Members of the Baker Street Irregulars Read 'The Blue Carbuncle'

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Would you mind reading it to me aloud?” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpKZgQTUr1Tptdqsz7hoACxnzLw7Ny7TMYnl2zUGASvWuNzbnMwIPqIyZFjyv22TqXBR2cLFt4Nrj8v-5aLeczhivKtnWZkrZPys3fiqVBzRhsQYsI7gz4m8bgXbIEJfzvbsfVqWNP5ORJnsYYS1jTodwwIomN6eKAxUmnJvYxEoU9xBkgOsWI3mNwPbp/s1275/2024%20BSI%20Reading%20of%20BLUE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1275" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpKZgQTUr1Tptdqsz7hoACxnzLw7Ny7TMYnl2zUGASvWuNzbnMwIPqIyZFjyv22TqXBR2cLFt4Nrj8v-5aLeczhivKtnWZkrZPys3fiqVBzRhsQYsI7gz4m8bgXbIEJfzvbsfVqWNP5ORJnsYYS1jTodwwIomN6eKAxUmnJvYxEoU9xBkgOsWI3mNwPbp/w640-h356/2024%20BSI%20Reading%20of%20BLUE.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>One of the annual traditions of Sherlockians around the world is to read "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" sometime in the Christmas season.</p><p>For some, it may take place while seated in a chair by the fire, with an eggnog close at hand. For others, it may be on Carbuncle Day (the second morning after Christmas). Whatever the tradition, it's al lovely way to acknowledge the only Sherlock Holmes Christmas story, which Christopher Morley rightly called "a Christmas story without slush."</p><p>Some enterprising members of the Baker Street Irregulars recently gathered to celebrate by holding <a href="https://youtu.be/ZvlovETrnhg?si=zgYEEcuNkapvlBiT" target="_blank">a round-robin style reading of the story</a>, shared by eight of them (pictured above, top row to bottom):</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Leslie S. Klinger ("The Abbey Grange")</li><li>Laurie R. King ("The Red Circle")</li><li>Daniel Stashower ("Thurston")</li><li>Dana Cameron ("The Giant Rat of Sumatra")</li><li>Lyndsay Faye ("Kitty Winter")</li><li>Nicholas Meyer ("A Fine Morocco Case")</li><li>Bonnie MacBird ("Art in the Blood")</li><li>S.J. Rozan ("The Imperial Palace at Peking")</li></ul><p 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/ZvlovETrnhg?si=ZC9jgyhlXYr4r5XD" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Will you be rereading "The Blue Carbuncle" this holiday season? What's your favorite way to enjoy it?</p><p><br /></p>

Members of the Baker Street Irregulars Read 'The Blue Carbuncle'

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Episode 300: Sherlock & Co.'s Sherlock

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice” [STUD] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGGVAGRY_HsyPBuv85BpCEerBkTupWC-Q9DYrc7kOqie38BdTNAIZX-SWXkha_Ixujwc43yELZ2rygKyNYD883fhjGnT5sz2bXoqZG2W9PG1xZP0w-CLQPNuHtaKSxUdjn-n31rD89soeDQyiFsVPy7wcjTC5xxuvBinxjwdhUEhMS_XYthMcmYF6qWUh/s1500/ihearofsherlock300%20wide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGGVAGRY_HsyPBuv85BpCEerBkTupWC-Q9DYrc7kOqie38BdTNAIZX-SWXkha_Ixujwc43yELZ2rygKyNYD883fhjGnT5sz2bXoqZG2W9PG1xZP0w-CLQPNuHtaKSxUdjn-n31rD89soeDQyiFsVPy7wcjTC5xxuvBinxjwdhUEhMS_XYthMcmYF6qWUh/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock300%20wide.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><p>Regular listeners know that when we have an opportunity to speak with other individuals involved in audio productions, we jump at the chance. For our 300th episode, we thought it was appropriate to speak to none other than an audio Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>In this case, that means in the form of the detective from the <i>Sherlock & Co.</i> podcast, as portrayed by Harry Attwell.</p><p>While we previously spoke to writer Joel Emery about the show on Episode 275 (link in the notes below), the podcast has taken on an even greater life with each successive episode over the last year. To hear Harry talk about his background, motivations, and inspiration in this episode provides even greater insight into this remarkable production.</p><p>Harry shares tales from his early days in the theater, describes a tattoo he received as a live art installment, discusses his interpretation of Sherlock Holmes (and reveals the role that inspired it), comments on one of his signature phrases, and much, much more.</p><p>Madeline Quiñones is back with another installment of "A Chance of Listening," her review of Sherlockian podcasts. And of course we have a <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz for you to test your Sherlockian knowledge. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a prize from our vaults. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by December 14, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. 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Episode 300: Sherlock & Co.'s Sherlock

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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

Sherlock Holmes as a Romantic Audio Companion on Valentine's Day

<h4 style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Merriweather; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">“I have never loved” [DEVI] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPEO4vmjUihnH-HzZbevLhb_tl1KhFY9Lo24x4L98CNTXEF9wUhB1Giba6uCsqAsnocKgHtvSEYdY_ub5QJdMS_euz7k_7W4ler2wPYsVNFlDI_cI7wwnHz9bAtdVz8nNJkLeRNM8dL8SZKW98R58v9BPiCANXpuv5LyQ0Q3gp3q7vRl51BiY-Iykdk8c/s1044/William%20Gillette%20-%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%20Alice%20Faulkner%20romance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1044" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPEO4vmjUihnH-HzZbevLhb_tl1KhFY9Lo24x4L98CNTXEF9wUhB1Giba6uCsqAsnocKgHtvSEYdY_ub5QJdMS_euz7k_7W4ler2wPYsVNFlDI_cI7wwnHz9bAtdVz8nNJkLeRNM8dL8SZKW98R58v9BPiCANXpuv5LyQ0Q3gp3q7vRl51BiY-Iykdk8c/w640-h510/William%20Gillette%20-%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%20Alice%20Faulkner%20romance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It might seem strange that we would celebrate a holiday about romance with a detective whom Watson called “a reasoning machine.” </p><p>But let's not forget that there was also an occasion when Watson wrote “I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain,” (even if it was the <i>only</i> time).</p><p>The fact is, love plays a part in much of the Sherlock Holmes canon, from the deep and true love of Jefferson Hope and Lucy Ferrier in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> that was made even more tragic by the interference of Drebber and Stangerson.</p><p>That was immediately followed by <i>The Sign of Four</i>, another novel tinged with romanticism, as Watson didn't work “a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid,” but rather met Mary Morstan, (one of ) the great love(s) of his life.</p><p> Again and again, we find clients who arrive on the doorstep of 221B Baker Street with some concern over an <i>affaire de coeur</i>. So what better way to celebrate the day than with some romance-related episodes of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere </i>and <i>Trifles</i>?</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/02/episode-90-love-in-canon.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IHOSE Episode 90: Love in the Canon</a></h3><p>There are many couples in the Sherlock Holmes stories: husbands and wives, intended spouses, or spurned lovers. There is a good deal of love that runs through the Canon, some of it good and decent, some of it passionate and infatuated, and some of it selfish. <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/02/episode-90-love-in-canon.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 90</a> of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> covers love in the canon.</p><p></p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="733" data-dashlane-rid="1b1168ecfc3f205f" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4147543/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><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/02/7-john-james-and-mary.html" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 7 - John, James, and Mary</a></h3><p>Then there was that time when Mrs. Watson called the good doctor by another name. Was it a sign of infidelity on her part? A typo? Whatever it is, it's just a <i><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/02/7-john-james-and-mary.html" target="_blank">Trifle </a></i>(Episode 7).</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="708" data-dashlane-rid="cc6344284b357420" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5084378/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" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/02/episode-61-john-watson-ladies-man.html" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 61 - John Watson, Ladies Man</a></h3><p>We know that Watson had “an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents, but which continents were those? And what did the relationships consist of? <i>Trifles </i><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/02/episode-61-john-watson-ladies-man.html" target="_blank">Episode 61</a> looks at John Watson, Ladies Man.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="787" data-dashlane-rid="16bd13c9952218fe" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6311274/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" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2024/01/episode-369-hosmeric-hypocrisy.html" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 369 - Hosmeric Hypocrisy</a></h4><p>Poor Mary Sutherland was led astray by her stepfather, who posed as Hosmer Angel. Sherlock Holmes was outraged, but it didn't stop him from getting romantically involved under false pretenses. It's <i>Trifles </i><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2024/01/episode-369-hosmeric-hypocrisy.html" target="_blank">Episode 369</a>.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="813" data-dashlane-rid="1d7b6afef01a897e" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29640263/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" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">browse the archives of <i>Trifles</i></a> for other related episodes. Are there other instances of romance that you can think of that are worth exploring? </p><p><br /></p>

Sherlock Holmes as a Romantic Audio Companion on Valentine's Day

“I have never loved” [DEVI]  It might seem strange that we would celebrate a holiday about romance with a detective whom Watson called “a re...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 277: Sherlock Mondays

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I was much astounded by this programme” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4tzmKMXfQFAhm9qpz7u8P0p-sj8a5liWgkwvX4NZ-NhfaRp3nb8mSfj4GB42ZhW3oE06I17KVrWGguN7asHS2mLc5DizSop6GOq5QMkf42y8tNJOJXGt7Uioh9TLxhK6gUxQplMzvc6NBtkdVTPHnmzsq6C3YaBrhrolRcaBRy5Bdgo0GMOw4Ml6tM2K/s825/ihearofsherlock277%20widescreen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="825" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4tzmKMXfQFAhm9qpz7u8P0p-sj8a5liWgkwvX4NZ-NhfaRp3nb8mSfj4GB42ZhW3oE06I17KVrWGguN7asHS2mLc5DizSop6GOq5QMkf42y8tNJOJXGt7Uioh9TLxhK6gUxQplMzvc6NBtkdVTPHnmzsq6C3YaBrhrolRcaBRy5Bdgo0GMOw4Ml6tM2K/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock277%20widescreen.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>When Sherlockians are looking for more ways to fill their listening and viewing time, what are they to do? We would of course recommend you to either of the podcasts we create, but lucky for you, there's an even better option! </p><p><b><i>Sherlock Mondays</i></b> are offered through the Rosenbach Museum and Library, running from September 2023 to April 2024. These Biblioventures are the creation of Edward G. Pettit, who is the Sunstein Senior Manager of Public Programs at the Rosenbach.</p><p>For 30 weeks, Ed and his co-hosts take us through more than half of the Sherlock Holmes stories, complete with commentary and cocktails, among other things. Ed takes us behind the scenes to understand how this series was developed and what to expect next.</p><p>You'll want to stick around for the <b>Canonical Couplet</b>. The prize this time around is going to be an admission ticket to Sherlock Mondays covering <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by December 14, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 277: Sherlock Mondays

“I was much astounded by this programme” [HOUN]  When Sherlockians are looking for more ways to fill their listening and viewing time, what ...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 275: Sherlock & Co.

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the reputation of being excellent company” [ENGR] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuIW3r5e4Gy5vHrg2YCIuImBKkQSqMWrsmrG_ieDtGSVwygVkxEMSZjS52rvPski5kfFQQxvdyMWpa8sKmVVyZb2wpt7iAuaJ_3i71FAt8wiBYkgbwgf_hwyCXXmTAFPwA41W-lB_Zu_y4uJlIRa4HEEtVC8zti9o1fHYPc3jIE5dHjQ-qL05oOwfd1QI/s907/SherlockandCowide.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="907" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuIW3r5e4Gy5vHrg2YCIuImBKkQSqMWrsmrG_ieDtGSVwygVkxEMSZjS52rvPski5kfFQQxvdyMWpa8sKmVVyZb2wpt7iAuaJ_3i71FAt8wiBYkgbwgf_hwyCXXmTAFPwA41W-lB_Zu_y4uJlIRa4HEEtVC8zti9o1fHYPc3jIE5dHjQ-qL05oOwfd1QI/w640-h444/SherlockandCowide.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>For this 275th episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, we're joined by another podcast. It always delights us to talk about audio with other audio geeks.</p><p>Joel Emery is writer and co-creator of <i>Sherlock & Co.</i>, a new podcast from Goalhanger Podcasts. Together with his partner Adam Jarrell, they're dramatizing the entire canon of 60 stories in the form of a real-crime podcast, with John H. Watson as the narrator.</p><p>It's an ambitious and creative endeavor, and we talked to Joel about his inspirations, the creative process, partnering with a podcast juggernaut, working with a cast on the other side of the globe, the sound design, writing for Watson as an audio everyman, the most challenging story to write, Joel's favorite, and much more.  </p><p>We have yet another <b>Canonical Couplet</b> that should be easy to solve. We'll have something from the IHOSE vaults for our winner.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by November 14, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 275: Sherlock & Co.

“the reputation of being excellent company” [ENGR]  For this 275th episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, we're joined by another pod...

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by Scott Monty

The Best Age to Read Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “shown himself for over twenty years” [NOBL]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpZjoNY88n_BM2k_II5-atel69X6_lH0oLhHJWpMQ-M9Wint6ZP2fzEL-57auKyrRidyAL37PmEVnVIoOjk5Cil3J9RMgZ4aGQTeix-bNmLeYirdHQq7kX5JKjTFZGZW42dlkmJEkbWz4FHKKvZQtJGDsztSHgRddJKiaSbLlx91Wm-wFF-wfSaXNUw/s1828/Rick%20Rubin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1828" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpZjoNY88n_BM2k_II5-atel69X6_lH0oLhHJWpMQ-M9Wint6ZP2fzEL-57auKyrRidyAL37PmEVnVIoOjk5Cil3J9RMgZ4aGQTeix-bNmLeYirdHQq7kX5JKjTFZGZW42dlkmJEkbWz4FHKKvZQtJGDsztSHgRddJKiaSbLlx91Wm-wFF-wfSaXNUw/w640-h312/Rick%20Rubin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Invariably, the first question we ask our interview guests on the <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank"><i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> podcast</a> is “When did you first meet Sherlock Holmes?”</p><p>While the same question may be tiresome, the variety in the answers we receive is not.</p><p>Some have been influenced by popular media, depending on their age and viewing habits: Basil Rathbone on Saturday matinee showings on TV, the Granada series starring Jeremy Brett, <i>The Great Mouse Detective</i>, <i>Sherlock </i>— everyone's Sherlock Holmes on screen varies.</p><p>Then there are those who were introduced from a couple of short stories in school, most often "The Red-Headed League" and "The Speckled Band."</p><p>And of course, the lucky few who discovered William Baring-Gould's <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3GByrII" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a></i>.</p><p>How we envy those who read the stories for the very first time! </p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings us to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/books/review/rick-rubin-by-the-book-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1ju8UBZjMtfCfIU2UI1sv8spLgm2lVDewd_hbuLEeouuT3xwprsIVLVRSbDs2JIQ9zCNspDuXGBi8sWTvlNxp9vpPsbD6DI7lk_HeWe2Fyxs7F11jf_Fmo6XLd7esA8sklOcOLtEYSDeBEojksFkLm60qdF4rYKl-QtR_Tjbxdl3g1ILfCH0QIPuuJ6_12kFRyMUuvANYW72EQBon4laDM0y4mna8fmAUOPHspV_oEb-bR97pCqabQtG_rPwTeJEQbgP7x3IhLglF4GRM-LuXhU9z6sal5ZnjAR4wncAmz13I5gHtLii6Xv0faLbZT-CeMYub3X9vw5AL8gs-f4vn0T30q7W2i4ewO9d6vj4_g&smid=share-url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a recent "By the Book" column in <i>The New York Times</i></a>, in which Rick Rubin was interviewed. [Link to gift article]</p><p>He was asked:</p><p><b></b></p><blockquote><p><b>What book should everybody read before the age of 21?</b></p><p><i><b>Sherlock Holmes is great, the earlier the better. The stories are engaging and they train readers to look deeply into all they see. A great primer for awareness practice.</b></i></p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p>We certainly don't object to Rubin's recommendation. He's absolutely correct that the stories are rich in detail, although we don't all see the same things that Holmes did until after they're explained. Or we at least don't observe.</p><p>But we'd also argue that Sherlock Holmes stories should be read later in life as well. For it is only then that we can appreciate the depth of friendship, the nuances of relationships, the societal inequities, the more significant elements of the human psyche that are at work. It's part of what we talk about on the <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trifles podcast</a>.</p><p>The Sherlock Holmes stories tell us so much about life; it takes living a certain amount of life to appreciate the depth and breadth of it all.</p><p><br /></p><p>We'd be remiss if we didn't mention this truth about rereading books:</p><blockquote><p><i><b>“When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”</b> — Clifton Fadiman</i></p></blockquote><div>Clifton Fadiman was an intellectual, author, editor, and radio and television personality. And he ran in the same orbit as Christopher Morley, the founder of the Baker Street Irregulars.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fadiman hosted <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Please" target="_blank">Information, Please!</a></i>, a radio quiz show to which <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/11/some-information-silv_16.html#.Y7PIKHZKjb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher Morley made occasional visits</a>. Since Fadiman was the book review editor for <i>The New Yorker</i>, that made Morley's appearances a near-certainty. It didn't hurt that Fadiman had been a guest at <a href="https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,885484,00.html" target="_blank">the 1944 Trilogy Dinner</a> of the Baker Street Irregulars.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>When is the right time to pick up a Sherlock Holmes book?</div><div><br /></div><div>Whenever you feel like it.</div><div><br /></div><div>And yes, read Sherlock Holmes by the age of 21 if you please. But read him when you're 71 or 81 or 101. </div><div><br /></div><div>And at all ages in between.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Further information:</i></h3><div>If you'd like to hear about the Beacon Society and its efforts to encourage others to introduce Sherlock Holmes to young people, check out <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose183" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 183: The Beacon Society</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/736142848&color=%2302ae05&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/the-beacon-society" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The Beacon Society">The Beacon Society</a></div></div><br />

The Best Age to Read Sherlock Holmes

 “shown himself for over twenty years” [NOBL] Invariably, the first question we ask our interview guests on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywher...

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by Scott Monty

The Second Morning After Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s1600/blue-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s400/blue-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, "The Blue Carbucnle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.<br /><br />Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."</blockquote>It has become an annual tradition at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to acknowledge December 27th with a favorite reading. Just as the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> annually reproduces a 1949 editorial written by Vermont Royster called "<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-3My0j_zJAhUIPCYKHePhBrMQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204464404577112431986005786&usg=AFQjCNFBOMTBdMiqlxf9tGYz0Jb-tieRKw&sig2=qjutMkGmsi34eHf1n39PhQ" target="_blank"><i>In Hoc Anno Domini</i></a>," we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6321981775136876837" name="more"></a>If this is new to you, please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. If you'd like to listen to it, we also produced a special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere in December 2007 in which we read the verse:<br /><br /><center><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1185689230&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></center><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div><br /></div>So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's "<a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm">A Visit from St. Nick</a>."<br /><br /><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas#from_embed" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd"><b>Two Days After Christmas</b></a> </div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="null" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/24531783/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp" title="Two Days After Christmas" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Looking back over both of our Sherlockian podcasts (<i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> and <i>Trifles</i>), we pulled together four more holiday-themed episodes for a full playlist: a discussion of "The Blue Carbuncle" and Christopher Morley's lovely essay "A Christmas Story Without Slush"; an interview with Peter Blau concerning his Sherlockian Christmas tree, bedecked with Sherlockian ornaments; a discussion of peace in the Sherlock Holmes stories (when we can find it); and an investigation of what went wrong in the botched jewel heist; the path across London traversed by the blue carbuncle.<div><br /></div><div><div>The playlist is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season?si=85662034fb8747848decdce97ba4bd93&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank">available on SoundCloud</a> and is embedded below for your convenience:<br /><div><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1370063371&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Enjoy. And this holiday season, may all of your carbuncles be blue.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;">--</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>

The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]  Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle...

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by Scott Monty

Evil Lurks Abroad

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“foreigners who get into difficulties” [GREE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsaX-NHMHL7XwD-Woeho7gDqcL8rfwaCGn-gh3K81buVbt35SKn8428BocA68_0YDdUCYbm9kJT8tx8G5FSkK8Pe9-H6_SZSdl2VadyUdWupYmjDMAoQ3TTyh8PsKlpKkhFqHd3ph_HSoXh15qUTzGV0XuY8N5b7OfzR9Mg0wj8RsvOQx_qF3hN9hnA/s1280/GREE%20-%20Latimer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1117" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsaX-NHMHL7XwD-Woeho7gDqcL8rfwaCGn-gh3K81buVbt35SKn8428BocA68_0YDdUCYbm9kJT8tx8G5FSkK8Pe9-H6_SZSdl2VadyUdWupYmjDMAoQ3TTyh8PsKlpKkhFqHd3ph_HSoXh15qUTzGV0XuY8N5b7OfzR9Mg0wj8RsvOQx_qF3hN9hnA/w558-h640/GREE%20-%20Latimer.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Editor's note:</b> the following was submitted to us by Robert S. Katz, BSI ("Dr. Ainstree") and Mark Jones, BSI ("Peter Jones")</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>It’s notable that so many of the crimes and criminals investigated by Sherlock Holmes have their roots in other nations. Even if a crime is committed in England, the roots of the evil deed and/or the origins of the evildoer were planted in some foreign land and imported to England.</p><p>While a few of the crimes in the Canon are homegrown, relative to the size of the Canon itself, a disproportionate number start elsewhere. </p><p>In the very first story, <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, everything starts in the American West and a major religion, based in the United States, is represented as some sort of criminal conspiracy. The trend is continued in <i>The Sign of the Four</i> as the initial action takes place in India, followed by the Andaman Islands, with the consequences migrating to British shores at a later date. </p><p>The first of the short stories, “A Scandal in Bohemia” has two protagonists-cum-antagonists, one of whom is Bohemian and the other from New Jersey. </p><p><br /></p><p>The list continues throughout the Sherlockian journey. Killer Evans and Abe Slaney are from Chicago. While Neil Gibson might not have committed an actual crime, he is the villain of the story and he’s also American. The criminals in “The Red Circle” and “The Six Napoleons” have their roots in Italy. Russian anarchists are the focus of “The Golden Pince-Nez.” </p><p>Even native Englishmen first go abroad to go astray, and then return to home. Grimesby Roylott is an example of this trend.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">“a foeman who is worthy of our steel” [HOUN]</h3><p>Yet, this antipathy towards foreigners, with devilry hatched elsewhere and then foisted upon England, reaches a zenith with the creation of the greatest of canonical villains. Professor James Moriarty, seemingly a native of Great Britain, possessed of an Irish or Anglo-Irish name, is really himself based on a foreigner.</p><p>Ben McIntyre, in his excellent book, <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3eOR5BD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Napoleon of Crime</a></i> tells the story of Adam Worth, master criminal and criminal mastermind. Worth’s exploits were well-known to Conan Doyle, and the term “Napoleon of the criminal world” was first used by Robert Anderson of Scotland Yard. McIntyre describes in considerable detail how Conan Doyle came to model Moriarty after Worth.</p><p>While Moriarty at first appears to be something of a homegrown creation, the backstory is consistent with the persistent xenophobia that echoes throughout the stories. </p><p>Adam Worth has a seemingly British-enough name. But Adam Worth was not Adam Worth. He was Adam Werth, or perhaps Adam Wirth. Born in Germany to impoverished parents, he was brought to Cambridge, Massachusetts as a small child. </p><p>While still a teenager, he had a notorious Civil War career, joining the Union Army in return for an enlistment bounty, deserting, reenlisting under another name for another bounty, etc. At one point, he even deserted the Union and surrendered to Confederate troops in return for yet another payment, and then promptly escaped the South. He eventually became the great criminal of his age, plying his trade on the Continent and in England.</p><p><br /></p><p>Conan Doyle was aware of this when he created Moriarty. Rather than developing a character <i>de novo</i>, he returned to his basic concept of seeing evil born elsewhere and then traveling and polluting English soil. Edgar Smith, in his early study of Moriarty (<i>The Napoleon of Crime</i>, The Pamphlet House, 1953), suggests that the Professor was born in the West of England. But his true birth was on the Continent and his development into a criminal took place in America. </p><p>Conan Doyle maintains this attitude to the end. In “His Last Bow,” our final glimpse of Holmes in action, we find that he traveled to America to establish himself as a criminal, and then returned to England to fight spies who were from yet another foreign nation, Germany. </p><p>What then was the basis for this persistent effort to blame so many problems, so many crooks, so many crimes on people or events from abroad?</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">“the loungers and idlers of the Empire” [STUD]</h3><p>One explanation comes in the form of “imperial gothic,” a concept put forward by Patrick Brantlinger in <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3Lgy7A4" target="_blank">Rule of Darkness: British Literature and Imperialism, 1830–1914</a></i>. Brantlinger argued that many of the late Victorian writers were concerned that civilization, empire, and progress generally had stalled and were at risk of collapse. Conan Doyle, Rider-Haggard, Kipling, Buchan, et al responded with works that share three common views of the wider world.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">“the path backwards” [PRIO]</h4><p>The first is the idea of regression, that an individual who traveled to the furthest reaches of the Empire would be corrupted by the dangerous ideas to be found there. </p><p>One very explicit example of this is Professor Presbury’s monkey-antics which stem from a visit to Prague and the regular importation of a dangerous serum from overseas. Conan Doyle also presents imperial outposts as places where despicable impulse can be indulged, such as James Barclay’s treatment of Henry Wood. This is more a commentary on the lack of law and order on the frontier, rather than threats from overseas specifically. </p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">“the powers of evil are exalted” [HOUN]</h4><p>The second theme is the invasion of the west by demonic or barbaric forces. This is where imperial gothic really gets gothic and the occult comes to the fore. </p><p>Given “no ghosts need apply” in Sherlock Holmes’ world, this theme is more often seen in Conan Doyle wider work, in stories like “The Brown Hand” where a doctor is haunted by an Afghan hillman for his actions in India. </p><p>Of course, there are examples in the Canon, everything from the infamous Tonga and the swamp adder to the predatory sexual behavior of Baron Gruner, who is pointedly the “Austrian murderer.” The foreign criminal societies operating in England are themselves examples of barbaric forces, though again principally as threats to law and order.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">“persuaded her to fly with him” [GREE]</h4><p>The third theme is that, as the map of the world is filled in, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for adventure and for people (men) to prove themselves in the modern world. </p><p>The evidence for this is much stronger in <i>The Lost World</i> than in Canon but we may see it in the Sherlock Holmes stories in reverse. </p><p>The constant invasion of the metropolis by forces from overseas provides these opportunities in so many cases. Perhaps it’s significant that, after his Watson-reported retirement, Holmes has to go to America for a bit of adventure.</p><p><br /></p><p>All this should be colored by the recognition that often these writers — especially Conan Doyle —  saw empire as a civilizing mission, patronizing and aggrandizing though that was. </p><p>In later years, Conan Doyle appears to have lost faith in the empire’s ability to do this and saw spiritualism as an alternative —  a way of connecting all humanity towards a higher purpose. </p><p>The allegorical historical short stories in <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3eRIj5R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tales of Long Ago</a></i> are an overlooked stepping stone on that journey, in that they describe the cyclical nature of empires, and that while Britain’s may rise, it will inevitably fall. </p><p>In <i>Rule of Darkness</i>, Brantlinger argued that “the ultimate victory of spiritualism was prefigured for Doyle in the demise of the empires of this world” which may explain why he regarded <i>Tales of Long Ago</i> as his favourite collection of stories.</p><p>One wonders if the number of threats specifically from America is an unconscious recognition that the USA would one day supplant Britain as a world power. Conan Doyle was speaking as Holmes when the detective said the children of the future would be “citizens of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes.” [NOBL] </p><p>But perhaps in that quartering there was some anxiety too. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>If you enjoyed this essay, you might enjoy the series of discussions on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/international" target="_blank">international influences in the Canon</a> we hosted in Season 3 of <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com" target="_blank">Trifles</a>:</i></p><p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/827406449&color=%2302ae05&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/international" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="International">International</a></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><p></p>

Evil Lurks Abroad

“foreigners who get into difficulties” [GREE]  Editor's note: the following was submitted to us by Robert S. Katz, BSI ("Dr. Ainst...

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by Scott Monty

Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the one fixed point in a changing age” [LAST]  </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg165uYPxYDHpWuCvePmj1ZuKxhBEqtAEvigisQMAa7gj3WL68X-ukYKvVTpM6yjpFt71NFkOXv0J382YpnLdETFqATofRDJGrN0B1SKBn6GdmxY_XB6PoHEk3DrBz33v70kBdxOdZ2d3xqSOXGWPoSAvLZYiaq3z1u00TBInRaqTRRXrALKAxDGrW_2w/s1483/A%20Portrait%20of%20Her%20Majesty%20Queen%20Elizabeth%20II%202018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1483" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg165uYPxYDHpWuCvePmj1ZuKxhBEqtAEvigisQMAa7gj3WL68X-ukYKvVTpM6yjpFt71NFkOXv0J382YpnLdETFqATofRDJGrN0B1SKBn6GdmxY_XB6PoHEk3DrBz33v70kBdxOdZ2d3xqSOXGWPoSAvLZYiaq3z1u00TBInRaqTRRXrALKAxDGrW_2w/w640-h360/A%20Portrait%20of%20Her%20Majesty%20Queen%20Elizabeth%20II%202018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing on 8 September 2022 of Her Majesty the Queen, aged 96.</p><p>Her formal title was Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.</p><p>She served as monarch for over 70 years — the longest-reigning British monarch in history — beginning on 6 February 1952, upon the death of her father, George VI.</p><p>Her son Charles, first in line for the throne, serving as Prince of Wales for decades and waiting 73 years for the job he was born for, is now King Charles III.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">One Fixed Point</h3><p>The accolades and chronicles across the web are plentiful; we can't add anything to those. But for Sherlockians, who tend to be Anglophiles and have a deep appreciation for Her Majesty, the loss is a significant one.</p><p>Queen Elizabeth II has been the only British monarch most of us remember in our lifetimes. She took the throne in 1952: the Baker Street Irregulars had existed for only eighteen years; Edgar W. Smith was still at the helm, it was five years before Christopher Morley's death, and only 22 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's passing.</p><p>She's been toasted, honored, and celebrated at numerous Sherlockian society meetings over those decades, often concluded with the singing of the National Anthem, which will now revert to "God Save the King."</p><p>During her lifetime, the pace of progress and change was remarkable. Technology, science, medicine, media — every one of these industries saw exponential growth and change.</p><p>And yet, she remained in place, a steadfast and unswerving presence. She managed to move the monarchy in a modern direction as well, allowing her Coronation to be broadcast, dealing with impact of centuries of imperialism around the globe, and even softening to allow a public show of grief and solidarity upon the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 and more recently, the passing of Prince Philip in 2021.</p><p>As an individual, she seemed almost universally loved around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>When we think about it, the assured presence of Queen Elizabeth II over the decades mirrors the continued existence and enjoyment of Sherlock Holmes as well.</p><p>From the stuffy male-only societies of yore (some of which still gasped for breath well into the 21st century) to the  lightning-fast interactions we now have online, Sherlockians continue to evolve our passions that center around that "one fixed point in a changing age" mentioned in "His Last Bow." Although for us, it's the entire Canon that's the fixed point, not just Watson.</p><p></p><blockquote>"England is England yet, for all our fears—<br />Only those things the heart believes are true."</blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p>As the monarchy executes its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge" target="_blank">well-planned series of events and protocols</a>, it stands as an institution, assuring us that despite the upheaval of an entire age — the Elizabethan Age — life will continue.</p><p>During the timeline of his adventures, Sherlock Holmes saw the transition from Queen Victoria to King Edward VII, and then to George V. And so it goes today.</p><p>The Queen is dead. Long live the King!</p><p></p><blockquote>Send him victorious,<br />Happy and glorious,<br />Long to rein o'er us,<br />God Save the King!</blockquote><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related:</h4><p><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/queen-elizabeth-ii-surpasses-queen.html#.YxtgI3bMLb3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II Surpasses Queen Victoria as Longest-Serving British Monarch</a></p><p> </p>

Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)

“the one fixed point in a changing age” [LAST]   It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing on 8 September 2022 of Her Majesty...

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Baker Street Elementary – How Fun

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“some fun over this case” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvME56vadI-PNntGH1pQ94-wn2yVVXbMhUsw4_jNP96uHLZ-tbwhrO3tIHMAjB7SQoNZslK0LQVA3D-wfv7TSJ9mntaRkFrFYHhb0PWRgRwqAvaEX2cm4p9qvcLEu1HcSmRfLkUxIHqtMZAKLBPI021pQHlpVW2_EOaz5G09RliHhTnl1Rfh-i__FnA/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20134.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvME56vadI-PNntGH1pQ94-wn2yVVXbMhUsw4_jNP96uHLZ-tbwhrO3tIHMAjB7SQoNZslK0LQVA3D-wfv7TSJ9mntaRkFrFYHhb0PWRgRwqAvaEX2cm4p9qvcLEu1HcSmRfLkUxIHqtMZAKLBPI021pQHlpVW2_EOaz5G09RliHhTnl1Rfh-i__FnA/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20134.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div></div><div>We know Sherlock Holmes enjoyed his profession. After all, he created it for himself.</div><div><br /></div><div>He told us so in The Sign of Four:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession,—or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.”</div></blockquote></div><div>But what did Holmes do when he wasn't exercising his brain, which he said rebelled at stagnation and needed to be “connected up with the work for which it was built”?</div><div><br /></div><div>That is, what did Sherlock Holmes do for <i>fun</i>?</div><div><br /></div><div>He enjoyed music, for one. At the conclusion of The Hound of the Baskervilles, he and Watson headed off to the opera: </div><div><blockquote><div>“And now, my dear Watson, we have had some weeks of severe work, and for one evening, I think, we may turn our thoughts into more pleasant channels. I have a box for ‘Les Huguenots.’ Have you heard the De Reszkes?”</div></blockquote></div><div>Of course, music helped Holmes process his thinking as well. We saw it in "The Red-Headed League," as he spent an afternoon “in the stalls, in the most perfect happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music.”</div><div><br /></div><div>He had claimed: </div><div><blockquote><div>“I observe that there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than Italian or French. It is introspective, and I want to introspect.</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>But aside from music, we also know that he unwound and geeked out in other ways, such as trying to decipher the remains of a palimpsest [GOLD] and the study of the Chaldean roots of the Cornish branch of the Celtic language [DEVI].</div><div><br /></div><div>To each his own, we suppose.</div><div><br /></div><div>And that's just what's going on at recess at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qS4mpXD7w0T3LapxgYoA1PelEIknUkSA4CJp6RLLR1EZEcFH_Qb2yLB5EU4KaLCCYJmt9JlL7eYzYxm827dCBmbXFLPF4u6e3s-5ougXMNzjHD1r-PlDbI1hRGyc5USw8Vc9ifMnj2uddVOu8MU-cJxMuvrAKWm811C9TqE2wX5AdBqBuvSi_WZa_g/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20134.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qS4mpXD7w0T3LapxgYoA1PelEIknUkSA4CJp6RLLR1EZEcFH_Qb2yLB5EU4KaLCCYJmt9JlL7eYzYxm827dCBmbXFLPF4u6e3s-5ougXMNzjHD1r-PlDbI1hRGyc5USw8Vc9ifMnj2uddVOu8MU-cJxMuvrAKWm811C9TqE2wX5AdBqBuvSi_WZa_g/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20134.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><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;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://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><br />--</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – How Fun

“some fun over this case” [STUD]  We know Sherlock Holmes enjoyed his profession. After all, he created it for himself. He told us so in The...

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Baker Street Elementary – A Tidy Business

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a strong natural turn for this sort of thing.” [CHAS] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNmZUahsbrmuRMBLVFblUYir-jwnQrxkfAPXk4mY4MlHqsQcjnyqwM8hd85eEOtma__BF5jtoZewIZfRahdpQwcS_Z00ZhPV6np2VE7v4FRkaNVbg3CY0C6mmcrhxZfWyHBH1LhInGRIkgENtT9q9SYpfLYX4EPRsSMjabkAJZEgwAGXJ1ouIBwg7HDQ=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNmZUahsbrmuRMBLVFblUYir-jwnQrxkfAPXk4mY4MlHqsQcjnyqwM8hd85eEOtma__BF5jtoZewIZfRahdpQwcS_Z00ZhPV6np2VE7v4FRkaNVbg3CY0C6mmcrhxZfWyHBH1LhInGRIkgENtT9q9SYpfLYX4EPRsSMjabkAJZEgwAGXJ1ouIBwg7HDQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, Watson tells us that Sherlock Holmes had a “cat-like love of personal cleanliness.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Could that penchant for tidiness have overlapped into his professional dealings? It seems most likely.</div><div><br /></div><div>Take this commentary from “The Adventure of the Red Circle”:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it?” </div><p> </p><div>“What, indeed? It is art for art’s sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?” </div><p> </p><div>“For my education, Holmes.” </div><p> </p><div>“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last. This is an instructive case. There is neither money nor credit in it, and yet one would wish to tidy it up. When dusk comes we should find ourselves one stage advanced in our investigation.”</div><p></p><p></p><p></p></blockquote><div></div></div><div>How fascinating that Holmes couldn't stand to allow a little conundrum like this stand without busying himself with it. Certainly consistent with his need to have things just so.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, when we find the mention of Watson finding “himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor of Baker Street,” in “The Mazarin Stone,” it's a clear indication that the story was written by an imposter.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, it seems that John is learning a little something about psychology at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><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/a/AVvXsEgD-51XkkDMWfM5At_jfFsWliFf0wOE5F_aj2Yg2H_CoeEoFf9lA8wY_7YgP1vFsDJZr5ZrX6Rst8M7YawbphbQTs9JXIV5QmieG_uqcvE8mFgYpNT7Twj5MVQj6QZpqhPwE3LRy1pflsX6tXkuPvr27U4QGeeQB2TAGzglaI3kdnhQuEfSDltbWrRPug=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD-51XkkDMWfM5At_jfFsWliFf0wOE5F_aj2Yg2H_CoeEoFf9lA8wY_7YgP1vFsDJZr5ZrX6Rst8M7YawbphbQTs9JXIV5QmieG_uqcvE8mFgYpNT7Twj5MVQj6QZpqhPwE3LRy1pflsX6tXkuPvr27U4QGeeQB2TAGzglaI3kdnhQuEfSDltbWrRPug=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaqjpbbROIB96ktbbDtNcgAIeKPIqZC33sqAbVkWkG7POR4ajs3DtAS1RUOyeLHwsPuFy24FP31uwwk4dp_BtU5lbFcWiWxV01PQwLbUSEQHka0TU5CuY1zeISl6Foo1XDWntmwfFcY-3-PWvVdMUT2uGWUPKVLIqq_jIPOI9EXXX6ov2bcr2eGa31Dg=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaqjpbbROIB96ktbbDtNcgAIeKPIqZC33sqAbVkWkG7POR4ajs3DtAS1RUOyeLHwsPuFy24FP31uwwk4dp_BtU5lbFcWiWxV01PQwLbUSEQHka0TU5CuY1zeISl6Foo1XDWntmwfFcY-3-PWvVdMUT2uGWUPKVLIqq_jIPOI9EXXX6ov2bcr2eGa31Dg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuISy8sL3ZHnF2Hy9ag5j5NyKk0jG7ZEHdrW9Gk_qyY2fylJsCPQX-T6cSy5Ou9FhvV5VedZaIDc8ZrlLCkPoGuxogMyAnwH0MDaD04UqBcYLxqd-P9Pq8jaLhLiJFxiMW1LZO5zB_aln16qwoKayLJDFl6H1xqIRzSFW9-1onstqPHP7BPxpcA94zQg=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuISy8sL3ZHnF2Hy9ag5j5NyKk0jG7ZEHdrW9Gk_qyY2fylJsCPQX-T6cSy5Ou9FhvV5VedZaIDc8ZrlLCkPoGuxogMyAnwH0MDaD04UqBcYLxqd-P9Pq8jaLhLiJFxiMW1LZO5zB_aln16qwoKayLJDFl6H1xqIRzSFW9-1onstqPHP7BPxpcA94zQg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxuC0EEWTeGd1g1omjHCajCuzY6w1K_4eWtOU1LE4O9qa60JvWAxX0DPIiAtTeipX0-ou3exxGTapnC_nHILkdBpXzsmQF6RG-yqasGoQAUh-sdfghG5afkwiAUBCusFQI0A39uh1GxhJ8zXlYElzeSzHf0u9tfRLMhzAzRqlfhveT8WZeKo8sl1RFsg=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxuC0EEWTeGd1g1omjHCajCuzY6w1K_4eWtOU1LE4O9qa60JvWAxX0DPIiAtTeipX0-ou3exxGTapnC_nHILkdBpXzsmQF6RG-yqasGoQAUh-sdfghG5afkwiAUBCusFQI0A39uh1GxhJ8zXlYElzeSzHf0u9tfRLMhzAzRqlfhveT8WZeKo8sl1RFsg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguodYNBUC0IRTHWYyNs0M94mPZRXRIhlzeAGY2axlR0ob6nDu3XB7PFDo3OvKQDJ9hhri3ubf9oJmF7ozRl4oUjWXjCr2PcYvtTLXBgQi25CGg1CWscbce2jwjiB4t5DdP_OqHHf2oK-BzpOxHl4tI4QVuu40doi7HOWHF0PcQbBsfMFLrb5BjQ4lG0w=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguodYNBUC0IRTHWYyNs0M94mPZRXRIhlzeAGY2axlR0ob6nDu3XB7PFDo3OvKQDJ9hhri3ubf9oJmF7ozRl4oUjWXjCr2PcYvtTLXBgQi25CGg1CWscbce2jwjiB4t5DdP_OqHHf2oK-BzpOxHl4tI4QVuu40doi7HOWHF0PcQbBsfMFLrb5BjQ4lG0w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://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><br />--</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – A Tidy Business

“a strong natural turn for this sort of thing.” [CHAS]  In The Hound of the Baskervilles , Watson tells us that Sherlock Holmes had a “cat-l...

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Episode 234: A Masterpiece of Villainy

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“It was a masterpiece of villainy, and he carried it out like a master” [NORW]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOpCW6mgNPOGGsZpZJ3vrtUnTIiG3nbJJE5ONNkPkD3_p7ihdahvKrFJi7vOqextb7xc9nPWWZYfy44CSw-qrZZUI8IVW5nbDF2gkNgZ9DlMdBdWuHsBMQNWZQCEYDleL9UNIPCs4eue0S2W8r0xgEjZsNkyCKUT5bRbqGnpCVJQTACbxeCmiGwHaJKA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOpCW6mgNPOGGsZpZJ3vrtUnTIiG3nbJJE5ONNkPkD3_p7ihdahvKrFJi7vOqextb7xc9nPWWZYfy44CSw-qrZZUI8IVW5nbDF2gkNgZ9DlMdBdWuHsBMQNWZQCEYDleL9UNIPCs4eue0S2W8r0xgEjZsNkyCKUT5bRbqGnpCVJQTACbxeCmiGwHaJKA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><p>January brought another entry in the Manuscript Series from the BSI Press. This time, it's the manuscript of "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder," and it was edited by Ross Davies, BSI ("The Temple"). He and Ira Matetsky, BSI ("The Final Problem") join us for this episode.</p><p>We learn about where this manuscript is held and the heroics that Ira had to take to ensure its availability for the project, as well as how Ross managed to select a group of people beyond lawyers to produce what is one of the most fascinating collections of essays in the Manuscript Series yet. (And we're not just saying that because our own Burt Wolder has an entry.) </p><p>Here's a great chance to get a superb prize! So significant that we can't mention it here. The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> returns with two lines of poetry for you; all that remains is for you to determine which Sherlock Holmes story they represent. And it's an easy one this week.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by February 27, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 234: A Masterpiece of Villainy

“It was a masterpiece of villainy, and he carried it out like a master” [NORW]   January brought another entry in the Manuscript Series from...

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by Scott Monty