I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 296: Spy Hunter

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“You are here as a spy” [ILLU] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbKQ7iSneQwfhqcg051BjmOF4LphorGSkNRpDxOGq3Z62tb6Wk2Jo6pDa4CRGkL_391YMVzAy88MZHmF_c8YTnuUojBvn1YgjP9i84jgpqgo5JahgtkHCUmBz3WjTGDyg1ljcNNXjg2F8LRmHNDHOTiST1-JRvqRCT_xrIIsBsOgdVvSxyw2Zjy0PmoSe/s974/ihearofsherlock296-widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="974" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbKQ7iSneQwfhqcg051BjmOF4LphorGSkNRpDxOGq3Z62tb6Wk2Jo6pDa4CRGkL_391YMVzAy88MZHmF_c8YTnuUojBvn1YgjP9i84jgpqgo5JahgtkHCUmBz3WjTGDyg1ljcNNXjg2F8LRmHNDHOTiST1-JRvqRCT_xrIIsBsOgdVvSxyw2Zjy0PmoSe/w640-h440/ihearofsherlock296-widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><p>In <i>Spy Hunter</i>, it’s 1914 and Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protégée, suspects a German spy.</p><p>This is where H.B. Lyle's fourth installment in his Irregular series picks up. Ben joined us to share his journey as a writer focused on historical fiction, and how easily the ringleader of Holmes's street urchins turned to spycraft. The early days of MI5 and MI6 hold particular interest, and we learn about an inspiration by George MacDonald Fraser along the way.</p><p>We also bring you the Sherlockian news, another podcast review in Madeline Quinones' "A Chance of Listening," and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a copy of <i>Spy Hunter</i>. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by October 14, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. 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Episode 296: Spy Hunter

“You are here as a spy” [ILLU] In Spy Hunter , it’s 1914 and Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, forme...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Getting Schooled

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“He was not studying medicine.” [STUD] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5czvzbooFfisM86PRMbWcPoC1J0gMvVAQNAG7GYfKyBvwiNa6i4UK9SoFhGHhgyTvW-_6RmmDtCFNc5AmLeLaq-EjaxZYpAHpBv03-Jl8mL_-mOkGEsO8UPeOSjLoJwaiFhyx3q_QBBUJRbt0NkaTxFMPBRHeezqZ3_EDrWPkTPoYFXaZn3mn5LRiSsy3/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20187.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5czvzbooFfisM86PRMbWcPoC1J0gMvVAQNAG7GYfKyBvwiNa6i4UK9SoFhGHhgyTvW-_6RmmDtCFNc5AmLeLaq-EjaxZYpAHpBv03-Jl8mL_-mOkGEsO8UPeOSjLoJwaiFhyx3q_QBBUJRbt0NkaTxFMPBRHeezqZ3_EDrWPkTPoYFXaZn3mn5LRiSsy3/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20187.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From the very beginning of their association, we know that Sherlock Holmes was good at science-related topics, thanks to Dr. Watson's list "<i>Sherlock Holmes</i>—his limits."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But upon preparing to meet him for the first time, after young Stamford talked him up as "an enthusiast in some branches of science," it was only natural for Watson to ask: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“A medical student, I suppose?” said I.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“No—I have no idea what he intends to go in for. I believe he is well up in anatomy, and he is a first-class chemist; but, as far as I know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the way knowledge which would astonish his professors.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From the very beginning, we were meant to believe that Sherlock Holmes was an expert chemist. But this was only judged as such by Stamford, who had a limited knowledge as a dresser; and by Watson, who only had enough knowledge of chemistry as any medical man of the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Holmes's demonstrations of his chemical expertise may have impressed amateurs, but it's just possible that true experts may have responded as Watson did later in that same story:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Brag and bounce!” thought I to myself. “He knows that I cannot verify his guess.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For more on this topic, as explored by Sherlockian chemist Remsen Ten Eyck Schenck in a 1952 issue of <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>, listen to <a href="https://episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/ZGIxMGNkOWItOTVhOS00N2Y4LTk1YTYtMWMyZmUwMDA5OTY3" target="_blank"><i>Trifles</i> Episode 403: Baker Street Fables</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="6961" data-dashlane-rid="96c37833ef45d921" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/33118377/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/de7b0f/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><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, let's see where careers are headed at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – Getting Schooled

“He was not studying medicine.” [STUD] From the very beginning of their association, we know that Sherlock Holmes was good at science-relat...

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by Scott Monty

Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Susan Rice Mentorship Award

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“twinkling in front of us through the gloom to guide us” [SPEC]  </h4><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/AVvXsEgGNsgCY2JRMohz42NAtuVTQXg8WSSN8Hf4peDxiox5RWJOeJ2AS6tlyNMsQJVrNi5Ff9MdNw6PeZ7w0--Bg7bpxzouCLqGCEBhAYe_uXv1kyGoKHgvDeI8Hi3pXWWjeyO-gouPG6cbojhQ7UdI9XjtT98NM-q9zHsL6_mccy4ajEzRrQsxlSP2l3Onaw/s960/Blau-Rice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="960" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNsgCY2JRMohz42NAtuVTQXg8WSSN8Hf4peDxiox5RWJOeJ2AS6tlyNMsQJVrNi5Ff9MdNw6PeZ7w0--Bg7bpxzouCLqGCEBhAYe_uXv1kyGoKHgvDeI8Hi3pXWWjeyO-gouPG6cbojhQ7UdI9XjtT98NM-q9zHsL6_mccy4ajEzRrQsxlSP2l3Onaw/w640-h428/Blau-Rice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div>Every profession, every hobby needs mentors. A mentor's job is to help new arrivals understand the context and meaning of the organization they're stepping into. Mentors helpfully point out the guardrails, endlessly encourage curiosity, and consistently communicate the worth and potential of those in their charge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mentors are leaders.</div><div><br /></div><div>And we were blessed to have such a leader in <b>Susan Rice, ASH, BSI, 2s.</b> ("Beeswing") as part of the Sherlockian movement. You can read <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/10/remembering-susan-rice-ash-bsi-2s.html#.Y0VupXZKjb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what our peers had to say about Susan</a> upon her passing four years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Susan was an exceptional writer, and one of her specialties was Vincent Starrett. We had the opportunity to speak with her and <b>Ray Betzner, BSI</b> ("The Agony Column") about Starrett on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose61" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 61</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4677" data-dashlane-rid="7bd3e822dd64a1ca" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2671427/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/000000/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And there could be no better example of Susan's mentorship than her involvement with the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes and the quiet yet determined effort to see women admitted to the Baker Street Irregulars, which we discussed with her and <b>Evelyn Herzog, BSI</b> ("The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet") in <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose89" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 89</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4680" data-dashlane-rid="ef76ff83883f0b14" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4113629/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/a70101/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So when the <b>Susan Rice Mentorship Award</b> was announced at the 2022 BSI Weekend, it was no surprise that stalwart <b>Peter Blau, BSI</b> ("Black Peter") was announced as the inaugural recipient. [That's Peter pictured above with Susan.]</div><div><br /></div><div>The second recipient, announced at the 2023 BSI Weekend was <b>Evelyn Herzog, BSI, ASH</b> ("The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet").</div><div><br /></div><div>And the most recent recipient in 2024 was <b>Francine Kitts, BSI, ASH</b> ("Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope").</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Nominations for the 2024 Susan Rice Mentorship Award are open until October 31.</b> The winner will be announced and presented with the award during the 2024 BSI Weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXTIK0FKFYMe2DJ3yLgFLMocXxgB2syBNincfwLQCeTX3An7QTCWcucAiHzG_6l5Q4Kyms8xJDI8hE2ml2wiaRwb09Q_nnePlZ7iGWiSyKDeGGCdjwouO_iXxTURfrsPMohGC2wGEQkGz-OTNJaFAqnSE_Qfd3w6VnUl_chkZlWgkXT3Lm6xpIyoj6A/s1500/Award.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1500" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXTIK0FKFYMe2DJ3yLgFLMocXxgB2syBNincfwLQCeTX3An7QTCWcucAiHzG_6l5Q4Kyms8xJDI8hE2ml2wiaRwb09Q_nnePlZ7iGWiSyKDeGGCdjwouO_iXxTURfrsPMohGC2wGEQkGz-OTNJaFAqnSE_Qfd3w6VnUl_chkZlWgkXT3Lm6xpIyoj6A/w640-h494/Award.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><h3>What is the Susan Rice Mentorship Award?</h3><div><div>The award is to recognize the activities of a member of the Sherlock Holmes community who has been a mentor to others, in the spirit of Susan Rice. The award will be judged on the mentor’s commitment to bringing aspiring Sherlockians into the cause and encouraging them to find ways to keep green the memory of Sherlock Holmes. While those activities could be in the traditional realm of trifling monographs and playing The Game, we would also recognize that the effort could take place in other media and activities. </div><div><br /></div><div>To sum up who we are looking for in a few words: Someone who is generous, welcoming, and offers encouragement.</div><p><br /></p><h3>Who Is Eligible For The Award?</h3><p>The Susan Rice Mentorship Award is open to all living Sherlockians who are generous, welcoming, and offer encouragement. They will also need to have a proven record that supports that definition. No current judges or previous winners may be considered for the award. The award is not limited to members of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p><p><br /></p><h3>How Is Someone Nominated?</h3><p>The award will be given based on nominations. The nominator should complete an essay of <b>750 words or fewer </b>that answers this question: “Who do you believe should be recognized for their work in mentoring aspiring Sherlockians and why? Please provide specific examples of their guidance, encouragement, and welcoming spirit.” </p><p>Qualities to consider when nominating: Welcoming to all Sherlockians; looking out for new Sherlockians to join the ranks; encouraging involvement and guiding people through their participation; connecting new Sherlockians to current members of the BSI; believing in someone even if they don’t believe in themselves; leaving the organization better than when they joined it. </p><p>Should someone be nominated in one year and not win, they would need to be re-nominated for consideration in succeeding years.</p><p><br /></p><h3>Where Should Nominations Be Sent?</h3><p>Nominations should be sent to <a href="mailto:SusanRiceMentorAward@gmail.com">SusanRiceMentorAward@gmail.com</a>. An acknowledgment email will be sent in reply. </p><p><br /></p><h3>Who Are The Judges?</h3><p>The current judges are <b>Curtis Armstrong</b>, <b>Francine Kitts</b>, <b>Jenn Eaker</b>, <b>Ashley Polasek</b>, and <b>Steven Rothman</b>. Again, judges are not eligible for the award.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a heartfelt reminiscence on Susan Rice's impact from a former mentee of hers, read <a href="http://www.vincentstarrett.com/blog/susan-rice-mentorship-award" target="_blank">Curtis Armstrong's essay on the Studies in Starrett blog</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>We hope you nominate someone worthy of the award.</p><p><br /></p><p>--</p><p><br /></p></div>

Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Susan Rice Mentorship Award

“twinkling in front of us through the gloom to guide us” [SPEC] Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI Every profession, every hobby needs me...

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Episode 295: Holmes Poirot

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“two tickets for the theatre” [BRUC] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQC-LygX0N74R-ZwyLEDzBoL6Id9sw1ZHtN3_gpjJHy9b2_3kXu15wIj7JCFjWbJfwAnDxsOW_TIRvET6rSUslioFGpgoh4cSBpqHUdn7jj4pCSPdzi-J32IPzmLY5-RITFlRSGErDVcEH6duoDlZ5FEsN0fXBpZqzOEN476THAiV9sk70ivLTnQfgNQ1/s1484/ihearofsherlock295wide.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQC-LygX0N74R-ZwyLEDzBoL6Id9sw1ZHtN3_gpjJHy9b2_3kXu15wIj7JCFjWbJfwAnDxsOW_TIRvET6rSUslioFGpgoh4cSBpqHUdn7jj4pCSPdzi-J32IPzmLY5-RITFlRSGErDVcEH6duoDlZ5FEsN0fXBpZqzOEN476THAiV9sk70ivLTnQfgNQ1/w640-h466/ihearofsherlock295wide.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>Jeffrey Hatcher, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") and Steve Hendrickson have teamed up for a new Sherlock Holmes play in which we find one mystery, separated by 25 years. Holmes has the first crack at it, followed by Hercule Poirot decades later. </p><p>Appropriately enough, it is called <i>Holmes Poirot</i>. And it premieres in St. Paul, Minnesota in October 2024.</p><p>Hatcher is known to Sherlockians for his screenplay for <i>Mr. Holmes</i> as well as two other Sherlockian plays. Hendrickson has played Sherlock Holmes on stage numerous times before with Bob Davis as his Watson. The two of them swap roles in the second act of this play, with Hendrickson assuming the role of Captain Hastings and Davis as Poirot.</p><p>We talk with Jeff and Steve about their experience creating this innovative new play, about their early starts with Sherlock Holmes, and much more. </p><p>We have the latest podcast entries in Madeline Quinones' "A Chance of Listening," and another <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a surprise item from the IHOSE Vaults. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by September 29, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. 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Episode 295: Holmes Poirot

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Baker Street Elementary – Feeble

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“on to other topics” [NAVA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXKIuPYDEfN0Szv_hhXQk7ytP_1cFf9oKGls9i9ukqcTFC30qde35TSy7nSJcNO0ynRaLI1doTfOgTNGWoj2aITDvfB1zF4knjgMFW7051Sa9z1jHz0e0snnd3KEeIZBKPMAZWDwn_y-cR0VSnu3AahxUz0wbYYBRRDzNlZJtHYXYFOTpcWvbl_OwGAIA/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXKIuPYDEfN0Szv_hhXQk7ytP_1cFf9oKGls9i9ukqcTFC30qde35TSy7nSJcNO0ynRaLI1doTfOgTNGWoj2aITDvfB1zF4knjgMFW7051Sa9z1jHz0e0snnd3KEeIZBKPMAZWDwn_y-cR0VSnu3AahxUz0wbYYBRRDzNlZJtHYXYFOTpcWvbl_OwGAIA/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We're often told to avoid talking about politics and religion in certain settings. Sherlock Holmes didn't spend much time on those topics either, aside from representing the government in a handful of cases, handling a case for the pope, having a rusty memory of the Old Testament, and one well-known reverie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But there was one story in which Sherlock Holmes dealt with both politics <b><i>and</i></b> religion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In "The Naval Treaty," Holmes was engaged by Percy Phelps, who had a position at the Foreign Office, thanks to his uncle, Lord Holdhurst. On Phelps's watch, a treaty between England and Italy that defined the Triple Alliance, went missing. While it was a matter of personal and professional interest to Phelps, there were political implications if the treaty were put on the open market. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In that very same story one of the most beautiful passages in the Canon has Sherlock Holmes contemplating a rose and the creator:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say gain that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Is it any coincidence that we find religion being contemplated in the same story as politics?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's see how they handle it at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE7GUavqmRqyFPRAiEjRmtrlw96ivAwYoMu8VjtDRhKat9ra3oGUKKfxuanuwIyQPURnENWcLXrpKSTyfDrDNQPoL4r_DN6LUUQ4Bt8RE33u2f_q3g59hBS8hRLIROSsW-acLCs6Ei8JHf94mmaYpelgJ1Tm59Dhlk7N9l1V_k-zbbmf7Bn7POt7s-p3G/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE7GUavqmRqyFPRAiEjRmtrlw96ivAwYoMu8VjtDRhKat9ra3oGUKKfxuanuwIyQPURnENWcLXrpKSTyfDrDNQPoL4r_DN6LUUQ4Bt8RE33u2f_q3g59hBS8hRLIROSsW-acLCs6Ei8JHf94mmaYpelgJ1Tm59Dhlk7N9l1V_k-zbbmf7Bn7POt7s-p3G/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.2.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e5w9pK0vr9dnAMcSR3KrqwHN2xkVujZMAeh7tOZcOez-AeEj7UZar8FHLbAoi8u73v5NT9oNqsCxpEZbRMdt0JxRyk22QQbeoadmPCL2RtfJs4mxmI1Cs_7TIidv8Kyee8Z5_5SkXnYDqEBAcA-qOt0JkGbbQ70O0PVyLkl7ZvLLd2DizgwpAbYYLJSm/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e5w9pK0vr9dnAMcSR3KrqwHN2xkVujZMAeh7tOZcOez-AeEj7UZar8FHLbAoi8u73v5NT9oNqsCxpEZbRMdt0JxRyk22QQbeoadmPCL2RtfJs4mxmI1Cs_7TIidv8Kyee8Z5_5SkXnYDqEBAcA-qOt0JkGbbQ70O0PVyLkl7ZvLLd2DizgwpAbYYLJSm/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.3.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkNZGbJ_nBW6sLbXBxcCIB3lHfevOlfvwFdxQU4LgaLxAY2-ySeQ1rMZ7X8wB2XjLSs__F0RUS94PhO-kmLDnv1y9q-ot6F7Z6Cu9cqEl1pKZZqrf0fPlUAbe_iBxPYonHd_lrGADxy0eJ-N_d_KU5eFXZXTl4z0pZO-VGJftbqXw6sjTaEzv_o7SOuXF/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkNZGbJ_nBW6sLbXBxcCIB3lHfevOlfvwFdxQU4LgaLxAY2-ySeQ1rMZ7X8wB2XjLSs__F0RUS94PhO-kmLDnv1y9q-ot6F7Z6Cu9cqEl1pKZZqrf0fPlUAbe_iBxPYonHd_lrGADxy0eJ-N_d_KU5eFXZXTl4z0pZO-VGJftbqXw6sjTaEzv_o7SOuXF/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.4.JPG" /></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. 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></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Feeble

“on to other topics” [NAVA] We're often told to avoid talking about politics and religion in certain settings. Sherlock Holmes didn'...

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by Scott Monty

The 2024 BSI Trust Lecture

<p></p><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“a course of lectures” [COPP] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSeQ9puf9TOJ6O6dp3Cz2MYP8wSo251TePRUcLQUijUZ2DfvMi15bVkdq4ZheTV83kyOnrNym1FbvvaxxtP1_0FG6X-si5iqntCEzrc-Im43rAFOOU55IBZ83GBD4_XaeZ8q7cCNVDbvs8e5b3xvWX3OCizj3xGlA4vN_tbz8tBYPESsj5ye70OqFN9my/s925/Mattias%20Bostrom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="925" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSeQ9puf9TOJ6O6dp3Cz2MYP8wSo251TePRUcLQUijUZ2DfvMi15bVkdq4ZheTV83kyOnrNym1FbvvaxxtP1_0FG6X-si5iqntCEzrc-Im43rAFOOU55IBZ83GBD4_XaeZ8q7cCNVDbvs8e5b3xvWX3OCizj3xGlA4vN_tbz8tBYPESsj5ye70OqFN9my/w640-h480/Mattias%20Bostrom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The name Mattias Boström, BSI ("The Swedish Pathological Society") will be familiar to the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere audience. He previously appeared on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose127" target="_blank">Episode 127: From Holmes to Sherlock</a>.</p><p>Mattias is author of the Agatha Award-winning <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3z6yg7F" target="_blank">From Holmes to Sherlock</a></i> (2017) and serves as one of the editors for the <i><a href="https://wessexpress.com/html/newspapers6.html" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle in the Newspapers</a></i> series of books. He resides with his wife and two daughters outside of Stockholm, Sweden, and is a member of various Sherlockian societies including the BSI.</p><p>And he will be giving the fourth annual BSI Trust Lecture, titled "'The public shall know': The Impact of the Baker Street Irregulars Over 90 Years" on Zoom on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm EDT.</p><p>Mattias will use an analysis of thousands of newspaper articles and a deep dive into the activities of the <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/" target="_blank">BSI</a> to shed light on how the BSI has helped to create and shape the Sherlockian landscape for nearly a century.</p><p>Registration is for this free Zoom webinar is open to everyone but does require <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AiJlhQLLQ8uHGdl1UUQFEA#/registration" target="_blank">advance registration</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The BSI Trust Lecture</h4><p><b>Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York)</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Online using Zoom</li><li>Open to all Sherlockians & the public</li><li>Free – no registration fee</li><li>Advance registration required</li><li>Registration closes when event reaches capacity</li></ul><p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AiJlhQLLQ8uHGdl1UUQFEA#/registration" target="_blank">Register now</a> to attend what will be a comprehensive and fascinating event for fans of Sherlock Holmes and those curious about the history of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Listen to Mattias Boström on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose127" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 127</a>:</h4>
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The 2024 BSI Trust Lecture

“a course of lectures” [COPP] The name Mattias Boström, BSI ("The Swedish Pathological Society") will be familiar to the I Hear o...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjomlF_29NctOLNMVQuTQYWpqTBPshqLWcBDvA12PYJdbxtiABDiCt2CkqaHx9PdDKbnnNhpQmuFaYUo0LV6cjTXMcjOiYHmVCyB9_eWbV_vIQjHPGuoU3NfCWqgMQV_GmcmMxzqPUSv6xBysj5Ie3mwVEgsHU4QfOCUJRqo1ImO5AVFHPJxmTGunpLFlcc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1050" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjomlF_29NctOLNMVQuTQYWpqTBPshqLWcBDvA12PYJdbxtiABDiCt2CkqaHx9PdDKbnnNhpQmuFaYUo0LV6cjTXMcjOiYHmVCyB9_eWbV_vIQjHPGuoU3NfCWqgMQV_GmcmMxzqPUSv6xBysj5Ie3mwVEgsHU4QfOCUJRqo1ImO5AVFHPJxmTGunpLFlcc=w590-h487" width="590" /></a></div><br />Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes on stage may be interested in knowing that the final chapter of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3XEfNbW" target="_blank">Horror on the Stage: Monsters, Murders and Terrifying Moments in Theater</a></i> is titled "Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror."<div><br /></div><div>The 15-page section contains descriptions of the following stage productions: <p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Speckled Band</i> (1910), written by Arthur Conan Doyle, with an outline of the play, a history of its performances, and a summary of critical reaction</li><li>A marionette version of the above from 1937 adapted by Ruth Fenisong</li><li><i>Four Sherlock Holmes Plays </i>(1964) by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, which consist of "The Speckled Band", "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Mazarine Stone", and "The Blue Carbuncle" (although only the first is described)</li><li><i>The Adventure of the Speckled Band</i> (1981) by Tim Kelly</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>(1978) by F. Andrew Leslie</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>(1982) by Anthony Hinds (producer of the Hammer film starring Peter Cushing as Holmes)</li><li><i>The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire </i>(1988) by Peter Buckley</li><li><i>Clash of the Vampires </i>(2006) by Frank J. Morlock, which also features Count Dracula</li><li><i>Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Mummy's Tomb</i> (1994) by Julian Harries and Pat Whymark</li></ul><div>There are many more productions mentioned in passing, so this isn't a complete rundown. I'm not clear on why these particular choices were made — perhaps they're the ones the author had access to in some way? </div><div><br /></div><div>I would also have liked to know more about how they fit into the subject of the book, but this volume is a catalog, not intended to provide substantial analysis.  </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3XEfNbW" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1050" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmy71qGc_Rkr4mQAWXVQ8pp0QOwde-K71OWYGpbQ2R9zx7yUxuyeLbRVVjDE3ZOXU6NlHCGmOfpVOBZ-jI6WOj-XmAGvVzs2YCasx94XduOvwPKMEKq_ZMPTmrmGGrb0oU2hjACjDXcMJn1YJqs_h8C21JX7iUzY8EDA6lO8N8_f9QW-suvlQlJierxZSx=w261-h373" width="261" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3WXVeqx" target="_blank">Horror on the Stage</a></i> by Amnon Kabatchnik, published by <a href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/horror-on-the-stage/" target="_blank">McFarland</a>, June 2023, is available in paperback and Kindle format <a href="https://amzn.to/3WXVeqx" target="_blank">on Amazon</a>.</div><div><br /></div><p></p></div>

Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror

"He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD] Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes o...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Baker Street Elementary – King Me

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the folly of a monarch” [NOBL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAELQSDBGtltpmG4f5m2ArJC7gvG-4heJXh6NJ8mrlCHDOw6iq1ugh1EVnRsUimcSmP25UcLc2AsjnimL25Mfu7OX5N0FBiz_tG3e5BY1EQ5_jNS0C37LJWMIPu31UWAc23dywy6PXeiwuCthYbw2_jTaTpEOrq54VmLn2UwIJq0P8SlaOrBtPfTzjZJHo/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20185.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAELQSDBGtltpmG4f5m2ArJC7gvG-4heJXh6NJ8mrlCHDOw6iq1ugh1EVnRsUimcSmP25UcLc2AsjnimL25Mfu7OX5N0FBiz_tG3e5BY1EQ5_jNS0C37LJWMIPu31UWAc23dywy6PXeiwuCthYbw2_jTaTpEOrq54VmLn2UwIJq0P8SlaOrBtPfTzjZJHo/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20185.1.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Aside from "a certain gracious lady" who gifted Sherlock Holmes an emerald tie-pin at Windsor one afternoon, we don't think of British royalty very often in the Sherlock Holmes stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And yet, there are at least a dozen references to British monarchs hidden throughout the 60 stories. Some are quite obvious, but others are oblique and even obscure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">How many can you name?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For a rundown of exactly how many there are and in which stories they appear, listen to <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles298" target="_blank">Episode 298 of Trifles</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="526" data-dashlane-rid="1f031779187ea878" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24376128/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d41d1f/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></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And for goodness sake, pay attention in class at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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