The Valley of Fear Returns to the Stage

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I’ve no doubt it was well stage-managed.” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_asdGREMt8PXV4IpTInpvInyx0DxzbcXa4QEBcIzNCRpI9Lo7MHv1fCCtiG-UsJ5jUP058gURqBpmkQw5xDONYd13OTwbuAyYVHmEmCcY1A2ulqqYGhQTBhQkSdhOVBFfLNveuVmB0fm6pGMUVXaAIld-rsyskgBRIeAgxSW1jx4OCCC_2YCGQdT2P4Ls/s1417/Valley%20of%20Fear%20UK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_asdGREMt8PXV4IpTInpvInyx0DxzbcXa4QEBcIzNCRpI9Lo7MHv1fCCtiG-UsJ5jUP058gURqBpmkQw5xDONYd13OTwbuAyYVHmEmCcY1A2ulqqYGhQTBhQkSdhOVBFfLNveuVmB0fm6pGMUVXaAIld-rsyskgBRIeAgxSW1jx4OCCC_2YCGQdT2P4Ls/w640-h640/Valley%20of%20Fear%20UK.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Following the extraordinary success of its 2022/23 world premiere tour, <i><a href="https://blackeyedtheatre.co.uk/shows-2/shows/sherlock-holmes-the-valley-of-fear-2024/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Valley Of Fear</a></i> makes a much-anticipated return in a production that combines original live music, stylish theatricality, and magical storytelling for an unforgettable theatrical experience. </p><p>Blackeyed Theatre's highly acclaimed production of <i>The Valley of Fear</i> brought Nick Lane's stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's epic final Sherlock Holmes novel to the public in 2022. In this drama, we find the great detective drawn into a mystery stretching from 221B Baker Street to an ancient moated manor house to the bleak Pennsylvanian Vermissa Valley. </p><p>Faced with a trail of bewildering clues, Holmes begins to unearth a darker, wider web of corruption, a secret society, and the sinister work of none other than Professor Moriarty.</p><p><a href="https://blackeyedtheatre.co.uk/shows-2/shows/sherlock-holmes-the-valley-of-fear-2024/#tab-101428" target="_blank">The reviews</a> are universally glowing, with <i>The Sherlock Holmes Journal</i> calling it "Truly stunning."</p><p>Starring Bobby Bradley, Joseph Derrington, Blake Kubena, Gavin Molloy, and Alice Osmanski, the UK tour includes dates in Derby, Bath, London, and Dundee, from now through April 2024.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsdGhAK9Z06HoFzeKi6vv-g7CM80A-l-PKqSw60b1C_Fp_psXDVoF8_aDrlUKHAHTLkzvsBk8-ewFeIAfseaFBWagtM2WfjDuap_cFnUkZtcfvEX4zMBJHUtuIxjr8V2_6BEyM2BGc_XfbQzKo6q1wG6KXonir6Eow63Tt3_V5ezbeocmWfKV9MYH7EsC/s1417/Valley%20of%20Fear%20cast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsdGhAK9Z06HoFzeKi6vv-g7CM80A-l-PKqSw60b1C_Fp_psXDVoF8_aDrlUKHAHTLkzvsBk8-ewFeIAfseaFBWagtM2WfjDuap_cFnUkZtcfvEX4zMBJHUtuIxjr8V2_6BEyM2BGc_XfbQzKo6q1wG6KXonir6Eow63Tt3_V5ezbeocmWfKV9MYH7EsC/s320/Valley%20of%20Fear%20cast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Hew1jqENP5c?si=ibXmDz_C1vSLmy0-" target="_blank">The trailer</a> for the performance indicates the high energy and excitement:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hew1jqENP5c?si=ibXmDz_C1vSLmy0-" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>And if you can't catch the show live, <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/the-valley-of-fear-blackeyed-theatre-script" target="_blank">the script of the play is available from MX Publishing</a>. [<i>Disclosure: MX Publishing is a sponsor of the <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b> podcast</i>.]</p><p><br /></p>

The Valley of Fear Returns to the Stage

“I’ve no doubt it was well stage-managed.” [VALL]  Following the extraordinary success of its 2022/23 world premiere tour, Sherlock Holmes: ...

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Holmes and Watson in Every Universe

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance” [CARD] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pFaVQ3oXSd0eXZPSnnPPgDrE3r5_5INFAuhaT-0VrNAxA6foGLQtNNP_twabTNbqe8AkShZQSrt_h0o9766gtDiIEyFwYyJvqEkfTIjURygYJaKPbx1L-s7S93J2-pOKxq7oo7VIZpz_l5dDS1OmdC0b84uI2d7N1EFGZbhDZJGWDeXIMkKTPikBk4sz/s434/Multiverse%20of%20Mystery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="434" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pFaVQ3oXSd0eXZPSnnPPgDrE3r5_5INFAuhaT-0VrNAxA6foGLQtNNP_twabTNbqe8AkShZQSrt_h0o9766gtDiIEyFwYyJvqEkfTIjURygYJaKPbx1L-s7S93J2-pOKxq7oo7VIZpz_l5dDS1OmdC0b84uI2d7N1EFGZbhDZJGWDeXIMkKTPikBk4sz/w640-h360/Multiverse%20of%20Mystery.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iamtw/multiverse-of-mystery" target="_blank">Multiverse of Mystery</a></i>, now crowdfunding, is a collection of new stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson across the multiverse. The authors are all members of the<b> International Association of Media Tie-In Writers</b>, so they know how adaptations work. As the project page says, </p><blockquote><p><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-size: 16px;">"Our writers have placed the archetypal detectives into new genres, new alien worlds, or new historical time periods that may or may not exist. We go from medieval India to futuristic military sleuths, from 12th-century manhunters to gender-swapped consulting detectives, from…well, you get the idea."</span></p></blockquote><p>I interviewed book co-editor Carrie Harris and project manager Bob Greenberger about the genesis of the volume. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iamtw/multiverse-of-mystery" target="_blank">The Kickstarter</a> is open for two more weeks, and pledges are available for paperback, hardcover, and/or digital copies. </p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere: Why this topic, now? Did the characters going public domain have an influence on timing? </b></h4><p><b>Carrie Harris:</b> When the project team got together, we discussed potential topics for the anthology, with the only caveats being that the project had to be tied into a license (since it’s sponsored by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers), and the license had to be in the public domain (for simplicity’s sake). I brought up the idea of using Holmes and Watson for a purely self-serving reason: I love them. I was also hot on the heels of seeing <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i>, which is where the multiverse idea came from. I was thrilled when it made the final cut.</p><p><b>Bob Greenberger: </b>Holmes and Watson have achieved universal affection, largely because Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave us something so unique it resonated with the general public. The love for the duo forced him to resurrect his dead detective, and he's been unkillable ever since.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>IHOSE: Any theme beyond Holmes and Watson? Or was it anything goes on stories? </b></h4><p><b>CH:</b> No other theme. We wanted it to be clear which character was Holmes and which was Watson, regardless of their names. I love random Easter eggs for folks who are fans of the original stories, and we’ve got some really great ones, but we didn’t require them. </p><p>I think leaving the gates fairly wide open gave us the opportunity to see the wide range of where these characters could go. Some have been moved into other genres or historical time periods. Some stories move them onto other worlds. Some play with the relationship between the characters. But they are always identifiably Watson and Holmes, and the game is always afoot.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>IHOSE: How were creators for this anthology selected / determined? And please tell us more about The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. </b></h4><p><b>CH</b>: This project is the IAMTW’s second anthology, and therefore, the call was only open to IAMTW members. These folks are seasoned professionals, and they gave us some spectacular pitches, so the selection process was quite easy. The IAMTW is an organization that promotes the craft of tie-in writing, provides networking opportunities for tie-in writers, and sponsors the Scribe Awards to recognize the best-licensed works each year. Our members have written for just about any franchise you can think of, and probably plenty that you can’t! There’s a real craft to writing licensed fiction, and these folks are experts in the field.</p><p><b>BG</b>: The anthologies and essay collections we've done to date are all ways to publicize our organization and showcase our members. Unlike, say, SFWA, we can't produce a collection of award-nominated stories since we don't control the copyrights. Going [public domain] made the most sense. Each collective is brainstorming their own themes, and people sign up as their schedules and interests allow.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>IHOSE: Have any of the contributors written Holmes before? </b></h4><p><b>BG</b>: Aaron Rosenberg, Keith DeCandido, and Scott Pearson have all previously written the traditional Holmes & Watson. Christopher A. Abbott has been producing annual collections of novellas, and they've contributed to these, as I will for a 2025 book. My schedule didn't allow me to do more than project manage this book for Carrie. I am running the Kickstarter campaign and will help coordinate the back-end as needed.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>IHOSE: What makes this collection stand out from the many other Sherlock Holmes books out each year? </b></h4><p><b>CH</b>: This is an excellent question! I’m personally excited to be a part of this project because of the talent and experience of the contributors. These writers are experienced at diving into an established world, identifying what makes it special, and using those elements as a backbone for creating something new and interesting. We’ve seen a lot of takes on these characters over the years, and from day one I felt confident that we could contribute something special to that body of work.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>IHOSE: Do any of the stories feature a Holmes and Watson who are more than just friends? </b></h4><p><b>CH</b>: Yes! When I was working through the pitches, I really wanted to explore the potential in this relationship. The dynamic between the two of them is one of my favorite elements of the original canon. Could their friendship turn into something else? Hate? Romantic love? What would that look like? We’ll be exploring all of that. Honestly, I can’t wait.</p><div>--</div><div><br /></div><div>Support Multiverse of Mystery <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iamtw/multiverse-of-mystery/description?ref=section-publishing-projectcollection-10-discovery" target="_blank">on Kickstarter here</a> at a level that works for you. Hurry! The campaign closes on March 26, 2024.</div><div><br /><br /></div>

Holmes and Watson in Every Universe

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

A Brief Programming Announcement

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

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Remembering Joss Ackland

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "a very smiling face, and a great heavy chin" [COPP]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwicp8cnAol00fYOKnpqpXtuZBjl6R93vYzxjvQUqG7Ra5fJc8I4efYUpnIm1C3I0hdEGvwsurM2dbQ54hP1eJkkKP9wNdLQjhj8vL5q4ZMW2IXLpJJf29qnuf9ameQaydUAR_SgG-CrXH/s1600/Jephro+Rucastle+%5BCOPP%5D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwicp8cnAol00fYOKnpqpXtuZBjl6R93vYzxjvQUqG7Ra5fJc8I4efYUpnIm1C3I0hdEGvwsurM2dbQ54hP1eJkkKP9wNdLQjhj8vL5q4ZMW2IXLpJJf29qnuf9ameQaydUAR_SgG-CrXH/s640/Jephro+Rucastle+%5BCOPP%5D.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Ackland" target="_blank">Joss Ackland</a> has passed away. He was 95 years old.<br /> <br /> Sherlock Holmes fans may recognize him from a number of roles which we'll detail below — which would seem to parallel his stage career. In 2010, the Express credited him as appearing <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/182273/Motor-neurone-disease-made-Joss-Ackland-and-his-wife-live-life-to-the-full" target="_blank">in more plays than any other living actor</a>.<br /> <br /> Born in London in 1928, he was trained at the Central School of Speech and drama and made his debut in 1945 in "The Hasty Heart." His first film was the thriller <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042949?ref_=nmbio_mbio" style="font-style: italic;">Seven Days to Noon</a> (1950), but he was uncredited; he made his credited debut in a supporting role in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044656?ref_=nmbio_mbio"><i>Ghost Ship</i></a> (1952). Ackland spent the late 1940s through the first half of the 1950s in regional theatrical companies, where he worked on his craft.<br /> <br /> In 1955, he left the stage and managed a tea plantation in Africa for two years, where he also served as a disc jockey and wrote plays. In 1957, he returned to England and joined the Old Vic theatre company and managed the Mermaid Theatre from 1962-1964. At this time, he established his prominence on the stage with many performances in London's West End, including Captain Hook in "Peter Pan," Juan Peron in "Evita," and Falstaff in "Henry IV Parts 1 and 2."<br /> <br /> During that time, he also began a run as a memorable character actor in films and television. He had roles in widely distributed films with great box office success such as <i>The Hunt for Red October</i>, <i>Lethal Weapon 2</i> ("<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBXH-5QrGU" target="_blank">Diplomatic immunity!</a>") and <i>The Mighty Ducks</i>.<br /> <br /> He made his first Sherlock Holmes-connected appearance as The Hon. Philip Green in "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" opposite Douglas Wilmer in the BBC's <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163492/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_179" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes</a></i>.<br /> <br /> He also played the president in John Cleese’s disastrous parody, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Case_of_the_End_of_Civilization_as_We_Know_It" target="_blank">The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It</a></i>, in which Cleese played the grandson of Sherlock Holmes. In "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0687038/?ref_=ttep_ep13" target="_blank">The Mystery of the Amber Beads</a>," an episode of the BBC series <i>The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes</i>, based on the anthologies edited by Hugh Greene, Ackland played Grubber.<br /> <br /> Ackland joined Christopher Lee and Patrick McNee in 1992 to play King Edward in <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102115/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_64" target="_blank">Incident at Victoria Falls</a></i>. In that role, he sent a ready-to-retire Sherlock Holmes on a mission to South Africa to recover the Star of Africa diamond.<br /> <br /> But we remember him most vividly and fondly for his turn as Jephro Rucastle in "The Copper Beeches" from Granada's <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. This episode is toward the beginning of the Granada production, and it was a faithful adaptation with exquisite costuming, locations and casting.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKWmrblcpfkKaCcAlS1u1GSEUrlXdxYi2n3l070G6a8ARaNqi2i8iqqOzDpsy0wmESab_uaEm_7zlv2htTlqUUxsnA5107rFrq0-PiDjNo57f6gDqr2KGHnKjEoEcF6ELrHGu4hke1aQfxJpR547Hv0g14xI_7P744BiW3vBJTJWPCH6EnWlzDyHvLS0C/s1680/Joss%20Ackland%20-%20Jephro%20Rucastle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1680" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKWmrblcpfkKaCcAlS1u1GSEUrlXdxYi2n3l070G6a8ARaNqi2i8iqqOzDpsy0wmESab_uaEm_7zlv2htTlqUUxsnA5107rFrq0-PiDjNo57f6gDqr2KGHnKjEoEcF6ELrHGu4hke1aQfxJpR547Hv0g14xI_7P744BiW3vBJTJWPCH6EnWlzDyHvLS0C/w640-h412/Joss%20Ackland%20-%20Jephro%20Rucastle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /> Ackland seemed perfectly cast as Rucastle, as Conan Doyle described him as "a round, jovial man" who was a "prodigiously stout man with a very smiling face and a great heavy chin which rolled down in fold upon fold over his throat...with a pair of glasses on his nose."<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Xh_dh5VnIGR44nov4cGiJVUqESVIkQ4AMau6uGvXBAPzzq-7JsoOmoAlVFZqgAF-qRNDIMtzRNDl0yNCc0VGq_1OCNgb-eI7JPIap8HWX3vo4QEPCCL__NziwdMvy3Ymi-s3ieezIt9E/s1600/COPP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Xh_dh5VnIGR44nov4cGiJVUqESVIkQ4AMau6uGvXBAPzzq-7JsoOmoAlVFZqgAF-qRNDIMtzRNDl0yNCc0VGq_1OCNgb-eI7JPIap8HWX3vo4QEPCCL__NziwdMvy3Ymi-s3ieezIt9E/s1600/COPP.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> In <a href="https://youtu.be/nnwOdEu4A6Q?si=lDqK9gQZRTKvVd5F&t=1671" target="_blank">one of the signature scenes</a> (with the late Natasha Richardson as Violet Hunter), we're treated to this excerpt described in the original story:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Mr. Rucastle, walking up and down on the other side of the room, began to tell me a series of the funniest stories that I have ever listened to."</blockquote> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nnwOdEu4A6Q?si=lDqK9gQZRTKvVd5F&start=1671" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div> <div><br /></div> As a former disc jockey with decades of stage experience and as the father of seven children (whom he listed as his "hobby" in a 1981 interview), it's no doubt that Joss Ackland could have pulled off Rucastle's storytelling abilities.<br /> <br /> Joss Ackland was rewarded for his service to the profession in 2001 when he was made a Commander of the British Empire. In 2002, <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/182273/Motor-neurone-disease-made-Joss-Ackland-and-his-wife-live-life-to-the-full" target="_blank">he lost his wife of 51 years</a>, Rosemary, to motor neuron disease. With her permission, he published her diaries in 2009 under the title <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Better-Half-Rosemary-Ackland/dp/0091930618" target="_blank">My Better Half and Me</a></i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Six of his seven children survive him, as do 32 grandchildren.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>

Remembering Joss Ackland

"a very smiling face, and a great heavy chin" [COPP] Actor Joss Ackland has passed away. He was 95 years old. Sherlock Hol...

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by Scott Monty

Nominations Are Open for the 2024 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 two 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><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>Ray Betzner</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 2024 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 270: CrimeReads with Olivia Rutigliano

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8PYS5BMhw_n1llLXXlb_6_mAqu9ZvncCQ4KTlRcS5ncHj9a5j3lKQn-hgBlWQtPF8n_xbGJ9r28FZW42z3HFumTMPC4xc5d869cdIF_McnuYDjNGK3elt-_AXPl6B7mPoS8Z8XKspWp9BbAXHit6uolCi8YCkjoWX14o3cKY3QfhqE5RFn2AB4TYudbK/s1100/ihearofsherlock270%20widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1100" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8PYS5BMhw_n1llLXXlb_6_mAqu9ZvncCQ4KTlRcS5ncHj9a5j3lKQn-hgBlWQtPF8n_xbGJ9r28FZW42z3HFumTMPC4xc5d869cdIF_McnuYDjNGK3elt-_AXPl6B7mPoS8Z8XKspWp9BbAXHit6uolCi8YCkjoWX14o3cKY3QfhqE5RFn2AB4TYudbK/w640-h362/ihearofsherlock270%20widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>We all come to Sherlock Holmes in our own way. And Olivia Rutigliano is the first on this program to discover the detective in one particular fashion.</p><p>We won't spoil it (you have to listen to find out), but suffice it to say it was enough to propel her not only into the world of detective fiction but an education and career in writing. Olivia is Associate Editor of CrimeReads, a vertical of LitHub and she is pursuing her doctorate at Columbia University, where her dissertation is "The Performing Detective: Investigation, Audience, and Acting in Victorian Entertainment." </p><p>As if that isn't enough to talk about, we also discuss the trajectory of crime fiction, the overlap of film (she studied film as an undergrad), and how there is a need for more intermingling of the worlds of academia and popular culture.</p><p>We also bring back the Sherlockian news and have our usual <b>Canonical Couplet</b>. Did you win last time? Will you win this time? 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Episode 270: CrimeReads with Olivia Rutigliano

“read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime” [VALL]  We all come to Sherlock Holmes in our own way. And Olivia Rutigliano is the first o...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/s1280/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1280" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/w640-h582/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with <i>Baker Street</i> passed away: <b>Jerome Coopersmith</b> and <b>Inga Swenson</b>.<p></p><p><i>Baker Street</i> was a 1965 musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raymond Jessel</a>. It starred Fritz Weaver as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Gabel as Professor Moriarty, Inga Swensen as Irene Adler, and Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson.</p><p>We interviewed Fritz Weaver for <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 26: A Musical Stroll Down Baker Street</a>.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="3707" data-dashlane-rid="90c3e4cbae4d284d" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1115060/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p> </p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(musical)" target="_blank">Baker Street</a></i> was a huge hit at the time, garnering three Tony nominations for Best Author - (Jerome Coopersmith), Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Inga Swenson), and Best Costume Design (Motley). It won one Tony for Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith).</p><p>It was based on three Sherlock Holmes Stories: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," and "The Empty House," and was set in 1897, amid Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.</p><p>Sadly, this week we learned that both Jerome Coopersmith and Inga Swenson passed away just one week apart.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Jerome Coopersmith (1925–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Coopersmith" target="_blank">Jerome Coopersmith</a> passed away on July 21 at the age of 97 in Rochester, NY. He was a prolific and award-winning writer, having penned some more then 100 projects, including 30 episodes of <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>, and a number of other shows including <i>The Streets of San Francisco</i>, <i>The Night Before Christmas</i>, and <i>The Gabby Hayes Show</i>.</p><p>But to Sherlockians, he'll be best remembered for <i>Baker Street</i>, which was only his second theatrical work. It was produced on Broadway by Alexander H. Cohen, directed by Harold Prince, and appeared at the </p><p>Coopersmith was a member of the Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and a past officer of the Writers Guild of America, East.<br /><br />He was also a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Army, 94th Infantry Division from 1943-1945. He was the recipient of a Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and European Theater of Operations Medal with three battle stars. </p><p>And in 2019, at age 94, like Sherlock Holmes, he was honored with the highest distinction of Chevalier, or Knight, in the National Order of the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his service to France in World War II. </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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/s2304/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2304" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/w640-h520/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jerome Coopersmith at the 2014 BSI Weekend (credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/qKYMeh" target="_blank">self</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Inga Swenson (1932–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/" target="_blank">Inga Swenson</a> passed away on July 28 in California. She was nominated twice for a Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical — once for <i>Baker Street</i>, as noted above, and once for <i>110 in the Shade</i>.</p><p>She made her stage debut in 1949 in <i>Peg O' My Heart</i> at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She had significant experience on stage before <i>Baker Street</i>, having made her Broadway debut in 1956, and continued her stage presence for many years before retiring in 1998.</p><p>Swenson got her training at the drama department of Northwestern and was a lyric soprano, which served her well in the first half of her career. But she was probably most widely known to television audiences for her role as Gretchen Kraus in the sitcom <i>Benson</i>, which ran on ABC Television from 1979–1986.</p><p>But her theater career is her most impressive; we can't even begin to do it justice here. Take a moment to check her other works on her <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/otherworks/?ref_=nm_pdt_wrk" target="_blank">IMDb profile</a> and her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Swenson" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a>.</p><p>Swenson married sound engineer Lowell Harris in 1953 and by all accounts of Sherlockians in Southern California, they were simply a lovely couple and wonderful hosts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/s1024/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/w424-h640/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p>We mourn the loss of these two last connections to <i>Baker Street</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related: <i><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Raymond Jessel, of Baker Street Fame</a></i></h4>

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA] This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with  Ba...

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by Scott Monty

Finding Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“He can locate him, I guess” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1XaR6WLTP9BlsMbiLulQQ27THFMUcwQnOdmZicGvqnhcq0uTlpB7ZK_eSjn5cobLf6ipvH1KDeo8njgiFwNyAvtZlIPtcZAoSg4xl750oHozTxUvGRk2TiNR2zRafHzfSfNEYLLq6jlFppjjH8SjZxUIBRql7ee2qweilxx7eX4U9bUw-q5fWLxCHpBp/s1915/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1915" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1XaR6WLTP9BlsMbiLulQQ27THFMUcwQnOdmZicGvqnhcq0uTlpB7ZK_eSjn5cobLf6ipvH1KDeo8njgiFwNyAvtZlIPtcZAoSg4xl750oHozTxUvGRk2TiNR2zRafHzfSfNEYLLq6jlFppjjH8SjZxUIBRql7ee2qweilxx7eX4U9bUw-q5fWLxCHpBp/w640-h360/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p>There is only one thing that could be better than visiting all the locations in England mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes canon: </p><p>A guide to all the locations in England mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes Canon. </p><p>That's exactly what Paul Thomas Miller and Belanger Books are giving us in a new <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1606726313/finding-sherlock-holmes?ref=android_project_share" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>.</p><p>Miller is the author of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3NZlBXg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watson Does Not Lie</a></i>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3pPC6xh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes in Portsmouth and Southsea</i></a>, and <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3pJv2Co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Holmes Barred</a></i>) takes you on a tour of the locations in England mentioned in every single one of Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories. </p><p>Through Mr. Miller’s witty and fun storytelling style, readers learn of specific locations from the Canon as well as walks centered around specific stories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RuDOGv02FGHhCP8J39tYLUzc-ltQ_qGp_DO8-FlwnJY6Clsv9GqM_WZags6lLBxUcpbZBu9oABN3o0APkHJ7gz6MtlEfXo8B3a_R_VFtWbx3FDd4o7oqkBPDAXTiHFQtNXEkJ7OEp3J84IB80myOfxfvh_3c8j7bI1evYRagYPPmH5DtnFaqLZM681_4/s1020/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RuDOGv02FGHhCP8J39tYLUzc-ltQ_qGp_DO8-FlwnJY6Clsv9GqM_WZags6lLBxUcpbZBu9oABN3o0APkHJ7gz6MtlEfXo8B3a_R_VFtWbx3FDd4o7oqkBPDAXTiHFQtNXEkJ7OEp3J84IB80myOfxfvh_3c8j7bI1evYRagYPPmH5DtnFaqLZM681_4/s320/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Whether you are an armchair traveler or like to go to locations yourself, this is a book for every fan of Sherlock Holmes. Some highlights:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The walk for "The Blue Carbuncle" covers the gem’s entire journey from the Countess of Morcar’s room at The Hotel Cosmopolitan to 221B Baker Street</li><li>The locations for <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> include Dr. Mortimer’s house, Baskerville Hall, and The Grimpen Mire, all with specific GPS coordinates</li><li>The locations of Jabez Wilson’s shop and the offices of the infamous Red-Headed League</li><li>The addresses in Surrey where "The Speckled Band" took place</li><li>The locations of The Diogenes Club, Mycroft Holmes’s lodgings, the actual 221B Baker Street, and Watson’s home</li><li>And many, many, more</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p>With over 500 pages of text and more than 100 photographs of locations, this is a book every fan of Sherlock Holmes needs in their collection.</p><p>Whether or not there's a trip to England in your future, this book ought to be on your shelf. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1606726313/finding-sherlock-holmes?ref=android_project_share" target="_blank">Don't miss the Kickstarter</a>, which is open through August 8, 2023.</p><p>Rewards include the book in PDF, ePub, paperback, and hardcover formats. Check it out and see what will work for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>We'd be remiss if we didn't mention the episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere when we spoke with Paul: <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose172" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin</a>.</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/651517571&color=2879af" 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="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/watson-does-not-lie-doyles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin">Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin</a></div><p><br /></p>

Finding Sherlock Holmes

“He can locate him, I guess” [VALL]  There is only one thing that could be better than visiting all the locations in England mentioned in th...

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by Scott Monty

The 2024 Page A Day Sherlock Holmes Calendar

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “As to your dates, that is the biggest mystification of all.” [CREE]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj653h4YrS6WH73FnOaaDRRqml6WD-nDM9eNOIGs2uGLleYXMy-VB0PotCFvza--HW_shrhWgrw4IL49rlSvZjqp3jrelurZfVBFPcRrofEUEHAV4gmzxBx4xSPZaC_Yti46o4SMG91r3SNgEhRlaW8n8G3uzv_uqYWIboB996thLS_f5wd6_t1hzKVIsBd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj653h4YrS6WH73FnOaaDRRqml6WD-nDM9eNOIGs2uGLleYXMy-VB0PotCFvza--HW_shrhWgrw4IL49rlSvZjqp3jrelurZfVBFPcRrofEUEHAV4gmzxBx4xSPZaC_Yti46o4SMG91r3SNgEhRlaW8n8G3uzv_uqYWIboB996thLS_f5wd6_t1hzKVIsBd=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>There's a <b><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/2024-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a></b> going from MX Publishing that you might want to get ahead of.</p><p>For 2024, they're offering <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/2024-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">a page-a-day calendar</a> with quotes and significant events noted on each of the 366 days.</p><p>That's right you get an extra day in this calendar!</p><p>All kidding aside, it's important to get your order in before the Kickstarter expires on July 9, 2023, because this is not a print-on-demand item; but this requires a bulk order from the printers up front.</p><p>It's filled with the wit and wisdom of Sherlock Holmes, as well as events that mark the passing of time within the Sherlock Holmes canon.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEI1O37deslfu4JcjY6r4yfcX6vocCxpC1wZ6UUnPKJYM8aK0aq5-qm0vz5ShZQzE1nyIo03LXiV8QWo7YZrZbMFhVRHKZ0ZIFOl5AzTmtS-DKryDE5uDfTQ-8qOHkgNaXFCbLqh2ao3xPRSkaHSvvv9zlgSkVKGSrZJU-tjGjDMc6etbKjHYN7VuL5RO7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="680" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEI1O37deslfu4JcjY6r4yfcX6vocCxpC1wZ6UUnPKJYM8aK0aq5-qm0vz5ShZQzE1nyIo03LXiV8QWo7YZrZbMFhVRHKZ0ZIFOl5AzTmtS-DKryDE5uDfTQ-8qOHkgNaXFCbLqh2ao3xPRSkaHSvvv9zlgSkVKGSrZJU-tjGjDMc6etbKjHYN7VuL5RO7=w400-h327" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>If you're part of a Sherlockian scion, you might want to note this particular benefit: <b>there is a scion discount for orders of 10 calendars or more</b>.</p><p>Contact your scion leader or band together with other members of your group to take advantage of this discount and secure your calendars.</p><p>And when the project passes 100 backers, all backers will receive $100+ worth of Sherlock Holmes mystery books in PDF format — a mix of short story collections, novels and non-fiction.</p><p>This would make a great gift for the Sherlockian in your life. Plan ahead for the holidays. </p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/2024-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">Get this calendar on your shopping list</a> today, before it's too late.</p><p><br /></p>

The 2024 Page A Day Sherlock Holmes Calendar

 “As to your dates, that is the biggest mystification of all.” [CREE] There's a Kickstarter going from MX Publishing that you might wan...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Paxton Whitehead

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a well-staged performance” [VALL]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFNlH1hd0tFWIHS5gdAk17JxxOCFO9y6FI31erdEOO1pCVCChAK78mgTM7pw2-mIC6_dHbFO-eclhVSpPZnuihlNfr5Sg1mPM2uApr8fm2XUxJz8M4cw2rI7TEKsOQN6zJ86XtMDYVVCiJnSKyit_HmM6jXTpAXOm1tswFGAc7MOB1H25dA8SvO6ElKtg/s1767/Paxton%20Whitehead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1767" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFNlH1hd0tFWIHS5gdAk17JxxOCFO9y6FI31erdEOO1pCVCChAK78mgTM7pw2-mIC6_dHbFO-eclhVSpPZnuihlNfr5Sg1mPM2uApr8fm2XUxJz8M4cw2rI7TEKsOQN6zJ86XtMDYVVCiJnSKyit_HmM6jXTpAXOm1tswFGAc7MOB1H25dA8SvO6ElKtg/w640-h482/Paxton%20Whitehead.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Actor and director <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925717/" target="_blank">Paxton Whitehead</a> has died at the age of 85. </p><p>Born in Kent, England in October 1937, he began training at London's Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of 17. He spent two years there then went to work in stock companies starting with the “weekly rep” — small touring companies that rehearsed and performed a new play each week. </p><p>Whitehead made his professional debut in 1956, and within two years was signed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. From there, he expanded into production and direction.</p><p>In 1961 With Doric Wilson, he produced <i>And He Made A Her</i>, Wilson's first play to be brought to the stage. Whitehead also directed and starred in this production at the off-off-Broadway venue Caffe Cino. </p><p>He made his Broadway debut in <i>The Affair</i> in 1962, after appearing on stage in Canada and TV productions. His Broadway work would not go unnoticed, as he would eventually be nominated for a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of Pellinore in the 1980 revival of <i>Camelot</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">“the ‘Ragged Shaw’” [PRIO]</h3><p>Beyond his work on the main stage, Whitehead threw himself into repertory work. From 1966 – 1977 he was the Artistic Director of the <a href="https://www.shawfest.com/" target="_blank">Shaw Festival</a>, the second-largest repertory theatre in North America. The Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake began as an amateur summer happening in 1962 to celebrate the life and spirit of George Bernard Shaw by creating theatre that is as entertaining and provocative as Shaw himself. </p><p>Under Paxton Whitehead's leadership, it developed into a professional international event.</p><p>Some of his notable appearances there included Magnus in <i>The Apple Cart</i>, Cusins in <i>Major Barbara</i>, Sergius in <i>Arms and the Man</i>, Lord Summerhays in <i>Misalliance</i>, Fancourt Babberly in <i>Charley's Aunt</i>, Tempest in the North American premiere of Alan Bennett's <i>Forty Years On</i>, and Hector in <i>Heartbreak House</i> with Jessica Tandy and Tony Van Bridge, a role he repeated at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London with Rex Harrison and Diana Rigg. </p><p><br /></p><h3>“our small stage at Baker Street” [PRIO]</h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCi5trfY0BxSa2sYk6rqe4StwRRTRyuCh0zm_lA3OOt_oi4efpHDk2mys0aldZJMOY46c3Ldn2ixnzWfXjy2E9santMtYy8Xy-UazSAWDZdT8Ct7WlME_CJqmSvN6k6WG5_G2mLC_khD7W5OOq8JPxghvm3AsWiViilDF7n93Yf1jWIMfInxR8f009BZX/s504/Crucifer%20of%20Blood.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCi5trfY0BxSa2sYk6rqe4StwRRTRyuCh0zm_lA3OOt_oi4efpHDk2mys0aldZJMOY46c3Ldn2ixnzWfXjy2E9santMtYy8Xy-UazSAWDZdT8Ct7WlME_CJqmSvN6k6WG5_G2mLC_khD7W5OOq8JPxghvm3AsWiViilDF7n93Yf1jWIMfInxR8f009BZX/s320/Crucifer%20of%20Blood.jpeg" width="222" /></a></div>Whitehead entered the world of Sherlock Holmes by way of <i>The Crucifer of Blood</i>, a 1978 play by Paul Giovanni loosely based on <i>The Sign of Four</i>, with elements of other Sherlock Holmes stories interspersed. <p></p><p>The play ran at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway from September 28, 1978 April 22, 1979, with  Paxton Whitehead as Sherlock Holmes, Timothy Landfield as Dr. Watson, and Glenn Close as Irene St. Claire. It was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Giovanni for Best Direction of a Play, and won the award for Roger Morgan's lighting design. </p><p>Whitehead and Landfield previously starred in <i>The Crucifer of Blood</i> at the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, NY) from January 6 to February 4, 1978.</p><p>As cited in <i>The Baker Street Journal</i> (Vol. 28, No. 4, 1978), it was “a delightful Victorian stew of conspiracy, sadism, racism, treachery, terror and murder for the whole family.”</p><p><br /></p><p>At the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/12/the-2007-bsi-dinner.html" target="_blank">2007 BSI Dinner</a>, Paxton Whitehead offered some reminiscences about the play.</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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2vAvXcrCfbNODoE2Vxi__lC6RfIKW0agTYGwzPdR2LtME2D4Uuu4GPE8TbOMwBK8ZRFTXnZHl2TVidZ_7PPOuKM8K9QpSgtotxPPNrYqw8OroTafbz01TQr-D6sYQ2LMfUAlgCNnUyumCQEcnX_3Vy0gXrK1DPecECTc1zfzrqouzkxSS9vOrZCKt8cG/s604/Paxton%20Whitehead%20-%20BSI%20Dinner%202007.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2vAvXcrCfbNODoE2Vxi__lC6RfIKW0agTYGwzPdR2LtME2D4Uuu4GPE8TbOMwBK8ZRFTXnZHl2TVidZ_7PPOuKM8K9QpSgtotxPPNrYqw8OroTafbz01TQr-D6sYQ2LMfUAlgCNnUyumCQEcnX_3Vy0gXrK1DPecECTc1zfzrqouzkxSS9vOrZCKt8cG/w620-h640/Paxton%20Whitehead%20-%20BSI%20Dinner%202007.jpg" width="620" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Paxton Whitehead (left) with Scott Monty, BSI ("Corporal Henry Wood") at the 2007 BSI Dinner</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>While Whitehead didn't make his film debut until 1986 in <i>Back to School</i>, starring Rodney Dangerfield, his screen career took off after that. He quickly became known to television audiences for his many guest appearances on several U.S. shows, especially on major sitcoms of the 1990s, such as <i>Frasier</i>, <i>Caroline in the City</i>, <i>Ellen</i>, <i>3rd Rock from the Sun</i>, <i>The Drew Carey Show</i>, <i>Mad About You</i>, and <i>Friends</i>.</p><p>Our own favorite nod to his previous work in <i>The Crucifer of Blood</i> came via an insult hurled by Rodney Dangerfield's Thornton Melon in <i>Back to School</i>. Whitehead's Dr. Philip Barbay was indignant that the <i>nouveau riche</i> Melon could buy his way into the university. But Melon wasn't having it:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="392" id="BLOGGER-video-51a6dd310089be63-14807" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://draft.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwsOfsp0Pfey-9mfoiW3ZGP49aDxkwWUm3XZw-yLt5dNOw9agUWKmkCyHcswvV_BbreXKoAphFTm0WkGFEgIgtqALrnADwZVCE7qOI436kL9PYbBpBCkrqc_j5GbE4uFIk2dQFB" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="472"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Paxton Whitehead's long stage career continued, and it was impressive. For a full look at his credentials, see <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925717/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm" target="_blank">his biography in the Internet Movie Database</a>.</p><p>We'll miss this profoundly talented gentleman. As Dr. Watson observed of Sherlock Holmes in “A Scandal in Bohemia”:</p><blockquote><p>“The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.” </p></blockquote>

Remembering Paxton Whitehead

“a well-staged performance” [VALL] Actor and director Paxton Whitehead has died at the age of 85.  Born in Kent, England in October 1937, h...

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by Scott Monty

Worldwide Doyle 2023 Lecture Series

<h4 style="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/a/AVvXsEjqrDi7Cvj8khydQSoL3InpETr1oF5ReN0RvIUOPpXH8Oxe4TD1PKkNb3yKN5i52-8fDrU5uHY59hea0ch2D-qHiweCs-GKj2eTj6Iq_iruBz3Zbj7xWuVmoNdndYO2yOa5m1yk_KnF4MNYX8AkwaIweQwvmpHJNcEZsFB6uXRrfsXjf4LiZw9AV5AyhA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqrDi7Cvj8khydQSoL3InpETr1oF5ReN0RvIUOPpXH8Oxe4TD1PKkNb3yKN5i52-8fDrU5uHY59hea0ch2D-qHiweCs-GKj2eTj6Iq_iruBz3Zbj7xWuVmoNdndYO2yOa5m1yk_KnF4MNYX8AkwaIweQwvmpHJNcEZsFB6uXRrfsXjf4LiZw9AV5AyhA=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>In late June and early July, the Portsmouth Library and Archives will be hosting a series of four online talks related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, following what began as the <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2021/05/new-lecture-series-on-conan-doyle.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Neil McCaw Lecture Series</a>.</p><p>The Library and Archives are the home to <a href="https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Conan Doyle Collection Lancelyn Green Bequest</a>, an unrivaled collection of books, photographs, objects, documents, and memorabilia chronicling the life of Conan Doyle and beyond, coming from the estate of Richard Lancelyn Green.</p><p>We chatted with Steve Rothman, BSI ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>") and the late Nicholas Utechin, BSI ("The British Barrow") about the life of Richard Lancelyn Green on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose124" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 124</a>:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="6051" data-dashlane-rid="0da5852f52406b1d" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5543290/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/1b9f39/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Worldwide Doyle 2023 </h2><p>If you can't travel to Portsmouth to see the Collection, this series of online talks is the next best thing. <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/EVENTS?HOMEPRMS=EVSESPARAMS" target="_blank">Registration is open</a> for live stream video access via Zoom. The program is as follows (all times are BST):</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Ross Davies and Mark Jones – 26 June @ 7pm</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Arthur Conan Doyle and the Adventure of the Gaiola Malediction</i></b></h4><p>In April/May, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle vacations on his relatives' tiny paradise of an island estate (Gaiola) off the port of Naples, Italy, where he meets an Italian inventor, who claims to have automated the process of duplicating of sculptures. Conan Doyle buys the English rights to the patented machinery, partners with a colourful sculptor-contractor named W.G. Jones who turns out to be both dishonest and difficult to deal with (not quite a grifter, but pretty close!). </p><p>The whole thing turns into a business nightmare, but not before the plan and Conan Doyle's business (both ultimately unsuccessful) get widespread attention in the news media on both sides of the Atlantic. By June 1905, the madcap adventure is over.</p><p>There are many nifty visuals, and many interesting words in both the news coverage and the private correspondence (including some pretty clearly direct connections to a couple of the Sherlock Holmes stories). And nowadays, there is a legend that the beautiful little island is cursed (though for reasons other than Conan Doyle's failed sculpture company) — if only Conan Doyle had known about the curse!</p><p><a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/EVSESENQ/14250109/15162201,1" target="_blank">Register for this talk</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Michael Gunton – 28 June @ 7pm</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>Portsmouth's Conan Doyle Collection</i></h4><p>Portsmouth's Conan Doyle Collection is perhaps the most wide-ranging of its type in the world — including everything from letters written by Conan Doyle to Snoopy outfits and board games. Michael Gunton will give an overview of the contents of the collection, and talk about some of the ways it is being used and enjoyed by users around the world.</p><p><a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/EVSESENQ/14250143/15162202,1" target="_blank">Register for this talk</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Bryan Woods – 3 July 2023 @ 7pm</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>Arthur Conan Doyle's Supernatural Stories</i></h4><p>Sherlock Holmes’ creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was also a prolific writer in other genres - including the supernatural. Bryan Woods’ talk will feature ghosts, Egyptian mummies, and other creatures of the night, as imagined by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Join him if you dare!</p><p><a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?QRY=ESD01%5C15136840%20%2B%20(EVSCFLG:%200%20%2B%20EVSSTATUS:%20A)&QRYTEXT=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%27s%20Supernatural%20Stories%20by%20Bryan%20Woods%20-%20Sessions&SORTS=ESD.SDTE]ESD.STIM&NAVLVL=SET&SEARCH_FORM=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fspydus.exe%2FMSGTRN%2FWPAC%2FEVENTS%3FHOMEPRMS%3DEVSESPARAMS&FORM_DESC=Events" target="_blank">Register for this talk</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Dr. Christopher Pittard – 4th July 2023 @ 7pm</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>Sidney Paget's Visions of Sherlock Holmes</i></h4><p>This talk focuses on the illustrator Sidney Paget's role in creating Sherlock Holmes when Doyle moved to the <i>Strand Magazine</i> in 1891, meaning that from the start of his popularity, Holmes has always been a multimedia figure. </p><p>The talk considers Paget's influences, some of the origins of his Holmes illustrations (drawing on material from the Lancelyn Green Bequest), and the way in which his visual style interacts with Doyle's writing to shape the stories. </p><p><a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/EVSESENQ/14250273/15162204,1" target="_blank">Register for this talk</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This should be an exciting and engaging set of talks. We hope you have a chance to register and view one or more of them.</p><div><br /></div>

Worldwide Doyle 2023 Lecture Series

 “a course of lectures ” [COPP] In late June and early July, the Portsmouth Library and Archives will be hosting a series of four online tal...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 266: Holmes in the Heartland

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“an event of extreme importance” [SIGN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8VqIQwHclSbEtNWISsKfwB3WkkjoITdSwYcE-7medqhpGD_RxnM6oIOvaUOhlTEVUphMis-9eqJn2oJlgIAWG2Eva7HtRIMSs8GuuxGZmGyk91QumBsKnF9bDQ-OVpqJfw94oqsutbUlhAtQCy69lWD8My1CeqWXDnPcP_yygRNeWVcsOzTmxY8N3A/s943/ihearofsherlock266%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="943" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8VqIQwHclSbEtNWISsKfwB3WkkjoITdSwYcE-7medqhpGD_RxnM6oIOvaUOhlTEVUphMis-9eqJn2oJlgIAWG2Eva7HtRIMSs8GuuxGZmGyk91QumBsKnF9bDQ-OVpqJfw94oqsutbUlhAtQCy69lWD8My1CeqWXDnPcP_yygRNeWVcsOzTmxY8N3A/w640-h404/ihearofsherlock266%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><p>There seems to be an explosion of Sherlock Holmes events of late. And the second outing of Holmes in the Heartland is an excellent entry in that horse race.</p><p>Rob Nunn, BSI ("Elementary") and Heather Hinson of the Parallel Case of St. Louis join us to talk about this pandemic-delayed event that is taking place July 28–30, 2023 at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.</p><p>The clever theme for this second entry in the Heartland series is "Arch Enemies," and features a wide array of Sherlockian speakers, vendors, and plenty of activities for all attendees. Listen to this funny and informative interview to hear what to expect and how to participate.</p><p>This episode's <b>Canonical Couplet</b> is an easy one! If you can't solve this, you shouldn't call yourself a Sherlockian. We've got something special from the IHOSE Vaults for our winner.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by June 29, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 266: Holmes in the Heartland

“an event of extreme importance” [SIGN]  There seems to be an explosion of Sherlock Holmes events of late. And the second outing of Holmes i...

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by Scott Monty

Early Review — Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “our review of the situation” [SHOS] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoVlch8mPs-kKedc8WrpyQkds53qimavjDLWCi2URP7sDxOyl0SM8dVQBvQQEYpyoVyuSmjwFcmXEwpvcUGnbyDvaWOFtOkzsq0hE9XH-4XDK_W5nB_7dijwo8HdgalsZzPwHg8yztSJlJtxItk06y-g1gO1PmEVyDrlcO-1Rj4wrDOUJfrjKuBWwNQ/s616/SH%20The%20Awakened.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="616" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoVlch8mPs-kKedc8WrpyQkds53qimavjDLWCi2URP7sDxOyl0SM8dVQBvQQEYpyoVyuSmjwFcmXEwpvcUGnbyDvaWOFtOkzsq0hE9XH-4XDK_W5nB_7dijwo8HdgalsZzPwHg8yztSJlJtxItk06y-g1gO1PmEVyDrlcO-1Rj4wrDOUJfrjKuBWwNQ/w640-h366/SH%20The%20Awakened.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>In a private Facebook group we run called <a href="https://ihose.co/strangersroom" target="_blank">The Strangers Room</a>, one of our members posted a review of the new video game <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1949030/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened</a>.</p><p>The game is described by its creator as "a Lovecraft meets Sherlock Holmes crossover, <i>The Awakened</i> puts you up against the legendary Cthulhu Mythos."</p><p>Here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZOtzu5E8-k&ab_channel=IGN" target="_blank">the official trailer</a> for the game:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZOtzu5E8-k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's a fascinating concept. Here's what member Ro had to say after playing the demo version: </p><p></p><blockquote><p>Frogwares, the studio behind all the best Sherlock Holmes video games, gave access to their demo of <i>Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened</i> game remake to certain tier <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogwares/sherlock-holmes-the-awakened" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> backers last week. I spent some time playing through it on regular and master difficulties and I can say I’m pretty impressed. </p><p>It’s a huge step up from the original and builds on what the devs have been improving over the years on all their Sherlock Holmes games! The story seems like it will be fun to go through as well with the premise of Holmes and Watson now being early days in their partnership.</p><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1949030/" target="_blank">This demo is now available on Steam</a> for the next week for anyone to enjoy (PC only), so for anyone with access, I would highly recommend checking it out.</p><p>For those who are not able to or might not have an interest in playing the game, but still want to see what this is all about, linked here is my playthrough of the hardest difficulty without any commentary, and edited to be as cohesive as I could make it (without any fumbling around).</p></blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6mpPwXTtbiA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ro also posted <a href="https://youtu.be/qaHs4KeYLBk" target="_blank">a version with commentary</a>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qaHs4KeYLBk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The full version of <i><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1949030/Sherlock_Holmes_The_Awakened/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened</a></i> will be released some time before April 2023.</p><p>If you've had a chance to play the demo, leave us a comment below and let us know what you thought of it so far.</p><p><br /></p>

Early Review — Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

 “our review of the situation” [SHOS]  In a private Facebook group we run called The Strangers Room , one of our members posted a review of ...

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by Scott Monty

Season 7 of Trifles Podcast Kicks Off

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “it is of course a trifle, but there is nothing so important as Trifles” [TWIS]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8iNb0SJZHqT4kaAmJCxCWnsVQOyFnuld1wVHgU3i7c0NJvsRYQ367a3VXGlWL3z6qGLGTFnHoHfRn-jss7xVeZoaPhwXq7qq_GqxpBjVkEqyx7ZVyJB_lTKzdezX7qkHh8KBff5kT2GE-MiLdoC3NsNOdDp3WWVUUyentuFKmz2NMK2qmb3Ut1CTxg/s1280/Season%207%20promo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1280" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8iNb0SJZHqT4kaAmJCxCWnsVQOyFnuld1wVHgU3i7c0NJvsRYQ367a3VXGlWL3z6qGLGTFnHoHfRn-jss7xVeZoaPhwXq7qq_GqxpBjVkEqyx7ZVyJB_lTKzdezX7qkHh8KBff5kT2GE-MiLdoC3NsNOdDp3WWVUUyentuFKmz2NMK2qmb3Ut1CTxg/w640-h434/Season%207%20promo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The IHOSE Media-produced podcast <b><i>Trifles </i></b>has entered its seventh season and shows no signs of slowing down.</p><p>Hosts Scott Monty and Burt Wolder, who started the twice-monthly <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank"><i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i></a> interview podcast in 2007, gather 'round the microphone weekly on <i><b><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a></b></i> to discuss various aspects of the Sherlock Holmes stories.</p><p>Past seasons have been wide-ranging, encompassing everything from various elements <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/inside-221b" target="_blank">inside 221B Baker Street</a>, the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/unpublished-cases" target="_blank">unpublished cases</a>, and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/games-sports" target="_blank">games and sports</a>, as well as a look back at some Sherlockian scholarship of the past in our "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" and "Masters Class" series.</p><p>We've collected the various categories <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets" target="_blank">in one place on Soundcloud</a>, and you can certainly look through the archives of individuals on the <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles website</a> or on the podcast player of your choice.</p><p>Meanwhile, here's what the first month of Season 7 looked like:</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles314" target="_blank">Episode 314 – Mentors in the Canon</a></h4><p>A new regular feature uses a monthly observance (National ____ Month) to guide our discussions. Since January was National Mentor Month, we looked at how certain figures in the Sherlock Holmes stories acted as mentors for their juniors, including Sherlock Holmes himself.</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1416374923&color=%23ff0000&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/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/mentors-in-the-canon" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Mentors in the Canon">Mentors in the Canon</a></div><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles315" target="_blank">Episode 315 – Pianos</a></h4><p>How many times and in which stories do we find pianos mentioned? The answer may surprise you.</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1421777386&color=%23ff0000&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/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/pianos" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Pianos">Pianos</a></div><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles316" target="_blank">Episode 316 – The Early Years of Sherlock Holmes</a></h4><p>The Masters Class series continues, as we take some classic Sherlockian scholarship that is particularly admirable, discussing it and the craft and skill in writing it. This season, we'll be looking at four specific scholars. This first entry is from <i><b>Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies</b></i> by <b>Trevor Hall</b> and involves a young Sherlock Holmes.</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1427267164&color=%23ff0000&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/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/the-early-years-of-sherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The Early Years of Sherlock Holmes">The Early Years of Sherlock Holmes</a></div><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles317" target="_blank">Episode 317 – A Detective by Any Other Name</a></h4><p>Early on, Sherlock Holmes tells us there are all kinds of detectives, public and private, but he does not consider himself one. Well, neither did the official police. Just how was he categorized and how did that change over the years?</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1432397110&color=%23ff0000&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/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/a-detective-by-any-other-name" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="A Detective By Any Other Name">A Detective By Any Other Name</a></div><p><br /></p><p>Next up, don't miss a rousing discussion of <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles318" target="_blank">how many times Watson was married</a>. (Hint: more than you think!)</p><p>It's all part of the regular fun and discussion of some of the most trivial yet fascinating details from the Sherlock Holmes canon. It's just a Trifle.</p><p><br /></p>

Season 7 of Trifles Podcast Kicks Off

 “it is of course a trifle, but there is nothing so important as Trifles” [TWIS] The IHOSE Media-produced podcast Trifles has entered its se...

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by Scott Monty

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-Designed Portable Writing Desk Is For Sale

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “a sumptuous writing-desk” [SECO] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAjMbU3OZvj1Co_2guL7lJiY_AeR4ALw3eoeAqfrGRmeM9-KmJn2lUWOROtKoAOPZ_NxlCuHQBR6BqE7lR1QSbd5-h8f77lDy5E0xYg3wo2KcIjZPw7osxLLuMt4wD6OnTzFDj80tfkY30ilhA4_d4XrpQAvDhOCoLQAcyZLA4AKIpkt30u-meugVJQ/s864/ACD%20writing%20desk%20storage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="864" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAjMbU3OZvj1Co_2guL7lJiY_AeR4ALw3eoeAqfrGRmeM9-KmJn2lUWOROtKoAOPZ_NxlCuHQBR6BqE7lR1QSbd5-h8f77lDy5E0xYg3wo2KcIjZPw7osxLLuMt4wD6OnTzFDj80tfkY30ilhA4_d4XrpQAvDhOCoLQAcyZLA4AKIpkt30u-meugVJQ/w640-h512/ACD%20writing%20desk%20storage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>In September 2017, we shared <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/09/see-arthur-conan-doyles-portable.html#.Y9XGTHZKjb2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">news of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's portable writing desk</a>, custom designed by the legendary luggage maker Goyard. </p><p>In November 2016, the desk was part of an exhibition at the Salon Art + Design show in New York and at the time it was owned by the Goyard Museum.</p><p>As of 2019, <i>Antiques Trade Gazette</i> reported that the Conan Doyle-designed Goyard desk <a href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-s-portable-desk-for-sale-from-furniture-maker-timothy-oulton/" target="_blank">was in the hands of a London antique dealer</a>:</p><blockquote><p>"Furniture and accessories designer Timothy Oulton is a collector of antique and vintage trunks and is offering this item from his own private collection. It has a price tag of £96,000 and is on view at his gallery at the Bluebird Garage in Chelsea, London."</p></blockquote><p>To be clear, <i>ATG</i> stated that this was Conan Doyle's design, rather than his own desk: </p><blockquote><p>"Only seven were made and two of these are owned by Goyard. One is in a French museum, three are in private collections (including this from Oulton). The whereabouts of the seventh is unknown."</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Now we've discovered that one of these (ostensibly one of the three from a private collection) is <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/home-accents/trunks-luggage/extremely-rare-20th-century-arthur-conan-doyle-goyard-desk-trunk/id-f_23571432/" target="_blank">available for sale on 1stDibs</a> from a seller in Hong Kong.</p><p>Below are images provided by the seller (click to enlarge).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2fknWA9H1ZCnFfLoXMz1f77yMYKM-hSdgBgiVJw6MbImK9C9Oh9dmoGhlmxjJnV9ZZ4aoGTQfJMomX455gmeaSxGZoxvt86__flzWZv2N7dgwnJLHdK4xO_5FLkJIy52tgF1YNBiNdFHnchJtB-pose29bgl8U0M45Boz5r12oCHJV8JvBnw3NyAbg/s1055/01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1055" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2fknWA9H1ZCnFfLoXMz1f77yMYKM-hSdgBgiVJw6MbImK9C9Oh9dmoGhlmxjJnV9ZZ4aoGTQfJMomX455gmeaSxGZoxvt86__flzWZv2N7dgwnJLHdK4xO_5FLkJIy52tgF1YNBiNdFHnchJtB-pose29bgl8U0M45Boz5r12oCHJV8JvBnw3NyAbg/s320/01.jpg" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv35QH2-UkVZYDeFTyTFw5xfWhU1IrFpkfmcZhp2cqdT_GrLP6YOnnBvcYmUuB3riH_7GCqrdhuzqSJEGid9kE1BVtRgBuGMhNQFDotCcKW0G9fn0dV7Jc7RUK8z_FoUMp7w6OeFhLmmSmzGc9iKlt29bBa6HJvMjJ1zL9nP_zyuiNciw2lmCVXo5tOA/s1073/02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Minor losses. Minor structural damages. Minor fading. Please view the detailed pictures as they form part of the description.</p><p><b>Seller Location:</b> Hong Kong, HK</p><p><b>Reference Number:</b> Seller: #11419</p><p><b>1stDibs:</b> LU5609223571432</p><p><br /></p><p>Conan Doyle would have come into possession of his desk in 1925, which means it's just possible that the final Sherlock Holmes stories — <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose255" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">which just entered the public domain</a> — could have been partially written on his specially-designed desk.</p><p>So if anyone would care to purchase it, fly to Hong Kong, and test it out on a Transpacific cruise, please keep us updated.</p><p><br /></p>

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