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Episode 333: 75 Years of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes” [SCAN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ4g1ltDoOQ-uhHfu2A5qpha3-5fDX2dB6mdEienBz7yPfJzO5U8W_CZaCl2stgnsq1AAqF5_B_YBSmEmvA04uEPsnfCki3tDDm4gny7R9upV8pIYv15ajLznAGyaqgh4q44wLh2rep1eKYpUfwVP99_hH-KUR52iFFMhrzwQOEc9yv1ogdXWq-VZxAHN/s1200/ihearofsherlock333-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ4g1ltDoOQ-uhHfu2A5qpha3-5fDX2dB6mdEienBz7yPfJzO5U8W_CZaCl2stgnsq1AAqF5_B_YBSmEmvA04uEPsnfCki3tDDm4gny7R9upV8pIYv15ajLznAGyaqgh4q44wLh2rep1eKYpUfwVP99_hH-KUR52iFFMhrzwQOEc9yv1ogdXWq-VZxAHN/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock333-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>The Sherlock Holmes Society of London marks its 75th anniversary in 2026, and today we talk with coordinator Ashley Mayo about the year-long celebration, and his deep-rooted connection to the world of Baker Street. Ashley gives us a grand tour of the 2026 program, including Victorian-costumed pilgrimages in the Swiss Alps, a special event at Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios, a weekend symposium at the University of Cambridge, and much more.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>You’ll also hear about his introduction to the Society at the landmark 1987 centenary dinner for <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, and how his passion for Sherlockian scholarship led to the creation of “The Scrapbook,” a digital archive that provides easy access to decades of articles from the Society’s Journal, organized by case and theme.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the first half of July. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, as he reviews <i>Sherlock, Jr.</i> </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, the Canonical Couplet quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a set of Sherlock Holmes Society of London coasters for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by May 14, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.</div></div><div><br /></div><p>As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 333: 75 Years of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

“the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes” [SCAN] The Sherlock Holmes Society of London marks its 75th anniversary in 2026, and today we talk wit...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Monographically Speaking

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Why do you not write them yourself?” [ABBE]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqRzpNi7Df0kcMChEHHa-W9DnRKELb06mA6H41qhctfwaCuzhYkHa-iCa1E3Zeah0vxKjnIsYNXuoqzhkgP_hpIY3V5txShzWjnGyMeDr7bYbHKGE4eh8_nlNcr_SoDMsU4jt8kFiQBRMEJMTmahAFKE8qrndwliXlwEA-cfkuNK5WFdvtlCbR_G0qM0/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20225.1.JPG" 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/AVvXsEgvqRzpNi7Df0kcMChEHHa-W9DnRKELb06mA6H41qhctfwaCuzhYkHa-iCa1E3Zeah0vxKjnIsYNXuoqzhkgP_hpIY3V5txShzWjnGyMeDr7bYbHKGE4eh8_nlNcr_SoDMsU4jt8kFiQBRMEJMTmahAFKE8qrndwliXlwEA-cfkuNK5WFdvtlCbR_G0qM0/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20225.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Have we ever questioned why Sherlock Holmes wrote monographs? After all, he was admittedly a specialist in his field, unique in all of police work:</div><div><blockquote><div>“That is why I have chosen my own particular profession,— or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.” [SIGN]</div></blockquote></div><div>He may have had a compunction to lay claim to being the first to identify and discuss various aspects of work related to crime detection. Ego is a powerful motivator. Or he may simply have been fascinated enough by a subject that he wished to explore as much of it as he could and commit it to writing.</div><div><br /></div><div>What resulted were monographs that we find littered throughout the Sherlock Holmes stories — topics as wide-ranging as <i>The Book of Life</i>, on the ashes of 140 different varieties of pipe, cigar, and cigarette tobacco, upon the tracing of footsteps, upon the influence of trade upon the form of a hand, upon the dating of documents, upon secret writings, two articles on the variability of human ears, and <i>Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some Observations on the Segregation of the Queen</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And that's not even a comprehensive list!</div><div><br /></div><div>We discussed this subject in full in <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles43" target="_blank">Episode 43 of <i>Trifles</i></a>. and you can listen here or <a href="https://pod.link/trifles/episode/ZTVjMTQ3MGU3NWIxNjhmYzZiZGRlMWQ2YmM2YmZhODI" target="_blank">wherever you get podcasts</a>.</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="2726" data-dashlane-rid="fe18429956a4b237" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5874895/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3a4e59/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Without a doubt, Sherlockians can relate, as Christopher Morley once wrote, "Never before has so much been written by so many for so few."</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see what the few at Baker Street Elementary are avoiding writing this week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8RRCZvoMo9hI7jg8Cv_wzKkm46QxRIfmGe62uIsBOKAFhXpPY2UyNT_m3jTAxDh88gpcbs_yAGGE3LjIVbA8Khe3mrlIKGHPwU9emfN3t6Kz7b4y5YI-cJcmBhg3cM04ti1tOntdsvQVqzQQZ0Z-Romrwya417UJA3v4sNMnK6ieOJ8sf-SQXY-YuDo/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20225.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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