I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 310: White Smoke

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“we can bring it to a successful conclusion” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIUaL4UNVTe4_dltDZGUlvAefQBDgWZdtrZkP3KNR9scLA_FAVECBUGI9WSCh1Yr3buN9kdj74cnRRJIpHotHegIIwkkwV6M-W-g6S5PfCd6AA8H0YwKQMAqIPORZM2h6phW9U1AI0ygCHCCz1uQAL9JopOCTAIIfQ2zGcoeJQHnU14rRqNYePxhPVig/s1501/ihearofsherlock310-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1501" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIUaL4UNVTe4_dltDZGUlvAefQBDgWZdtrZkP3KNR9scLA_FAVECBUGI9WSCh1Yr3buN9kdj74cnRRJIpHotHegIIwkkwV6M-W-g6S5PfCd6AA8H0YwKQMAqIPORZM2h6phW9U1AI0ygCHCCz1uQAL9JopOCTAIIfQ2zGcoeJQHnU14rRqNYePxhPVig/w640-h380/ihearofsherlock310-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>When we discussed the Midwest Canonical Conclave in Episode 308, we weren't exactly sure what to expect. Organizer Steve Doyle, BSI ("<i>The Western Morning News</i>") gave us a general idea of what the aim was and what we might see there, but our expectations were blown away.</p><p>Unlike any other Sherlockian event we've attended, the inaugural BSI Canonical Conclave (this of the Midwest variety) was a true delight. Burt and Scott reflect on the event and their experiences, consider the benefits of having attended, and muse on the future of Sherlockian gatherings.</p><p>Speaking of Sherlockian gatherings, we share June events in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, Madeline Quinones is back with <b>A Chance of Listening</b>, and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with something from the vaults for the winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by May 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>).</p><p>Supporters can see photos from the event <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-310-127863812?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-310-white-smoke" target="_blank">here</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;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock310.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 52 MB, 52:47</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/36382965/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" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border: none;" data-dashlane-rid="baf1fee0d91c83b8" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="9432"></iframe></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="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><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> is hosting a special event at Undershaw on <b>May 17</b>, with a livestream component. Sign up and celebrate 10 years of <i>The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories</i>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><i>Trifles</i> <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 10 - The Dressing Gown of Many Colors</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose193" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 193: Doings of Doyle</a> </li><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>

Episode 310: White Smoke

“we can bring it to a successful conclusion” [EMPT] When we discussed the Midwest Canonical Conclave in Episode 308, we weren't exactly...

+ Read more »

by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Granada Sherlock Holmes Starring Jeremy Brett Remastered in 4K

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “even more highly” [SCAN] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrkv18lSBTrZ1-6z8vfHiPi7LCtAo1CO92pPLunLnfIlZfMY3HibqACaEYiZIk57qLek6ycWhQVXkTd7BlInEhNDS9dytWWhGxnTU-YYiD-2E4KQrsgiMpt3UMnqqutXxemzX30QSTFQgKhM9BxN3S39yiAkaRcl73mmvbjn_QLGOkYggdueIqAT5zG7g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrkv18lSBTrZ1-6z8vfHiPi7LCtAo1CO92pPLunLnfIlZfMY3HibqACaEYiZIk57qLek6ycWhQVXkTd7BlInEhNDS9dytWWhGxnTU-YYiD-2E4KQrsgiMpt3UMnqqutXxemzX30QSTFQgKhM9BxN3S39yiAkaRcl73mmvbjn_QLGOkYggdueIqAT5zG7g=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>The early days of watching the Granada/ITV production of <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke, happened in the mid-1980s, when television sets were cathode-ray tube affairs and the primary recording devices were VHS machines.</div><div><br /></div><div>As a result, viewing and re-viewing of these classic episodes meant a low-resolution experience that lacked the color and crispness that we have come to enjoy in modern television viewing.</div><div><br /></div><div>The advent of DVDs and Blu-ray have resulted in high-definition (HD) viewings that have led to amazing details (such as subtle patterns in clothing or more visible props) to pop for modern viewers. And 4K technology is the latest in that evolution.</div><div><br /></div><div>4K resolution refers to a display with a horizontal resolution of roughly 4,000 pixels, or 3840 x 2160 pixels. This means that 4K displays have a significantly higher pixel density than Full HD (1080p) displays, resulting in sharper images, more detailed textures, and improved color accuracy. </div><div><br /></div><div>And that's precisely what we've got with the latest iteration of the Jeremy Brett / Granada series.</div><div><br /></div><div>YouTube channel Owen Davies has created <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMD9ghErEvtwRx0Cspiim_GWPL5Mu18s8&si=CWMiTqQT9gAUX6Rr" target="_blank">a playlist of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series remastered in 4K</a>, thanks to the advances in artificial intelligence.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>He writes:</div><blockquote><div>“Ultimately, this playlist will contain every episode of every season (The Adventures of, Return of, Casebook of and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), plus the feature-length TV movies, AI remastered to 4K.”</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>You can find the videos on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ODavies" target="_blank">his YouTube channel</a> and embedded below: </p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=I39pD3I3rYJC80cg&list=PLMD9ghErEvtwRx0Cspiim_GWPL5Mu18s8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The game's afoot!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

Granada Sherlock Holmes Starring Jeremy Brett Remastered in 4K

“even more highly” [SCAN] The early days of watching the Granada/ITV production of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , starring Jeremy Bre...

+ Read more »

by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Baker Street Elementary – Flowery Language

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“What a lovely thing a rose is” [NAVA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKNVge84-PjzyYZ_74O_Twx0xb2ZgHiFBhL-dEMZx7VMKdAshSlJvyoqCWCTIfmOZ6xHgxsh_VnxwjY53X-QDfLDncfKxs42LBcDU43dixdqwgiLWEbhN1NYfgk45dVFwkXZlzl0R8guW9Nekgphb6qP03MlQ4p5wqA2ZjmYXYhr2Lec9xys3R2CloBM/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKNVge84-PjzyYZ_74O_Twx0xb2ZgHiFBhL-dEMZx7VMKdAshSlJvyoqCWCTIfmOZ6xHgxsh_VnxwjY53X-QDfLDncfKxs42LBcDU43dixdqwgiLWEbhN1NYfgk45dVFwkXZlzl0R8guW9Nekgphb6qP03MlQ4p5wqA2ZjmYXYhr2Lec9xys3R2CloBM/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Sherlock Holmes was not a fan of emotions, particularly when it came to his work. In <i>The Sign of Four</i>, he reacted to Watson's write-up of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>:<blockquote><div>“Honestly, I cannot congratulate you upon it. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.” </div></blockquote><div>In "The Greek Interpreter," Watson tells us:</div><div><blockquote><div>“His aversion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character...” </div></blockquote></div><div>And in "A Scandal in Bohemia, he related just how foreign it would be for Holmes to feel deeply:</div><div><blockquote><div>“Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>So the famous "rose" speech in "The Naval Treaty" seems particularly striking in contrast, where we find Holmes getting sentimental, perhaps driven by intense contemplation and a philosophical mood.</div><div><blockquote><div>“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. 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 again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Of course, Providence created all kinds of flowers — even those that don't smell quite a sweet as a rose. Does that qualify as "goodness"?</div><div><br /></div><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;">The Baker Street Elementary team might just be saying OMG...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Lp4f-c7BaPKi7BcVX1gazp32-3ezA0swRjBa7jneak3a1134x5XXUAdTHkRMPoR0tQF6HJP13fvl5m32Z-bZ77N3ZHfSteDQZMHbIViXvY8hoED8RS4cMLyM-nbY2VO6ALS1nREy_tgqjsMwBYqWLpSXzttt3ooeGu_WzHsz1uLF1-i4WVG8AwfDtc/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Lp4f-c7BaPKi7BcVX1gazp32-3ezA0swRjBa7jneak3a1134x5XXUAdTHkRMPoR0tQF6HJP13fvl5m32Z-bZ77N3ZHfSteDQZMHbIViXvY8hoED8RS4cMLyM-nbY2VO6ALS1nREy_tgqjsMwBYqWLpSXzttt3ooeGu_WzHsz1uLF1-i4WVG8AwfDtc/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN3_PSF3fXxePZcE8DBsGIEO0bKWVpRfuL2FjgJMr6sSdQFdbSrFbvxDiChYdZTGFdaga07K9EPnEKagi7BC7-U1AXRu-txuwNaL5fq63TxpAWupuNjFtYpZaYBCumDbWogkE6HnXvGm2YHXaBou1vVZJjCQdQN56kLnNu6XOZNhq_wuJ2w8cnSu-bVE/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN3_PSF3fXxePZcE8DBsGIEO0bKWVpRfuL2FjgJMr6sSdQFdbSrFbvxDiChYdZTGFdaga07K9EPnEKagi7BC7-U1AXRu-txuwNaL5fq63TxpAWupuNjFtYpZaYBCumDbWogkE6HnXvGm2YHXaBou1vVZJjCQdQN56kLnNu6XOZNhq_wuJ2w8cnSu-bVE/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbZzFvt2wX173vkiS0vCtHqek_YvqifAu2uiHx6wK_vhBE5c3H_RyQKxoOR3XJhpMwj59it5w49A8qlkBEmaqWmTcphCLX4_2SmsetwgQFr2mVNBMwhEH0XFh893S6w2LJLgq_Aj_N_D8KnRVP-BqvoSN9VvPMy2NShSNRxNfXBCH4ix-5ZR843nM4S8/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbZzFvt2wX173vkiS0vCtHqek_YvqifAu2uiHx6wK_vhBE5c3H_RyQKxoOR3XJhpMwj59it5w49A8qlkBEmaqWmTcphCLX4_2SmsetwgQFr2mVNBMwhEH0XFh893S6w2LJLgq_Aj_N_D8KnRVP-BqvoSN9VvPMy2NShSNRxNfXBCH4ix-5ZR843nM4S8/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.4.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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><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 the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><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></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Flowery Language

“What a lovely thing a rose is” [NAVA] Sherlock Holmes was not a fan of emotions, particularly when it came to his work. In The Sign of Fou...

+ Read more »

by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 309: Holmes In an Hour or Two

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences” [SCAN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqnCe9ODTa_zY0IzmcsZNs41Xb2S4MdTzK5_LmkH6g6dkrXI7Dfy10_LZbfdx1BjxIIGhb90bqJL4gq2DLNDJUQi57UMBLDjahUK3vhyphenhyphennBwUN_8oCm5gDfa8DkvHEBltvVuR6_Lxdn1EVZGL76uIsnitcmdOddQcsYW_WrKIUjFVpABehux20WKAZOI28/s1333/ihearofsherlock309-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1333" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqnCe9ODTa_zY0IzmcsZNs41Xb2S4MdTzK5_LmkH6g6dkrXI7Dfy10_LZbfdx1BjxIIGhb90bqJL4gq2DLNDJUQi57UMBLDjahUK3vhyphenhyphennBwUN_8oCm5gDfa8DkvHEBltvVuR6_Lxdn1EVZGL76uIsnitcmdOddQcsYW_WrKIUjFVpABehux20WKAZOI28/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock309-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><p>Don't care for Sherlockian chronologies? Well, you're not alone! Neither did our guest today, and he's written a number of books on the subject.</p><p>Brad Keefauver, BSI ("Winwood Reade") is a member of the Sherlockian Chronologist Guild and author of <i>Holmes In an Hour or Two: A Sherlock Holmes Fan's First Sherlockian Chronology, or Create Your Own Timeline of Sherlock Holmes's Life in the Shortest Time Possible</i>. It's not a matter of simply picking dates or looking for discrepancies; creating a chronology can take into account all sorts of data, and trying to put it all together is truly a thinker's puzzle.</p><p>We have some Sherlockian society events we share in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of Brad's book for one lucky winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by April 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</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;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock309.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 54.6 MB, 58:49</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="11131" data-dashlane-rid="94031f3c6720935b" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/36183435/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/341210/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 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><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> is hosting a special event at Undershaw on May 17, with a livestream component. Sign up and celebrate 10 years of <i>The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories</i>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/4czp22J" target="_blank">Holmes In an Hour or Two</a></i> (Amazon)</li><li><a href="https://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sherlock Peoria</a></li><li><a href="https://bkeefauver5.wixsite.com/sherlockchronoguild" target="_blank">Sherlockian Chronologist Guild</a></li><li><a href="https://historicalsherlock.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-other-chronologists.html">The OTHER Chronologists</a> (Historical Sherlock)</li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose144" target="_blank">Episode 144: Chronologies of Sherlock Holmes</a> </li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose258" target="_blank">Episode 258: The Monstrum Opus of Sherlock Holmes</a></li></ul><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>

Episode 309: Holmes In an Hour or Two

“good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences” [SCAN] Don't care for Sherlockian chronologies? Well, you're not a...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary - A Quarter for Your Thoughts

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand” [WIST] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ya_QDAG4LYaoJLUr8eoTIwL_EIJFM3spceHb6sdOhqemdJeyD4woab4llrrfKp4J6xv1KggQYgaxbIMaOdz1pV06UlO7JaIqBpvlv1faIbgpR5ANbdXhkAWKXJvEjyFvIpIZDvdyUXvZ5JIRmGtRYJ7Be1K1D4As0ASH4mx7ds-wI-NN_MiFmn6SwFU/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ya_QDAG4LYaoJLUr8eoTIwL_EIJFM3spceHb6sdOhqemdJeyD4woab4llrrfKp4J6xv1KggQYgaxbIMaOdz1pV06UlO7JaIqBpvlv1faIbgpR5ANbdXhkAWKXJvEjyFvIpIZDvdyUXvZ5JIRmGtRYJ7Be1K1D4As0ASH4mx7ds-wI-NN_MiFmn6SwFU/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In "Wisteria Lodge," John Scott Eccles tells Sherlock Holmes about his strange experience of waking up in a host's house completely alone. In his desire to discover more, he visits the office of a real estate agent. <br /><div><blockquote><div>“I called at Allan Brothers’, the chief land agents in the village, and found that it was from this firm that the villa had been rented. It struck me that the whole proceeding could hardly be for the purpose of making a fool of me, and that the main object must be to get out of the rent. It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand.”</div></blockquote></div><div>What is quarter day and what does it have to do with real estate?</div><div><br /></div><div>The short answer is there are four quarter days in a year: one each in March, June, September, and December. And rent was always due at the end of the quarter.</div><div><br /></div><div>The longer answer is each of these quarter days has a special significance tied to a religious holiday or celebration:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b>March:</b> Lady Day (the Annunciation)</li><li><b>June:</b> Midsummer Day (the Nativity of John the Baptist)</li><li><b>September:</b> Michaelmas (St. Michael and the Angels)</li><li><b>December:</b> Christmas (the Nativity of Jesus)</li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div>It is only Lady Day that gets mentioned in the Canon, though. We've already mentioned "Wisteria Lodge." The other is "The Resident Patient," when Percy Trevelyan recounted Mr. Blessington's offer:</div><div><blockquote>“This was the strange proposal, Mr. Holmes, with which the man Blessington approached me. I won’t weary you with the account of how we bargained and negotiated. It ended in my moving into the house next Lady Day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested.”</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In the very first season of <i>Trifles</i>, we discussed <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/03/13-quarter-day-is-at-hand.html" target="_blank">the significance of quarter days</a>: </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;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="7506" data-dashlane-rid="38094c7cd0071a92" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35555380/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/1a1f21/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 class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, at Baker Street Elementary, the dates seem to be the biggest mystification of all...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQsYJ8Y2ZE-Z08Td94n0uuQjO_2TYd69nnitzYE1IWJjnJ8jzO0UZHlW1OqREPMKl0v5EqV4mgkFy-M9M4F5rQiXmlvRQHBnBblmwBmwmk__AxnbjZk8vO4bOKbbTBEA_-IOixvIxh0GwIgYe0Q0WQB4KXjB_l8TKfjJnNwH1R4jmKjnklEsu78B5DFM/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQsYJ8Y2ZE-Z08Td94n0uuQjO_2TYd69nnitzYE1IWJjnJ8jzO0UZHlW1OqREPMKl0v5EqV4mgkFy-M9M4F5rQiXmlvRQHBnBblmwBmwmk__AxnbjZk8vO4bOKbbTBEA_-IOixvIxh0GwIgYe0Q0WQB4KXjB_l8TKfjJnNwH1R4jmKjnklEsu78B5DFM/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXJuO4u-AQQP_aMYDPYXlIMkQwPAhNUbS-pHICOFXEl10VSZXkG_VCd0mx7z-K27qtd0wZlZi4RhXgvlClKuliUaA_NUzHVqaRshlzw1U_Ao-rGd7D0Q_-YVarxw08czO7b6ZTrbgKoVlH6BnOcj1WaSXxSiN8ZiiQKIVwpPPS3NMH4h-tV7QYz5ome4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXJuO4u-AQQP_aMYDPYXlIMkQwPAhNUbS-pHICOFXEl10VSZXkG_VCd0mx7z-K27qtd0wZlZi4RhXgvlClKuliUaA_NUzHVqaRshlzw1U_Ao-rGd7D0Q_-YVarxw08czO7b6ZTrbgKoVlH6BnOcj1WaSXxSiN8ZiiQKIVwpPPS3NMH4h-tV7QYz5ome4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNTLAfAfMKDZYhwak_E9pxjPkhUCwxmAQdeGC_t9JOHdILMoe9_0LlR3jpnqUU6Ejjr5rfupHEefRAVrdvuYTu1zzfzj7Q7XxQjoWec1icUmGy9CM6dbAlew7Ke111OpHFdWVZvInJMzIMfFEmrw39sNRr0F_KwUkCGSK30MwSHnPO_roG8_Suh9nE14/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNTLAfAfMKDZYhwak_E9pxjPkhUCwxmAQdeGC_t9JOHdILMoe9_0LlR3jpnqUU6Ejjr5rfupHEefRAVrdvuYTu1zzfzj7Q7XxQjoWec1icUmGy9CM6dbAlew7Ke111OpHFdWVZvInJMzIMfFEmrw39sNRr0F_KwUkCGSK30MwSHnPO_roG8_Suh9nE14/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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;"><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 the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><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>