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Baker Street Elementary – Tactical Communication

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“very wide and tactful” [MAZA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4kbcmD41JF1xIxh5A7FL6btBTO8AjV7k5GZtBFV1p2MweIYnYG27v7YsyfG42YXRZQh54yoCvDLhWranyAQgbmdHA8AsHZhAhQ6dY8L9vSemWo5BcQ64fOOcggKKgZ71DKzmPnZz48EBquakpynjyySjiyZO0cb2yADzw0qQnPlxVuCdKZccWoDRDC8g/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4kbcmD41JF1xIxh5A7FL6btBTO8AjV7k5GZtBFV1p2MweIYnYG27v7YsyfG42YXRZQh54yoCvDLhWranyAQgbmdHA8AsHZhAhQ6dY8L9vSemWo5BcQ64fOOcggKKgZ71DKzmPnZz48EBquakpynjyySjiyZO0cb2yADzw0qQnPlxVuCdKZccWoDRDC8g/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All too often these days, we see modern interpretations that take his cold, calculating nature and turn it into something toxic, as if he didn't know how to tactfully talk with people. The BBC's <i>Sherlock</i> even refers to him as a sociopath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But the real Sherlock Holmes was not only tactful, but could put clients at ease with his words and his manner. Time and again, Watson refers to Holmes's ability to calm and soothe those in his presence:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“Pray sit down, Mr. Scott Eccles,” said Holmes in a soothing voice [WIST]</li><li>“Quite so, madam,” said Holmes in his soothing way. [CARD]</li><li>He had an almost hypnotic power of soothing when he wished. [REDC]</li><li>“Patience! Patience, Mr. Garrideb!” said my friend in a soothing voice. [3GAR]</li><li>“You must not fear,” said he soothingly, bending forward and patting her forearm. “We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt.” [SPEC]</li><li>Holmes pushed him down into the easy-chair and, sitting beside him, patted his hand and chatted with him in the easy, soothing tones which he knew so well how to employ. [BERY]</li><li>“There! there!” said Holmes, soothing, patting him upon the shoulder. [NAVA]</li></ul></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Imagine being a client and being nervous about your case. If having the world's greatest consulting detective on your side isn't enough, he makes sure you feel good about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let's just say his candor and demeanor have come a long way since Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuHPE-rLrbHXqDec65nh_WokLrAQZmP9f0Q34DPgYCB1v0s8NDkwE-kb-Afxg66CkiW5L7GA2iVEw0gR0aE4scIw3_jAe873Wd1FZQSh41B0-0jJOOyLibP0AHte05rDEfOBdu5eXbprCqRrUPQZ8g6Iv13xPWAg6wLLOSa_25_HDY6vWf3B3RCUSg_6p/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuHPE-rLrbHXqDec65nh_WokLrAQZmP9f0Q34DPgYCB1v0s8NDkwE-kb-Afxg66CkiW5L7GA2iVEw0gR0aE4scIw3_jAe873Wd1FZQSh41B0-0jJOOyLibP0AHte05rDEfOBdu5eXbprCqRrUPQZ8g6Iv13xPWAg6wLLOSa_25_HDY6vWf3B3RCUSg_6p/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidj7SRIjIRcd17qA1z0aewHdmlcDN368HaSaNqkCSNEfHMKM_Ycgomd8Jk8nx1jfnxpAGD4-rpFFiSpR_A5zF_jLZRP2HtmxczPnyAq1jQOC0KKyWmExu944geAUraw1a9bOfU8bH2M-U4OLMpg0A3Wpfj6ifO-cnaEN59ClbWeNBFDDpesK4hmNW9Y0ip/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidj7SRIjIRcd17qA1z0aewHdmlcDN368HaSaNqkCSNEfHMKM_Ycgomd8Jk8nx1jfnxpAGD4-rpFFiSpR_A5zF_jLZRP2HtmxczPnyAq1jQOC0KKyWmExu944geAUraw1a9bOfU8bH2M-U4OLMpg0A3Wpfj6ifO-cnaEN59ClbWeNBFDDpesK4hmNW9Y0ip/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQe41_9hwaoj_hh1GVnTYG95vV-k3r3837bMD2Azpwnl0kV9OE4JBYVYGkRvrViEzq5UByjdf61V6DATWvbVv3ayp6rADROaKlL0utZ64psulcoCJgs6gLYQbMPJoo0CDVYj_6NRBfD9aYPydUgQG-pv8NfpyRENpcXiqx9DfFnLgt1HBqxzwpFbpi0R9/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQe41_9hwaoj_hh1GVnTYG95vV-k3r3837bMD2Azpwnl0kV9OE4JBYVYGkRvrViEzq5UByjdf61V6DATWvbVv3ayp6rADROaKlL0utZ64psulcoCJgs6gLYQbMPJoo0CDVYj_6NRBfD9aYPydUgQG-pv8NfpyRENpcXiqx9DfFnLgt1HBqxzwpFbpi0R9/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviQXgLWpKETzePGiFrPBgQ9EFIiuBEgerOkOOp_MTgus3jZVQGiduaDoFXy95dv2uhtvKDfFOsIZUrVopcDgp4NWN11f8n-cNHIlg-1ni7KzirrWNRo-GBW0J6rer1gl4xO58M9tUhzNHnDTAGesyy7sofUlHfdPqCQr9J4kEGn8lDhzPHWIrXu_MkSd7/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviQXgLWpKETzePGiFrPBgQ9EFIiuBEgerOkOOp_MTgus3jZVQGiduaDoFXy95dv2uhtvKDfFOsIZUrVopcDgp4NWN11f8n-cNHIlg-1ni7KzirrWNRo-GBW0J6rer1gl4xO58M9tUhzNHnDTAGesyy7sofUlHfdPqCQr9J4kEGn8lDhzPHWIrXu_MkSd7/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20168.5.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></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary – Tactical Communication

“very wide and tactful” [MAZA] All too often these days, we see modern interpretations that take his cold, calculating nature and turn it i...

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Episode 279: The Classified Dossier of Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“you have a good dossier there” [LAST] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcMDcJV6MN-s3MrP3n2AK_F0YnBwVqwboxGqXAd7Hl6V3Lv4_JSYzeQrp6fdP67h4T6IyrAL3K-DqGLzzOmwVcr-BBTszsPQIn3BYN8OtN7LxCmpKghw6cI5DadzVXYZETrPjxV7kmO_ZJGhL74mccHLGEsZzEn2gh2ZQvY95fSklvs2vkg84KEj_3hyphenhyphen4/s3900/ihose279%20wide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2879" data-original-width="3900" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcMDcJV6MN-s3MrP3n2AK_F0YnBwVqwboxGqXAd7Hl6V3Lv4_JSYzeQrp6fdP67h4T6IyrAL3K-DqGLzzOmwVcr-BBTszsPQIn3BYN8OtN7LxCmpKghw6cI5DadzVXYZETrPjxV7kmO_ZJGhL74mccHLGEsZzEn2gh2ZQvY95fSklvs2vkg84KEj_3hyphenhyphen4/w640-h472/ihose279%20wide.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>There were supernatural elements in the original Sherlock Holmes stories. 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Episode 279: The Classified Dossier of Sherlock Holmes

“you have a good dossier there” [LAST] There were supernatural elements in the original Sherlock Holmes stories. Elements of gothic intrigu...

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by Scott Monty

Special Episode: A Christmas Story Without Slush

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I’ve read enough of the slush” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOHtXtwOogbq4npFcCTDFLCX5r3-RGKP3AGKBcvoZZopGB4pBKRvLuFQBg8b5f_ybYFEBp1zwO7mYkno2ngM_yZTd6TtVvHn5FPJKzL_g9FRPRZPKsku-lgXWqEIVYRrDYkCMNwTDnOnOLdIABTfpsv2IH2pFbaGX2okGBXWUdOssG8HvvHzLoUnDZcFL/s1000/BLUE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOHtXtwOogbq4npFcCTDFLCX5r3-RGKP3AGKBcvoZZopGB4pBKRvLuFQBg8b5f_ybYFEBp1zwO7mYkno2ngM_yZTd6TtVvHn5FPJKzL_g9FRPRZPKsku-lgXWqEIVYRrDYkCMNwTDnOnOLdIABTfpsv2IH2pFbaGX2okGBXWUdOssG8HvvHzLoUnDZcFL/w640-h360/BLUE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>Following our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/7L-9qnjkPK4" target="_blank">recent appearance on Sherlock Mondays</a>, we revisited Christopher Morley's wonderful introduction to the Baker Street Irregulars' edition of "The Blue Carbuncle" from 1948.</p><p>For our Patreon supporters (and our PayPal supporters here) we have Burt's full reading of Morley's essay, followed by commentary and discussion with Scott afterward.</p><p>You can hear a sample here:</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock-xmas2023-sample.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 13.4 MB, 9:46</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="9467" data-dashlane-rid="10caae9c53986668" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29228268/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/32527c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;">You can listen to the full version if you're <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/special-episode-95299833?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">a regular Patreon supporter</a> for as little as $1 a month. Or if you'd prefer to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ihearofsherlock/shop/christmas-story-without-slush-90373?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">purchase this single episode</a>, it is available <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ihearofsherlock/shop/christmas-story-without-slush-90373?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">at this link</a>.</div><h4 style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;"><br /></h4></div></div></div><div>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><br /></p></div></div></div>

Special Episode: A Christmas Story Without Slush

“I’ve read enough of the slush” [VALL] Following our recent appearance on Sherlock Mondays , we revisited Christopher Morley's wonderfu...

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by Scott Monty

The Adventure of the Fur-Trimmed Hat

<h3 style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"> "all tell the same story of this dreadful <span class="highlight">apparition" [HOUN] <br /></span></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YlALh-20EBmFVyCDIUXotW-4YWq2DYQA5eSnVYOmG1C6_ClNB8Fe72ndqpMJL0nm_PSH-zJs8dNWcMXZcNQN7zPGD2ozTkCMs0dhAkVUfJue56ytrDCKgoI2HrOJt1Gz6htptGnb0wMxZ-IwnrHHQsajxkPZ1nroicvoAYlsciLh8k_Em_fw3hnbnC01/s340/SH_BLUE-0122.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="340" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YlALh-20EBmFVyCDIUXotW-4YWq2DYQA5eSnVYOmG1C6_ClNB8Fe72ndqpMJL0nm_PSH-zJs8dNWcMXZcNQN7zPGD2ozTkCMs0dhAkVUfJue56ytrDCKgoI2HrOJt1Gz6htptGnb0wMxZ-IwnrHHQsajxkPZ1nroicvoAYlsciLh8k_Em_fw3hnbnC01/w407-h350/SH_BLUE-0122.PNG" width="407" /></a></div><br /> <div>[<i><b>Editor's note:</b> the following is a parody for the holiday season, submitted by James C. O'Leary</i>] <br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Eve,
with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was
lounging upon the sofa in a chartreuse dressing-gown, the day’s newspapers
well-studied and his black briar emitting a curl of blue smoke in the ashtray.
Beside the couch was a straight-backed chair, and on the stile hung a seedy and
disreputable fur-trimmed stocking hat, much the worse for wear. A lens and a
forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been hung
with care for the purpose of examination.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"You are engaged," said I, "perhaps I
interrupt you." </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"Not at all. I am glad to have a friend with whom I can
discuss my results. The matter is a perfectly trivial one" (he motioned
his thumb with a jerk in the direction of the cone-shaped covering), "but
there are points in connection with it which are not entirely devoid of
interest, and even of instruction." </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I seated myself in his armchair, and accepted the glass of
heated eggnog Holmes offered, for the day had been still and cold and now that
night had fallen, it was colder still. "I suppose," I remarked after
a sip of the landlady’s concoction and the warm glow that started to radiate
from within, "that, homely as it is, this thing has some deadly story
linked to it--- that it is the clue which will guide you in the solution of
some profound mystery, and the punishment of some malefactor." </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"No, no. No crime," said Sherlock Holmes, laughing.
"Only one of those whimsical little incidents which will happen when you
have four and a half million human beings cheek-by-jowl within the space of a
few square miles. Amid the action and reaction of so dense a swarm of humanity,
every possible combination of events may be expected to take place, and many a
little problem will be presented which may be striking and bizarre without
being criminal. You know Peterson, the commissionaire?" </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"It is to him that this trophy belongs." </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"No, no; he found it. Its owner is unknown. I beg that
you will look upon it, not as a tattered tupplue, but as a conical conundrum.
Your arrival is fortuitous as Peterson is downstairs with Mrs. Hudson getting a
cup of tea and I as yet have listened to his story. We shall listen to it
together. In the meantime let us see what we can deduce of the owner.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"Precisely." </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"But you are joking. What can you gather from this old
battered bonnet?" </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"Here is my lens. You know my methods. What can you
gather yourself as to the individuality of the man who has worn this
article?"</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I took the harried headgear in my hands, and turned it over
rather ruefully. It was a red triangular plush cap with a white fur pom-pom at
the point, and white fur trim around the base. The lining had been of red silk,
but was a good deal sweat stained. There was no maker's name, at least as far as I
could tell, but sewn in once-golden thread were strange linear <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">hiero</span>glyphics. It was pierced in the inner
brim for a hat-securer, but the elastic was missing. For the rest, it was
exceedingly dusty, and spotted in several places, although there seemed to have
been some attempt to hide the discolored patches by daubing them with red ink.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my
friend. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"On the contrary, Watson; how many fingers am I holding
up?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Three.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Your eyesight is fine. You fail, however, to apply reason
from what you see."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"Then pray, tell me,” I replied with some asperity, “what it
is that you can infer from this hat?"</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">He gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him when he took on the air of a disappointed tutor
lecturing a particularly dense pupil. "It is perhaps less suggestive than
it might have been," remarked Holmes, "and yet there are a few
inferences which represent at least a strong balance of probability. That the
man was highly intellectual is of course obvious upon the face of it, and also
that he was fairly well-to-do, although he has now fallen upon evil days. He
had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a moral
retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, seems to
indicate some evil influence, probably elves, at work upon him.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Elves!”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“This may account also for the obvious fact that his wife has
ceased to love him,” he continued, disregarding my remonstrance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“He has, however, retained some degree of
self-respect. He is a man who leads a sedentary life, goes out little, perhaps
just once a year, is middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within
the last few days, and which he anoints with rather expensive avocado-cream.
These are the more patent facts which are to be deduced from his blushing
bucket. Also, by the way, that it is extremely improbable that he has gas laid
on in his house, no doubt because he lives on an isolated farm raising reindeer."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Surely, you’re joking!”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“You know I detest that nickname. I don’t even allow my brother
Mycroft to call me that.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“No, no; I meant you are certainly not serious.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ah. I’m quite serious, my dear fellow.”<br />
<br />
"How did you deduce that this man was intellectual?"<br />
<br />
For an answer, Holmes slipped the linty lid upon his head. The fur brim passed over
the forehead and settled upon the bridge of his nose. "It is a question of
cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a brain must have
something in it."<br />
<br />
"The decline of his fortunes, then?"<br />
<br />
"This hat is old. These type of plush fur-lined hats have long been out of
fashion. It is a hat of the very best quality. Look at the fur, and the
excellent lining. If this man could afford to buy so expensive a hat. and has
had no hat since, then he has assuredly gone down in the world."<br />
<br />
"Well, that is clear enough, certainly. But how about the foresight, and
the moral retrogression?"<br />
<br />
"Here is the foresight." said he, putting his finger upon the little
disc and loop of the hat-securer. "They are never solid upon hats. If this
man ordered one, it is a sign of a certain amount of foresight, since he went
out of his way to take this precaution against the wind. But since we see that
he has broken the elastic, and has not troubled to replace it, it is obvious
that he has less foresight now than formerly, which is a distinct proof of a
weakening nature. On the other hand, he has endeavored to conceal some of these
stains upon the plush by daubing them with red ink, which is a sign that he has
not entirely lost his self-respect. The further points, that he is middle-aged,
that his hair is grizzled, that it has been recently cut, and that he uses avocado-cream,
are all to be gathered from a close examination of the lower part of the
lining. The lens discloses a large number of hair-ends, clean cut by the
scissors of the barber. They all appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct
odor of avocado-cream, which is rare in this part of the world and speaks of a
wanton self-indulgence and further evidence of moral regression. This dust, you
will observe, is not the gritty, gray dust of the street nor the dirt of the
country, but the fluffy brown dust of the house, showing that it has been hung
up indoors most of the time; while the marks of moisture upon the inside are
proof positive that the wearer perspired very freely, and could, therefore,
hardly be in the best of training."<br />
<br />
"But his wife - you said that she had ceased to love him."<br />
<br />
"This hat has not been brushed for months, perhaps a whole year. When I
see you, my dear Watson, with a year's accumulation of dust upon your hat, and
when your wife allows you to go out in such a state, I shall fear that you also
have been unfortunate enough to lose your wife's affection, if not your wife
herself." <br />
<br />
"You have an answer to everything. But how on earth do you deduce that the
gas is not laid on in the house?"<br />
<br />
"One tallow stain, or even two, might come by chance; but, when I see no
less than five, I think that there can be little doubt that the individual must
be brought into frequent contact with burning tallow - walks upstairs at night
probably with his topper in one hand and a guttering candle in the other.
Anyhow, he never got tallow stains from a gas jet."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“But elves?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“I am familiar with over thirty types of European writing
systems. These markings sewn into the lining are Tomte runes, peculiar to an
especially short Scandinavian race locals refer to as ‘elves’. Our friend the
hat owner is not a Tomte himself as seen by the hat size but must have a deep
association with them to adapt their writing. They are a happy but
short-tempered race, given to much mischief. Loyal if treated well, but
pranksters and thieves if crossed. Long association with them could again lead
to moral retrogression.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“And the reindeer farming?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“There are several indications. One: this type of hat is
still fashionable in northern climes. Two: the white fun, unless I am very much
mistaken, is polar bear, again an indication the wear resides up north. Three:
the Tomte live in Scandinavia and nowhere else. Four: there are reindeer hair
on the outside of the hat. As the author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Study of Ungulates and Ruminants and Their Association with Criminal Actives,
Illustrated with Forty Color Plates</i> I was able to identify the fur quite
easily. It seems then highly probable our mysterious friend is a reindeer
farmer.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Footsteps sounded on the stair and after a knock on the door
Peterson the commissionaire entered. He greeted us cordially and at Holmes’
urging began his tale.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“I had an important commission this evening, but because it
was Christmas Eve, the cabbie decided not to wait for me. The streets were
fairly deserted and there was not another cab to be found so I started to walk
back home while keeping my eyes peeled for transportation. I was walking down
Bartholomew Lane---“</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Holmes sat up straight on the sofa. “You were in the City?” </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yes sir. Quiet as a tomb.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, it was dusk and not a soul to be seen. I reached the corner
when I suddenly heard the jingling of bells and out of the sky dropped this funny
hat, right at my feet. It’s not quite a bobble or a toque and it had this queer
sort of writing inside and I thought that if anyone could make sense of this
happening and maybe return the hat to its owner, it’s Mr. Holmes.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“What else did you find, Peterson?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The commissionaire’s cheeks flushed. We knew Peterson to be
an honest man and his reaction was one of embarrassment, not guilt. “We-ell,”
he stammered, “after I picked up the hat and looked at it and took a step onto
the way of going home, this piece of paper fluttered out of the sky right into
my hand. I thought it was…a reward – in advance, like, for getting the hat back
to its owner…’</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“A reward?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“You know, for doing a good deed…from…” Here Peterson looked
up at the ceiling. He reached into his pocket and then held out his hand. There in
his palm was a clean, crisp five-pound note. Holmes took up his lens and the
note and examined it under the lamp and even held it under his nose briefly.
When he turned back to us his manner was still <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">phle</span>gmatic but there was a most singular intentness in his eyes
that told me he had chanced upon some clue of importance. Holmes went over to
his desk. “I propose an exchange, Peterson, this fiver for yours. It’s not
quite as new, but it will spend the same and I guarantee it has the same amount
of luck as yours.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Peterson took the note with some reluctance. Holmes turned
back to his desk and scribbled out a message, handing it to the commissionaire
along with some coins. “Please go to the telegraph office and send this before
you go home. And,” he said placing a hand on the man’s shoulder, “I can assure
you this felt-and-fur Phrygian will find its home ere long.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As soon as the door close, Holmes tore off his dressing gown
and headed to the wardrobe in his room, all the while speaking. “What a blind
beetle I’ve been! You remember that pretty little problem of Helen Stoner’s at
Stoke Moran? At first all the clues pointed to the gypsies but once on the scene it
became obvious it was that group of plasterers hired by her nefarious
step-father.” Readers of these somewhat incoherent series of memoirs will
recall “The Adventure of the Spackled Band”. “Well, my deductions about that hirsute
headgear were perfectly reasonable, logical and entirely wrong, all because I
lacked two facts.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The five-pound note?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“And the location.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Bartholomew Lane?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The corner of Bartholomew Lane and Threadneedle Street.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A dark and sinister notion started forming in my mind. Holmes
came out of his room and tossed me a pistol while checking to see that his was
loaded. “Be a good fellow and hail us cab, eh, Watson?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The horse’s hooves beat out a swift tattoo as our hansom
headed to the City. “I believe you suspect Peterson’s fiver was a forgery.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“You positively scintillate tonight, Watson.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“So the hat is part of a disguise.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“For over one hundred and thirty years Jules-Thomas and Sons
has been operating out of the same building in the West End providing costumes
and property for theater companies and acting troupes. Like many immigrants to
our shores, they anglicized their name from the original Scandinavian Jultomten.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Jultomten<span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">—</span></span>Tomte?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Exactly so, Watson. The Jules-Thomases are descended from that
Scandinavian race locally known as elves and even today their scion are
exceedingly short people. Early in the company’s history, the family name was
sewn into their costumes</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">—</span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">”</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“I</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">n Tomte runes.”</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Watson, your eyesight improves by the moment! We can now
look at our muffed mantle in a new light. It was manufactured well over a
century ago of the best materials and meant to be durable. It was designed to
fit all heads so was made on the larger side, so it could accommodate wigs.
There is also the well-known factor of actors possessing larger crania than the
general population. To save costs, it is repaired frequently, such as the
touch-ups of red ink. As there is usually strenuous action on stage during the
course of a production, that would account for the hat-securer and the sweat
stains. As there is not much call for this type of hat except during the
holiday season, there would naturally be a many-months accumulation of dust in
the storage area located in the oldest part of the building where gas has yet
to be laid. The dust tells us one other thing; professionals like Jules-Thomas
would not allow a costume to go out in such a condition. Therefore, it must
have been stolen.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The freshly-cut grizzled hair then must belong to the
thief.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Bravo, Watson! I see that marriage has not staled your
infinite variety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Cabbie, stop here.” We
were let off at Cheapside and Queen Victoria Street and, being as inconspicuous
as possible on the deserted streets, made our way to the “Grey Lady of
Threadneedle Street”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bank of
England, the financial heart of the Empire stood dark, silent and imposing in
the light of the gibbous moon. The air was still and our breath shot out in
front of us like smoke from a pistol shot. We made our way along the bank’s
façade on Princes Street where Holmes found a rope ladder almost invisible in
the shadows. We climbed to the first level roof and surveyed the five story
wall that stretched above our heads to the top of the building. Here the
cunningness of the rope-ladder’s design was made clear as even in the bright
moonlight it was practically invisible to the eye and from the street below
would be non-existent.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">With Holmes in the lead we ascended the wall in the bracing
winter night air, up past the sloping shingles of the top floor to the narrow,
relatively flat roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There, not far
from us, silhouetted against the sky were a group of two-legged reindeer
gathered around a skylight. They spoke in whispers with their backs to us,
antlers bobbing in the cold. Nearby appeared to be a large sledge piled high
with packages. Holmes took out his revolver and I followed suit. We crept to
within a few feet of the costumed men then Holmes stood and in a quiet voice
said, “Gentlemen, do not move.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">His voice rang out like cannon fire in the hushed darkness,
seemingly turning the men to statues. Holmes edged closer to the skylight. “My
friend here is known as the Deadly Doctor, so pray, be still,” he said <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sotto voce</i> as he peered down in the
stygian depths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I took pride in Holmes’
complement of my marksmanship until the sniggering of one of the men reminded
me of its possible double meaning. The cocking of my hammer shut him up.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Presently, a shuffling sound emanated from within the
building and up rose from the black hole a head of long white hair, then a face
surrounded by a full white beard. One red-mittened hand held the rope ladder
attached to the skylight, the other a bag slung over a shoulder. Holmes clapped
his gun to the man’s head. “Up and out slowly, if you please. That’s good. Now
place the sack down. Right. Watson, you’ve heard me speak of this gentleman,
but I don’t believe you’ve had the pleasure of meeting him. Doctor John Watson,
Professor James Moriarty.” Holmes had pocketed his gun, grabbed the hair in one
hand and the beard in the other and yanked away. There stood the former
mathematics professor, his bald pate fringed with grizzled hair gleamed in the
moonlight, his sunken eyes glaring with malevolence at the detective. “A
masterful performance, Professor, although your costume is sadly incomplete.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Comprehension broke on his features as the whole chain of
events that led to his capture became clear. “The hat! If it wasn’t for that
damned freak gust of wind--- “ Those were his first and last words of the
evening as he clamped his mouth shut and refused to speak further.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then from out in the street there arose such a clatter.
“Watson,” said Holmes, his gun now back out and trained on Moriarty, “take that
gentleman there” (he indicated one of the reindeer who would appear to be most
at home at Newgate) “over to the ledge and have him report what he sees.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I motioned the brute over and he peered down. “There’s a
great lot of Black Marias, a fire brigade and a whole lot of coppers.” I
motioned the man back to his herd.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“That will be Inspector Bradstreet, the Yard, the City Police
and the ladder engine. I am afraid your brilliant plan of stealing the actual
five-pound note plates” (here he tapped the sack with his foot) “and
substituting counterfeit plates to cause the financial collapse of the Empire
is for naught, Professor.” City and Metropolitan Police swarmed to the roof and
soon the two professional law groups were fighting over who would make the
arrest and who would claim credit in the papers. Eventually, the criminals were
led away and the lawmen cleared the roof leaving Holmes and I alone at the scene.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Holmes examined the “sledge”, which was a balsa cutout
ingeniously constructed to fold into a small, portable square for easy
transport, yet from the street or the window of a neighboring building would
appear to be substantial. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“There is always a touch of the extravagant to Moriarty’s
schemes. To create a tableau of Father Christmas visiting the Bank of England
just to discredit any possible witnesses…” He shook his head. “Hum. I wonder…”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“What is it, Holmes?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Peterson said he heard bells, then the cherry chapeau landed
at his feet, yet neither Moriarty nor his ‘reindeer’ were wearing bells, and
this cutout certainly doesn’t have any. Where did the sound come from?”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then above the distant sound of London there was the faint
jingling of bells, which grew louder, then a voice from above said, “Good
night, Mister Sherlock Holmes. Ho, ho, ho.” We both turned skywards and there
across the waxing moon appeared four pairs of reindeer drawing a sledge driven
by a rotund bearded jolly man who waved at us. As we watched, the apparition
turned to the north and rapidly disappeared clean out of sight.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I do not know how long we stood there transfixed but finally
I whispered my companion’s name. That broke the spell. Holmes snapped, “Watson,
you know my maxim that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no
matter how improbable, must be the truth. As it is impossible for reindeer to
fly, the only vehicle able to lift such a sledge is a hot-air balloon,
which was not in evidence, and further, a hot-air balloon could not achieve such
speeds as witnessed, there can be only one probability for our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">folie
à deux</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">; Mrs. Hudson spiked
our eggnog with absinthe!</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“However, as this is the season of
forgiveness, we shall not reprimand her, or mention it to her, or,” he turned
to me and spoke in a steely voice, “mention this incident to anyone, ever!”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Holmes strode the roof edge and the
rope ladder, then stopped and stared thoughtfully at that spot in the northern
sky where the apparition vanished and where now faintly glowed a star.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“You know, Watson,” he spoke slowly
as a clock chimed midnight, “I am not one to celebrate holidays, but if I were
to wish for a present, I can think of no better one than to be with my old
comrade-in-arms, back in action and on the thrill of the chase, putting the
most dangerous criminal in London behind bars. Complements of the season.” He
stuck out his hand.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Complements of the season,
Holmes.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We clasped hands and shook.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arno Pro",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arno Pro",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDO_41etLUQ920R1cEW7cb2_T96TvRBBRxG7wsywIAqBY7XL3FMuOXsOeEef944jCVqicHfcmE0wO8qE7yz1fEtgQe_7UtlrPMpR6do4ZQCpIWWRMMZ6vvsLalq949EESY-eQV682NWlVc886HFcYTw_YDRu-1jNomedV-wl0sgh3-cPr38IUvR0ib16D/s1396/gahan%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1396" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDO_41etLUQ920R1cEW7cb2_T96TvRBBRxG7wsywIAqBY7XL3FMuOXsOeEef944jCVqicHfcmE0wO8qE7yz1fEtgQe_7UtlrPMpR6do4ZQCpIWWRMMZ6vvsLalq949EESY-eQV682NWlVc886HFcYTw_YDRu-1jNomedV-wl0sgh3-cPr38IUvR0ib16D/w405-h398/gahan%2002.jpg" width="405" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Arno Pro",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For inspiration, I’d like to thank John Foster of the Sherlock Holmes Society of St. Charles and
Gahan Wilson. —JCO’L</span><span style="font-family: Arno Pro, serif;"><b></b></span></span></i></p>

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The Adventure of the Fur-Trimmed Hat

"all tell the same story of this dreadful apparition" [HOUN] [ Editor's note: the following is a parody for the holiday s...

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by James C. O'Leary

Baker Street Elementary – The Facts (of Life) Are Briefly These

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“little birds and insects” [COPP] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2D5lraFTRstvMEipt-Gxx1UP6fX23aswWJ5UjIRCb8RN05HjRG9rfoCQWPjnCTOxj2pjDq1Xnd6ydV40W1WzbRBilSfEiFty2p0bLBJpYv4DQZEzZ2HEkcF2mXVzqocSlvgXFunL5m6dkXVbyBRB8m7ReP9OmRobtplo-6EqAZKkPJroaoulHMiIpsdKo/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2D5lraFTRstvMEipt-Gxx1UP6fX23aswWJ5UjIRCb8RN05HjRG9rfoCQWPjnCTOxj2pjDq1Xnd6ydV40W1WzbRBilSfEiFty2p0bLBJpYv4DQZEzZ2HEkcF2mXVzqocSlvgXFunL5m6dkXVbyBRB8m7ReP9OmRobtplo-6EqAZKkPJroaoulHMiIpsdKo/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are some elements of Victorian society which were never spoken of. At least not in polite society and certainly not in public.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The euphemism "the birds and the bees" has long been used to refer to one such topic. And it's likely that Holmes and Watson would have heard of it in their childhood, as Samuel Taylor Coleridge referred to the creatures in his collection "Work Without Hope" in 1825:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><blockquote>All nature seems at work . . . The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing . . . and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.</blockquote></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thankfully we never have to endure this talk in the Canon, as Watson was well-informed in this regard. He had, after all, "an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What might we make of Sherlock Holmes's retirement hobby of beekeeping? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps all of this got started at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUIBsaQORtK7SgMVrjfR1Oc_d7kJJLR2Y3sCtdaqjlpJJxNiyyUlMtVU967MtOG7o1Yz_umuM5OkbxPv-WE6rmeRM_NxkJyj-TxWRPOY6kAcYFg7h8Nd2a4nR3SWnr-LUiC8ODQ85HskW6bdlvCKHsfhFn0zbyqUM9Zq2j3HYXfNzs8oGybePgS0IE8jo/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUIBsaQORtK7SgMVrjfR1Oc_d7kJJLR2Y3sCtdaqjlpJJxNiyyUlMtVU967MtOG7o1Yz_umuM5OkbxPv-WE6rmeRM_NxkJyj-TxWRPOY6kAcYFg7h8Nd2a4nR3SWnr-LUiC8ODQ85HskW6bdlvCKHsfhFn0zbyqUM9Zq2j3HYXfNzs8oGybePgS0IE8jo/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBSIG8GTtt4P3sT6L305zMAUgVE4Ab0Uz4RFN6xkqIuTEg_HQg6CByf3Dyf2o_bP0HRQ8b7IRv9mWf7cLsPqID-EfgDztr_VvuQ0O8Gm7FLzFYCzfTYBC2nbs-g3Tvmy2lPEbVwZ0EUnCyxsN1XrwiSCCFHjPdxgDu1x49Jteno7d5T_p8U2QQD-rJy73/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBSIG8GTtt4P3sT6L305zMAUgVE4Ab0Uz4RFN6xkqIuTEg_HQg6CByf3Dyf2o_bP0HRQ8b7IRv9mWf7cLsPqID-EfgDztr_VvuQ0O8Gm7FLzFYCzfTYBC2nbs-g3Tvmy2lPEbVwZ0EUnCyxsN1XrwiSCCFHjPdxgDu1x49Jteno7d5T_p8U2QQD-rJy73/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf-8uXqH6piFtK7ND1DBqfabJeI1njaN48fH5p7qvKPI0AUlUGdgf9ljb-Zg1AaV7HmHu7hOJetwsAI2XSddkUXmzrahsrEH-5l1ITFufq6AZ7OoN-1vyLzTFxOft5cHaI1DRmkZ0bFdHvgewJTK4sFXqM0lQ3r8h49eF94ry9SyPlY84avbI-hMyCg2n/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf-8uXqH6piFtK7ND1DBqfabJeI1njaN48fH5p7qvKPI0AUlUGdgf9ljb-Zg1AaV7HmHu7hOJetwsAI2XSddkUXmzrahsrEH-5l1ITFufq6AZ7OoN-1vyLzTFxOft5cHaI1DRmkZ0bFdHvgewJTK4sFXqM0lQ3r8h49eF94ry9SyPlY84avbI-hMyCg2n/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC0c2y2SdgSjl-Pl8OrvKI81VI9Sqhoihi1FQ2tmIuczouOJKPApiL8hfMpjrRizAJiL5tqslrypG8-i8hhcULJDU8YBLz1pnoyxBN3WbkpmXZhJH57YYK7be1l8ikLrgdtUXXxXSf-ZFwk3RWQTnNAimdmel2lqF9tlnP-bpiUyr76gcFcZj74Br_jk6/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC0c2y2SdgSjl-Pl8OrvKI81VI9Sqhoihi1FQ2tmIuczouOJKPApiL8hfMpjrRizAJiL5tqslrypG8-i8hhcULJDU8YBLz1pnoyxBN3WbkpmXZhJH57YYK7be1l8ikLrgdtUXXxXSf-ZFwk3RWQTnNAimdmel2lqF9tlnP-bpiUyr76gcFcZj74Br_jk6/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20167.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and 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; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; 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></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – The Facts (of Life) Are Briefly These

“little birds and insects” [COPP] There are some elements of Victorian society which were never spoken of. At least not in polite society a...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 278: Belanger Books

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a line of books” [NOBL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e9LmjO0KU49d6T4CspzQTNu9wHdDwBw9TKVyLrHWcpDzi6E-NMkTRyazcU5IGbIsJuduWMPifgpgteh-IozSJapPo0opuRzgdFthLf0kplIxmpOMNej6cjIYD3StsM3hZnhJRSR6CGYq79nlJ2lr26L5vZ3hsw3UzkvKDOAUzmxidnb6uGlhzeaM8uQL/s800/ihearofsherlock278%20wide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e9LmjO0KU49d6T4CspzQTNu9wHdDwBw9TKVyLrHWcpDzi6E-NMkTRyazcU5IGbIsJuduWMPifgpgteh-IozSJapPo0opuRzgdFthLf0kplIxmpOMNej6cjIYD3StsM3hZnhJRSR6CGYq79nlJ2lr26L5vZ3hsw3UzkvKDOAUzmxidnb6uGlhzeaM8uQL/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock278%20wide.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>Derrick Belanger is one half of the duo responsible for Belanger Books, one of the prominent Sherlockian publishers, founded in 2015.</p><p>His passion for Sherlock Holmes began uncommonly — in a way we can't ever recall hearing from a guest before. But that passion fueled the founding and direction of Belanger Books, which focuses on traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches as well as the Solar Pons stories.</p><p>Many of the titles on Belanger Books began as Kickstarter efforts, and the latest volume, <i>Steel True, Blade Straight</i> is an annual journal of Sherlock Holmes- and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-inspired stories, poems, and scholarship and is endorsed by the ACD Society.</p><p>We also have listener mail, Sherlockian news, and of course the <b>Canonical Couplet</b>, which features as a prize your choice of a book from the Belanger Books catalog.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by December 29, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>, not only will you help to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services, but we have thank-you gifts at certain tiers and ad-free versions of the episodes for all patrons.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock278.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 89.2 MB, 1:05:00</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="2345" data-dashlane-rid="cae9c15e41aa0ff1" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29105948/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h4 style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere</a></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="639" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyAfMy7WsxQV7D-7YxXoJ7uyOK4l3ZKzNMFZT0_e2g_3u8z2Gbtn4x3WQzTw0OqaSsP-k13-QHde9EnFgO3uzikjHmQ3rK2_0Xmvb_v6ggUV32CnZ2ZeqiSrAkGL0SUYMvr0JEiMJupjFvq8dQL8CuZqAWTTbMcYBZVV1NHgYP4X5XME7qekOhj2fZg/w400-h145/Pod%20Link.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a><a href="https://www.wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">/Gasogene Books</a> is the premier publisher of books about Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle.</li><li>Get your <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2024-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">Page A Day Sherlock Holmes Calendar</a> for 2024, available exclusively at MX Publishing. 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Resented Sherlock Holmes</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://www.sherlockholmesmag.co.uk/product-page/issue-15" target="_blank">Issue 15 of Sherlock Holmes Magazine is out</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose206" target="_blank">Episode 206</a> - interview with SHM editor Adrian Braddy</li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2023/12/a-brief-programming-announcement.html" target="_blank">IHOSE is leaving Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/7L-9qnjkPK4" target="_blank">Burt & Scott to join Sherlock Mondays for Ep. 14 on December 18th</a> (YouTube)</li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? 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Episode 278: Belanger Books

“a line of books” [NOBL] Derrick Belanger is one half of the duo responsible for Belanger Books, one of the prominent Sherlockian publisher...

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by Scott Monty

The 2024 Sherlock Holmes Page-a-Day Calendar

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “a case of appearing daily” [SHOS]</h4><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_CsdbuWpjVHyT16PToFR-SNw6R6re8S_UUEKsnDiMjjUZk9wFcZc6pjb5nCRU8hBgbSxf0oorfch9PTnBBlesdTFgdT0tVKx7LZ9GAKRY0xqp1x7mgpWYHL0H-j8a5BUY_zWOKlZW20WEMmnWVudcadc0FPptw-KTWcAY1nKy_O2O8GwhaYRZUSsYGSDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="480" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_CsdbuWpjVHyT16PToFR-SNw6R6re8S_UUEKsnDiMjjUZk9wFcZc6pjb5nCRU8hBgbSxf0oorfch9PTnBBlesdTFgdT0tVKx7LZ9GAKRY0xqp1x7mgpWYHL0H-j8a5BUY_zWOKlZW20WEMmnWVudcadc0FPptw-KTWcAY1nKy_O2O8GwhaYRZUSsYGSDA=w400-h332" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>What could be better than 12 months of Sherlock Holmes images and quotes on a calendar?</div><div><br /></div><div>A full year of daily Sherlock Holmes quotes and images on a calendar! That's what you get with the <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2024-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">2024 Page A Day Sherlock Holmes Calendar</a> sold by MX Publishing.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Artist Mike Foy and author Richard Ryan have teamed up to bring this to life for 2024. Each day features an illustration, as well as a relevant quote from the Canon, and an event that happened on that particular date.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's more, since 2024 is a Leap Year, you get one extra day!</div><div><br /></div><div>Hurry and order yours before Christmas arrives. The UK stock has been sold out; orders are currently only available in the U.S.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>[<i>Disclosure: MX Publishing is an advertiser on the IHOSE podcast</i>]</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

The 2024 Sherlock Holmes Page-a-Day Calendar

“a case of appearing daily” [SHOS] What could be better than 12 months of Sherlock Holmes images and quotes on a calendar? A full year of d...

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by Scott Monty

A Brief Programming Announcement

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I had my scruples” [FINA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQST2JwGgTMWi1jDfKVqrEZIfIcYq-TL6kOxjzKrVdanP0DQvbdFdNEXg2VjZJFZuL8YbjXCCeL2463pTdpFQgDHtuuuNMpk1-NbuODZspW19RU-vdaIct_5vl_aiEPyDS9lBhg99cCXtv/s512/iPad+Large+icon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQST2JwGgTMWi1jDfKVqrEZIfIcYq-TL6kOxjzKrVdanP0DQvbdFdNEXg2VjZJFZuL8YbjXCCeL2463pTdpFQgDHtuuuNMpk1-NbuODZspW19RU-vdaIct_5vl_aiEPyDS9lBhg99cCXtv/s16000/iPad+Large+icon.png" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere will no longer be active on Twitter. </p><p>The site has devolved in terms of usability and reach, and the owner has made recent statements and decisions that cross an ethical line for us.</p><p>It pains us, as we first alerted our readers to it in <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/03/sherlock-holmes-was-very-busy-man-soli_20.html">March 2007</a> and began compiling lists of other Sherlockians on Twitter in <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2009/11/every-nerve-in-twitter-twis_30.html" target="_blank">November 2009</a>. </p><p>We co-hosted our first #SherlockPBS Twitter chat in <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/10/to-me-than-twitter-illu_25.html" target="_blank">October 2010</a>, followed by others in <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/05/for-second-time-abbe_4.html" target="_blank">May 2012</a> and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/01/live-sherlockpbs-twitter-chat.html" target="_blank">January 2014</a>. </p><p>We invented the #BSIWeekend hashtag to help connect the online Sherlockians with those in New York City for the annual January festivities.</p><p>We auto-posted our latest episodes and blog posts every time we produced new ones.</p><p>Over the course of that decade and a half, we amassed some 10,000 followers.</p><p>But now it's time to say goodbye.</p><p>We'll be spending most of our time on Facebook, Instagram, <a href="https://www.threads.net/@ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Threads</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ihearofsherlock.com" target="_blank">Bluesky</a>. For the most up-to-date listing of where to find us, please see our <a href="https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Linktree</a> site.</p><p>And of course, be sure you're following <b><i>Trifles</i></b> and <i><b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b></i> wherever you get podcasts.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

A Brief Programming Announcement

“I had my scruples” [FINA] I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere will no longer be active on Twitter. The site has devolved in terms of usability ...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – A Milesteone

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the place to commemorate” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2kdp3p9v_MEfy98ly3V_JmRTQOBuNfTu_cemHMu09jCxxA03myn-zWfXslZpx_nEqfym13j24laZCN7GGLglG83h0vt9g9EJDS-M81KoOS69ZSdxwZK1gZw-OxJPTJZI1bS0qSs2WreKTzyhSAO1lGaGXgcAOfv-MPU4BgvklHHNQSD3Nq18jQQnU3Ig/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20166.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2kdp3p9v_MEfy98ly3V_JmRTQOBuNfTu_cemHMu09jCxxA03myn-zWfXslZpx_nEqfym13j24laZCN7GGLglG83h0vt9g9EJDS-M81KoOS69ZSdxwZK1gZw-OxJPTJZI1bS0qSs2WreKTzyhSAO1lGaGXgcAOfv-MPU4BgvklHHNQSD3Nq18jQQnU3Ig/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20166.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's not an overstatement to say that the Sherlock Holmes stories would not have been successful if they only featured one of the two residents at 221B Baker Street. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sherlock Holmes himself wrote two stories (LION and BLAN) and while they were interesting tales, they didn't rise to the level of the other adventures written by Dr. Watson. And the comedy/fantasy of Watson trying his hand as "The Crime Doctor" in <i>Without a Clue</i> was hilariously misguided.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No, there are some things that only work together.  “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” as the old proverb goes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Such is the case with our twice-monthly podcast <i><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a></i>, about to enter its 18th season, and our weekly show <i><a href="https://sherlockholmespodcast.com" target="_blank">Trifles</a></i>, entering its 8th season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So please join us in celebrating going farther with the team at Baker Street Elementary, who themselves have marked a significant milestone in their co-creative efforts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – A Milesteone

“the place to commemorate” [STUD] It's not an overstatement to say that the Sherlock Holmes stories would not have been successful if t...

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Episode 277: Sherlock Mondays

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Episode 277: Sherlock Mondays

“I was much astounded by this programme” [HOUN] When Sherlockians are looking for more ways to fill their listening and viewing time, what ...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Joss Ackland

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"a very smiling face, and a great heavy chin" [COPP]</h4>
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Actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Ackland" target="_blank">Joss Ackland</a> has passed away. He was 95 years old.<br />
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Sherlock Holmes fans may recognize him from a number of roles which we'll detail below — which would seem to parallel his stage career. In 2010, the Express credited him as appearing <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/182273/Motor-neurone-disease-made-Joss-Ackland-and-his-wife-live-life-to-the-full" target="_blank">in more plays than any other living actor</a>.<br />
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Born in London in 1928, he was trained at the Central School of Speech and drama and made his debut in 1945 in "The Hasty Heart." His first film was the thriller <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042949?ref_=nmbio_mbio" style="font-style: italic;">Seven Days to Noon</a> (1950), but he was uncredited; he made his credited debut in a supporting role in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044656?ref_=nmbio_mbio"><i>Ghost Ship</i></a> (1952). Ackland spent the late 1940s through the first half of the 1950s in regional theatrical companies, where he worked on his craft.<br />
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In 1955, he left the stage and managed a tea plantation in Africa for two years, where he also served as a disc jockey and wrote plays. In 1957, he returned to England and joined the Old Vic theatre company and managed the Mermaid Theatre from 1962-1964. At this time, he established his prominence on the stage with many performances in London's West End, including Captain Hook in "Peter Pan," Juan Peron in "Evita," and Falstaff in "Henry IV Parts 1 and 2."<br />
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During that time, he also began a run as a memorable character actor in films and television. He had roles in widely distributed films with great box office success such as <i>The Hunt for Red October</i>, <i>Lethal Weapon 2</i> ("<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBXH-5QrGU" target="_blank">Diplomatic immunity!</a>") and <i>The Mighty Ducks</i>.<br />
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He made his first Sherlock Holmes-connected appearance as The Hon. Philip Green in "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" opposite Douglas Wilmer in the BBC's <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163492/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_179" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes</a></i>.<br />
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He also played the president in John Cleese’s disastrous parody, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Case_of_the_End_of_Civilization_as_We_Know_It" target="_blank">The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It</a></i>, in which Cleese played the grandson of Sherlock Holmes. In "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0687038/?ref_=ttep_ep13" target="_blank">The Mystery of the Amber Beads</a>," an episode of the BBC series <i>The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes</i>, based on the anthologies edited by Hugh Greene, Ackland played Grubber.<br />
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Ackland joined Christopher Lee and Patrick McNee in 1992 to play King Edward in <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102115/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_64" target="_blank">Incident at Victoria Falls</a></i>. In that role, he sent a ready-to-retire Sherlock Holmes on a mission to South Africa to recover the Star of Africa diamond.<br />
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But we remember him most vividly and fondly for his turn as Jephro Rucastle in "The Copper Beeches" from Granada's <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. This episode is toward the beginning of the Granada production, and it was a faithful adaptation with exquisite costuming, locations and casting.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKWmrblcpfkKaCcAlS1u1GSEUrlXdxYi2n3l070G6a8ARaNqi2i8iqqOzDpsy0wmESab_uaEm_7zlv2htTlqUUxsnA5107rFrq0-PiDjNo57f6gDqr2KGHnKjEoEcF6ELrHGu4hke1aQfxJpR547Hv0g14xI_7P744BiW3vBJTJWPCH6EnWlzDyHvLS0C/s1680/Joss%20Ackland%20-%20Jephro%20Rucastle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1680" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKWmrblcpfkKaCcAlS1u1GSEUrlXdxYi2n3l070G6a8ARaNqi2i8iqqOzDpsy0wmESab_uaEm_7zlv2htTlqUUxsnA5107rFrq0-PiDjNo57f6gDqr2KGHnKjEoEcF6ELrHGu4hke1aQfxJpR547Hv0g14xI_7P744BiW3vBJTJWPCH6EnWlzDyHvLS0C/w640-h412/Joss%20Ackland%20-%20Jephro%20Rucastle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Ackland seemed perfectly cast as Rucastle, as Conan Doyle described him as "a round, jovial man" who was a "prodigiously stout man with a very smiling face and a great heavy chin which rolled down in fold upon fold over his throat...with a pair of glasses on his nose."<br />
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In <a href="https://youtu.be/nnwOdEu4A6Q?si=lDqK9gQZRTKvVd5F&t=1671" target="_blank">one of the signature scenes</a> (with the late Natasha Richardson as Violet Hunter), we're treated to this excerpt described in the original story:<br />
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"Mr. Rucastle, walking up and down on the other side of the room, began to tell me a series of the funniest stories that I have ever listened to."</blockquote>
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As a former disc jockey with decades of stage experience and as the father of seven children (whom he listed as his "hobby" in a 1981 interview), it's no doubt that Joss Ackland could have pulled off Rucastle's storytelling abilities.<br />
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Joss Ackland was rewarded for his service to the profession in 2001 when he was made a Commander of the British Empire. In 2002, <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/182273/Motor-neurone-disease-made-Joss-Ackland-and-his-wife-live-life-to-the-full" target="_blank">he lost his wife of 51 years</a>, Rosemary, to motor neuron disease. With her permission, he published her diaries in 2009 under the title <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Better-Half-Rosemary-Ackland/dp/0091930618" target="_blank">My Better Half and Me</a></i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Six of his seven children survive him, as do 32 grandchildren.<br />
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