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The Sherlockian Game Gets a Word in the Dictionary

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “we wrestled for it all” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ9U_G_WPbeuqXUHF9nR1BeRRyTvLAA-Z2s1yJ3TGE_lv6cmUAJHu0XWpcTzROCAJJWVzXRb1P6XHEe6Rl3XHOcRCWdelgnoX1HpUqMJrD3uCsB6jNaVqXy3dz_x1A7XB0QDKIaNWVimPBkowzUdE3k6L9hjLDoaldNTPSOoY1sauU68a37NXj01PO78B/s3670/FINA%20-%20Death%20of%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="3670" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ9U_G_WPbeuqXUHF9nR1BeRRyTvLAA-Z2s1yJ3TGE_lv6cmUAJHu0XWpcTzROCAJJWVzXRb1P6XHEe6Rl3XHOcRCWdelgnoX1HpUqMJrD3uCsB6jNaVqXy3dz_x1A7XB0QDKIaNWVimPBkowzUdE3k6L9hjLDoaldNTPSOoY1sauU68a37NXj01PO78B/w640-h480/FINA%20-%20Death%20of%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20color.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>For over a century, Sherlockians have "played the game," a tradition of applying a range of literary criticism to the Sherlock Holmes stories.</p><p>The tradition formally began with a paper delivered by Ronald A. Knox at Oxford in 1911 titled "Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes." This was well covered in <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DRonald%2520Knox%2520and%2520Sherlock%2520Holmes%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff" target="_blank">Ronald Knox and Sherlock Holmes: The Origin of Sherlockian Studies</a></i> by Michael J. Crowe (Gasogene Books, 2011).</p><p>Other Sherlockian scholars followed, notably H.W. Bell, Vincent Starrett, S.C. Roberts, Christopher Morley, and others. In 1946, Dorothy L. Sayers picked up the ball and ran with it in her essays in <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DDorothy%2520L.%2520Sayers%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DUnpopular%2520Opinions%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff%26yrh%3D1946%26yrl%3D1946" target="_blank">Unpopular Opinions</a></i>. Readers and collectors can still find moderately-priced editions <a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DDorothy%2520L.%2520Sayers%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DUnpopular%2520Opinions%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff%26yrh%3D1946%26yrl%3D1946" target="_blank">on Abebooks</a>.</p><p>In the Foreword, Sayers explained the game:</p><blockquote><p>"The game of applying the methods of the "Higher Criticism" to the Sherlock Holmes canon was begun, many years ago, by Monsignor Ronald Knox, with the aim of showing that, by those methods, one could disintegrate a modern classic as speciously as a certain school of critics have endeavoured to disintegrate the Bible. Since then, the thing has become a hobby among a select set of jesters here and in America. The rule of the game is that it must be played as solemnly as a county cricket match at Lord's: the slightest touch of extravagance or burlesque ruins the atmosphere."</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>It took over 100 years and a different medium and topic, but the concept has been recognized by the dictionary.</p><p>In late 2023, Merriam-Webster officially added "<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kayfabe" target="_blank">kayfabe</a>" to the dictionary.</p><p></p><blockquote><p>kay·fabe [kā-ˌfāb] </p><p>1 : the tacit agreement between professional wrestlers and their fans to pretend that overtly staged wrestling events, stories, characters, etc., are genuine</p><p><i>broadly </i>: tacit agreement to behave as if something is real, sincere, or genuine when it is not</p><p>2 : the playacting involved in maintaining kayfabe</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p>So when someone asks you what this whole Sherlockian thing is about, you can tell them that it's a literary kayfabe.</p><p>If they laugh at you, just put them in a full nelson.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Further reading:</h3><p><a href="https://ihose.co/BSJ" target="_blank"><i>The Baker Street Journal</i></a><br /><i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DWilliam%2520S.%2520Baring-Gould%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3DThe%2520Annotated%2520Sherlock%2520Holmes" target="_blank">The Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/93253/9780393058000" target="_blank">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a></i> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>

The Sherlockian Game Gets a Word in the Dictionary

“we wrestled for it all” [VALL] For over a century, Sherlockians have "played the game," a tradition of applying a range of lite...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Happy 10th Anniversary

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“even in a decade” [SECO] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC33lKhyphenhyphenEBJE9i9IwemdGGoyjTCWO3l32NHi9UUOXMXtQFqORLbcF4Q8Jd8J15DGbmaLWSmoAkL4Dexhn6N4xMNm4FslGkWMxTbmsFOD21CGVkB3P__RR_3vhypIxaycqHfirqkJOtIJb06jIkAPCQbE_B0_r4YJdaxy8C39fV5CM2LvWh8GskQkzIQRl/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC33lKhyphenhyphenEBJE9i9IwemdGGoyjTCWO3l32NHi9UUOXMXtQFqORLbcF4Q8Jd8J15DGbmaLWSmoAkL4Dexhn6N4xMNm4FslGkWMxTbmsFOD21CGVkB3P__RR_3vhypIxaycqHfirqkJOtIJb06jIkAPCQbE_B0_r4YJdaxy8C39fV5CM2LvWh8GskQkzIQRl/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.1.JPG" /></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><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As any parent knows, the days are long, but the years are short. And so it is with the children of <a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It has now been 10 years since this Charles Schulz-inspired Sherlockian comic strip made its debut from the minds of Joe Fay, Rusty Mason, and Steve Mason. Here at <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i>, we recognized the innocence and joy of Baker Street Elementary as a throwback to the Sunday comics of yore, and have featured this strip every other Sunday on this site for the past eight years (along with some related commentary).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Think of what a decade of Holmes and Watson together gave us: the two first met in early 1881 and their exploits included <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, <i>The Sign of Four</i>, the entire collection of <i>The Adventures</i> and <i>The Memoirs</i>, ending only with "death" of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls with Professor Moriarty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Those tales meant we would encounter a clever female foil for Sherlock Holmes, a client with a severed digit, a scam targeted at a man with red hair, a snake as a murder weapon, short hair and a blue dress as a requirement for employment, a disappearing horse, a murderous pygmy, an travel-worn American set on vengeance, and a number of past acquaintances whose reappearance meant death.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This was just the beginning of a 40-year journey. Will Baker Street Elementary have the same longevity? Only time will tell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, it doesn't look like it's going to end any time soon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImZTVWYPTEp8Uhwo6GAo1h7YzVo8SbBwPvUlKOsGeRok3TKBdB8AJcOGNrncU6PwC-JnK_mOuvpYrCbyrUsQ6xDCNYklTOJzXXbda0WHMBuroi6EDiT2sBcYjruNNFJkwKwDXPksxWxbBit3Eg_0bA7X3SXWQtcGyNwHrRDv8TSv_JbNFy6-YY2Dgf3yq/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImZTVWYPTEp8Uhwo6GAo1h7YzVo8SbBwPvUlKOsGeRok3TKBdB8AJcOGNrncU6PwC-JnK_mOuvpYrCbyrUsQ6xDCNYklTOJzXXbda0WHMBuroi6EDiT2sBcYjruNNFJkwKwDXPksxWxbBit3Eg_0bA7X3SXWQtcGyNwHrRDv8TSv_JbNFy6-YY2Dgf3yq/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.2.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMt9ZdBwR8aXWBr8YD_fVeB8kVZS447wyz0NlGKYhM8hS5NwGBR3mpkKHGA0BEqBI5uTgDp-UU2s1Lx3hRLFvEj0a3m5EBc2e_MExOmQSP9SVReXJlJmcgX_R9WwvcfsFaMYLDHLxbYfu_T-4ezvKRyDVj4XAaVgEyXFu2MbFvYFAChc0F23kAz0_kpny/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMt9ZdBwR8aXWBr8YD_fVeB8kVZS447wyz0NlGKYhM8hS5NwGBR3mpkKHGA0BEqBI5uTgDp-UU2s1Lx3hRLFvEj0a3m5EBc2e_MExOmQSP9SVReXJlJmcgX_R9WwvcfsFaMYLDHLxbYfu_T-4ezvKRyDVj4XAaVgEyXFu2MbFvYFAChc0F23kAz0_kpny/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.3.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDnSA_nPEFXPGiA54hcPyqnLGvHzPoDE5gAxoeu9vgQGDJbktcOst8mkI1ER3bO-c0VsEmE4Gem-x5TpTpB0i0ITeW5RtWTtLVJKzVyS8KBnW3iJwBW0sCpEcp6Tqp9q3PMpTmc1oX3HNhqgs0lFszBDtgFbkCZXfYVCfrpOJaAAmLNnH35P8Mi4Tjs8l/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDnSA_nPEFXPGiA54hcPyqnLGvHzPoDE5gAxoeu9vgQGDJbktcOst8mkI1ER3bO-c0VsEmE4Gem-x5TpTpB0i0ITeW5RtWTtLVJKzVyS8KBnW3iJwBW0sCpEcp6Tqp9q3PMpTmc1oX3HNhqgs0lFszBDtgFbkCZXfYVCfrpOJaAAmLNnH35P8Mi4Tjs8l/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.4.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tXF4jc26S9EXNXjprLhsEmuftb74UuJ3Somc9fwUDi7niFcEb6I1nWSx9j31hLSYLJ95PP7wIB7OxXoQP0m6Vj077FrAFweR7IzsKrdQoIXPCA_L2-ewi1fQsPRJ5Pjh9otCOYMKFG0Lv-25M_9GC1l9J9-YVL4izxiNK4-OPqpvhIhZnkzSsV4LERG6/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tXF4jc26S9EXNXjprLhsEmuftb74UuJ3Somc9fwUDi7niFcEb6I1nWSx9j31hLSYLJ95PP7wIB7OxXoQP0m6Vj077FrAFweR7IzsKrdQoIXPCA_L2-ewi1fQsPRJ5Pjh9otCOYMKFG0Lv-25M_9GC1l9J9-YVL4izxiNK4-OPqpvhIhZnkzSsV4LERG6/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20191.5.JPG" /></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><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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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 />

Baker Street Elementary – Happy 10th Anniversary

“even in a decade” [SECO] As any parent knows, the days are long, but the years are short. And so it is with the children of Baker Street E...

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by Scott Monty

The Calendrical Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “carry about a portable Newgate Calendar” [3GAR]</h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk1TLiuYOH7aopcnPDLWU4LEVyvuEKtkSikTsLsHB0IvXyOdnx18xp5gt3zV1pCwh1yd1Mulaf0InT1QF55GY9E_VEJ8z5-6PCShOM5TyeeE_rc87WYakjmRq371azAttyQMIjqPsbCF92r3ZxojDBn88AaNr56tj4CAtSgnFnzEBZGjqfpFWwRqxbVJm/s540/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="540" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk1TLiuYOH7aopcnPDLWU4LEVyvuEKtkSikTsLsHB0IvXyOdnx18xp5gt3zV1pCwh1yd1Mulaf0InT1QF55GY9E_VEJ8z5-6PCShOM5TyeeE_rc87WYakjmRq371azAttyQMIjqPsbCF92r3ZxojDBn88AaNr56tj4CAtSgnFnzEBZGjqfpFWwRqxbVJm/w640-h546/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Sherlock Holmes stories may be fixed at a certain point in time, but they are timeless classics that will forever showcase the talents of the world's first consulting detective and the friendship between him and his faithful friend and biographer, Dr. John Watson.</p><p>As much as we'd like to lose ourselves in the "half-remembered, half-forgotten times of snug Victorian illusion, of gaslit comfort and contentment, of perfect dignity and grace," <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/02/what-is-it-that-we-love-in-sherlock.html" target="_blank">as Edgar Smith put it</a>, we here in the bright blue 21st century still need to track the present.</p><p>To help us with that are two options from MX Publishing:</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Z4BP6W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Holmes’ Advent Calendars</a> (four book series - Amazon) </h3><p>There are now four volumes of the advent calendar — each containing 24 daily mysteries: one for each day of Advent.  </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Are you ready to put your detective skills to the test? </p><p>Authors Joseph Reinthaler, Sebastian Frenzel, and Anja Stiller provide great fun for fans of Sherlock Holmes and detective fiction of all ages in this delightful series. <a href="https://amzn.to/3Z4BP6W" target="_blank">Available on Amazon</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2025-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">2025 Sherlock Holmes Page A Day Calendar</a></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB663TKYZA5gASv-RHDNC6_Jb8pibrXSXjegmqD0MAhkw2RtNXXhp_Zv3ux-DBqekn6W4O5aDElxpyPsLkX5wczxKmlvo-IKEotWGAOb72w1368UKjHFOmTV5oY30mNykN7cPMQ2qysguFFdVp1M-_t1UMuGBeao8gbb7dwPyN_ZBlj4cjB3FjjBhzjCw/s480/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB663TKYZA5gASv-RHDNC6_Jb8pibrXSXjegmqD0MAhkw2RtNXXhp_Zv3ux-DBqekn6W4O5aDElxpyPsLkX5wczxKmlvo-IKEotWGAOb72w1368UKjHFOmTV5oY30mNykN7cPMQ2qysguFFdVp1M-_t1UMuGBeao8gbb7dwPyN_ZBlj4cjB3FjjBhzjCw/s16000/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar.jpeg" /></a></div><br />This was one of our favorite items from last year — 365 days of quotes, illustrations and fun facts about Sherlock Holmes (some surprised even us!).<p></p><p>Following the sell-out success of the 2024 Page Per Day Calendar, this popular item is back with an all-new calendar for 2025, offering you stunning (and sometimes obscure) illustrations, inspiring quotes, clever quips, and entertaining historical tidbits straight from the world of Sherlock Holmes! </p><p>This collaboration between <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/collections/sherlockian-author-profile-mike-foy" target="_blank">Mike Foy</a>, acclaimed author of four volumes of <i>A Study In Illustrations</i>, and bestselling Holmes novelist <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/collections/sherlockian-author-profile-richard-ryan" target="_blank">Richard Ryan</a> is a must-have for every true Sherlock Holmes devotee.</p><p>Hurry and <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2025-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">order yours</a> before the New Year arrives and more importantly, before these sell out like last year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eMUU2xKI-XQ" width="393" youtube-src-id="eMUU2xKI-XQ"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Disclosure: MX Publishing is a sponsor of the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast.</i></div><p><br /></p><br />

The Calendrical Holmes

“carry about a portable Newgate Calendar” [3GAR] The Sherlock Holmes stories may be fixed at a certain point in time, but they are timeless...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – High Stakes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“never for such stakes” [EMPT] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbhI1YxXMekKvLFqXh-0Hid2vVJKUGavpOJXhmQgfxbvMYYQ-acR-CZJS1Gpk_DzRj5IVb-0BtCHgrQ5HlWgl08kijhD4PUUZs0OHpvl_8dosLTv4NZIE85Wgszay8ma-9HpPNnoQv-pTs5y9H9mNaQYZoIZkeHyI_QMwXovtKRT50GQ6JcX73osWrQet/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20190.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbhI1YxXMekKvLFqXh-0Hid2vVJKUGavpOJXhmQgfxbvMYYQ-acR-CZJS1Gpk_DzRj5IVb-0BtCHgrQ5HlWgl08kijhD4PUUZs0OHpvl_8dosLTv4NZIE85Wgszay8ma-9HpPNnoQv-pTs5y9H9mNaQYZoIZkeHyI_QMwXovtKRT50GQ6JcX73osWrQet/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20190.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">We all know Sherlock Holmes's reaction to the existence of vampires: “It's pure lunacy.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He was specifically referring to the widely accepted myth that vampires could be defeated by driving a stake through their hearts in order to pin them in their graves. The type of wood mattered too; oak and ash were preferred for their mystical qualities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Interestingly, in Bram Stoker's <i>Dracula</i>, the Count wasn't defeated with a stake through his heart. According to Mina Murray's narrative, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris pried open the lid of the box in which Dracula lay, the one decapitating him with a Kukri and the other piercing his heart with a bowie knife: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 16px;"></span></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 16px;">But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan’s great knife. I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris’s bowie knife plunged into the heart.</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And while the creator of Sherlock Holmes thought the idea of vampires was fanciful, he had a direct connection to Bram Stoker. And you can hear Edward Pettit discuss that in <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2024/10/episode-298-monsters-ghosts.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 298</a> of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-rid="1f17e2cbbdd067e6" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/33699927/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 class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The boys at Baker Street Elementary may not have gotten the memo on vampires quite yet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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 – High Stakes

“never for such stakes” [EMPT] We all know Sherlock Holmes's reaction to the existence of vampires: “It's pure lunacy.” He was spec...

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Baker Street Elementary – Look on the Bright Side

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“we have much to hope” [NAVA] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4cE_dKRI9fvTxmfuz0XXUiDF1ByK7dnViwfSdQVTRAmCov0S9Du9ccLK5nky1_f1jbuaC3ShP5Q6uBVOUmWX1ewpjWksEz2G-l0847HChrV85gqT_3V0zwl-RC2HaVQ-fGhOBQnvJsdbDItUhGQ-93_-XHo1c0RYSrXHMLNR7QvfKzPL2DyeQU-zrAEf/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20189.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4cE_dKRI9fvTxmfuz0XXUiDF1ByK7dnViwfSdQVTRAmCov0S9Du9ccLK5nky1_f1jbuaC3ShP5Q6uBVOUmWX1ewpjWksEz2G-l0847HChrV85gqT_3V0zwl-RC2HaVQ-fGhOBQnvJsdbDItUhGQ-93_-XHo1c0RYSrXHMLNR7QvfKzPL2DyeQU-zrAEf/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20189.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Why did Sherlock Holmes have clients? Because invariably, people found themselves in unfortunate circumstances and they needed help. Oftentimes, the sentiment was “<i>I come to you as a last resource</i>,” as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope explained.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">How appropriate was her surname? By the end of the story, Holmes located the document, saving the career of the cabinet secretary and restoring hope in his wife.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Most cases begin with a severe sense of hopelessness or pessimism, Clients arrive, convinced that there is only one man in all of England who can help, as they dolefully present their woeful problems. And yet, the Sherlock Holmes stories are filled with hope and optimism.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In "The Bruce-Partington Plans," for example, there is more at stake than the missing plans of a submarine. Violet Westbury, fiancée of the dead suspect Arthur Cadogan West, implore Sherlock Holmes, </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Oh, Mr. Holmes, if you could only, only save his honour! It was so much to him.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And in clearing up the mystery, Holmes provides comfort for those involved, as he does in so many other cases.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Finding the treasure (although losing it in the Thames) in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, he brings closure for Mary Morstan and a marital prospect for Dr. Watson. Holmes is able to vanquish the family curse in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, leaving the young baronet to make a life for himself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here are just a handful of examples of optimism: Henry Baker's hat and goose are restored and James Ryder is given a second chance [BLUE]; a terrible secret is exposed and a young family reconnected [YELL]; the shame and fear of a son's illness are wiped away with an alternative diagnosis [BLAN]; a problem child is exiled and there is a chance to repair a failed marriage [PRIO]; we could even make the case that an inherited medical practice following a murder means rosier times ahead for the physician [RESI].</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Was Sherlock Holmes a pessimist or an optimist? Some might call him a realist. But, capitalizing on the misfortunes of others, maybe he was more of an opportunist. An opportunist who provided promising paths forward for his clients.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The very <a href="https://episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/ZDc2MjM1ZTExYTk2ZWFhYWI1Y2RlMWFjNzk2YTRlNWQ" target="_blank">first episode</a> of <i><a href="https://episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank">Trifles</a></i> looked at how common the hopeful was in the Canon:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write" frameborder="0" height="175" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-optimism/id1198869691?i=1000380380055" style="border-radius: 10px; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Meanwhile, let's see what the imaginative minds at Baker Street Elementary think about pessimism versus optimism...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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 /><br /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Look on the Bright Side

“we have much to hope” [NAVA] Why did Sherlock Holmes have clients? Because invariably, people found themselves in unfortunate circumstance...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Trust Buster

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“You really are an automaton,—a calculating machine!” [SIGN] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrR3-_-DsrhdWbX4lYIUibrRyUKaSAFrA0E9t9l-MrZhiqHw9H2-Kxypnh-ZfcsPqM-VKWmfR3K8WEQhbMLenxygZuqNPX0eC6WRORBXz76zkcSY4tjFztq1Sgqtnm2Wt_moVRZfdz5tNbKeJJc-MnrbWA_JEHOQzE26ZoNqdK9K8kwDcPyScXrPtQlNGi/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20188.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrR3-_-DsrhdWbX4lYIUibrRyUKaSAFrA0E9t9l-MrZhiqHw9H2-Kxypnh-ZfcsPqM-VKWmfR3K8WEQhbMLenxygZuqNPX0eC6WRORBXz76zkcSY4tjFztq1Sgqtnm2Wt_moVRZfdz5tNbKeJJc-MnrbWA_JEHOQzE26ZoNqdK9K8kwDcPyScXrPtQlNGi/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20188.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">To say Sherlock Holmes had trust issues would be an understatement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He admitted to Watson that he was unable to enjoy the typical innocent observation of the world around him in "The Copper Beeches":</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Do you know, Watson,” said he, “that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Consider how this might affect how he inherently trusts other people. In his earliest cases—from his university days—he discovered that those closest to us might betray our trust.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In "The <i>Gloria Scott</i>," Trevor Senior is taken gross advantage of by Hudson, one of his former shipmates, which ultimately leads to Trevor's stress-induced death. And in "The Musgrave Ritual," Brunton, the long-time butler of Hurlstone, betrayed his employer's trust to go treasure-hunting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So, years later, when Holmes was speaking to Watson in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, noting “Women are never to be entirely trusted,—not the best of them,” we shouldn't be terribly surprised. Especially when Holmes backs up his claim with his previous experience: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Is Sherlock Holmes's cynicism and deep distrust any surprise? Perhaps he had even deeper experience in his days at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MbkZmzmqlx9M6to2oDFkiJl6dxi_Euht3oPxxYJYL1hrU-JLWMv3ku3GKWtaHpH2LHrHMx0D_KMcpU2KXEkif38Bb-iAlIPGkPLrpCCPPkOyPr_8n9pwBH8MPen5drSjC94nhojDLQZMhWCzDqIthlxqLRf8q5AKaqTi3Y4lxoseScUp1SWisoITU6n0/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20188.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MbkZmzmqlx9M6to2oDFkiJl6dxi_Euht3oPxxYJYL1hrU-JLWMv3ku3GKWtaHpH2LHrHMx0D_KMcpU2KXEkif38Bb-iAlIPGkPLrpCCPPkOyPr_8n9pwBH8MPen5drSjC94nhojDLQZMhWCzDqIthlxqLRf8q5AKaqTi3Y4lxoseScUp1SWisoITU6n0/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20188.2.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlDDMQF2IO3oxvQUX8nhkqdrq0B9kXF-AD6yzD674i0IC1zARGTt_j_POvQ8HPCvHGKUXLhAPpSMbajI231_M0OY4wDxwWBr-IyzIRi14HxVAttuNoKlxXmRcYm4hRFOhkb6g4oGuFFBFPP5le4AasJPZ_C-Xel7ChTUF5sQTvhdvPPVk9FKgKsDMoFg_/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20188.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlDDMQF2IO3oxvQUX8nhkqdrq0B9kXF-AD6yzD674i0IC1zARGTt_j_POvQ8HPCvHGKUXLhAPpSMbajI231_M0OY4wDxwWBr-IyzIRi14HxVAttuNoKlxXmRcYm4hRFOhkb6g4oGuFFBFPP5le4AasJPZ_C-Xel7ChTUF5sQTvhdvPPVk9FKgKsDMoFg_/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20188.3.JPG" /></a></div><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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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 /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Trust Buster

“You really are an automaton,—a calculating machine!” [SIGN] To say Sherlock Holmes had trust issues would be an understatement. He admitte...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Getting Schooled

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“He was not studying medicine.” [STUD] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5czvzbooFfisM86PRMbWcPoC1J0gMvVAQNAG7GYfKyBvwiNa6i4UK9SoFhGHhgyTvW-_6RmmDtCFNc5AmLeLaq-EjaxZYpAHpBv03-Jl8mL_-mOkGEsO8UPeOSjLoJwaiFhyx3q_QBBUJRbt0NkaTxFMPBRHeezqZ3_EDrWPkTPoYFXaZn3mn5LRiSsy3/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20187.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5czvzbooFfisM86PRMbWcPoC1J0gMvVAQNAG7GYfKyBvwiNa6i4UK9SoFhGHhgyTvW-_6RmmDtCFNc5AmLeLaq-EjaxZYpAHpBv03-Jl8mL_-mOkGEsO8UPeOSjLoJwaiFhyx3q_QBBUJRbt0NkaTxFMPBRHeezqZ3_EDrWPkTPoYFXaZn3mn5LRiSsy3/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20187.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">From the very beginning of their association, we know that Sherlock Holmes was good at science-related topics, thanks to Dr. Watson's list "<i>Sherlock Holmes</i>—his limits."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But upon preparing to meet him for the first time, after young Stamford talked him up as "an enthusiast in some branches of science," it was only natural for Watson to ask: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“A medical student, I suppose?” said I.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“No—I have no idea what he intends to go in for. I believe he is well up in anatomy, and he is a first-class chemist; but, as far as I know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the way knowledge which would astonish his professors.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From the very beginning, we were meant to believe that Sherlock Holmes was an expert chemist. But this was only judged as such by Stamford, who had a limited knowledge as a dresser; and by Watson, who only had enough knowledge of chemistry as any medical man of the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Holmes's demonstrations of his chemical expertise may have impressed amateurs, but it's just possible that true experts may have responded as Watson did later in that same story:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Brag and bounce!” thought I to myself. “He knows that I cannot verify his guess.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For more on this topic, as explored by Sherlockian chemist Remsen Ten Eyck Schenck in a 1952 issue of <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>, listen to <a href="https://episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/ZGIxMGNkOWItOTVhOS00N2Y4LTk1YTYtMWMyZmUwMDA5OTY3" target="_blank"><i>Trifles</i> Episode 403: Baker Street Fables</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="6961" data-dashlane-rid="96c37833ef45d921" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/33118377/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/de7b0f/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, let's see where careers are headed at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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 /><br /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Getting Schooled

“He was not studying medicine.” [STUD] From the very beginning of their association, we know that Sherlock Holmes was good at science-relat...

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Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Susan Rice Mentorship Award

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“twinkling in front of us through the gloom to guide us” [SPEC]  </h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNsgCY2JRMohz42NAtuVTQXg8WSSN8Hf4peDxiox5RWJOeJ2AS6tlyNMsQJVrNi5Ff9MdNw6PeZ7w0--Bg7bpxzouCLqGCEBhAYe_uXv1kyGoKHgvDeI8Hi3pXWWjeyO-gouPG6cbojhQ7UdI9XjtT98NM-q9zHsL6_mccy4ajEzRrQsxlSP2l3Onaw/s960/Blau-Rice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="960" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNsgCY2JRMohz42NAtuVTQXg8WSSN8Hf4peDxiox5RWJOeJ2AS6tlyNMsQJVrNi5Ff9MdNw6PeZ7w0--Bg7bpxzouCLqGCEBhAYe_uXv1kyGoKHgvDeI8Hi3pXWWjeyO-gouPG6cbojhQ7UdI9XjtT98NM-q9zHsL6_mccy4ajEzRrQsxlSP2l3Onaw/w640-h428/Blau-Rice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div>Every profession, every hobby needs mentors. A mentor's job is to help new arrivals understand the context and meaning of the organization they're stepping into. Mentors helpfully point out the guardrails, endlessly encourage curiosity, and consistently communicate the worth and potential of those in their charge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mentors are leaders.</div><div><br /></div><div>And we were blessed to have such a leader in <b>Susan Rice, ASH, BSI, 2s.</b> ("Beeswing") as part of the Sherlockian movement. You can read <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/10/remembering-susan-rice-ash-bsi-2s.html#.Y0VupXZKjb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what our peers had to say about Susan</a> upon her passing four years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Susan was an exceptional writer, and one of her specialties was Vincent Starrett. We had the opportunity to speak with her and <b>Ray Betzner, BSI</b> ("The Agony Column") about Starrett on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose61" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 61</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4677" data-dashlane-rid="7bd3e822dd64a1ca" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2671427/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/000000/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And there could be no better example of Susan's mentorship than her involvement with the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes and the quiet yet determined effort to see women admitted to the Baker Street Irregulars, which we discussed with her and <b>Evelyn Herzog, BSI</b> ("The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet") in <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose89" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 89</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4680" data-dashlane-rid="ef76ff83883f0b14" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4113629/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/a70101/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So when the <b>Susan Rice Mentorship Award</b> was announced at the 2022 BSI Weekend, it was no surprise that stalwart <b>Peter Blau, BSI</b> ("Black Peter") was announced as the inaugural recipient. [That's Peter pictured above with Susan.]</div><div><br /></div><div>The second recipient, announced at the 2023 BSI Weekend was <b>Evelyn Herzog, BSI, ASH</b> ("The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet").</div><div><br /></div><div>And the most recent recipient in 2024 was <b>Francine Kitts, BSI, ASH</b> ("Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope").</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Nominations for the 2024 Susan Rice Mentorship Award are open until October 31.</b> The winner will be announced and presented with the award during the 2024 BSI Weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXTIK0FKFYMe2DJ3yLgFLMocXxgB2syBNincfwLQCeTX3An7QTCWcucAiHzG_6l5Q4Kyms8xJDI8hE2ml2wiaRwb09Q_nnePlZ7iGWiSyKDeGGCdjwouO_iXxTURfrsPMohGC2wGEQkGz-OTNJaFAqnSE_Qfd3w6VnUl_chkZlWgkXT3Lm6xpIyoj6A/s1500/Award.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1500" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXTIK0FKFYMe2DJ3yLgFLMocXxgB2syBNincfwLQCeTX3An7QTCWcucAiHzG_6l5Q4Kyms8xJDI8hE2ml2wiaRwb09Q_nnePlZ7iGWiSyKDeGGCdjwouO_iXxTURfrsPMohGC2wGEQkGz-OTNJaFAqnSE_Qfd3w6VnUl_chkZlWgkXT3Lm6xpIyoj6A/w640-h494/Award.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><h3>What is the Susan Rice Mentorship Award?</h3><div><div>The award is to recognize the activities of a member of the Sherlock Holmes community who has been a mentor to others, in the spirit of Susan Rice. The award will be judged on the mentor’s commitment to bringing aspiring Sherlockians into the cause and encouraging them to find ways to keep green the memory of Sherlock Holmes. While those activities could be in the traditional realm of trifling monographs and playing The Game, we would also recognize that the effort could take place in other media and activities. </div><div><br /></div><div>To sum up who we are looking for in a few words: Someone who is generous, welcoming, and offers encouragement.</div><p><br /></p><h3>Who Is Eligible For The Award?</h3><p>The Susan Rice Mentorship Award is open to all living Sherlockians who are generous, welcoming, and offer encouragement. They will also need to have a proven record that supports that definition. No current judges or previous winners may be considered for the award. The award is not limited to members of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p><p><br /></p><h3>How Is Someone Nominated?</h3><p>The award will be given based on nominations. The nominator should complete an essay of <b>750 words or fewer </b>that answers this question: “Who do you believe should be recognized for their work in mentoring aspiring Sherlockians and why? Please provide specific examples of their guidance, encouragement, and welcoming spirit.” </p><p>Qualities to consider when nominating: Welcoming to all Sherlockians; looking out for new Sherlockians to join the ranks; encouraging involvement and guiding people through their participation; connecting new Sherlockians to current members of the BSI; believing in someone even if they don’t believe in themselves; leaving the organization better than when they joined it. </p><p>Should someone be nominated in one year and not win, they would need to be re-nominated for consideration in succeeding years.</p><p><br /></p><h3>Where Should Nominations Be Sent?</h3><p>Nominations should be sent to <a href="mailto:SusanRiceMentorAward@gmail.com">SusanRiceMentorAward@gmail.com</a>. An acknowledgment email will be sent in reply. </p><p><br /></p><h3>Who Are The Judges?</h3><p>The current judges are <b>Curtis Armstrong</b>, <b>Francine Kitts</b>, <b>Jenn Eaker</b>, <b>Ashley Polasek</b>, and <b>Steven Rothman</b>. Again, judges are not eligible for the award.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a heartfelt reminiscence on Susan Rice's impact from a former mentee of hers, read <a href="http://www.vincentstarrett.com/blog/susan-rice-mentorship-award" target="_blank">Curtis Armstrong's essay on the Studies in Starrett blog</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>We hope you nominate someone worthy of the award.</p><p><br /></p><p>--</p><p><br /></p></div>

Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Susan Rice Mentorship Award

“twinkling in front of us through the gloom to guide us” [SPEC] Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI Every profession, every hobby needs me...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Feeble

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“on to other topics” [NAVA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXKIuPYDEfN0Szv_hhXQk7ytP_1cFf9oKGls9i9ukqcTFC30qde35TSy7nSJcNO0ynRaLI1doTfOgTNGWoj2aITDvfB1zF4knjgMFW7051Sa9z1jHz0e0snnd3KEeIZBKPMAZWDwn_y-cR0VSnu3AahxUz0wbYYBRRDzNlZJtHYXYFOTpcWvbl_OwGAIA/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXKIuPYDEfN0Szv_hhXQk7ytP_1cFf9oKGls9i9ukqcTFC30qde35TSy7nSJcNO0ynRaLI1doTfOgTNGWoj2aITDvfB1zF4knjgMFW7051Sa9z1jHz0e0snnd3KEeIZBKPMAZWDwn_y-cR0VSnu3AahxUz0wbYYBRRDzNlZJtHYXYFOTpcWvbl_OwGAIA/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">We're often told to avoid talking about politics and religion in certain settings. Sherlock Holmes didn't spend much time on those topics either, aside from representing the government in a handful of cases, handling a case for the pope, having a rusty memory of the Old Testament, and one well-known reverie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But there was one story in which Sherlock Holmes dealt with both politics <b><i>and</i></b> religion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In "The Naval Treaty," Holmes was engaged by Percy Phelps, who had a position at the Foreign Office, thanks to his uncle, Lord Holdhurst. On Phelps's watch, a treaty between England and Italy that defined the Triple Alliance, went missing. While it was a matter of personal and professional interest to Phelps, there were political implications if the treaty were put on the open market. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In that very same story one of the most beautiful passages in the Canon has Sherlock Holmes contemplating a rose and the creator:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “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 gain that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Is it any coincidence that we find religion being contemplated in the same story as politics?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's see how they handle it at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE7GUavqmRqyFPRAiEjRmtrlw96ivAwYoMu8VjtDRhKat9ra3oGUKKfxuanuwIyQPURnENWcLXrpKSTyfDrDNQPoL4r_DN6LUUQ4Bt8RE33u2f_q3g59hBS8hRLIROSsW-acLCs6Ei8JHf94mmaYpelgJ1Tm59Dhlk7N9l1V_k-zbbmf7Bn7POt7s-p3G/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE7GUavqmRqyFPRAiEjRmtrlw96ivAwYoMu8VjtDRhKat9ra3oGUKKfxuanuwIyQPURnENWcLXrpKSTyfDrDNQPoL4r_DN6LUUQ4Bt8RE33u2f_q3g59hBS8hRLIROSsW-acLCs6Ei8JHf94mmaYpelgJ1Tm59Dhlk7N9l1V_k-zbbmf7Bn7POt7s-p3G/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.2.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e5w9pK0vr9dnAMcSR3KrqwHN2xkVujZMAeh7tOZcOez-AeEj7UZar8FHLbAoi8u73v5NT9oNqsCxpEZbRMdt0JxRyk22QQbeoadmPCL2RtfJs4mxmI1Cs_7TIidv8Kyee8Z5_5SkXnYDqEBAcA-qOt0JkGbbQ70O0PVyLkl7ZvLLd2DizgwpAbYYLJSm/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e5w9pK0vr9dnAMcSR3KrqwHN2xkVujZMAeh7tOZcOez-AeEj7UZar8FHLbAoi8u73v5NT9oNqsCxpEZbRMdt0JxRyk22QQbeoadmPCL2RtfJs4mxmI1Cs_7TIidv8Kyee8Z5_5SkXnYDqEBAcA-qOt0JkGbbQ70O0PVyLkl7ZvLLd2DizgwpAbYYLJSm/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.3.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkNZGbJ_nBW6sLbXBxcCIB3lHfevOlfvwFdxQU4LgaLxAY2-ySeQ1rMZ7X8wB2XjLSs__F0RUS94PhO-kmLDnv1y9q-ot6F7Z6Cu9cqEl1pKZZqrf0fPlUAbe_iBxPYonHd_lrGADxy0eJ-N_d_KU5eFXZXTl4z0pZO-VGJftbqXw6sjTaEzv_o7SOuXF/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkNZGbJ_nBW6sLbXBxcCIB3lHfevOlfvwFdxQU4LgaLxAY2-ySeQ1rMZ7X8wB2XjLSs__F0RUS94PhO-kmLDnv1y9q-ot6F7Z6Cu9cqEl1pKZZqrf0fPlUAbe_iBxPYonHd_lrGADxy0eJ-N_d_KU5eFXZXTl4z0pZO-VGJftbqXw6sjTaEzv_o7SOuXF/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20186.4.JPG" /></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><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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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 /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Feeble

“on to other topics” [NAVA] We're often told to avoid talking about politics and religion in certain settings. Sherlock Holmes didn...

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by Scott Monty

The 2024 BSI Trust Lecture

<p></p><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“a course of lectures” [COPP] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSeQ9puf9TOJ6O6dp3Cz2MYP8wSo251TePRUcLQUijUZ2DfvMi15bVkdq4ZheTV83kyOnrNym1FbvvaxxtP1_0FG6X-si5iqntCEzrc-Im43rAFOOU55IBZ83GBD4_XaeZ8q7cCNVDbvs8e5b3xvWX3OCizj3xGlA4vN_tbz8tBYPESsj5ye70OqFN9my/s925/Mattias%20Bostrom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="925" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSeQ9puf9TOJ6O6dp3Cz2MYP8wSo251TePRUcLQUijUZ2DfvMi15bVkdq4ZheTV83kyOnrNym1FbvvaxxtP1_0FG6X-si5iqntCEzrc-Im43rAFOOU55IBZ83GBD4_XaeZ8q7cCNVDbvs8e5b3xvWX3OCizj3xGlA4vN_tbz8tBYPESsj5ye70OqFN9my/w640-h480/Mattias%20Bostrom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The name Mattias Boström, BSI ("The Swedish Pathological Society") will be familiar to the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere audience. He previously appeared on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose127" target="_blank">Episode 127: From Holmes to Sherlock</a>.</p><p>Mattias is author of the Agatha Award-winning <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3z6yg7F" target="_blank">From Holmes to Sherlock</a></i> (2017) and serves as one of the editors for the <i><a href="https://wessexpress.com/html/newspapers6.html" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle in the Newspapers</a></i> series of books. He resides with his wife and two daughters outside of Stockholm, Sweden, and is a member of various Sherlockian societies including the BSI.</p><p>And he will be giving the fourth annual BSI Trust Lecture, titled "'The public shall know': The Impact of the Baker Street Irregulars Over 90 Years" on Zoom on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm EDT.</p><p>Mattias will use an analysis of thousands of newspaper articles and a deep dive into the activities of the <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/" target="_blank">BSI</a> to shed light on how the BSI has helped to create and shape the Sherlockian landscape for nearly a century.</p><p>Registration is for this free Zoom webinar is open to everyone but does require <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AiJlhQLLQ8uHGdl1UUQFEA#/registration" target="_blank">advance registration</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The BSI Trust Lecture</h4><p><b>Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York)</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Online using Zoom</li><li>Open to all Sherlockians & the public</li><li>Free – no registration fee</li><li>Advance registration required</li><li>Registration closes when event reaches capacity</li></ul><p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AiJlhQLLQ8uHGdl1UUQFEA#/registration" target="_blank">Register now</a> to attend what will be a comprehensive and fascinating event for fans of Sherlock Holmes and those curious about the history of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Listen to Mattias Boström on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose127" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 127</a>:</h4>
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The 2024 BSI Trust Lecture

“a course of lectures” [COPP] The name Mattias Boström, BSI ("The Swedish Pathological Society") will be familiar to the I Hear o...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjomlF_29NctOLNMVQuTQYWpqTBPshqLWcBDvA12PYJdbxtiABDiCt2CkqaHx9PdDKbnnNhpQmuFaYUo0LV6cjTXMcjOiYHmVCyB9_eWbV_vIQjHPGuoU3NfCWqgMQV_GmcmMxzqPUSv6xBysj5Ie3mwVEgsHU4QfOCUJRqo1ImO5AVFHPJxmTGunpLFlcc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1050" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjomlF_29NctOLNMVQuTQYWpqTBPshqLWcBDvA12PYJdbxtiABDiCt2CkqaHx9PdDKbnnNhpQmuFaYUo0LV6cjTXMcjOiYHmVCyB9_eWbV_vIQjHPGuoU3NfCWqgMQV_GmcmMxzqPUSv6xBysj5Ie3mwVEgsHU4QfOCUJRqo1ImO5AVFHPJxmTGunpLFlcc=w590-h487" width="590" /></a></div><br />Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes on stage may be interested in knowing that the final chapter of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3XEfNbW" target="_blank">Horror on the Stage: Monsters, Murders and Terrifying Moments in Theater</a></i> is titled "Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror."<div><br /></div><div>The 15-page section contains descriptions of the following stage productions: <p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Speckled Band</i> (1910), written by Arthur Conan Doyle, with an outline of the play, a history of its performances, and a summary of critical reaction</li><li>A marionette version of the above from 1937 adapted by Ruth Fenisong</li><li><i>Four Sherlock Holmes Plays </i>(1964) by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, which consist of "The Speckled Band", "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Mazarine Stone", and "The Blue Carbuncle" (although only the first is described)</li><li><i>The Adventure of the Speckled Band</i> (1981) by Tim Kelly</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>(1978) by F. Andrew Leslie</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>(1982) by Anthony Hinds (producer of the Hammer film starring Peter Cushing as Holmes)</li><li><i>The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire </i>(1988) by Peter Buckley</li><li><i>Clash of the Vampires </i>(2006) by Frank J. Morlock, which also features Count Dracula</li><li><i>Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Mummy's Tomb</i> (1994) by Julian Harries and Pat Whymark</li></ul><div>There are many more productions mentioned in passing, so this isn't a complete rundown. I'm not clear on why these particular choices were made — perhaps they're the ones the author had access to in some way? </div><div><br /></div><div>I would also have liked to know more about how they fit into the subject of the book, but this volume is a catalog, not intended to provide substantial analysis.  </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3XEfNbW" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1050" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmy71qGc_Rkr4mQAWXVQ8pp0QOwde-K71OWYGpbQ2R9zx7yUxuyeLbRVVjDE3ZOXU6NlHCGmOfpVOBZ-jI6WOj-XmAGvVzs2YCasx94XduOvwPKMEKq_ZMPTmrmGGrb0oU2hjACjDXcMJn1YJqs_h8C21JX7iUzY8EDA6lO8N8_f9QW-suvlQlJierxZSx=w261-h373" width="261" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3WXVeqx" target="_blank">Horror on the Stage</a></i> by Amnon Kabatchnik, published by <a href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/horror-on-the-stage/" target="_blank">McFarland</a>, June 2023, is available in paperback and Kindle format <a href="https://amzn.to/3WXVeqx" target="_blank">on Amazon</a>.</div><div><br /></div><p></p></div>

Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror

"He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD] Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes o...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Baker Street Elementary – King Me

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the folly of a monarch” [NOBL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAELQSDBGtltpmG4f5m2ArJC7gvG-4heJXh6NJ8mrlCHDOw6iq1ugh1EVnRsUimcSmP25UcLc2AsjnimL25Mfu7OX5N0FBiz_tG3e5BY1EQ5_jNS0C37LJWMIPu31UWAc23dywy6PXeiwuCthYbw2_jTaTpEOrq54VmLn2UwIJq0P8SlaOrBtPfTzjZJHo/s480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20185.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAELQSDBGtltpmG4f5m2ArJC7gvG-4heJXh6NJ8mrlCHDOw6iq1ugh1EVnRsUimcSmP25UcLc2AsjnimL25Mfu7OX5N0FBiz_tG3e5BY1EQ5_jNS0C37LJWMIPu31UWAc23dywy6PXeiwuCthYbw2_jTaTpEOrq54VmLn2UwIJq0P8SlaOrBtPfTzjZJHo/s16000/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20185.1.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Aside from "a certain gracious lady" who gifted Sherlock Holmes an emerald tie-pin at Windsor one afternoon, we don't think of British royalty very often in the Sherlock Holmes stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And yet, there are at least a dozen references to British monarchs hidden throughout the 60 stories. Some are quite obvious, but others are oblique and even obscure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">How many can you name?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For a rundown of exactly how many there are and in which stories they appear, listen to <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles298" target="_blank">Episode 298 of Trifles</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="526" data-dashlane-rid="1f031779187ea878" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24376128/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d41d1f/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><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And for goodness sake, pay attention in class at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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