I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 211: Dear Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"you must acknowledge, my dear Holmes" [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JtEMlFtJbrU/YDwNoTOe03I/AAAAAAABSHY/AgXigSOwIbIaRTf51nE_xe37dOdOwaH1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/dearholmes-header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1500" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JtEMlFtJbrU/YDwNoTOe03I/AAAAAAABSHY/AgXigSOwIbIaRTf51nE_xe37dOdOwaH1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h306/dearholmes-header.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>When you hear about Richard Ryan's writing projects, you might make an exclamation much like Watson did in the presence of Sherlock Holmes. The self-described "pantser" already had five books to his name on MX Publishing (<i>The Vatican Cameos</i>, <i>The Stone of Destiny</i>, <i>The Druid of Death</i>, <i>The Merchant of Menace</i>, <i>Through a Glass Starkly</i>) and is at work on his sixth, <i>Three May Keep a Secret</i>.</p><p>In addition, he is also completing an anthology series for Belanger Books called <i>1881</i>, has authored a children's book <i>B Is For Baker Street</i>, and is an editor with the Dear Holmes project, where subscribers receive actually letters by mail that challenge them to solve mysteries.</p><p>What inspires this former newspaperman and how does it do it? Join us as we uncover the secrets of his Sherlockian success.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will receive a copy of one of Richard Ryan's books from MX Publishing (your choice).  Answers are due by March 14, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. We have a new structure for 2021, with support on a monthly (rather than per-episode) basis, and a community just for our supporters! Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></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/ihearofsherlock211.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size 23.6 MB, 47:57</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><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-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/995155807&color=%23646464&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=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; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="ihearofsherlock">ihearofsherlock</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/dear-holmes" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Dear Holmes">Dear Holmes</a></div><br /></div></div></div></div><h2><b>Sponsors</b></h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a> is the premier publisher of books about Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, including <a href="https://wessexpress.com/html/bookman.html" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle, and The Bookman</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a new offering: <a href="http://ihose.co/mxbookclub" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Book Club</a>. It's a monthly subscription program for Sherlock Holmes books.<br /><br /></div></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><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li>This episode: <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose211">ihose.co/ihose211</a></li><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/collections/sherlockian-author-profile-richard-ryan" target="_blank">Richard Ryan's books on MX Publishing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dearholmes.com/" target="_blank">Dear Holmes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dearholmes.com/blog" target="_blank">Featured Detective on Dear Holmes</a></li><li><a href="https://belangerbooks.com/" target="_blank">Belanger Books</a> - publisher of the <i>1881</i> anthology</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/my_dear_holmes" target="_blank">Dear Holmes on Twitter</a></li><li>Previous episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles217" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 217: Colours in the Canon</a><br /><br /></li></ul></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at <a href="https://ihose.co/flipsherlock" target="_blank">ihose.co/flipsherlock</a> as well as through our accounts on <a href="https://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing:</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pod.link/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a></div><br />And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? 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Episode 211: Dear Holmes

"you must acknowledge, my dear Holmes" [HOUN] When you hear about Richard Ryan's writing projects, you might make an exclamat...

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by Scott Monty

The Music Sherlock Holmes Heard in The Red-Headed League

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “Sarasate plays at the St. James’s Hall this afternoon” [REDH] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XtkPa06_ReQ/YDR-ZHDzf0I/AAAAAAABSDY/d30iOBdE6BsWnYDNJwmkhdmJ3dTtwJ4gQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/40%2B-%2BSarasate%2Bviolin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="640" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XtkPa06_ReQ/YDR-ZHDzf0I/AAAAAAABSDY/d30iOBdE6BsWnYDNJwmkhdmJ3dTtwJ4gQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/40%2B-%2BSarasate%2Bviolin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>We know Sherlock Holmes enjoyed music. From his own violin-playing to a few mentions of concerts he attended, he often escaped from the woes of the world and the problems he was trying to solve through music.</p><p>In "The Adventure of the Red Headed League," he says "Sarasate plays at St. James's Hall this afternoon," and he and Watson make their way to the concert, where Holmes clearly enjoyed himself, "wrapped in the most perfect happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music."</p><p>In addition to being a performer, Sarasate was a composer. If you've never had the opportunity to listen to some original Sarasate, here's <a href="https://youtu.be/E_8f2Za39ZY" target="_blank">Navarra for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 33 (1889)</a>, from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, played by Paul Huang and Danbi Um on violin, and by Orion Weiss on piano:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E_8f2Za39ZY" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>Most chronologists agree that "The Red-Headed League" took place in late 1889 or 1890. As this piece was composed in 1889, it's entirely possible that it was on the program at St. James's Hall that afternoon that Holmes sat in the stalls.</p><p>In case you're interested in the life and times of Pablo de Sarasate, on <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles40" target="_blank">Episode 40 of Trifles</a>, we discussed him:</p><p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/345310028&color=%23646464&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/40-who-was-sarasate" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Who Was Sarasate?">Who Was Sarasate?</a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Thanks to Glen Miranker for the tip.</i></p><p>--</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>

The Music Sherlock Holmes Heard in The Red-Headed League

“Sarasate plays at the St. James’s Hall this afternoon” [REDH] We know Sherlock Holmes enjoyed music. From his own violin-playing to a few...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Accept No Substitute

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">“</span>not aware of the substitution” [REDC]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FzbFYIA7ycc/YDKTrrKCmLI/AAAAAAABSBI/3IJcabdGSl8-dTAg8AcZr22YjPNKpwExgCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FzbFYIA7ycc/YDKTrrKCmLI/AAAAAAABSBI/3IJcabdGSl8-dTAg8AcZr22YjPNKpwExgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As we look through the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find a fair number of governesses or live-in tutors who are responsible for the education of young children in the English countryside.</div><div><br /></div><div>Violet Hunter was tasked with this role in "The Copper Beeches," as were Grace Dunbar in "The Problem of Thor Bridge," Miss Burnet in "Wisteria Lodge," Mary Morstan in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, and Violet Smith in "The Solitary Cyclist." </div><div><br /></div><div>We looked at the issue of governesses in <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles110" target="_blank">Episode 110 of Trifles</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="200" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!0136660bd7ff96b133afbe0bcbc0a9a38408573a" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But when it comes to teachers, one in particular stands out. One who, despite the way he is treated, takes his job as guardian of the children in his care quite seriously.</div><div><br /></div><div>We're referring to Herr Heidegger, the German master in "The Priory School." We're told "he was a silent, morose man, not very popular either with masters or boys."</div><div><br /></div><div>And yet, when Lord Saltire stole away from the school, lured by his kidnapper, it was Heidegger who pursued him with such haste and vigor that he left his shirt and socks behind, climbed down the ivy, and gave chase on his bicycle before meeting a grisly end.</div><div><br /></div><div>Despite his lack of popularity and his semi-misanthropic nature, he went beyond the call of duty to safeguard one of the school's resident students.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the kind of dedication and care we hear about by many teachers across the world. These employees of (mostly) public entities who are woefully underpaid take their charge seriously, as they are tasked with molding the minds and character of the next generation. We owe them a great debt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Although it looks like the teaching staff at Baker Street Elementary was outmatched at times...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_1JwAuhVNc/YDKTwpIQe7I/AAAAAAABSBM/X39dhdmdd1YYHNc7KKWlV3hATbTtVutYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_1JwAuhVNc/YDKTwpIQe7I/AAAAAAABSBM/X39dhdmdd1YYHNc7KKWlV3hATbTtVutYgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BhFqrUtKrwo/YDKTwmWUhZI/AAAAAAABSBQ/egFm1mC7UkgY_SAyA2gRAXJEOouJ0gApgCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BhFqrUtKrwo/YDKTwmWUhZI/AAAAAAABSBQ/egFm1mC7UkgY_SAyA2gRAXJEOouJ0gApgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KrcWbR74tog/YDKTwjSRgKI/AAAAAAABSBU/RzCoRps6sjgLyMNuO5rwOgKsG2eYbBfFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KrcWbR74tog/YDKTwjSRgKI/AAAAAAABSBU/RzCoRps6sjgLyMNuO5rwOgKsG2eYbBfFwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y7CNwCBkfBs/YDKTxH44rlI/AAAAAAABSBY/5FOIsO6AKx4ayriGEW-uEh-S0capqN4XQCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y7CNwCBkfBs/YDKTxH44rlI/AAAAAAABSBY/5FOIsO6AKx4ayriGEW-uEh-S0capqN4XQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B100.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s1600/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s640/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Accept No Substitute

“ not aware of the substitution” [REDC] As we look through the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find a fair number of governesses or live-in ...

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Episode 210: The Unique Hamlet

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"Unique, perfectly unique" [BRUC]</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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UM0dwaAOk1E/YCoFFqA_f-I/AAAAAAABR8Y/KWbNE_QpDi8vdejIb_hRbF2FkXnkDDGMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ihearofsherlock210%2BHeader.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="2048" height="406" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UM0dwaAOk1E/YCoFFqA_f-I/AAAAAAABR8Y/KWbNE_QpDi8vdejIb_hRbF2FkXnkDDGMgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h406/ihearofsherlock210%2BHeader.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>When Vincent Starrett set out to write his cornerstone pastiche in 1920, it wasn't intended for an audience of Sherlock Holmes fans. For one, he didn't know of any others who were as fixated on Holmes as he was.</p><p>Fortunately, Richard Sveum, BSI ("Dr. Hill Barton") is well connected in the Sherlockian world and was able to tap the talents of other Starrett experts and enthusiasts to assist him in creating the <i>2020 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: The 100-Year Adventure of The Unique Hamlet</i>. This look at Vincent Starrett's classic work will bring you new understanding of the man and his contribution to the world of book collectors and Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will receive a copy of the <i>2020 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: The 100-Year Adventure of The Unique Hamlet</i>. Answers are due by February 27, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. We have a new structure for 2021, with support on a monthly (rather than per-episode) basis, and a community just for our supporters! 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Episode 210: The Unique Hamlet

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Remembering Granada TV's Michael Cox

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the man who had produced such a remarkable impression" [CROO]</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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UpaDXMqHvQY/YCU58Wc7rGI/AAAAAAABR4o/w4gJpdoPL1A957kG3mrhACYGLq8gCLpRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1087/Michael%2BCox.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1087" height="520" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UpaDXMqHvQY/YCU58Wc7rGI/AAAAAAABR4o/w4gJpdoPL1A957kG3mrhACYGLq8gCLpRwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h520/Michael%2BCox.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Capture from <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3a8oZwf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Television Sherlock Holmes</a></i> by Peter Haining</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We have learned that Michael Cox, producer of the landmark Sherlock Holmes series on Granada TV, has passed away at the age of 86.</p><p>His wife Sandra passed along the news that Michael passed away peacefully on January 29 after an extended illness.</p><p>Michael Cox was born on November 28, 1934 in Bristol. He began his career in entertainment first as an actor, then as a stage manager, advertising agent, and for an artistic agency before joining the ranks of Granada Television in 1960. He literally worked his way up, beginning as a bus driver and handyman before being given responsibility for local programs and archival material.</p><p>He was tapped as an assistant director for <i>Coronation Street</i> in 1965 before joining other shows in the following years, such as <i>Mr. Rose</i> and <i>Pardon the Expression</i>. His fledgling experience as a producer began in 1968 with a couple of episodes of Coronation Street, followed by a proper producing career in 1972 with <i>A Family at Wa</i>r and <i>Holly</i>. </p><p>The Sherlock Holmes connection began in 1981, when Cox realized that Granada, which already had a commitment to dramatizations of classics from the likes of H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Evelyn Waugh, should turn its attention to Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>According to the definitive biography of Cox by <a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Michael_Cox" target="_blank">The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia</a>,</p><blockquote><p>"Cox is really the father of the Sherlock Holmes series. Without him, it would not have existed. Indeed, it was he who, a fine connoisseur and fervent admirer of Arthur Conan Doyle, realized that Sherlock Holmes' stories had finally fallen into the public domain and that the great detective had hardly been seen on television screens for ten years. He was the one who convinced Granada's management that it was possible to achieve a great success by producing a colour version of Sherlock Holmes' adventures for a new generation of spectators."</p></blockquote><p>While the accountants were looking to cut expenses in any way, Cox realized the value for the Granada brand that classics afforded them. While they were never huge ratings successes, these lavishly produced dramas brought the studio respect in the domestic market and exposure on public television in the United States.</p><p>David Plowright, managing director (and Michael's boss) at Granada Television, gave Cox two conditions on which he would green-light the production: there had to be a financial commitment from an American partner before production began, and they needed someone of star quality — "Someone like Jeremy Brett," he said.</p><p>As they listed their criteria, the casting directors determined that they were unable to find "someone like Jeremy Brett" to fill the role—they could only find Jeremy Brett himself! So that was settled. As to the U.S. partner turned another lovely coincidence is that PBS's popular <i>MYSTERY!</i> series was produced by Joan Wilson, who just happened to be Jeremy Brett's wife.</p><p>In bringing the series to life, David Plowright provided another bit of inspiring leadership: he suggested that a full-scale replica of Baker Street be constructed as an exterior set. This iconic thoroughfare lent a great deal of realism and credibility to the Granada series over time, and is as essential and iconic as Brett himself in the title role.</p><p>The other piece of preparation that Michael Cox introduced to the production, along with associate producer Stuart Doughty and researcher Nick Cooney, was <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baker-Street-File-Appearance-Television/dp/1553100387/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31CR84R4A1QCK&dchild=1&keywords=the+baker+street+file+michael+cox&qid=1613057657&sprefix=The+Baker+Street+File%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Baker Street File</a></i>. Now a collector's item, it was described as "A guide to the appearance and habits of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson specially prepared for the Granada Television series <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>." There were 100 copies published in 1983 for the cast and crew of the series — photocopied typed sheets between manilla card stock. Then in 1997, Calabash Press published a paperback version. We're fortunate to have both:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nFcH5_lBt0E/YCVPUnVV_tI/AAAAAAABR5M/cuT0cib97jkDjl1yFsDWrrdnDrfw3tV5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s839/Baker%2BStreet%2BFile%2B-%2Bnew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="544" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nFcH5_lBt0E/YCVPUnVV_tI/AAAAAAABR5M/cuT0cib97jkDjl1yFsDWrrdnDrfw3tV5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w258-h400/Baker%2BStreet%2BFile%2B-%2Bnew.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yGeA4U7TI1Y/YCVPUkHgM5I/AAAAAAABR5Q/JOHWId0lIsw2AmgMXe31wLwQBzbCVS4_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1232/Baker%2BStreet%2BFile%2B-%2Bold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1232" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yGeA4U7TI1Y/YCVPUkHgM5I/AAAAAAABR5Q/JOHWId0lIsw2AmgMXe31wLwQBzbCVS4_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BFile%2B-%2Bold.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>In addition to such production details, Cox also had to deal with copyright lawyers (because what would a Sherlock Holmes production be without a request from the Conan Doyle Estate?), collaborating with John Hawkesworth to develop the series for teleivions, hiring sceenwriters such as <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/05/my-god-it-is-paul-gree_8.html#.YCVRCGhKjb0" target="_blank">Jeremy Paul</a>, determining which directors to use, scouting <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/04/experience-sherlock-holmes-filming.html#.YCVQ3WhKjb0" target="_blank">exterior locations</a>, and securing other cast members such as David Burke as Dr. Watson and Rosalie Williams as Mrs. Hudson.</p><p>The interior set had to be designed, and Michael Grimes was the man for that. Music—such an important part of Sherlock Holmes's personality—had to be commissioned, and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/01/remembering-composer-patrick-gowers.html" target="_blank">Patrick Gowers</a> composed the main theme and incidental music, including period- and geography-specific pieces that were variations of the original.</p><p>The series finally debuted on ITV in England in April 1984. </p><p>Cox remained attached to the production for its entirety, through <i>The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes</i> in 1991. By that time, Cox was engaged as an independent producer (Granada had cut costs and eliminated a number of executive positions; by 1992, Plowright was outsted as CEO) and Jeremy Brett's health was in a precipitous decline. The age of Sherlock Holmes was over at Granada Television Cox went on to produce one more television movie in 1991: <i>Thatcher: The Final Days</i>.</p><p>Since that time, Michael Cox enjoyed retirement and participated in Sherlockian activities from time to time: he traveled to the United States to join the From Gillette to Brett conferences and attended gatherings of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, which made him an Honorary Member last year (a well-deserved accolade).</p><p>His contributions to the world of Sherlock Holmes will forever be with us.</p>

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Remembering Granada TV's Michael Cox

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Baker Street Elementary – Pets Peeved

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “it was his pet fad” [3GAR] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUnAhRH-Iw4/YB9MxQ0TNjI/AAAAAAABR0M/jG2Tdz_wxfQPPEvLpM4klLVLCegZH1X0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUnAhRH-Iw4/YB9MxQ0TNjI/AAAAAAABR0M/jG2Tdz_wxfQPPEvLpM4klLVLCegZH1X0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Pets are a central part of many people's lives. Whether the standard cat or dog, or goldfish or hamsters, or even something more exotic, domesticated animals are a comforting part of existence.</div><div><br /></div><div>They're also a window into our souls. As Holmes observed in the opening of "The Creeping Man":</div><blockquote><div>“Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones. And their passing moods may reflect the passing moods of others.” </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>For years, Sherlockians have debated the presence of a pet dog when Watson said "I keep a bull pup" in<i> A Study in Scarlet</i>. The debate is whether he meant he literally owned a dog, if it was a reference to a kind of pistol, or if it was a euphemism for having a short temper.</div><div><br /></div><div>That aside, we know that Holmes and Watson didn't keep a pet while at 221B Baker Street.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, there was a canine present in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>—one that was in the care of the unnamed landlady:</div><div><blockquote><div>“Now would you mind going down and fetching that poor little devil of a terrier which has been bad so long, and which the landlady wanted you to put out of its pain yesterday.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Other pet dogs didn't fare so well in the Canon (see this <a href="http://ihose.co/ABREV" target="_blank">key to the four-letter abbreviations</a>):</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Jephro Rucastle's dog Carlo went hungry: “We feed him once a day, and not too much then, so that he is always as keen as mustard.” [COPP]</li><li>Sir Eustace Brackenstall was a brute to his wife's dog: “There was a scandal about his drenching a dog with petroleum and setting it on fire—her ladyship’s dog, to make the matter worse—and that was only hushed up with difficulty.” [ABBE]</li><li>Another dog named Carlo was mistreated but this time with poison: “That’s what puzzled the vet. A sort of paralysis. Spinal meningitis, he thought.”  “And the dog! If one were to use such a poison, would one not try it first in order to see that it had not lost its power?” [SUSS]</li><li>The hound was maltreated in order to make it more ferocious and menacing: “The beast was savage and half-starved. If its appearance did not frighten its victim to death, at least it would paralyze the resistance which might be offered.” [HOUN]</li></ul></div><div>There's no record of cats being mistreated in the Sherlock Holmes stories, although there were only two instances on record of cats being kept as pets (aside from Dr. Roylott's cheetah):</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Milverton's household had one:  Something rushed out at us and my heart sprang into my mouth, but I could have laughed when I realized that it was the cat. [MILV]</li><li>And Holmes's elderly housekeeper Martha, “a dear old ruddy-faced woman in a country cap. She was bending over her knitting and stopping occasionally to stroke a large black cat upon a stool beside her.” [LAST]</li></ul></div><div>No signs of penguins, though. Not that Baker Street Elementary didn't attempt it...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3LrGyjzE-aM/YB9NOAUVz4I/AAAAAAABR0Y/Ms8jxiAUQ58uwCRD0r0Ngng74YHt6BU5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3LrGyjzE-aM/YB9NOAUVz4I/AAAAAAABR0Y/Ms8jxiAUQ58uwCRD0r0Ngng74YHt6BU5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DMKJxoIBK1w/YB9NOIk-jmI/AAAAAAABR0c/KSdXTEwcbB0yA0iatN59Zn3q70M8XbRLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DMKJxoIBK1w/YB9NOIk-jmI/AAAAAAABR0c/KSdXTEwcbB0yA0iatN59Zn3q70M8XbRLwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AqvQiU8ZYIQ/YB9NOF4vf0I/AAAAAAABR0U/WZ9tVEUGOOYdhOsPIn050atJo1M_af5pACLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AqvQiU8ZYIQ/YB9NOF4vf0I/AAAAAAABR0U/WZ9tVEUGOOYdhOsPIn050atJo1M_af5pACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B99.4.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><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s1600/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s640/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Pets Peeved

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Christopher Plummer

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "his energy and his versatility were most admirable" [YELL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HZZa8bBVeJQ/YB2g25NQMWI/AAAAAAABRxk/MZo0dg1QGDUmmgz7qaXDruCq2MJzQeG0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Christopher%2BPlummer%2Bprofile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="960" height="440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HZZa8bBVeJQ/YB2g25NQMWI/AAAAAAABRxk/MZo0dg1QGDUmmgz7qaXDruCq2MJzQeG0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h440/Christopher%2BPlummer%2Bprofile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The world has lost another significant Sherlock Holmes actor. Christopher Plummer <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/movies/christopher-plummer-dead.html" target="_blank">passed away today</a> at the age of 91 after suffering a fall.</p><p>Plummer was a versatile actor, at home on the stage, television, and film, and the variety of his roles underscored his versatility and talent. From his early career on stage and television, he appeared in dozens of productions in a short span of years, becoming well-versed in and well-known for Shakespearean plays.</p><p>But it was his appearance as Captain Von Trapp in the 1965 hit <i>The Sound of Music</i> that set his career alight. He made his way to the National Theatre and then on to Broadway, where he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing the title role in Edmond Rostand's <i>Cyrano </i>in 1973. </p><p>His other awards, too numerous to mention in totality, included an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2MX3d5B" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beginners</a></i> (2012), for which he also received a Golden Globe and BAFTA (as well as more than two dozen other minor awards). In total, he had some 47 wins and 66 nominations over the course of his career.</p><p>And most memorably in recent memory, he appeared as the patriarch who was the victim at the center of the mystery in <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3tGqcTw" target="_blank">Knives Out</a></i>. </p><p>But Sherlockians (and this is the reason you're here) know him for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1979 film <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3cR7cvD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder By Decree</a></i>, with James Mason as his trusty Watson.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zrb2CQkHAUg/YB2mD1fAOPI/AAAAAAABRx8/fjpm_2GBxW4jWampfSYgKbUEsoQtJ4NVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BJames%2BMason%2BMurder%2Bby%2BDecree.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zrb2CQkHAUg/YB2mD1fAOPI/AAAAAAABRx8/fjpm_2GBxW4jWampfSYgKbUEsoQtJ4NVQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h438/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BJames%2BMason%2BMurder%2Bby%2BDecree.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>In this production, we find Sherlock Holmes tracking down Jack the Ripper in an investigation that leads to surprising places, including into the inner workings of the Freemasons and the highest echelons of the British government itself.<div><br /></div><div>And to a most controversial method of eating peas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h1aJoWg4vGo" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>The two seemed delightful together, with the comfortable, homey Watson and the particular and debonair Holmes.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kR9s-_GbLUY/YB2nIMajHUI/AAAAAAABRyE/v9WOVt6s7FQhsNPTXs4Fem5DDXO48zfYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BJames%2BMason%2BMurder%2Bby%2BDecree%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kR9s-_GbLUY/YB2nIMajHUI/AAAAAAABRyE/v9WOVt6s7FQhsNPTXs4Fem5DDXO48zfYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BJames%2BMason%2BMurder%2Bby%2BDecree%2B2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Just two years before, Plummer played the role for the first time, in an episode of <i>The Sunday Drama</i> produced by ATV. In "Silver Blaze," Plummer was joined by Thorley Walters as his Watson. Walters himself was no stranger to the role, having played the role with Christopher Lee as Holmes in <i>Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace </i>(1962), uncredited in <i>The Best House in London</i> (1969), and again in 1975 opposite Douglas Wilmer in <i>The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother</i>.</div><div><br /><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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AdJOk-NvgDg/YB2o5lMAIVI/AAAAAAABRyQ/up2R69LmHDwCJ8_9sYrZqrw3EOXU_xixwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BThorley%2BWalters%2BSilver%2BBlaze.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AdJOk-NvgDg/YB2o5lMAIVI/AAAAAAABRyQ/up2R69LmHDwCJ8_9sYrZqrw3EOXU_xixwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h424/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BThorley%2BWalters%2BSilver%2BBlaze.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image via "Silver Blaze" press kit</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwLvHlobOoM/YB2o5lhPeSI/AAAAAAABRyU/4FgGCVNB9aQFHJ0FCPhvbE0g2bUSMEYxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BThorley%2BWalters.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwLvHlobOoM/YB2o5lhPeSI/AAAAAAABRyU/4FgGCVNB9aQFHJ0FCPhvbE0g2bUSMEYxQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Christopher%2BPlummer%2BThorley%2BWalters.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image via "Silver Blaze" press kit</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This production was only a 30-minute film, and while we haven't viewed it ourselves, the reviews tend to laud its production values, even if the time limit required cutting some of the story.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is, of course, much more to Christopher Plummer's career than we have the time or the space for. From his appearance in the Pink Panther anthology to his portrayals of figures such as Rudyard Kipling, King Herod, Archduke Ferdinand, Vladimir Nabokov, his impressive Shakespearean appearances, and the mass of comedies, dramas, and adventure productions, his abilities were truly remarkable. His Wikipedia page is particularly impressive in the depth and breadth that it explores.</p><p>Suffice it to say that even though Plummer's appearances as Holmes were few and fleeting, his portrayal is one for the ages.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Correction: An earlier version of this incorrectly identified Thorley Walters' earlier appearances as Watson.</i></p><p>--</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><script type="text/javascript">
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Episode 209: Aboriginals

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"a group of people who seemed to be intensely amused" [BLAN]</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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixPtualoAS8/YBYqtEAPF8I/AAAAAAABRqU/34Php6cJ5xo-a4R_7ryBRjAN5JhANtDDACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1940%2BBSI%2BDinner.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" height="456" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixPtualoAS8/YBYqtEAPF8I/AAAAAAABRqU/34Php6cJ5xo-a4R_7ryBRjAN5JhANtDDACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h456/1940%2BBSI%2BDinner.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Image credit: <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/03/the-1940-bsi-dinner.html" target="_blank">The BSI Trust</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><p>Once upon a time, a man invited a group of his friends to join him for lunch and conversation about his favorite literary figure. Eighty-seven years later, the Baker Street Irregulars continues, but what about that early set of people?</p><p>Thanks to the incredible research skills of Linda and Terry Hunt, we know more about these 60+ people than we have in quite a while.</p><p>Terry Hunt, BSI ("The Something Hunt") joined us to talk about the inspiration for <i>Aboriginals</i>, the book in which he and Linda outlined the lives of these people, from the insiders to the irregular Irregulars. These were fascinating people in a half-remembered, half-forgotten time, and a window into their worlds make ours that much richer.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz takes on a new form this time around. Our prize is a copy of <i>Performing Arts</i> magazine from January 1981. 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