Baker Street Elementary – Impractical Jokes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I can take a joke with the best” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70fJmjMaEksFLWQ5-bm6G1UnUAYzGHzed-lzIShZBvY9mh7NsS3EY7MNBmqfoIKpZWUSOqiDHvf_Cw-OuiDK8b-lfKawr8ql9qsgg-XFA9mmFFztR_nefaBS9I9NZhtUO3WG_nP1ve0uqzh3sUKwbG5GSyE5204pNC4TygJuqsuIwruH7lvd0hTdtlIo/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70fJmjMaEksFLWQ5-bm6G1UnUAYzGHzed-lzIShZBvY9mh7NsS3EY7MNBmqfoIKpZWUSOqiDHvf_Cw-OuiDK8b-lfKawr8ql9qsgg-XFA9mmFFztR_nefaBS9I9NZhtUO3WG_nP1ve0uqzh3sUKwbG5GSyE5204pNC4TygJuqsuIwruH7lvd0hTdtlIo/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>"Dad jokes" are typically punny or corny humor used mainly by fathers (although anyone can tell them). Responses range from mild laughter to eye rolls.</div><div><br /></div><div>That got us to thinking while there are plenty of <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2021/06/sherlock-holmes-and-fathers-day.html#:~:text=The%20heroic%20John%20Ferrier%20and%20magnanimous%20Grant%20Munro,just%20how%20abusive%20and%20criminal%20some%20can%20be." target="_blank">fathers and father figures</a> in the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is the state of dad jokes — or more broadly, jokes overall? We find a mixed bag.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jokes as an Excuse</h3><div>Let's begin with father figures. Who can you think of that, when brought to justice, claimed they were only joking?</div><div><br /></div><div>The first is a stepfather, who, in collusion with Mary Sutherland's mother, duped her into believing Hosmer Angel was a real suitor in "A Case of Identity": </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“It was only a joke at first,” groaned our visitor.</div><div>“We never thought that she would have been so carried away.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>In "The Norwood Builder," Jonas Oldacre was smoked out of his hiding place after John Hector McFarlane was accused of his murder:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>The wretched creature began to whimper.</div><div>“I am sure, sir, it was only my practical joke.”</div></blockquote></div><div>And later, has he was being taken away by Inspector Lestrade: </div><div><blockquote><div>“It was a joke, my good sir, a practical joke, nothing more,” he whined incessantly. “I assure you, sir, that I simply concealed myself in order to see the effect of my disappearance, and I am sure that you would not be so unjust as to imagine that I would have allowed any harm to befall poor young Mr. McFarlane.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In order to dismiss any fear her husband might have or keep him from harm, Elsie Cubitt claimed that the dancing men cipher was a joke: </div><blockquote><div>“She answered that it was some senseless practical joke, and that I should not take any notice of it.” </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jokes Eliminated as Motives</h3><div>There are also instances of jokes being eliminated as a motive in certain dire circumstances.</div><div><br /></div><div>When he awoke to find the house abandoned in "Wisteria Lodge," John Scott Eccles told Holmes:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I was furious. My first idea was that I had been the victim of some absurd practical joke.” </div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Holmes and Lestrade, discussing the motive of the severed ears arriving in "The Cardboard Box": </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“You have observed, of course,” said he at last, “that the ears are not a pair.”</div><div>“Yes, I have noticed that. But if this were the practical joke of some students from the dissecting-rooms, it would be as easy for them to send two odd ears as a pair.”</div><div>“Precisely. But this is not a practical joke.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Holmes played things up for Culverton Smith in "The Dying Detective," getting the criminal to admit that he sent Holmes a poisoned booby-trap:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“Yes, yes, I opened it. There was a sharp spring inside it. Some joke—”</div><div>“It was no joke, as you will find to your cost.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Mistaken for a Joke</h3><div>And there are cases where something considered a joke when Sherlock Holmes knew something much more serious was at stake:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>After Jabez Wilson discovered he had been duped to be away from his shop, he viewed it as an inconvenience and a monetary loss:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>“But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing</div><div><div>this prank—if it was a prank—upon me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and thirty pounds.”</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In "The Five Orange Pips," John Openshaw's father was left with the effects of his own brother, Colonel Openshaw. When an envelope arrived and told him to "put the papers on the sundial," the elder Openshaw dismissed the threat and remarked:</div><div><blockquote><div>“ ‘Some preposterous practical joke,’ said he. ‘What have I to do with sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.’</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>When the race was over and Colonel Ross wondered where the murderer of John Straker was, Sherlock Holmes claimed that he was "In my company at this moment." Ross didn't take kindly to it:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I quite recognize that I am under obligations to you, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “but I must regard what you have just said as either a very bad joke or an insult.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>The jokes that fly at Baker Street Elementary are nowhere near as mistakable...</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related:</h4><div><i>Trifles</i> <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2021/12/episode-259-did-sherlock-holmes-have.html" target="_blank">Episode 259 - Did Sherlock Holmes Have a Sense of Humor?</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEl5LDRzbmo1Ezq09PsSEwUpSLCqkse-0Glm-cVrG_LRKxUWRftnmb8ng-H0I_jWd9ebDCxz-7bVcwgkrhfTaAQ_1dQB_mGafVNy2CZdK_zfdzQLxceb14Q-F21u-TwQYVK0KFVFAjZXJDThH6f_EnJnMB6IavFjjREaDL7amw6ev-JDks5WDyMD32SEQ/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEl5LDRzbmo1Ezq09PsSEwUpSLCqkse-0Glm-cVrG_LRKxUWRftnmb8ng-H0I_jWd9ebDCxz-7bVcwgkrhfTaAQ_1dQB_mGafVNy2CZdK_zfdzQLxceb14Q-F21u-TwQYVK0KFVFAjZXJDThH6f_EnJnMB6IavFjjREaDL7amw6ev-JDks5WDyMD32SEQ/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqqgqICINw1enJN5TQEJ3USHbbyzZHEfYcFettY8BnxYNO2DBT-leRcLwj8sjFPsu4v1Um9I7oinfrpdyB9hT4hx4jrWBGtB3bxghml94RQGzrbpM_vpXiFsKQkQNh_Bwom-mGsWCgVOm-UOResxr8nrWVHcfWHspzTn3NkkHV0n04TkJLmp6-eu12yA/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqqgqICINw1enJN5TQEJ3USHbbyzZHEfYcFettY8BnxYNO2DBT-leRcLwj8sjFPsu4v1Um9I7oinfrpdyB9hT4hx4jrWBGtB3bxghml94RQGzrbpM_vpXiFsKQkQNh_Bwom-mGsWCgVOm-UOResxr8nrWVHcfWHspzTn3NkkHV0n04TkJLmp6-eu12yA/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_7NocIW5ZOmYrUDZ0OAflKfxXgwIvNi4cmZbZWkHE2k8fnCYhmrd0lbvxMhD9M9QBLfq3W5XZI6mVMNeSNai8ybNpXSFOLcwJbJ44czpXFVrdLrhMiL2PvQko5nT-UKgWaGPlptjW1AUdFp-CARhecq9iA_q9IgDkotCWHENFJ5cqgjSGMmXg1FEmxA/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_7NocIW5ZOmYrUDZ0OAflKfxXgwIvNi4cmZbZWkHE2k8fnCYhmrd0lbvxMhD9M9QBLfq3W5XZI6mVMNeSNai8ybNpXSFOLcwJbJ44czpXFVrdLrhMiL2PvQko5nT-UKgWaGPlptjW1AUdFp-CARhecq9iA_q9IgDkotCWHENFJ5cqgjSGMmXg1FEmxA/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary – Impractical Jokes

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Worldwide Doyle 2025 Lectures in June and July

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “His lectures were as brilliant as ever” [CREE]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNQXvgFLRIa4G5lDXAT2-CqIGQuw6uhdjQZR4-59-T-KiJLOQzIrerof0s5Qnd00_FNF-FQ-CNpLR5wThuKlKHoRrpPZ2qxeGO3zaPHptZEZPLjB5dWP8vkoMAP0at0TS4abroNnqRdGP84ja83inQODT2J4XNHQCHyOTeeeRK_LVayGe605fDdVRRtk/s1200/Worldwide%20Doyle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNQXvgFLRIa4G5lDXAT2-CqIGQuw6uhdjQZR4-59-T-KiJLOQzIrerof0s5Qnd00_FNF-FQ-CNpLR5wThuKlKHoRrpPZ2qxeGO3zaPHptZEZPLjB5dWP8vkoMAP0at0TS4abroNnqRdGP84ja83inQODT2J4XNHQCHyOTeeeRK_LVayGe605fDdVRRtk/w640-h240/Worldwide%20Doyle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In June and 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> (more on its origins in that link).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Library and Archives are the home to <a href="https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle" rel="nofollow" style="color: #013fd3; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" 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>This year's lineup is filled with experts on Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, and is guaranteed to educate, elucidate, and delight all who attend. Register for each lecture in the link under the descriptions to watch them for free via Zoom.</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Worldwide Doyle 2025 Schedule</h1><div><i>All events take place at 7:00 pm BST and are free of charge.</i></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">June 5, 2025 — Burt Wolder </h2><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>“Conan Doyle: Adventurous Life, Enduring Memories</i>”</h4>As Conan Doyle’s health began to fail, he looked back upon a life rich with accomplishment. In 1930 he drew a cartoon depicting himself as “The Old Horse,” pulling a wagon loaded with memories. This talk explores his life’s work, underscoring the characteristic decisions which made it uniquely memorable. Three lessons are suggested that could be applied to enhance our own experiences.<br /> Burt Wolder, BSI (“Third Pillar from the Left”) is an editor and co-host of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, the first podcast for Sherlock Holmes devotees, and Trifles, a weekly podcast about Holmes’s cases. He also serves on the board of Frederic Dorr Steele Memorial, Inc., a non-profit organization publicizing the life and work of the illustrator F. D. Steele (1873-1944).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660551" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">June 11, 2025 — Clifford Goldfarb</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>“If Arthur Conan Doyle Met Charles Dickens”</i></h3>This talk is about Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens and the possibility of their actual meeting, as well as a general discussion of Conan Doyle’s view of Dickens and a bit of comparison.<br /> Clifford Goldfarb is the author of <i>The Great Shadow: Arthur Conan Doyle, Brigadier Gerard, and Napoleon</i>; and the introduction to the Barnes & Noble edition of <i>The Complete Brigadier Gerard</i>. Also <i>Investigating Sherlock Holmes</i> (with Hartley R. Nathan). He is currently editing <i>Rodney Stone</i> for the Edinburgh New Critical Editions Arthur Conan Doyle Project. </div><div><br /></div><div>His Doylean writing has been published in such places as <i>Journal of Olympic History</i>, <i>Finest Hour</i> (magazine of the International Churchill Society), <i>Journal of the Oscar Wilde Society</i> and <i>Green Bag Almanac and Reader</i>. He is Chairman of the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Reference Library and the Advisory Board of the ACD Society. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to Conan Doyle. He practices charity and non-profit law.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660553" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">June 25, 2025 — Dr Jonathan Cranfield</h2></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>“Conan Doyle: Marriage and Divorce”</i></h3>This talk will examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s role in the movement for divorce reform in the early twentieth century. Doyle was perhaps an unlikely champion for divorce reform which had historically been the preserve of radical thinkers from the feminist and atheist margins. Yet the unpopular divorce reforms of the 1890s helped to assemble a diverse coalition to argue for a complete reformulation and destigmatization of marriage dissolution. Debates on this topic in Britain help to reveal Conan Doyle’s key role in the fraught transition away from deep-seated Victorian attitudes on the subject. The issue formed a crucial part of his developing views on a number of issues including home rule for Ireland, free trade and female suffrage.</div><div><br /> Dr. Jonathan Cranfield is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of <i>Twentieth-Century Victorian: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Strand Magazine, 1891-1930</i> (2016) and the editor of<i> The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</i> (2023).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660554" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">July 3, 2025 — Sheldon Goldfarb</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>“Conan Doyle, Misquoter”</i></h3><div>Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle get things wrong? There is a whole Sherlockian industry devoted to errors in the Sherlock Holmes stories, but what about when he was writing non-fiction, as in his collection of essays called <i>Through the Magic Door</i>, a collection of charming observations about literature, boxing, and Napoleon, in which Conan Doyle recounts a series of anecdotes about Thomas Carlyle, Walter Scott, Oliver Cromwell, and himself. Often the anecdotes are wrong. And then there are his quotations: often they are wrong too.</div><div><br /> Does it matter? Should we not worry unnecessarily about precision when listening to a good story? What did Doyle himself think? In this talk, Goldfab will explore the errors and the rationale for them, and see if we should care about whether Thomas Carlyle bought a whole set of Gibbon to start his private library.</div><div><br /> Sheldon Goldfarb is editing <i>Through the Magic Door</i> for the new Edinburgh University Press edition of the works of Conan Doyle. He is the president of the Sherlock Holmes society in Vancouver, Canada (aka the Stormy Petrels of British Columbia) and is the author of <i>Sherlockian Musings: Thoughts on the Sherlock Holmes Stories</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660557" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>  <br /><br /></div></div>

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Baker Street Elementary – Increased Devotion

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“an honored friend” [SIGN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEfsL3ZUtLQvPvjuq6slT82WjVAoVDuDd6es7NyZBMdRb6-TI3dgdP3GCgcLzQ_Vidodc8viScaYGWvmm76v1WE8x8fJHkAzYx9X1r2kNmRp3hbibsTYpcJMfY0tO5S33e7ZzxTWFirc-u0sY_o_RW0Sj7mN8uCPtXngvmC9fAoFFFmOpIt9hlDxUofvP/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.1.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/AVvXsEhGEfsL3ZUtLQvPvjuq6slT82WjVAoVDuDd6es7NyZBMdRb6-TI3dgdP3GCgcLzQ_Vidodc8viScaYGWvmm76v1WE8x8fJHkAzYx9X1r2kNmRp3hbibsTYpcJMfY0tO5S33e7ZzxTWFirc-u0sY_o_RW0Sj7mN8uCPtXngvmC9fAoFFFmOpIt9hlDxUofvP/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Memorial Day just passed here in the United States. It's the day we honor those who have fallen in the line of duty to their country.<div><br /></div><div>The British of Sherlock Holmes's time were no strangers to war; in fact, John H. Watson, MD was a military man who undoubtedly saw his fair share of death when he was overseas.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the Canon mentions its share of wars — the Crimean War (GLOR, LADY), the Second Afghan War (SIGN), the U.S. Civil War (FIVE, CARD), the great war of Napoleon (SIXN), the Franco-Prussian War (NOBL), potential war in Europe if a document wasn't recovered (SECO), the Civil War involving Charles I (VALL), the Boer War (BLAN), and of course what would eventually become known as World War I (LAST).</div><div><br /></div><div>And then of course, there is the unfortunate Colonel James Barclay, who died not in the line of duty, but nevertheless died as a military man, felled by a just providence decades after he sent his romantic rival, Corporal Henry Wood, into harm's way in "The Crooked Man." Barclay must have assumed that Wood perished in the arranged ambush, but we all know the rest of that story...<br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In just about every country in the world, we can count the honored dead who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Let us be mindful of the wise and timeless words of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YuSGIyqD5Ms-O-6v8dB9L9PNRbdUkxx8HYBEhx8PjCb1y_V6L0mMRXS6ia5nqDDEGvcLXJjnqtMnkF5iY9yOIXAQu5pvvW4oNFAfnmAYZQA_82JGdyJqiPbxp-GuqslqS_XEORAu9aUc2hotL6CGBns0sye90tfqyqQlc-2PZXrIVBsum0FcK54bY41F/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.2.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/AVvXsEh6YuSGIyqD5Ms-O-6v8dB9L9PNRbdUkxx8HYBEhx8PjCb1y_V6L0mMRXS6ia5nqDDEGvcLXJjnqtMnkF5iY9yOIXAQu5pvvW4oNFAfnmAYZQA_82JGdyJqiPbxp-GuqslqS_XEORAu9aUc2hotL6CGBns0sye90tfqyqQlc-2PZXrIVBsum0FcK54bY41F/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7FUKRDFBKkd2ibRK-deozne6UNzkLjm6U3jfmuENpIUIotgh0y3pTLZCUlj4ZIBj4j1ktuUo7nMySXhIgFLAQFcVn8ubJtdGBW7QMxwljff3cJOJ9jrbczh5r7Mh-SJTdJyMdJNrIMxvXrEJRgOC8NCR1bzZUEim9Kk7CT_9VDzxm4CMS_6l8_TTzBOe/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.3.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/AVvXsEjJ7FUKRDFBKkd2ibRK-deozne6UNzkLjm6U3jfmuENpIUIotgh0y3pTLZCUlj4ZIBj4j1ktuUo7nMySXhIgFLAQFcVn8ubJtdGBW7QMxwljff3cJOJ9jrbczh5r7Mh-SJTdJyMdJNrIMxvXrEJRgOC8NCR1bzZUEim9Kk7CT_9VDzxm4CMS_6l8_TTzBOe/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3v_VTKfHAXNsycBuBxAp2nCh0-2XSL5FVJQAUBRXg5aHCjXFtJRnMUWGnjYIaYflEkxWSp-wwkt9Pcit0S-rQE3G2DcipjJHGc5ElmPZ_Qe-bYS1Xkyk4OaRLELc2uu5q00ah6MrM56kjXVOV43SxYsz2ux_ePrGNPjTC4GVcVlnFzz7R0tBEPi9Cosf/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.4.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/AVvXsEjC3v_VTKfHAXNsycBuBxAp2nCh0-2XSL5FVJQAUBRXg5aHCjXFtJRnMUWGnjYIaYflEkxWSp-wwkt9Pcit0S-rQE3G2DcipjJHGc5ElmPZ_Qe-bYS1Xkyk4OaRLELc2uu5q00ah6MrM56kjXVOV43SxYsz2ux_ePrGNPjTC4GVcVlnFzz7R0tBEPi9Cosf/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Increased Devotion

“an honored friend” [SIGN]  Memorial Day just passed here in the United States. It's the day we honor those who have fallen in the line ...

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USA Today's 10 Best: The Mysterious Bookshop

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Who do you give your casting vote to?” [ENGR] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFqKUS1bGQov2b4Z7eFde4Y8YPIoFcI7HkYwPzaFSTZomchv-As94atiHMepZvjUymtanVIoK8tjG7grnGzmjUHnr5jKUkkoNSOX059J-pWvRys7MHgFs2oc1xLVDy8Yn3SQrPO3PrZHW3VRD3RH7CvrF7JBMhIE1fhifFmwLR9y67G6WVxwXhBmDOl3I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1464" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFqKUS1bGQov2b4Z7eFde4Y8YPIoFcI7HkYwPzaFSTZomchv-As94atiHMepZvjUymtanVIoK8tjG7grnGzmjUHnr5jKUkkoNSOX059J-pWvRys7MHgFs2oc1xLVDy8Yn3SQrPO3PrZHW3VRD3RH7CvrF7JBMhIE1fhifFmwLR9y67G6WVxwXhBmDOl3I=w640-h448" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The Mysterious Bookshop is an independent bookstore in New York City and is one of the oldest mystery bookstores in the United States. Founded by Otto Penzler, BSI ("The King of Bohemia"), it has been in business for over 45 years.</p><p><b>And it needs your vote.</b></p><p>Established at 129 West 56th Street, its charm included a cast iron spiral staircase, a whole wall of Sherlock Holmes-related material, and a sign that read: "Nobody shoplifts from a store that knows 3,214 ways to murder someone." After 25 years at that location, Otto moved the store to 58 Warren Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood. And the sign went with him.</p><p>After 20 years in the new location, business is as strong as ever and is a nominee in <a href="https://10best.usatoday.com/" target="_blank">USA Today's 10 Best Awards</a>:</p><p></p><blockquote>It's no mystery why book lovers have flocked to The Mysterious Bookshop since 1979. Located in the heart of Tribeca, The Mysterious Bookshop is the nation's oldest mystery specialist bookstore, and that includes all its sub-genres, such as detective, crime, thrillers, and suspense. Mystery lovers can browse the store's comprehensive collection of rare collectibles, Sherlockiana, and modern first editions. The Mysterious Bookshop also produces its own Bibliomystery series of novellas by some of the biggest authors in the genre.</blockquote><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Here's all you have to do: </h3><p><a href="https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/mysterious-bookshop-new-york-city-new-york/?mc_cid=bcafac9970&mc_eid=19440ba0c6" target="_blank">Go to this link every day</a> and vote for <a href="https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/mysterious-bookshop-new-york-city-new-york/?mc_cid=bcafac9970&mc_eid=19440ba0c6" target="_blank">The Mysterious Bookshop</a> as your favorite independent bookstore. Vote early, vote often (voting refreshes at midnight every day). </p><p>Let's give Otto's creation the attention and accolades it deserves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and if you haven't listened to <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose87" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 87</a> of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> yet, now's the perfect time:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1767" data-dashlane-rid="6d1069ed74d8c2bb" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4045502/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><br /></p>

USA Today's 10 Best: The Mysterious Bookshop

“Who do you give your casting vote to?” [ENGR]  The Mysterious Bookshop is an independent bookstore in New York City and is one of the oldes...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Baker Street Elementary – Rebellion!

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the revolting business” [CARD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OMd3hGP5oZKWEHei_vFiT5ECQUVxvma9xiG0gq5iMgXYOHXBH_hj_1Rsc9ToH267h1V-7ei1AJ499_X9P1KrfdEiqPZrDK4MR_W0HC8sFqxP3xEx735Rn408rUaJ_cxvkPYvuQgOI40XdHm58FxDkGWgz8VueQ09TvDZSkDtFt3cDDQ2C7YtbIan9Mk/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20202.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OMd3hGP5oZKWEHei_vFiT5ECQUVxvma9xiG0gq5iMgXYOHXBH_hj_1Rsc9ToH267h1V-7ei1AJ499_X9P1KrfdEiqPZrDK4MR_W0HC8sFqxP3xEx735Rn408rUaJ_cxvkPYvuQgOI40XdHm58FxDkGWgz8VueQ09TvDZSkDtFt3cDDQ2C7YtbIan9Mk/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20202.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>It's always pleasant to get along with others. It is, of course, how all great things are accomplished: through collaboration, pooling of resources, and scale.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Not everyone is able to get along, though. When ancient man turned to an agricultural society rather than a hunt-and-gather society, it required working with others. This not only led to conflicts with other growing societies, but to squabbles from within.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rebellion typically arises when one group feels oppressed under a harsh leadership, with certain rights having been stripped from them. They organize, rise up, and see the results of their work (either negative or positive).</div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of rebellions in the Sherlock Holmes stories come to mind:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>"The<i> Gloria Scott</i>": a mutiny aboard a ship of prisoners that led to the ship's demise and the delivery of incognito survivors to their destination.</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>: Sir Hugo held the Baskerville seat during "the Great Rebellion," meaning the English Civil War (1642 –1651)</li><li><i>A Study in Scarlet</i>: John Ferrier and Jefferson Hope were considered rebels against the church's authority</li><li><i>The Sign of Four</i>: Jonathan Small tells of the 3d Bengal Fusiliers at the Fort of Agra and how, when the Great Mutiny broke out, he joined them "to meet the rebels at Shahgunge," and upon returning to the fort, the Four used the existence of rebels to mask their heist.</li><li>"The Crooked Man": Corporal Henry Wood was sent into battle amid "ten thousand rebels round us, and they were as keen as a set of terriers round a rat-cage," before being captured by a group of them.</li></ol></div><div><div>But perhaps it is the would-be mutineer John H. Watson we should have kept our eyes on the whole time — an Army man with experience in India and Afghanistan. He told us early on that he was considering rising up against Sherlock Holmes:</div><blockquote><div>"I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos..." (STUD)</div></blockquote></div><div>For more on the mutiny in "The<i> Gloria Scott</i>" listen to <a href="https:/ihose.co/trifles27" target="_blank">Episode 27</a> of <i>Trifles</i>:</div><div><br /></div><iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5507799/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d0161c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border: none;" data-dashlane-rid="dafc758a03056d6e" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="440"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, let's see if we can keep in check the instinct of the boys at Baker Street Elementary...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hpeZnIQWnxQUcP0vBhiDQrp0xZ6H14QOMEEOVFQHsC-R88CsrCXXiwWk1XzgCS40UlS4tnMHlRcFjrFTVVeGxtB-83PFDv2MS88dixIOe6SySJEk81Kyn-W0EczKpm2A0PlyHp7_dnVF6cV_9fbG6pMuMmrMiJFL0yekM_Hjm7AakCtAOqvKui7Yhxs/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20202.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hpeZnIQWnxQUcP0vBhiDQrp0xZ6H14QOMEEOVFQHsC-R88CsrCXXiwWk1XzgCS40UlS4tnMHlRcFjrFTVVeGxtB-83PFDv2MS88dixIOe6SySJEk81Kyn-W0EczKpm2A0PlyHp7_dnVF6cV_9fbG6pMuMmrMiJFL0yekM_Hjm7AakCtAOqvKui7Yhxs/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20202.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_5LBTyiyKFNEZV2huSZmRQTsjEGeu6o1ypQOWckgTArxO83c4yrUXP-dczt76UGHGExEaaIdLF5P72MY80qCF2e6edZpPQrxjGRZO3e_c3vGx7VyErM5VOEizhMlEHV2uPnW17cxVPsGJZWTbHLbKEkUFmkEbSfEti3WPOtDxuDEt196rgKq_uUYcVo/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20202.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_5LBTyiyKFNEZV2huSZmRQTsjEGeu6o1ypQOWckgTArxO83c4yrUXP-dczt76UGHGExEaaIdLF5P72MY80qCF2e6edZpPQrxjGRZO3e_c3vGx7VyErM5VOEizhMlEHV2uPnW17cxVPsGJZWTbHLbKEkUFmkEbSfEti3WPOtDxuDEt196rgKq_uUYcVo/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20202.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Rebellion!

“the revolting business” [CARD]  It's always pleasant to get along with others. It is, of course, how all great things are accomplished:...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Baker Street Elementary – I'll Drink to That

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Is alcohol permitted?” [MAZA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQQ93JuHay6whUELJrWd1dwJygw-_aKyx-6vikTro0kI-vi8X2ENq18onHP-BQKJPu5VEtPXhynbwFNYulwHq4D2GqfY12Ykydc7z__EvmPyzOgr-xJh2Wku3Uvkj3z0of4ZWwV7ZcL4sM9HuKO3kJUPW_De73WidcqVhcs3IQPAiPV8tCV2cr_NBoeYK/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20201.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQQ93JuHay6whUELJrWd1dwJygw-_aKyx-6vikTro0kI-vi8X2ENq18onHP-BQKJPu5VEtPXhynbwFNYulwHq4D2GqfY12Ykydc7z__EvmPyzOgr-xJh2Wku3Uvkj3z0of4ZWwV7ZcL4sM9HuKO3kJUPW_De73WidcqVhcs3IQPAiPV8tCV2cr_NBoeYK/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20201.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div> In the Sherlockian world, the saying made famous by John Bennett Shaw, BSI ("The Hans Sloane of My Age") is "All you need for a Sherlockian meeting is two Sherlockians and a bottle. In a pinch, dispense with the other Sherlockian."</div><div><br /></div><div>But alcohol can be bit of a touchy subject. It's not everyone's thing, and for some, there may be negative connotations. Arthur Conan Doyle's father Charles Doyle was an alcoholic, and there's no doubt that the effects (some of which resulted in the elder Doyle being institutionalized) had a lasting effect.</div><div><br /></div><div>We see it crop up in certain stories, such as in "The Cardboard Box," in which Jim Browner, an reformed alcoholic, went on a bender and killed his wife and her lover:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I broke my blue ribbon and began to drink again”</div></blockquote></div><div>We also saw tinges of the evil spirits in Henry Baker's hat, as evidenced by Holmes's characterization:</div><div><blockquote><div>“He had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, seems to indicate some evil influence, probably drink, at work upon him. This may account also for the obvious fact that his wife has ceased to love him.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Watson's brother was an alcoholic, as we learned in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, which led to Watson's erroneous diagnosis of the Dundas separation case in "A Case of Identity":</div><div><blockquote><div>“There is, of course, the other woman, the drink, the push, the blow, the bruise, the sympathetic sister or landlady.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Holmes was quick to disprove Watson's theory: </div><div><div>“The husband was a teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife,”</div></div><div><br /></div><div>So much for the evil influence of drink.</div><div><br /></div><div>For a deeper dive on this, see <i>Trifles</i> <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles335" target="_blank">Episode 335 -Alcoholism</a>) and <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles21" target="_blank">Episode 21</a> and <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles22" target="_blank">Episode 22</a> - Pubs  & Taverns.  </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, let's see what the boys at Baker Street Elementary are learning about it...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxUFX7xvWfjk6NWZaPc8tIkBDGo6-J4M_TOOHo33HDbOr9jBFB5IXWS-HJpQ2RaBJVGLDnCrG7txP-QKWvOWOoFceUypeujnPMGSLJFSla4nLrttwXuPL8A1yoF9vn588OyCxWcepV7qwieEtJeyVmsq6cc__JMYOwLiAU_sFla4II9ujvUs0ceCMqwY/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20201.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxUFX7xvWfjk6NWZaPc8tIkBDGo6-J4M_TOOHo33HDbOr9jBFB5IXWS-HJpQ2RaBJVGLDnCrG7txP-QKWvOWOoFceUypeujnPMGSLJFSla4nLrttwXuPL8A1yoF9vn588OyCxWcepV7qwieEtJeyVmsq6cc__JMYOwLiAU_sFla4II9ujvUs0ceCMqwY/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20201.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkUN9bqPSgQIQhCvC_yjFsUQNcvTgZvczEjjb_SJe0DKQQ9LNbIeUWAy1ZqbDk4IX_Hd4rmXuiDXtg6k8w9etT4zv_-oIzWwTqaoJEU-OllPUyCuqF3O-vIPaO4SzqaTnE0eyw_FTDRIIZdUodjcJ1ruli4_5BEzxGyDAULFEgs_6MZXJu89Y64EqqKk/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20201.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkUN9bqPSgQIQhCvC_yjFsUQNcvTgZvczEjjb_SJe0DKQQ9LNbIeUWAy1ZqbDk4IX_Hd4rmXuiDXtg6k8w9etT4zv_-oIzWwTqaoJEU-OllPUyCuqF3O-vIPaO4SzqaTnE0eyw_FTDRIIZdUodjcJ1ruli4_5BEzxGyDAULFEgs_6MZXJu89Y64EqqKk/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20201.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – I'll Drink to That

“Is alcohol permitted?” [MAZA]   In the Sherlockian world, the saying made famous by John Bennett Shaw, BSI ("The Hans Sloane of My Age...

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Granada Sherlock Holmes Starring Jeremy Brett Remastered in 4K

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

Granada Sherlock Holmes Starring Jeremy Brett Remastered in 4K

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

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Baker Street Elementary – Flowery Language

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“What a lovely thing a rose is” [NAVA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKNVge84-PjzyYZ_74O_Twx0xb2ZgHiFBhL-dEMZx7VMKdAshSlJvyoqCWCTIfmOZ6xHgxsh_VnxwjY53X-QDfLDncfKxs42LBcDU43dixdqwgiLWEbhN1NYfgk45dVFwkXZlzl0R8guW9Nekgphb6qP03MlQ4p5wqA2ZjmYXYhr2Lec9xys3R2CloBM/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKNVge84-PjzyYZ_74O_Twx0xb2ZgHiFBhL-dEMZx7VMKdAshSlJvyoqCWCTIfmOZ6xHgxsh_VnxwjY53X-QDfLDncfKxs42LBcDU43dixdqwgiLWEbhN1NYfgk45dVFwkXZlzl0R8guW9Nekgphb6qP03MlQ4p5wqA2ZjmYXYhr2Lec9xys3R2CloBM/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Sherlock Holmes was not a fan of emotions, particularly when it came to his work. In <i>The Sign of Four</i>, he reacted to Watson's write-up of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>:<blockquote><div>“Honestly, I cannot congratulate you upon it. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.” </div></blockquote><div>In "The Greek Interpreter," Watson tells us:</div><div><blockquote><div>“His aversion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character...” </div></blockquote></div><div>And in "A Scandal in Bohemia, he related just how foreign it would be for Holmes to feel deeply:</div><div><blockquote><div>“Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>So the famous "rose" speech in "The Naval Treaty" seems particularly striking in contrast, where we find Holmes getting sentimental, perhaps driven by intense contemplation and a philosophical mood.</div><div><blockquote><div>“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Of course, Providence created all kinds of flowers — even those that don't smell quite a sweet as a rose. Does that qualify as "goodness"?</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Baker Street Elementary team might just be saying OMG...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Lp4f-c7BaPKi7BcVX1gazp32-3ezA0swRjBa7jneak3a1134x5XXUAdTHkRMPoR0tQF6HJP13fvl5m32Z-bZ77N3ZHfSteDQZMHbIViXvY8hoED8RS4cMLyM-nbY2VO6ALS1nREy_tgqjsMwBYqWLpSXzttt3ooeGu_WzHsz1uLF1-i4WVG8AwfDtc/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Lp4f-c7BaPKi7BcVX1gazp32-3ezA0swRjBa7jneak3a1134x5XXUAdTHkRMPoR0tQF6HJP13fvl5m32Z-bZ77N3ZHfSteDQZMHbIViXvY8hoED8RS4cMLyM-nbY2VO6ALS1nREy_tgqjsMwBYqWLpSXzttt3ooeGu_WzHsz1uLF1-i4WVG8AwfDtc/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN3_PSF3fXxePZcE8DBsGIEO0bKWVpRfuL2FjgJMr6sSdQFdbSrFbvxDiChYdZTGFdaga07K9EPnEKagi7BC7-U1AXRu-txuwNaL5fq63TxpAWupuNjFtYpZaYBCumDbWogkE6HnXvGm2YHXaBou1vVZJjCQdQN56kLnNu6XOZNhq_wuJ2w8cnSu-bVE/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN3_PSF3fXxePZcE8DBsGIEO0bKWVpRfuL2FjgJMr6sSdQFdbSrFbvxDiChYdZTGFdaga07K9EPnEKagi7BC7-U1AXRu-txuwNaL5fq63TxpAWupuNjFtYpZaYBCumDbWogkE6HnXvGm2YHXaBou1vVZJjCQdQN56kLnNu6XOZNhq_wuJ2w8cnSu-bVE/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbZzFvt2wX173vkiS0vCtHqek_YvqifAu2uiHx6wK_vhBE5c3H_RyQKxoOR3XJhpMwj59it5w49A8qlkBEmaqWmTcphCLX4_2SmsetwgQFr2mVNBMwhEH0XFh893S6w2LJLgq_Aj_N_D8KnRVP-BqvoSN9VvPMy2NShSNRxNfXBCH4ix-5ZR843nM4S8/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbZzFvt2wX173vkiS0vCtHqek_YvqifAu2uiHx6wK_vhBE5c3H_RyQKxoOR3XJhpMwj59it5w49A8qlkBEmaqWmTcphCLX4_2SmsetwgQFr2mVNBMwhEH0XFh893S6w2LJLgq_Aj_N_D8KnRVP-BqvoSN9VvPMy2NShSNRxNfXBCH4ix-5ZR843nM4S8/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20200.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Flowery Language

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

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Baker Street Elementary - A Quarter for Your Thoughts

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand” [WIST] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ya_QDAG4LYaoJLUr8eoTIwL_EIJFM3spceHb6sdOhqemdJeyD4woab4llrrfKp4J6xv1KggQYgaxbIMaOdz1pV06UlO7JaIqBpvlv1faIbgpR5ANbdXhkAWKXJvEjyFvIpIZDvdyUXvZ5JIRmGtRYJ7Be1K1D4As0ASH4mx7ds-wI-NN_MiFmn6SwFU/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ya_QDAG4LYaoJLUr8eoTIwL_EIJFM3spceHb6sdOhqemdJeyD4woab4llrrfKp4J6xv1KggQYgaxbIMaOdz1pV06UlO7JaIqBpvlv1faIbgpR5ANbdXhkAWKXJvEjyFvIpIZDvdyUXvZ5JIRmGtRYJ7Be1K1D4As0ASH4mx7ds-wI-NN_MiFmn6SwFU/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In "Wisteria Lodge," John Scott Eccles tells Sherlock Holmes about his strange experience of waking up in a host's house completely alone. In his desire to discover more, he visits the office of a real estate agent. <br /><div><blockquote><div>“I called at Allan Brothers’, the chief land agents in the village, and found that it was from this firm that the villa had been rented. It struck me that the whole proceeding could hardly be for the purpose of making a fool of me, and that the main object must be to get out of the rent. It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand.”</div></blockquote></div><div>What is quarter day and what does it have to do with real estate?</div><div><br /></div><div>The short answer is there are four quarter days in a year: one each in March, June, September, and December. And rent was always due at the end of the quarter.</div><div><br /></div><div>The longer answer is each of these quarter days has a special significance tied to a religious holiday or celebration:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b>March:</b> Lady Day (the Annunciation)</li><li><b>June:</b> Midsummer Day (the Nativity of John the Baptist)</li><li><b>September:</b> Michaelmas (St. Michael and the Angels)</li><li><b>December:</b> Christmas (the Nativity of Jesus)</li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div>It is only Lady Day that gets mentioned in the Canon, though. We've already mentioned "Wisteria Lodge." The other is "The Resident Patient," when Percy Trevelyan recounted Mr. Blessington's offer:</div><div><blockquote>“This was the strange proposal, Mr. Holmes, with which the man Blessington approached me. I won’t weary you with the account of how we bargained and negotiated. It ended in my moving into the house next Lady Day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested.”</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In the very first season of <i>Trifles</i>, we discussed <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/03/13-quarter-day-is-at-hand.html" target="_blank">the significance of quarter days</a>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="7506" data-dashlane-rid="38094c7cd0071a92" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35555380/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/1a1f21/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, at Baker Street Elementary, the dates seem to be the biggest mystification of all...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQsYJ8Y2ZE-Z08Td94n0uuQjO_2TYd69nnitzYE1IWJjnJ8jzO0UZHlW1OqREPMKl0v5EqV4mgkFy-M9M4F5rQiXmlvRQHBnBblmwBmwmk__AxnbjZk8vO4bOKbbTBEA_-IOixvIxh0GwIgYe0Q0WQB4KXjB_l8TKfjJnNwH1R4jmKjnklEsu78B5DFM/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQsYJ8Y2ZE-Z08Td94n0uuQjO_2TYd69nnitzYE1IWJjnJ8jzO0UZHlW1OqREPMKl0v5EqV4mgkFy-M9M4F5rQiXmlvRQHBnBblmwBmwmk__AxnbjZk8vO4bOKbbTBEA_-IOixvIxh0GwIgYe0Q0WQB4KXjB_l8TKfjJnNwH1R4jmKjnklEsu78B5DFM/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXJuO4u-AQQP_aMYDPYXlIMkQwPAhNUbS-pHICOFXEl10VSZXkG_VCd0mx7z-K27qtd0wZlZi4RhXgvlClKuliUaA_NUzHVqaRshlzw1U_Ao-rGd7D0Q_-YVarxw08czO7b6ZTrbgKoVlH6BnOcj1WaSXxSiN8ZiiQKIVwpPPS3NMH4h-tV7QYz5ome4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXJuO4u-AQQP_aMYDPYXlIMkQwPAhNUbS-pHICOFXEl10VSZXkG_VCd0mx7z-K27qtd0wZlZi4RhXgvlClKuliUaA_NUzHVqaRshlzw1U_Ao-rGd7D0Q_-YVarxw08czO7b6ZTrbgKoVlH6BnOcj1WaSXxSiN8ZiiQKIVwpPPS3NMH4h-tV7QYz5ome4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNTLAfAfMKDZYhwak_E9pxjPkhUCwxmAQdeGC_t9JOHdILMoe9_0LlR3jpnqUU6Ejjr5rfupHEefRAVrdvuYTu1zzfzj7Q7XxQjoWec1icUmGy9CM6dbAlew7Ke111OpHFdWVZvInJMzIMfFEmrw39sNRr0F_KwUkCGSK30MwSHnPO_roG8_Suh9nE14/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNTLAfAfMKDZYhwak_E9pxjPkhUCwxmAQdeGC_t9JOHdILMoe9_0LlR3jpnqUU6Ejjr5rfupHEefRAVrdvuYTu1zzfzj7Q7XxQjoWec1icUmGy9CM6dbAlew7Ke111OpHFdWVZvInJMzIMfFEmrw39sNRr0F_KwUkCGSK30MwSHnPO_roG8_Suh9nE14/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20199.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary - A Quarter for Your Thoughts

“It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand” [WIST]  In "Wisteria Lodge," John Scott Eccles tells Sherlock Holmes about his st...

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Baker Street Elementary – I Swear to God...

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath” [STUD] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuAPk9UbTTAyDPB6ffMdK0HE_ykQ1G4opIu8v5HFu2RRAPiFGqvpjym0lEOLX-y7YQlfnr4qBNCkBN6jIpT-rLLftNp0LU2l_pOZPLLCJ23jJKPBcVcs71_l2N2cenpSSrm2uhquAvW9TRnURsECYRzvNH6BXq178Ha2nSEFuu2e8AfjvVpOr-AYYP3Qx/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20198.1.PNG" 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/AVvXsEiDuAPk9UbTTAyDPB6ffMdK0HE_ykQ1G4opIu8v5HFu2RRAPiFGqvpjym0lEOLX-y7YQlfnr4qBNCkBN6jIpT-rLLftNp0LU2l_pOZPLLCJ23jJKPBcVcs71_l2N2cenpSSrm2uhquAvW9TRnURsECYRzvNH6BXq178Ha2nSEFuu2e8AfjvVpOr-AYYP3Qx/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20198.1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Was Sherlock Holmes religious? That was something we contemplated together with Henry T. Folsom, BSI ("The Golden Pince-Nez") in <i>Trifles</i> Episode 427 on his Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article "<a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2025/03/episode-427-my-biblical-knowledge-is.html" target="_blank">My Biblical Knowledge is a Trifle Rusty</a>." [Listen below]</div><div><br /></div><div>In considering whether Holmes subscribed to any Eastern or Western religion, Folsom made it clear that Holmes was familiar with a number of religions, but was more of an agnostic than an atheist. And of course, his famous "rose soliloquy" was indicative of his believe in some Higher Power:</div><div><blockquote><div>“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Religious aspects pop up throughout the Canon, from the heavy hand of the Mormons (STUD) to Holmes serving as a witness to a wedding in the first short story (SCAN) to his claim that “my Biblical knowledge is a trifle rusty” (CROO), it is a constant drum-beat.</div><div><br /></div><div>But isn't it interesting that of his many disguises, <i>two</i> of them were religious in nature: “an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman” (SCAN) and “a venerable Italian priest” (FINA).</div><div><br /></div><div>Was he overly familiar with these professions? Or were was he able to get cassocks in bulk from his costume supplier? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="7506" data-dashlane-rid="38094c7cd0071a92" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35555380/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/1a1f21/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's some Sunday humor from the boys at Baker Street Elementary...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuhGeurXn3qC9Ni9NlTGm7MVbh3tMK0maiEuJUKXKFEv5nLS4Vy_qOemNhk5OTtoRoKJONba54VVABASGJ5WyHVGSChc1j-LZwPibqV24qbRTcz1xVv_mUdntW_VqZFXuOOsoj2CQVH-sdy1r5YM9szPSrKKnjVGHW9VqLGfQThk0kqSMTuq266Bp4ikj/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20198.2.PNG" 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/AVvXsEgBuhGeurXn3qC9Ni9NlTGm7MVbh3tMK0maiEuJUKXKFEv5nLS4Vy_qOemNhk5OTtoRoKJONba54VVABASGJ5WyHVGSChc1j-LZwPibqV24qbRTcz1xVv_mUdntW_VqZFXuOOsoj2CQVH-sdy1r5YM9szPSrKKnjVGHW9VqLGfQThk0kqSMTuq266Bp4ikj/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20198.2.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3aVTN0ZcS8z7VOXHGi1ousUxpq6h11xIkbJqCsTNIM9_9XFQNAPun-AU0N6trUQICFne2WZ1STMAEAzdh1WA8F0rUoeijW1PhA-5cnZ92NVzzFf9GLJM1mAc0szbf90DqCeBY2OdpJOytnfv4xWobyUrkaHsOUgPKlupVAxze2-QY-mP7ojjgX8nfTtu/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20198.3.PNG" 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/AVvXsEjD3aVTN0ZcS8z7VOXHGi1ousUxpq6h11xIkbJqCsTNIM9_9XFQNAPun-AU0N6trUQICFne2WZ1STMAEAzdh1WA8F0rUoeijW1PhA-5cnZ92NVzzFf9GLJM1mAc0szbf90DqCeBY2OdpJOytnfv4xWobyUrkaHsOUgPKlupVAxze2-QY-mP7ojjgX8nfTtu/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20198.3.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary – I Swear to God...

“dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath” [STUD]  Was Sherlock Holmes religious? That was something we contemplated to...

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Baker Street Elementary – What's in a Name?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“should you rather that I sent James off to bed?” [TWIS] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqMhAGGSTRT96NuIPoXsauOGGJd-awcU7yxU6FjZdZGNEaPx2zFaB2_jKwAuhsTwFjEoovlT9vXJG7U1iBKm4hLx6JmCELdgbjZ7hTyEDJewGtHfzjvt7H2ONBZkZFXt59_5ik8uspHQqxWyXfM67rh6g5gcUMNLIdvX88yuvMAAiAgPO89jIECGW09Mh/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.1.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/AVvXsEiLqMhAGGSTRT96NuIPoXsauOGGJd-awcU7yxU6FjZdZGNEaPx2zFaB2_jKwAuhsTwFjEoovlT9vXJG7U1iBKm4hLx6JmCELdgbjZ7hTyEDJewGtHfzjvt7H2ONBZkZFXt59_5ik8uspHQqxWyXfM67rh6g5gcUMNLIdvX88yuvMAAiAgPO89jIECGW09Mh/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>One of the most vexing and early discrepancies in the Sherlock Holmes canon occurs in "The Man With the Twisted Lip," when Mrs. Watson refers to her husband as "James."</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“It was very sweet of you to come. Now, you must have some wine and water, and sit here comfortably and tell us all about it. Or should you rather that I sent James off to bed?”</div><div><br /></div><div>“Oh, no, no! I want the doctor’s advice and help, too. It’s about Isa. He has not been home for two days. I am so frightened about him!”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Having clearly introduced us to himself as "John H. Watson, M.D., late of the Army Medical Department" in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, it strains credulity that the good doctor would have misprinted his own name. So what does that leave us? </div><div><br /></div><div>Dorothy Sayers famously came up with what is probably the most clever and elegant solution when she suggested that Mrs. Watson was referring to her husband by his middle name, as something of a term of endearment.</div><div><br /></div><div>"But wait," we hear you say. "His middle name started with 'H'!"</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, and that's where Sayers' solution is perfect. She suggested that Watson's middle name was <i>Hamish</i>, which is a Scottish version of James.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We have a companion Trifles episode on this topic: <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2022/08/episode-294-james-watson-md.html" target="_blank">Episode 294 - James Watson, M.D.</a>, in which we discuss Tom Cynkin's look at the matter:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="2602" data-dashlane-rid="300b77ddde01c66e" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24086268/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: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's literally another Case of Identity. Speaking of identifying oneself, let's see what the boys at BSE are up to today...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGGJ53qEQ6pI-JWU5RYN4_4o6X8yVU88mOnQ3RnrijESfRTrNIe-5Yu4RNX68ZikKnZW31UQ1uEEzJW8gg6n94fwKYO38Rg27r8oDaF5dO45JEHu2QQV_FglBFXcdcWdj9gXKOuKnB1mxLC-DiE1z1KMk5WnUBK2G2Nzx3rnN10qmUIHBsXHTXPvB4uiC/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.2.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/AVvXsEhEGGJ53qEQ6pI-JWU5RYN4_4o6X8yVU88mOnQ3RnrijESfRTrNIe-5Yu4RNX68ZikKnZW31UQ1uEEzJW8gg6n94fwKYO38Rg27r8oDaF5dO45JEHu2QQV_FglBFXcdcWdj9gXKOuKnB1mxLC-DiE1z1KMk5WnUBK2G2Nzx3rnN10qmUIHBsXHTXPvB4uiC/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7cQ9A8ch-aiUGVvQzZpiPbqZc_ygW9dpIG3UXlYcx74hw3Oi05EI1Td6xsP63ZVSWJ_29qO9HGuyQVc9TW89ta65EkHvG2IR7QsksCeMEOty7huvAJpZcDF32GV5wC_SLinl8NJ4wQZl1c9GwvmXZHceRnbr7PCmh1V2_22-GEvn8o4kFyp-KJl2wcLa/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.3.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/AVvXsEiv7cQ9A8ch-aiUGVvQzZpiPbqZc_ygW9dpIG3UXlYcx74hw3Oi05EI1Td6xsP63ZVSWJ_29qO9HGuyQVc9TW89ta65EkHvG2IR7QsksCeMEOty7huvAJpZcDF32GV5wC_SLinl8NJ4wQZl1c9GwvmXZHceRnbr7PCmh1V2_22-GEvn8o4kFyp-KJl2wcLa/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZ_sujUZhBlyJ3KxNj7ny-B4ZW29JtDp1ZaK39Z96YkgI_zHxDkXZ8LwrjMbkzSeEWAYkghclmVvNlbCjFgT6l-L-6LRXuhD0s5991FaOJu8TxBjiBGqi9ySQGQLHJPg6OYxIV0foKRwvS-B-hCmmHKcemyrbV15hgGXa85Q9VFYVKYfwvYabucunHPi6/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.4.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/AVvXsEgaZ_sujUZhBlyJ3KxNj7ny-B4ZW29JtDp1ZaK39Z96YkgI_zHxDkXZ8LwrjMbkzSeEWAYkghclmVvNlbCjFgT6l-L-6LRXuhD0s5991FaOJu8TxBjiBGqi9ySQGQLHJPg6OYxIV0foKRwvS-B-hCmmHKcemyrbV15hgGXa85Q9VFYVKYfwvYabucunHPi6/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20197.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – What's in a Name?

“should you rather that I sent James off to bed?” [TWIS]  One of the most vexing and early discrepancies in the Sherlock Holmes canon occurs...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Coloring Our Perceptions

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“an old dressing-gown of Holmes’s” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSiS49Z7QTrRzh8eaX4FBUdEauqlc4WuzjrysXmJLkBrXP8e5fTWhxQlEIiutje9rYdQbCmIXmR3p027rrezMqB5K2mFzAgNRJn8JWCu4rqVwwY0ywwAzMdLHxgiLYFodmLgOxfnONFN8GdGVy5ff4Z2OKEqIx6e3BNmpeT_J3-p37RAAmLtTQfLAhcFR/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20196.1.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/AVvXsEgVSiS49Z7QTrRzh8eaX4FBUdEauqlc4WuzjrysXmJLkBrXP8e5fTWhxQlEIiutje9rYdQbCmIXmR3p027rrezMqB5K2mFzAgNRJn8JWCu4rqVwwY0ywwAzMdLHxgiLYFodmLgOxfnONFN8GdGVy5ff4Z2OKEqIx6e3BNmpeT_J3-p37RAAmLtTQfLAhcFR/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20196.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>If you see a silhouette with a pipe, magnifying glass, and deerstalker cap, you know it's Sherlock Holmes. That famous headgear can't be worn without an association with the detective.</div><div><br /></div><div>The same could be said for the Inverness cape, although that attire is slightly more common than the fore-and-aft cap. But there is one other garment that we associate with Sherlock Holmes that bear some consideration: the dressing gown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In three different stories, we're told that Sherlock Holmes's dressing gown was purple (in "The Blue Carbuncle"), blue (in "The Man with the Twisted Lip"), and mouse-colored (in "The Empty House" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans"). What are we to make of this dressing gown of many colors?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As usual, Christopher Morley, founder of the Baker Street Irregulars, provided a perfect explanation for this palette, in his essay "A Christmas Story Without Slush" for the 1948 BSI edition of "The Blue Carbuncle": </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"The gradual solstitial fading of Holmes's dressing gowns is one of the statutory documentations of life as it happens. It is one of the accidentals that prove Doyle was a great unconscious artist, as all artists are."</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Morley reasoned that the dressing gown had faded over time, from purple to blue to mouse. And thus was born the official color scheme for the Baker Street Irregulars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For more on this topic, read "<a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/12/sherlock-holmess-dressing-gown.html#.WL-b1_krLb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes's Dressing Gown</a>" on IHOSE and listen to <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/03/10-dressing-gown-of-many-colors.html" target="_blank">Episode 10</a> of <b><i>Trifles</i></b>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4802" data-dashlane-rid="cb1aaca485b6b936" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5150169/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: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, bundle up. The puns around Baker Street Elementary are cold...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMPTr7FXT2yDXE5mvF7JdVeKbxeW2BWNVR0pKR0LR2VXTpeM4fjtFeRFXCtHoqiDC42iSFMuasXI9niCZa6cpfQz_CxNM13rFuDpQ3lx7R8WXoe-b12fFX7hMXyP5tSYY5nO1jpw0QRptggejxtvzXWIR2GeJAxmPkF9jkQJ19VsQoMMcHIXzSKsR0k6L/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20196.2.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/AVvXsEheMPTr7FXT2yDXE5mvF7JdVeKbxeW2BWNVR0pKR0LR2VXTpeM4fjtFeRFXCtHoqiDC42iSFMuasXI9niCZa6cpfQz_CxNM13rFuDpQ3lx7R8WXoe-b12fFX7hMXyP5tSYY5nO1jpw0QRptggejxtvzXWIR2GeJAxmPkF9jkQJ19VsQoMMcHIXzSKsR0k6L/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20196.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFfGGEUsaOn1H6PH2XjLjXT74TAiaxyS6UwDS7yL38b5npw8v8GQWigSChC_Zcit5tv5oav2v6K8Kklpe1KdOAMEqM8MUBRz9Q3-0IW5z_KqfOdS8cZ7xeI1wNTDBQJXS40aSYVPZS9x6MexkXwnlRCYDu44Oplyof075hyphenhyphendR9bRxZnqBZCIZ2Wvzpcsp/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20196.3.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/AVvXsEiiFfGGEUsaOn1H6PH2XjLjXT74TAiaxyS6UwDS7yL38b5npw8v8GQWigSChC_Zcit5tv5oav2v6K8Kklpe1KdOAMEqM8MUBRz9Q3-0IW5z_KqfOdS8cZ7xeI1wNTDBQJXS40aSYVPZS9x6MexkXwnlRCYDu44Oplyof075hyphenhyphendR9bRxZnqBZCIZ2Wvzpcsp/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20196.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Coloring Our Perceptions

“an old dressing-gown of Holmes’s” [EMPT]  If you see a silhouette with a pipe, magnifying glass, and deerstalker cap, you know it's She...

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by Scott Monty

Celebrate World Radio Day with IHOSE

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>“that strange wireless” [LAST]</b></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nR0VB6TrwNmTN3e35vnSL3-Z-TUejVHJIXbjVLg9eUQ85aSU22oqQKjWiV6zCe5I7IHa4sbRBfBEE8sOxtZ0qA-dZRMwplcDgxkfIor4XT2wzArAM2Aa7eO4gp_Bzh1EcUY3_dqSdsBHixkZc6G7Pp2ijvWm33W8HxJANTAPyxlTYI32TTBKhlZ64AKV/s2796/IHOSE%20100%20header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="2796" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nR0VB6TrwNmTN3e35vnSL3-Z-TUejVHJIXbjVLg9eUQ85aSU22oqQKjWiV6zCe5I7IHa4sbRBfBEE8sOxtZ0qA-dZRMwplcDgxkfIor4XT2wzArAM2Aa7eO4gp_Bzh1EcUY3_dqSdsBHixkZc6G7Pp2ijvWm33W8HxJANTAPyxlTYI32TTBKhlZ64AKV/w640-h328/IHOSE%20100%20header.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Radio came into the world concurrently with Sherlock Holmes, so it's natural to connect the two topics, particularly on World Radio Day.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>,</div><blockquote><div>"The existence of radio waves was first proven by German physicist Heinrich Hertz on 11 November 1886. In the mid-1890s, building on techniques physicists were using to study electromagnetic waves, Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi developed the first apparatus for long-distance radio communication, sending a wireless Morse Code message to a recipient over a kilometer away in 1895, and the first transatlantic signal on 12 December 1901."</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>In 2011, UNESCO Member States declared World Radio Day to be celebrated on February 13 and the United Nations General Assembly accepted it in 2012. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We first developed the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast as Sherlockian talk radio in 2007, recognizing that Sherlockians have enjoyed audio content related to the great detective since at least the 1930s. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Meiser#Writing_career" target="_blank">Edith Meiser</a>, who was featured in the <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2023/02/07/bsj-2022-christmas-annual/" target="_blank">2022 BSJ Christmas Annual</a>, wrote many scripts for <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> on radio in the 1930s, including the very first episode that starred William Gillette.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meiser would later go on to write <i>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> for Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce from 1939 until 1943.</div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/OGYwYmEyMjExZWFiMzQ5ZjdiNjM4ZDNmZjU5ODQ4OGM" target="_blank">Episode 122</a>, we discussed the collaboration between Rathbone and Bruce, which included spending time on their radio series:</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="956" data-dashlane-rid="68136fa628a54003" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5450502/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/NWY5ODQxMjdkZmJlNDcwZWE1ZWViYzBmMWM0ODBhZjA" target="_blank">Episode 136</a>, Ian Dickerson told us about the work that Leslie Charteris did on the radio plays, which he featured in his book:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="985" data-dashlane-rid="a329577c1bd4c390" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6149989/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/513b3c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The glorious two-parter with writer Bert Coules in <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ODRmNzU1ZjhlZGM5MDNmYzY2ODYyNWVmZDI0YmIyYzg" target="_blank">Episode 68</a> and <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/NTQ0N2IwMzY0ZjJjYjJhNGE2MDAxZjkyMGJiN2RhNzI" target="_blank">Episode 69</a> provides a glimpse into the history of British radio plays, ending of course with Bert's own contributions:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1015" data-dashlane-rid="3d2030e0b7c5b374" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3090004/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1049" data-dashlane-rid="a501ad807815c52e" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3127050/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We even spoke with his Sherlock Holmes, Clive Merrison on <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ZDExZTEzNDItZjJjMS00MDQyLWE0YTUtZGFhYmUyYWM4MDFl" target="_blank">Episode 202</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1052" data-dashlane-rid="8474572686b7a1b0" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16412861/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/6c442c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Actor Nicholas Briggs and writer Jonathan Barnes from Big Finish Productions joined us to go behind the scenes of their series in <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ZGNkOTM2N2MtODRkYy00YTdlLWI1YzktMDRmN2UzYzNlODRm" target="_blank">Episode 247</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1106" data-dashlane-rid="3d0af5969f23bec2" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24222471/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Charles Kindinger, writer of the Audible series <i>Moriarty: The Devil's Game</i> told us his story in <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/MWE1MTAzODAtMGI0MC00MTlkLWFlMTItMmFiNjNlM2Y2NWU0" target="_blank">Episode 245</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1087" data-dashlane-rid="f26e9362e0f13a9f" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23909778/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And the latest audio production taking audiences by storm, Sherlock & Co., features prominently in two episodes: <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/YTE3MjcyNzEtNjNhNS00N2Y5LTlmYTEtYzdmYWE5MTk1NmYx" target="_blank">Episode 275</a> with writer Joel Emery and <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ZmZjNzFjYzMtMTMwMi00OTg5LTkxYWUtNzU2OTQzMDRhYjJi" target="_blank">Episode 300</a> with Harry Attwell, who plays Sherlock Holmes himself:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1113" data-dashlane-rid="25d9f5d665512721" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28467722/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1115" data-dashlane-rid="15db257ed2c4051e" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/34210895/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are probably more episodes (we're going from memory), but it's enough to put a playlist together for this weekend at the very least...</div><div><br /></div><div>The game's afoot!</div><div> </div>

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