinvigorated the tradition in January of 1940.</div><div><br /></div><div>Since that time, the Baker Street Irregulars has held its dinner every January, without interruption. World War II didn't stop it. Nor did years that included protests, terrorist events, financial upheaval, or anything else. There it was always 1895, and the group survived.</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>The 2021 BSI Dinner</b></h2><div><div><i></i></div></div><blockquote><div><div><i>“ ‘Danger is part of my trade,’ I remarked.</i></div><div><i>“ ‘That is not danger,’ said he. ‘It is inevitable destruction.</i><i>’ ”</i></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">—</span> </i><i style="text-align: left;">“</i><i>The Adventure of the Final Problem</i><i>”</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><i></i></div><div><br /></div><div>With the recent rapid rise in coronavirus infections across the United States, two dozen states are two  now delaying or modifying their plans to reopen. The uncertainty around the future of the virus in the country stems from a lack of a national plan and that dictum of individuality that flows through Americans, whose national phrase seems to have gone from "<i>E Pluribus Unum</i>" to "You're Not the Boss of Me."</div><div><br /></div><div>So here we are.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Baker Street Irregulars plans to hold the Distinguished Speaker Lecture on Thursday, January 7 and its traditional dinner on January 8 (the latter is for members only). There may be additional events added, as the "weekend" has stretched informally from Wednesday through Sunday, with other associated groups holding events throughout.</div><div><br /></div><div>More information is available on the <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/bsi-event-dates/" target="_blank">BSI Events page here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>January will be strange (indeed, as strange as these past few months have been). But Sherlockians are a determined and social group and will find a way to power through it. Creative and determined members thus far have hosted pop-up conferences, movie events, and social hours via Zoom since April, making up for the lack of in-person gatherings that define our clubable nature with our kinspirits.</div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere as a podcast has very rarely held in-person events. Our co-hosts have recorded all but two episodes from separate locations. And we've held a couple of live-streamed video recordings over the summer. Expect more like that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, we hope to be back together at some point in 2021 (perhaps for the BSI's <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2020/03/20/bsi-2021-conference-dates/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire</a> conference?). Until then, we'll continue to churn out online content that we can all enjoy from the safety and confines of our homes.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>