Episode 323: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “Particularly bright and joyous” [THOR] </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWK94QxCY2JP5NGue7LuRQdL7XM66_UA71rtZK4uWiwKPTB_vDhzrOBkHL2iWYLbNbtoxhjlUIx_VMAROVKFn4raRZUiOG4KhYeVGD1EdEU6UcruWa3BhVo0VKtvc-2XYnbx-g17wLcZ3rhVWe_88nrVLlFdBCsprwBduqzuNXHuG_QHvgccDUmgZ1ccs/s1400/ihearofsherlock323-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWK94QxCY2JP5NGue7LuRQdL7XM66_UA71rtZK4uWiwKPTB_vDhzrOBkHL2iWYLbNbtoxhjlUIx_VMAROVKFn4raRZUiOG4KhYeVGD1EdEU6UcruWa3BhVo0VKtvc-2XYnbx-g17wLcZ3rhVWe_88nrVLlFdBCsprwBduqzuNXHuG_QHvgccDUmgZ1ccs/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock323-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></h4><p></p><p>Forget about the silence you might think is suggested by the word “pantomime.” British panto is a raucous, musical, holiday tradition that expects the audience to be as loud as possible, booing the villain and cheering the hero. It’s usually a comic, theatrical retelling of a fairy tale — like Cinderella or Aladdin — with slapstick for the kids, cheeky innuendo for the adults, and a cast that includes a campy "Dame" (a man in an over-the-top dress). </p><p>Now Holmes, Watson, and the world of 221B have been lovingly added to the panto tradition in <i><a href="https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/sherlock-holmes-and-the-12-days-of-christmas/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas</a></i>, playing through January 18, 2026, at England’s Birmingham Rep. The show is also a genuine whodunnit: West End stars are being murdered in mid performance. Can Sherlock Holmes solve the case?</p><p>It’s all the work of our guests <b>Humphrey Ker</b> and <b>David Reed</b>, writers and stars whose love of the Victorian Age, history, and classic literature has infused almost twenty years of collaboration. You’ll hear about their work creating radio plays for the BBC, stage shows for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and their adventures as two-thirds of the comedy troupe “The Penny Dreadfuls.” </p><p>You’ll also learn how <i><b>Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas</b></i> came about, and how it came to inspire new songs by <b>Tim Rice</b> and <b>Andrew Lloyd Webber</b> — creators of some of the most enduring musicals in history.</p><p>Then it’s on to our review of Sherlockian society activities in the second half of January in "The Learned Societies" segment. The remarkable Madeline Quinones caps her series of Holmesian podcast reviews with her final report in “A Chance of Listening,” with our thanks and admiration. And the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a prize from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by December 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 323: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas

 “Particularly bright and joyous” [THOR]  Forget about the silence you might think is suggested by the word “pantomime.” British panto is a ...

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Baker Street Elementary – Off to Violin-Land

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Holmes would talk about nothing but violins” [CARD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FAm-TGqQMaABbQ8W7xiLPmt9S61_l5Bxn7m1Uq_CPtySlULNy1kV5KJdN35UL8Mn2BJq4ZU0pLx4WGT0nR4HLQ5YqrVa7M9qNJ0CWBdpRfkMgLR1n8f31IMhMpOmJ6r7p9nz-715W5vu86jA6GfvCHQwNpbweRqhVIQ90oQQoszvuazIhh6fSoU3dZw/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FAm-TGqQMaABbQ8W7xiLPmt9S61_l5Bxn7m1Uq_CPtySlULNy1kV5KJdN35UL8Mn2BJq4ZU0pLx4WGT0nR4HLQ5YqrVa7M9qNJ0CWBdpRfkMgLR1n8f31IMhMpOmJ6r7p9nz-715W5vu86jA6GfvCHQwNpbweRqhVIQ90oQQoszvuazIhh6fSoU3dZw/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Does the quality of an instrument affect the ability of the player? Marketers of high-end instruments would certainly like us to believe so.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Sherlock Holmes's case, it is perhaps the difference between Watson tolerating his intermittent concerti and throwing the instrument through the window.</div><div><br /></div><div>When they first meet, the young Holmes tests Watson thusly:</div><div><blockquote><div>“Do you include violin-playing in your category of rows?”</div></blockquote></div><div><div>Fortunately, Watson passed with flying colors when he replied, </div><div><blockquote><div>“It depends on the player,” I answered. “A well-played violin is a treat for the gods—a badly-played one—” </div></blockquote></div><div>Watson would later confirm this for us, as he made his famous list "<i>Sherlock Holmes</i>—his limits":</div><blockquote><div>10. Plays the violin well</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Of course, Sherlock Holmes knew he had the upper hand here, as he later confirmed to Watson that his was a Stradivarius, acquired for just 55 shillings. Stradivarius violins are the most famed types of violins in existence, often being insured for millions of dollars. It just goes to show what great bargains one can get if you know what you're looking for!</div><div><br /></div><div>Later on, Watson referred to Holmes's violin playing as "remarkable," but also alluded to the careless "scraping" of the violin across Holmes's knee and its "low, melancholy wailings." One could easily tie playing style to moods more so than to the quality of the instrument.</div><div><br /></div><div>Whatever it was, Holmes knew how to get his violin to perform for him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to the <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles89" target="_blank"><i>Trifles</i> episode on Holmes's Stradivarius violin</a>:</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="2766" data-dashlane-rid="15c364574f83a447" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7040212/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3a4e59/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see if all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony at Baker Street Elementary...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXtDEtwbEltzsWwbhgcQ21nTewC-OpfEmF48hDf4p0Km71Cw1gyWZR1jBrpx4nCWdAQLYxdvOVfDqMYBhMDNgUwWOdhpQZ0JdEj-gz2iiSa7yfJX30Ec_H_LeDYSKzc1hTaOnmDg9YkOb6k0XEs9ZPO46vhVWPxHo-mWnCbthxmJBjxjr_PZm4DanlpA/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXtDEtwbEltzsWwbhgcQ21nTewC-OpfEmF48hDf4p0Km71Cw1gyWZR1jBrpx4nCWdAQLYxdvOVfDqMYBhMDNgUwWOdhpQZ0JdEj-gz2iiSa7yfJX30Ec_H_LeDYSKzc1hTaOnmDg9YkOb6k0XEs9ZPO46vhVWPxHo-mWnCbthxmJBjxjr_PZm4DanlpA/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FzW2N3pdQ0hCmQe9i2HDygoVJS_T91emNuz0uCtGUSyfzY8c1Xbi6MCaCd_MneTRDtu6hhPYj0s9k4hFiY_MezoKSfsAHIo111_ZVbgT3C9iPFwr0JUFwFy7yl4qgSd38fFeAKMulZbUUxP2eL5xOj0_kprl_904t4GXq5jhidHmvwigSveMMGUisSw/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FzW2N3pdQ0hCmQe9i2HDygoVJS_T91emNuz0uCtGUSyfzY8c1Xbi6MCaCd_MneTRDtu6hhPYj0s9k4hFiY_MezoKSfsAHIo111_ZVbgT3C9iPFwr0JUFwFy7yl4qgSd38fFeAKMulZbUUxP2eL5xOj0_kprl_904t4GXq5jhidHmvwigSveMMGUisSw/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpxouOdJ-cWr6WNGbBZL14gvfNrweK8wbZikT4jhUMPcuqS_2QWk51pkVFXLQRmdT6mV_Ony08haQK7ZyYzd9HYF0_Wjz97JrY-s7-aPJq_U6wAL5aH0lQwaAF-LCCMugmR8z5eA71QmvWib9jUjD3U7Ff3plWgTbtM9YEkN0sX1VOSLAfbTXv_BGlV4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpxouOdJ-cWr6WNGbBZL14gvfNrweK8wbZikT4jhUMPcuqS_2QWk51pkVFXLQRmdT6mV_Ony08haQK7ZyYzd9HYF0_Wjz97JrY-s7-aPJq_U6wAL5aH0lQwaAF-LCCMugmR8z5eA71QmvWib9jUjD3U7Ff3plWgTbtM9YEkN0sX1VOSLAfbTXv_BGlV4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20215.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Off to Violin-Land

“Holmes would talk about nothing but violins” [CARD]  Does the quality of an instrument affect the ability of the player? Marketers of high-...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Tips for Making the Most of the BSI Weekend

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">“</span><b>Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser</b><span style="text-align: left;">”</span><b> [SILV] </b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFYYwNkDcFee52TLetezTvrjJuCKXcoJ8tRTmgBBmyA6s8xbAhLwknSBTpj-Pkrx6jpEyFqM9xEg-CaN-pHP8mPZatyZtGZm8Rqasu7Kb8BZSgUSpY_ZdFEBKopS_ZrYAzONcuAGPHOHA/s1600/BSI+logo+full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFYYwNkDcFee52TLetezTvrjJuCKXcoJ8tRTmgBBmyA6s8xbAhLwknSBTpj-Pkrx6jpEyFqM9xEg-CaN-pHP8mPZatyZtGZm8Rqasu7Kb8BZSgUSpY_ZdFEBKopS_ZrYAzONcuAGPHOHA/s640/BSI+logo+full.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: center;">With the </span><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bsiweekend.com" target="_blank">BSI Weekend</a></b><span style="text-align: center;"> coming up in January, we thought it might be helpful to provide a series of tips for the veteran attendees and the newbies alike.</span><br /><br />The <a href="https://bsiweekend.com" target="_blank">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a> is happening January 7–11, 2026, and it's usually a pretty big deal if you're taking time out of your life to head into New York City for three or more days of activities with people you haven't seen in a year (or years!) or those you may have only known online until now.<div><br /></div><div>Whether you're making the trip for the first or twenty-first time, you know that the Weekend provides the same level of excitement, anticipation, and giddiness as Christmas morning does to a child.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6OGNTJ9y_alsmGZ4itwvxut6FnZFBQOLkk-N2WkkKYRjWi6VhW3taPMuwHbm71ZOdynxKBFX43yxwG0F0HkBqsQx3Z1pc4kiIezeMXQG6zPdPVmG4FPv6y_wsBc8QavGdfNnOZ680d6u/s1600/TWIS+Hugh+Boone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6OGNTJ9y_alsmGZ4itwvxut6FnZFBQOLkk-N2WkkKYRjWi6VhW3taPMuwHbm71ZOdynxKBFX43yxwG0F0HkBqsQx3Z1pc4kiIezeMXQG6zPdPVmG4FPv6y_wsBc8QavGdfNnOZ680d6u/s320/TWIS+Hugh+Boone.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="https://www.amateurmendicantsociety.com/" target="_blank">Amateur Mendicants</a> welcome too!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It's usually during those anxious moments that our brain-attic tends to forget some of the essentials that help make a great trip perfect. And for the uninitiated, it's just a matter of not knowing what you need to survive the BSI Weekend.<br /><br />This marks <b>13 years</b> since we began sharing these tips — the <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/12/a-suggestion-perhaps-houn_28.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first of which</a> was inspired by interviewing several members of the Baker Street Irregulars — including some newer members who might have a less distant memory of their first Weekend, and some who have been at it literally for decades. Information has been updated to reflect changes in the city as well as in technology.</div><div><br /><br />And if there are any additional tips that you think would be helpful to attendees, please feel free to add your own as a comment below. And if you'd like a sense of what it's like, listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose74" target="_blank">Episode 74</a>:<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/191368218&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br />Herewith are the suggestions:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><h3>Bags 🧳</h3><ul><li>Make sure that you have plenty of room to bring home books that you buy. If you have to bring an extra bag that you can fold up and put in your suitcase, do so. </li><li>Some suggest bringing a plastic shopping bag to the BSI dinner, as it makes carrying the dinner packet around a little easier, especially if you plan to go to another venue afterward. </li><li>You might also consider <b>bringing a shopping bag to the Merchants Room</b> on Saturday to carry your various purchases. Not all merchants provide bags; carting away your haul is <i>your</i> responsibility. And you <i>do</i> want a haul, don't you?</li></ul><br /><h3>Meeting Others 📇</h3><ul><li>Bring business cards (a quaint tradition). You will be meeting a lot of new people, and you will be sharing contact information. Put as many as you think that you will need in your pack, and then double it. And be sure to include all modes of contacting you, including website, social media, etc. </li><li>If you're in need of a good card, the <a href="http://moo.com/">Moo</a> does a splendid job and <a href="http://vistaprint.com/">VistaPrint</a> has a fast turnaround time. </li><li>If you want to make sure you get your table mates to sign your menu, bring a pen to the dinner.</li><ul><li><b><i>Pro tip</i></b>: there's usually a pen in the dinner packet.</li></ul><li>Allow yourself time to schmooze with other Sherlockians. This is the fastest way to make new friends, who will quickly become old friends. </li></ul><br /><h3>Comportment / Etiquette 🤝</h3><ul><li><b>Do</b> tell people how good it is to see them again — or how lovely it is to meet them for the first time after having known them only online. </li><li><b>Do</b> tell them that you miss them in the intervening months between BSI weekends. </li><li><b>Do</b> tell them how invaluable they are to you as a Sherlockian comrade-in-arms and friend and how much you value their friendship. </li><li>If this is your first time at the Weekend or at an event, <b>ask questions</b> if you're unsure of something, are curious, or would like to understand more. As in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, "certain rites, and also certain duties" may be involved, and it may not be clear why.</li><li>If you're scheduled to speak at an event, be mindful not to overdo the alcohol beforehand. Dutch courage is usually inappropriate in such circumstances. </li><li>In this hyper-connected world, it's easy to forget that there are those attending the weekend for whom "it is always 1895" — or nearly so. When you're taking photographs, please be mindful of those who are firmly rooted in the 20th (or 19th!) century and who might not want to appear on your timeline by <u>asking their permission</u> to share your photos of them online. Common courtesy is timeless.</li><li>Please be kind to anyone helping you from the BSI and wider Sherlockian community. We're all volunteers, doing this out of the kindness of our hearts. Your kindness, patience, and understanding will go a long way.</li></ul><div><br /></div><h3>Attire 🥿 🧥</h3><ul><li>Bring comfortable shoes. The weekend inevitably includes a lot of walking. </li><li>This one is especially for the ladies: it's useful to have a change of shoes in your handbag so the stilettos don't murder you by the end of the evening (or vice versa). </li><li>Bring warm clothes. It is winter in New York, and non-Sherlockian New York friends say they know when we are in town because we bring really bad weather. </li><li>Dress in layers. Many times, the weather can be cold, but there have been instances in New York in January when we could — and did — comfortably walk about the streets without even a jacket on. </li></ul><br /><h3>Money 💰</h3><ul><li>Bring small bills. They will come in handy as you share taxis going from place to place, and you’ll find them handy when tipping helpful service employees. It is also customary to leave a tip for your housecleaning staff at the hotel.</li><ul><li><b><i>Pro tip</i></b>: We prefer withdrawing $2 bills from the bank and bringing them with us to make things extra efficient when entering or exiting doors and taxis.</li></ul><li>Bring a checkbook (or cash!) to the Merchants Room, as not everyone there takes credit cards (yet) and you may find an item you must have. </li><li>If you see something you're interested in at the Merchants Room and you can afford it, don't wait until your second sweep of the room — it will probably be gone by then.</li><li>Most of the vendors in the Merchants Room are very kind and understanding people, and many are also collectors or Sherlockians themselves. If you would care to haggle with them, they're likely open to it. It can't hurt to ask.</li><li>The BSI and Wessex Press tables accept <b>credit cards, PayPal and Apple Pay</b>.</li><li>Estimate, on the top side, what you expect to spend — and then double it. That might get you through. 💸</li></ul><br /><h3>Time 🕰️</h3><ul><li>If you have any health conditions, allow yourself time to go back to your hotel room for periodic rests. Many find these rests invaluable, enabling them to enjoy the weekend despite their condition. Schedule your time. </li><li>Know when you need to be places (including when you need to catch the train/plane back home). </li><li>Count on it taking some time to get a cab amongst the other Sherlockians who may be headed to the same events as you.</li><li>Alternatively, download a ride-hailing app (such as <b>Uber </b>or <b>Lyft, </b>or <b>Curb </b>for taxis) to help you avoid these waits. <b>See below for more details and a way to save money on rides</b>.</li></ul><br /><h3>Getting Around 🚕 🚇 🚶</h3><ul><li>Hey, Magellan, guess what? You have the power of a global satellite navigation system in the palm of your hand. That is, if you have a smartphone. Google Maps or Apple Maps are indispensable for getting around, by foot, taxi, or public transportation.</li><li>If you want something customized to New York, there are other apps to choose from: <a href="https://citymapper.com/nyc" target="_blank">Citymapper</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=guide.unitedstates.newyork.prod&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">New York Guide for Android</a> and iOS has the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/new-york-travel-guide-offline/id319296365?mt=8">New York Travel Guide and Offline Map</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>If you don't like using the map app on your phone, print out a street map of the city with the places you need to be circled or otherwise identified. Many things are within walking distance, but it is good to know you are starting out in the right direction (or know when to turn). </li><li>Download and print Monica Schmidt's <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sdjyiMn4hWp-3iVqImETafEgbrylo_ufMgqiKE2aSBw/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawOK3mFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeEXCN35IE1fxQmeVISoe4LFDc8dJ_wt8NYC2dG-PUqu4K8DoN7I3i85LlCrw_aem_rHGiHFJCgVQDw5Sw97-TKw&tab=t.0" target="_blank">handy schedule</a></b>, particularly if you're more visually inclined. It's a nice grid. </li></ul><div><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/a/AVvXsEhalssA5h6bHIv-uPJDeNhkIGQOBS8dppo8kzALF3m0vj1oj2j4Ka-QcV_4ZgUYE56xHY4Tk3O9WdnfUymdk70-Sc1ZU-8siWzA9rttiqPFdVIzggebowrfMMKuXO6Kb0pyxMHw0ZbxuzcC3N5tDpAfpPUkppDYrPv_pohAMEeIebrwWHYx8WQQXbCpm1kb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="796" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhalssA5h6bHIv-uPJDeNhkIGQOBS8dppo8kzALF3m0vj1oj2j4Ka-QcV_4ZgUYE56xHY4Tk3O9WdnfUymdk70-Sc1ZU-8siWzA9rttiqPFdVIzggebowrfMMKuXO6Kb0pyxMHw0ZbxuzcC3N5tDpAfpPUkppDYrPv_pohAMEeIebrwWHYx8WQQXbCpm1kb=w400-h299" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click image to enlarge; <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sdjyiMn4hWp-3iVqImETafEgbrylo_ufMgqiKE2aSBw/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawOL2plleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8341Ut7X2Dk21oANHvAiIYjknyq-drMTQCOpy2mJTEM9UaU7dyzARraHH6o_aem_yjmqXMtVYTvEIo0oFBUyyw&tab=t.0" target="_blank">click here</a> to open document</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><ul><li>If you want to go to Otto Penzler's <a href="http://mysteriousbookshop.com/" target="_blank">Mysterious Bookshop</a> and are staying at The Westin Grand Central Hotel, the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to go is by subway. From Grand Central take a <b>4</b> or <b>5</b> express train <b>two</b> stops to <b>Brooklyn Bridge Station</b>; it is a very short walk over to Otto's. Don't take a local (which makes 10 stops). The express is about five minutes. </li><li>Download the <b>The Official MTA App</b> from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mymta/id1297605670?mt=8">App Store</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.mta.mymta&hl=en">Google Play</a> for navigating the subway. </li><li>Beginning in 2026, New York City subways will transition away from MetroCards to OMNY cards or payments with physical and digital debit and credit cards. You can already use Apple Pay, Google Pay, or your touchless credit card to pay at the turnstile.</li></ul><ul><li>Download a ride-hailing app such as <a href="https://lyft.com/i/SCOTT726787" target="_blank">Lyft</a>, Uber, or <a href="https://my.gocurb.com/invite85u83u" target="_blank">Curb</a>. </li><ul><li>If you'd like a code for <b>Lyft</b>, <a href="https://lyft.com/i/SCOTT726787">click here</a> to sign up and receive a $5 credit towards rides.</li><li>For <b>Uber</b>, you can get a 50% discount on your first two rides (up to $10 each) by <a href="https://referrals.uber.com/refer?id=26ayuga4aant" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</li><li><b>For NYC taxis, </b><a href="https://my.gocurb.com/invite85u83u" target="_blank">download the Curb app</a> to get $5 when you create an account. You can either request a cab with it, or when you're in a cab simply enter a 7-digit code displayed in the cab and it will pair with your device.</li></ul></ul><br /><h3>Logistics 📝</h3><ul><li>Bring your event payment confirmations, just in case of a glitch in the system. </li><li>Also, everything is pretty centrally located, but it's a good idea to have a list of your schedule with the addresses of the venues so that you don't suddenly find yourself asking, where the devil am I supposed to be right now? </li><li>The heat during the BSI dinner has been uncomfortable in years past in the Yale Club (potentially dangerously uncomfortable a few years ago) – if this happens again, vests/waistcoats are not advised. Unless you're <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcaric/8379354330/">Mattias Bostrom</a>. </li></ul><br /><h3>The Unscheduled 📅</h3><ul><li>If possible, make breakfast plans with other Sherlockians (unless you prefer to eat breakfast alone — saving energy for later conversations).</li><li>To some, the secret to enjoying the jam-packed weekend is to find private, unpublicized events for more intimate interactions. How to find these? “<i>You know my methods. Apply them</i>.” </li></ul><br /><h3>Dining 🍽️</h3>What? You’re not getting enough food between events? Thankfully there are gaps that allow a Sherlockian to venture places on his or her own. And of course, there are plenty of restaurants in and near Grand Central Station, which is in great proximity to the Yale Club and the Westin Grand Central Hotel.<br /><ul><li>The restaurant scene in NYC has changed drastically during the pandemic. Some old favorites may no longer be there; some may have restricted hours or dining arrangements.</li><li>Check <b><a href="https://www.opentable.com/landmark/restaurants-near-grand-central-station" target="_blank">Open Table</a></b> for restaurants that take reservations; they offer free booking and allow you to see availability of tables by time and by number of seats. </li><li>Several Sherlockians like to go to the <b><a href="http://www.oysterbarny.com/">Oyster Bar</a></b> for dinner. There are a number of <b><a href="https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/restaurants/" target="_blank">Grand Central Restaurants</a></b> inside. </li><li>For a more comprehensive listing of eateries nearby, check <b><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/RestaurantsNear-g60763-d103371-Grand_Central_Terminal-New_York_City_New_York.html" target="_blank">TripAdvisor</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants+Near+Grand+Central+Station&find_loc=New+York%2C+NY" target="_blank">Yelp</a></b>,</li><li>And heaven forbid, don't forget about the <a href="http://www.redflamenyc.com/">Red Flame</a>, the perennial favorite next door to the Algonquin Hotel on W. 44th Street.</li></ul><br /><h3>Online 📱</h3>Whether you're in New York for the festivities or sequestered at home, it might be worthwhile to follow along online. Some ways to do that:<br /><ul><li>The official hashtag of the BSI Weekend is <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bsiweekend&src=typd">#BSIWeekend</a>.  </li><li>The Doylean Honors will be held <b>online </b>as well as in person on Thursday, January 8 at 11:15 a.m. EST. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAtaRx_QhRZEE_PU7HGx4u0ErUTG7r63OwBelTs6LouBcUgw/viewform" target="_blank">Register in advance using this form</a>.</li><li>The Literary Agents will hold their meeting exclusively online on Friday, January 9 at 10:30 a.m. EST. Interested viewers <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZAD1BZn5AR8EzYY7B20TUs0aJAPDjsLSrC_a-igyzl3SzOQ/viewform" target="_blank">will need to register here</a>.</li></ul><br /><br /></div><div>That sums up our list. Do you have tips as well, dear readers? Please leave them in a comment below or drop us a line and let us know what your secrets are so we can all be beneficiaries.<br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">--</div></div>

Tips for Making the Most of the BSI Weekend

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by Scott Monty

Episode 322: The Scourers of Dancing Men

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “‘Why, Holmes, it is a child’s drawing,’ I cried.” [DANC] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB3g6dlj97Jftzawmwb3lvAHH3OvOHTkAVqUyGeIJv01Os0LzFeQ8WuxUkNf-kVKrvU_WH8OjRoaQDvemTMe_3JrCOMN8wpOiQTlSknzceS4FZCp641qYFwkOqsX4mGpCsZElvd7LpgA0rjGR8Vvszn22DNeHyhvsuaTDNGYzh6nwRWO4A2C_uY2waXqpm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2200" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB3g6dlj97Jftzawmwb3lvAHH3OvOHTkAVqUyGeIJv01Os0LzFeQ8WuxUkNf-kVKrvU_WH8OjRoaQDvemTMe_3JrCOMN8wpOiQTlSknzceS4FZCp641qYFwkOqsX4mGpCsZElvd7LpgA0rjGR8Vvszn22DNeHyhvsuaTDNGYzh6nwRWO4A2C_uY2waXqpm=w640-h436" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Just when you thought everything about Sherlock Holmes and popular culture was known, a new mystery emerges from dusty U.S. newspaper archives. </p><p>Join us as we interview the remarkable Ross E. Davies, BSI ("The Temple"), organizer of "The Scourers of the Dancing Men," a fascinating research project that dives deep into a 1903 advertising campaign for the publication of "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" in <i>Collier’s</i> magazine. </p><p>They've discovered dozens of unique advertisements — including a particularly intriguing “third format" whose cryptic figures bear a striking, unexplained resemblance to the original drawings that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</p><p>You’ll hear about the ongoing, national hunt for missing ads and the perplexing questions these newly found "Collier’s dancing men" pose. You can even join the search to gather the data and help solve this curious, 120-year-old mystery.</p><p>Once again, we give you a glimpse of Sherlockian society activities, this time in the first half of January in "The Learned Societies" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with "A Chance of Listening," and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of a prize from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by November 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 322: The Scourers of Dancing Men

 “‘Why, Holmes, it is a child’s drawing,’ I cried.” [DANC]  Just when you thought everything about Sherlock Holmes and popular culture was k...

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Baker Street Elementary – Through the Magic Door

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“who seems to have the powers of magic” [SUSS] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzgBRlXZCY6GmHalbpk0m6pwVMPX_8oL9QWpzrawoPT4vLI9TGBi52HCZngvNw9f0W4z5MgGcZ8OydalgnaztQx-cP9rORpa9DD-wVKxfglJDv3Xv0jmh8Xoz6vmZw2wzLI5vflhzJwrrH1hb1AptcAtHBh_CDdqv541Vi9jVZryNyNLda8bfQ3faLg_gn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzgBRlXZCY6GmHalbpk0m6pwVMPX_8oL9QWpzrawoPT4vLI9TGBi52HCZngvNw9f0W4z5MgGcZ8OydalgnaztQx-cP9rORpa9DD-wVKxfglJDv3Xv0jmh8Xoz6vmZw2wzLI5vflhzJwrrH1hb1AptcAtHBh_CDdqv541Vi9jVZryNyNLda8bfQ3faLg_gn=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />We don't hear much of magic in the Sherlock Holmes stories, other than Holmes being called a wizard four times and a magician once (can you name the stories?). While he did have a "human love for admiration and applause," [SIXN] Holmes kept his agency flat-footed upon the ground.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>His creator, of course, was another story. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, known worldwide for his perfect reasoning machine, was also fascinated by spiritualism and participated in many seances, including a rather famous one <a href="https://www.thecollector.com/arthur-conan-doyle-vs-harry-houdini-friendship/" target="_blank">with his friend Harry Houdini that did not end well</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>But it is another type of magic that Conan Doyle wrote about in 1907 in his book <i><b><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DDoyle%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D20%26tn%3DThrough%2520the%2520Magic%2520Door%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Through the Magic Door</a></b></i>. In this memoir of sorts, the author takes us on a tour through his library through a series of personal essays that describe the transformational power of reading.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first paragraph of Chapter I sets the tone:</div><blockquote>“I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the cares of the outer world, plunge back into the soothing company of the great dead, and then you are through the magic portal into that fair land whither worry and vexation can follow you no more. You have left all that is vulgar and all that is sordid behind you. There stand your noble, silent comrades, waiting in their ranks. Pass your eye down their files. Choose your man. And then you have but to hold up your hand to him and away you go together into dreamland. Surely there would be something eerie about a line of books were it not that familiarity has deadened our sense of it. Each is a mummified soul embalmed in cere-cloth and natron of leather and printer's ink. Each cover of a true book enfolds the concentrated essence of a man. The personalities of the writers have faded into the thinnest shadows, as their bodies into impalpable dust, yet here are their very spirits at your command.”</blockquote><div><br />We know this effect from many books we've read, and certainly from Doyle's many works. In the words of T.S. Eliot, "Let us go then, you and I..."</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see what magic the boys at Baker Street Elementary are creating.</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKfEeCV-LveGcTwl6TOBAlgJ9kLPd9AmJ26USdgMuGr4sPDxIz823BR7bFgLuQA2aYPm5lrBklwj3t3bj8GxtGnpSKOPnPGYmTxGgKkQWb6LV82Hz7L0WSeLQMnpX9arMq0w0zuzUfRs7xlGaaiiFdaXi20ix53ZfMR5IHGHSS65ZC_73Hu0z8b0SIdXA7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKfEeCV-LveGcTwl6TOBAlgJ9kLPd9AmJ26USdgMuGr4sPDxIz823BR7bFgLuQA2aYPm5lrBklwj3t3bj8GxtGnpSKOPnPGYmTxGgKkQWb6LV82Hz7L0WSeLQMnpX9arMq0w0zuzUfRs7xlGaaiiFdaXi20ix53ZfMR5IHGHSS65ZC_73Hu0z8b0SIdXA7=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZknxBq3Z0EdX_SSeAsPILy2fdmM_CF7ok358GOPfmBMEHm1GN6hNUnoq3HIw4yTCaL0lVUvOW1EJc4TS4UFBaFwD75BAOQLWgWYiG7lxv49Kwh8yMWhN-3KkveTMPdpzpBYot9a9zHosdRQwVoksFScogtJtEM-kO8FeNCodvIqnu1OuE5RSYfq1xCMHt" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Baker Street Elementary – Through the Magic Door

“who seems to have the powers of magic” [SUSS]  We don't hear much of magic in the Sherlock Holmes stories, other than Holmes being call...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 321: Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“An expression of the most dreadful horror.” [HOUN] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz7rYrZP5h_NWX_YUJ-Ba8kDOGHOP8di_4YRnDSjEybLFd1RT6sRqD_HIYt4hmOj9B_HPfWBPBwGsORDSb32E5J4O4aUUAH5gz4cUojJTFhAP7b8EwQJCh6ngK24Jwzl9nfM_aJrMi-3d277yG9yzsvGwZMVjy2LVlf3wyW7xw272ZX7HyGv1z5KqWJYTT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz7rYrZP5h_NWX_YUJ-Ba8kDOGHOP8di_4YRnDSjEybLFd1RT6sRqD_HIYt4hmOj9B_HPfWBPBwGsORDSb32E5J4O4aUUAH5gz4cUojJTFhAP7b8EwQJCh6ngK24Jwzl9nfM_aJrMi-3d277yG9yzsvGwZMVjy2LVlf3wyW7xw272ZX7HyGv1z5KqWJYTT=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><p>Join us as we explore <i>Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire</i>, a new, two-volume collection that reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Gothic tales through the lens of Sherlock Holmes. Our guest Margie Deck discusses how Doyle’s eerie, atmospheric stories — often overshadowed by Sherlock Holmes — reveal the author’s deeper fascination with mystery, psychology, and the supernatural. </p><p>We talk about the creative process behind pairing each original tale with a modern Holmesian retelling, the challenges of preserving Gothic dread while introducing rational deduction, and how contributors balanced Doyle’s voice with their own. Our conversation sheds light on what might be lost and gained when the world’s greatest detective steps into the shadows of Conan Doyle’s darker imagination — and why these stories continue to inspire new interpretations more than a century later.</p><p>Once again, we give you a glimpse of Sherlockian society activities, this time in the second half of December in "The Learned Societies" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with "A Chance of Listening," and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of <i>Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire</i> for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by November 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><div>As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 321: Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire

“An expression of the most dreadful horror.” [HOUN]  Join us as we explore Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire , a new, two-volume collection that...

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by Scott Monty

The Greyhound of the Baskervilles

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“being dogged in London” [HOUN] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis3E5sRQZX6SNeS4n7OXW2Wbei8EWclG4k4jTJngbpaCaQ6-YU5-7AluluA3fWd-L5JOEtNWF8dQq4Gbzq9k766vuJo8Y0XhS9t3sRUHsgvKlmL7jWRkXbqH2sqeopCLYCErWAEl6hw31nKWXDKCQ-Rt-zJTKNgiYC1HRvocY77xjbWDUnLL0eV4wi52Cp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="878" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis3E5sRQZX6SNeS4n7OXW2Wbei8EWclG4k4jTJngbpaCaQ6-YU5-7AluluA3fWd-L5JOEtNWF8dQq4Gbzq9k766vuJo8Y0XhS9t3sRUHsgvKlmL7jWRkXbqH2sqeopCLYCErWAEl6hw31nKWXDKCQ-Rt-zJTKNgiYC1HRvocY77xjbWDUnLL0eV4wi52Cp=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I'm sure readers of this blog have read <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, in some version, or perhaps seen one of the media adaptations. If you'd like a way to see the story through fresh eyes, though, you may want to check out <i>The Greyhound of the Baskervilles. </i></p><p>In this adaptation, by John Gaspard, Sherlock Holmes has a pet greyhound named Septimus. As the author puts it in his preface, describing what's different about this version, "it's a little shorter, it's a little leaner, a little less verbose in some sections. But the chief difference is that it's now narrated by a dog." </p><p>One of the reasons the story's a bit shorter is that Septimus tends to get bored and nap when human characters are going on and on. Which, fair, I can't blame him. But he won me over when we start the story with him mouthing the walking stick left by Dr. James Mortimer. </p><p>The dog has his own priorities, of course, as when he thinks, "Yes, yes, yes... The dead body is interesting, I'm sure. But what of the hound that you mentioned?" </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4o939fC" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2495" data-original-width="1714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMFasvS9M63w-290V9-V4jKNWpWhNpqgZnoZLRm7itKdlv0HGEtQEMb3BI8XETDBHk_FjZIeUDDFW_5vsdNeQK8okQNK-ykD5Omk3Oc9Zj05_-86w2WGsWyocVyqCjrhBUsseET8Ci9LxrGyZTWZvF0tZ_1bp3F3XEA6lKllkDt3awCpwvKhmWihCTgcH/w220-h320/Greyhound%20of%20the%20Baskervilles.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p></p><p>The majority of the story is familiar. I would have liked more from Septimus, actually. But it was a fun way to revisit one of the most famous dog stories ever. </p><p>The book can be obtained <a href="https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/dogs#/the-greyhound-of-the-baskervilles-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">directly from the author</a> or <a href="https://amzn.to/4o939fC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Amazon</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>

The Greyhound of the Baskervilles

“being dogged in London” [HOUN]  I'm sure readers of this blog have read The Hound of the Baskervilles , in some version, or perhaps see...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Baker Street Elementary – A Whale of a Tale

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“in command of a whaler” [BLAC] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwtBIC-NV1AINRui4lVuxHYkMaNpdPU_X43azXzqR4qE1M1Zmsi22EDTidM_5B7M3YLqanHgvJzo1tLGz7_YS1hktbyMqh94dWKXgdj66X-r4oC2HeBTuNybLAr28oDUiliZysqJan7RyU1naLbLnPIDRIncshUHOO4eIp6UOCR_5lQyYGXpGyaKWkXdA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwtBIC-NV1AINRui4lVuxHYkMaNpdPU_X43azXzqR4qE1M1Zmsi22EDTidM_5B7M3YLqanHgvJzo1tLGz7_YS1hktbyMqh94dWKXgdj66X-r4oC2HeBTuNybLAr28oDUiliZysqJan7RyU1naLbLnPIDRIncshUHOO4eIp6UOCR_5lQyYGXpGyaKWkXdA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Captain Peter Carey ("Black Peter") met an end that was consistent with his way of life. Found pinned to his wall by a harpoon through his chest, he was finished off by... well, we'll avoid spoilers here. </div><div><br /></div><div>But there's an interesting bit of autobiographical information that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gives away in his description of Carey:</div><div><blockquote><div>He was a most daring and successful seal and whale fisher. In 1883 he commanded the steam sealer <i>Sea Unicorn</i>, of Dundee. He had then had several successful voyages in succession, and in the following year, 1884, he retired.</div></blockquote><div><i>Sea Unicorn</i> is a unique and memorable name for a ship. Do you know what creature is called a "sea unicorn"? If you guessed the narwhal, you're right. The narwhal (<i>Monodon monoceros</i>) is a type of toothed whale that is native to the Arctic.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1880, Conan Doyle took a voyage on the <i>Hope</i>, an arctic whaler, and kept a diary of his experiences on board. His diary was reproduced in the marvelous book <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/49kMtgE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dangerous Work</a></i></b>, edited by Jon Lellenberg and Dan Stashower. Is it possible that Conan Doyle came across a sea unicorn in his arctic whaling adventures?</div><div><br /></div><div>As we see from the entry on Sunday, June 6th, Conan Doyle provided two illustrations: "Towing home the Narwhal" and "The Narwhal itself."</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZUkPIYsvKR8zEQW41TbuXb7LkKBPs-zZ86IKCjCmyEpaEM83JFs3GGJ0vFkEDgHkZXtsRZ6fMSPHGFqUpBbVlHSpZ02wEc9CUbmd6PK9xQwY6-qOYOeTUyBpdAIY2UpHOmFhBg26VeAzhQux1Fom5Q3_8mAjRwggdYJl5gRXMe8fLy1fgCDaLUXjVenk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2245" data-original-width="3131" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZUkPIYsvKR8zEQW41TbuXb7LkKBPs-zZ86IKCjCmyEpaEM83JFs3GGJ0vFkEDgHkZXtsRZ6fMSPHGFqUpBbVlHSpZ02wEc9CUbmd6PK9xQwY6-qOYOeTUyBpdAIY2UpHOmFhBg26VeAzhQux1Fom5Q3_8mAjRwggdYJl5gRXMe8fLy1fgCDaLUXjVenk=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div><br />If you're interested in hearing more about Conan Doyle's arctic adventures, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/12/episode-48-dangerous-work.html#.UuXFqcQo5w0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 48 of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i></a> features an interview with Jon Lellenberg and Dan Stashower:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1480" data-dashlane-rid="9e49381ca714831b" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2148081/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div> And a discussion of harpoons awaits in <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/07/28-harpoons-pointed-subject.html" target="_blank">Episode 28 of <i>Trifles</i></a>:</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1348" data-dashlane-rid="690e698ec0b3a2ed" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5529754/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3a4e59/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Similarly inspired, the boys at Baker Street Elementary are cooking up a whale of a tale...</div><div><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 the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – A Whale of a Tale

“in command of a whaler” [BLAC]  Captain Peter Carey ("Black Peter") met an end that was consistent with his way of life. Found pi...

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Episode 320: It Is NOT Always 1895

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the biggest mystification of all” [COPP] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOO9ag4LWG9YgYsddBGi3Bheu4cGwttjyqoqd6O0uBWSvRBWGP7kAgXyfovcY22Y69rZtALnmKDs7sIFXVTuuurnqcaVJLC57RIvoW-JzBjaFPz45C_jrDw7Gn96iVtqB11aNFKV_n9pylZS5goDl4nHtR5owedspFfM3HMaR7V_uBVAo_02x_cTWsiJNt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2200" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOO9ag4LWG9YgYsddBGi3Bheu4cGwttjyqoqd6O0uBWSvRBWGP7kAgXyfovcY22Y69rZtALnmKDs7sIFXVTuuurnqcaVJLC57RIvoW-JzBjaFPz45C_jrDw7Gn96iVtqB11aNFKV_n9pylZS5goDl4nHtR5owedspFfM3HMaR7V_uBVAo_02x_cTWsiJNt=w640-h436" width="640" /></a></div><p>Bruce Harris, BSI ("Harris") is a longtime Sherlockian whose love of the stories goes back more than half a century. During that time, Bruce has put his considerable talents to work in a number of directions, not least of which is in chronologies.</p><p>In fact, his latest work ("Rolling on the River in <i>The Sign of Four</i>") appears in Autumn 2025 issue of <i>The Baker Street Journal</i> and poses an interesting question around the involvement of Athelney Jones. It was thanks to his work on chronologies that got him there.</p><p>Bruce has of course contributed to the literature of the subject of dating the Sherlock Holmes stories, but he goes beyond the usual of his first entry, <i>It Is NOT Always 1895</i> and gets us into an entirely different realm with his second, <i>The Duration Debate</i>. We had to admit that it was the first time we thought about the stories that way.</p><p>Once again, we give you a glimpse of Sherlockian society activities, this time in the first half of December in "The Learned Societies" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with "A Chance of Listening," and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with one of Bruce's books for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by October 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><div>As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 320: It Is NOT Always 1895

“the biggest mystification of all” [COPP]  Bruce Harris, BSI ("Harris") is a longtime Sherlockian whose love of the stories goes b...

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by Scott Monty

Watson Returns

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“You’re surprised to see me” [EMPT]  </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/AVvXsEiV4J5XaGf-1aDcOegcN5rPQdyIGw8dxJbA7iud5BtRKeb0tIf9KyD2YzLHlRlBIY9aCXHatn2WqS6RbKecxRDBRB9Vft7gVTo7NzfAeW36gvQQ1fr_dA5KXLArvAltOigFF31N1OjE-ZEZgpFpLM5jwWuiHurct1Jr-hnfBkXh_YPs5mKT6FarKICSiEGV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV4J5XaGf-1aDcOegcN5rPQdyIGw8dxJbA7iud5BtRKeb0tIf9KyD2YzLHlRlBIY9aCXHatn2WqS6RbKecxRDBRB9Vft7gVTo7NzfAeW36gvQQ1fr_dA5KXLArvAltOigFF31N1OjE-ZEZgpFpLM5jwWuiHurct1Jr-hnfBkXh_YPs5mKT6FarKICSiEGV=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p>The TV show <i>Watson</i> returns tonight on CBS for its second season. </p><p>Below is a short trailer for "the world's greatest doctective" [sic] that teases the appearance of Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle). We had previously heard Matt Berry as the voice of Sherlock in Season 1, although that was a hallucination. </p><p>In case you hadn't watched Season 1, which began airing its 13 episodes in January 2025... the show features Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut), having survived the Reichenbach Fall and mourning the loss of Sherlock Holmes, setting up a clinic in Pittsburgh to treat strange and rare medical conditions. </p><p>He works with four younger doctors: twin brothers Stephens and Adam Croft (both Peter Mark Kendall), the deceitful Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow), and the overly-aiming-to-please Sasha Lubbock (Inga Schlingmann). Helping Watson run the clinic is Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster), the only one who knew Holmes, and in charge of the hospital is Watson's ex-wife Mary Morstan (Rochelle Aytes). Her mother, suffering from dementia, is the patient in tonight's episode. </p><p>Familiar characters who have appeared in the first season include Moriarty (Randall Park), Irene Adler (Whoopie Van Raam), and Mycroft Holmes (Vincent Gale). The show was created by Craig Sweeny, who was an executive producer and writer on <i>Elementary</i>. Overall, reaction has been along the lines of "it's mostly like <i>House</i> instead of particularly Sherlockian." </p><p>Season 1 of <i>Watson</i> is also <a href="https://amzn.to/3KF1znc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">available now on DVD</a>, with the following special features: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>"My Dear Watson" -- a half hour making-of, including the show's origin, the cast, and characters</li><li>"Creating the World of <i>Watson</i>" -- nine minutes on the setting, set design, and medical research</li><li>Deleted Scenes (on about half the episodes)</li><li>And a gag reel of various actors forgetting their lines. </li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Here's the teaser for Season 2:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/9xTM0LuHubQ?si=5nM-O2GDqnFAgp1k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The game's afoot!</div><div><br /></div><p></p>

Watson Returns

“You’re surprised to see me” [EMPT]   The TV show  Watson  returns tonight on CBS for its second season.  Below is a short trailer for ...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Baker Street Elementary – Barking Up the Right Tree

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the very picture of canine indecision” [SIGN] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Z3n3UeCBMXcKqZmg23yHXkLI6-aKRqGHveOqpqNc5_yzlE_UUk2atWQ-JCrX_itAAbGH73yuqU5DgxVbcwVxkTFgowi47RSsPxGIJ95C7vK4616QKZED9MlDBRoooVFeW8j9eLGyWa62W2zzR83p7a-ClEfZu0F-TVEeE-I9XuIMYMslYroB8Vodi30" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Z3n3UeCBMXcKqZmg23yHXkLI6-aKRqGHveOqpqNc5_yzlE_UUk2atWQ-JCrX_itAAbGH73yuqU5DgxVbcwVxkTFgowi47RSsPxGIJ95C7vK4616QKZED9MlDBRoooVFeW8j9eLGyWa62W2zzR83p7a-ClEfZu0F-TVEeE-I9XuIMYMslYroB8Vodi30=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Sherlock Holmes frequently relied on the use of dogs in his work. Which is perhaps an homage to the very family of animal that laid him up at university and changed the course of his life's work.</div><div><br /></div><div>He knew that dogs are shrewd creatures, and their natural abilities afforded him additional insight and information than he might otherwise gain. Consider the various uses of dogs in the Canon:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tracking tools</b>: <br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Toby (SIGN) helped track the creosote footmarks of Jonathan Small and Tonga; </li><li>Pompey (MISS), given the scent of aniseed, helped retrace the path of Dr. Leslie Armstrong</li></ul><b>Clue-givers</b>: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The dog that "did nothing in the night-time" (SILV) is probably the most famous dog in the Canon, aside from the Hound. Its lack of activity indicated a known suspect.</li><li>Roy the wolf-hound (CREE) indicated its owner's personality with his behavior: "snarling people have snarling dogs."</li><li>The Airedale terrier, a "faithful little creature" (LION) was affected by the same condition as its master, giving Holmes a clue as to the identity of the killer.]</li><li>The strange behavior of the Shoscombe spaniel (SHOS) indicated there was something amiss with Lady Beatrice.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Experimental subjects</b>:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The "poor little devil of a terrier which has been bad so long" (STUD) tried the placebo and then the deadly pill from Jefferson Hope's  </li><li>Carlo, the Ferguson family dog (SUSS) was not the subject of an experiment by Holmes, but by little Jackie, who was testing out the strength of poison left on arrow-tips in the household.</li></ul></div><div>Is it any wonder then, that in "The Creeping Man," Sherlock Holmes made a vow: </div><blockquote><div>“I have serious thoughts of writing a small monograph upon the uses of dogs in the work of the detective.”</div></blockquote><div>More on the appearances of dogs in the Canon in <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/10/episode-95-woof.html" target="_blank">Episode 85 of <i>Trifles</i></a>:</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="2532" data-dashlane-rid="1bd06e279221d86c" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7298504/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><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see what dogs the boys at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><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/AVvXsEh-OUnH4nETsD9zzNktx8Z7Oo9oAyMFGFSUmZcSbMGED1kpIMFC72RqmDVh29AUUYrZ3ZNA48jI_pnFGKLjdkx7b-6YLJuTkUMUgCgVXYQcH3uj693XpOi1MMoQgiG_MF-5Z5t9nfZ6EBubTpir1ta794qY5_oRJGXNZf95zkSjATpbYHc0SBCEKcfmiIU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-OUnH4nETsD9zzNktx8Z7Oo9oAyMFGFSUmZcSbMGED1kpIMFC72RqmDVh29AUUYrZ3ZNA48jI_pnFGKLjdkx7b-6YLJuTkUMUgCgVXYQcH3uj693XpOi1MMoQgiG_MF-5Z5t9nfZ6EBubTpir1ta794qY5_oRJGXNZf95zkSjATpbYHc0SBCEKcfmiIU=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtk8p_mVB4yZSSjYTH7T1Eplg-Zs6FP7Agixe2gYdqKbZr4aYUEXYeuBf2VaJksj2sU1En5ZwJdQ1u9uHtk2f1L7C5HC2YwOnlwWB3j-1e-jtFd_6RxdZK8Bo_EAf9nB9RYQvSAgUnuMcPq1dpQ3kdwt3oT5EvOMo1uRFJMdBiVzULE4Nmaq3ttrxycfM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtk8p_mVB4yZSSjYTH7T1Eplg-Zs6FP7Agixe2gYdqKbZr4aYUEXYeuBf2VaJksj2sU1En5ZwJdQ1u9uHtk2f1L7C5HC2YwOnlwWB3j-1e-jtFd_6RxdZK8Bo_EAf9nB9RYQvSAgUnuMcPq1dpQ3kdwt3oT5EvOMo1uRFJMdBiVzULE4Nmaq3ttrxycfM=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSWJLMtNGnyYwhuyZafxZ5sSlY8UiwiVbwsbZ7ZwIJ_n3P-Xd0Cur0lD4nPYRfFKQg0K6lruQAsaPaK00viu22BykAbTBOoJ1z_gseqe7q3gjxkj0rFLJ2VYJPIpBCotx8rhh9a3uUi0s5-d2AZgsqlMLBN_tPnq0FTNe-gMW8oaFSjF6e0ffdXAwDbxs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSWJLMtNGnyYwhuyZafxZ5sSlY8UiwiVbwsbZ7ZwIJ_n3P-Xd0Cur0lD4nPYRfFKQg0K6lruQAsaPaK00viu22BykAbTBOoJ1z_gseqe7q3gjxkj0rFLJ2VYJPIpBCotx8rhh9a3uUi0s5-d2AZgsqlMLBN_tPnq0FTNe-gMW8oaFSjF6e0ffdXAwDbxs=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Barking Up the Right Tree

“the very picture of canine indecision” [SIGN]  Sherlock Holmes frequently relied on the use of dogs in his work. Which is perhaps an homage...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Nominations Are Open for the 2026 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><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Susan+Rice+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DSusan%2BRice%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Susan Rice, ASH, BSI, 2s</a>.</b> ("Beeswing") as part of the <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Sherlockian+movement&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DSherlockian%2Bmovement%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Sherlockian movement</a>. 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 <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Vincent+Starrett&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DVincent%2BStarrett%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Vincent Starrett</a>. We had the opportunity to speak with her and <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Ray+Betzner+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DRay%2BBetzner%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Ray Betzner, BSI</a></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 <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Adventuresses+of+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DAdventuresses%2Bof%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes</a> and the quiet yet determined effort to see women admitted to the <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Baker+Street+Irregulars&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DBaker%2BStreet%2BIrregulars%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Baker Street Irregulars</a>, which we discussed with her and <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Evelyn+Herzog+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DEvelyn%2BHerzog%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Evelyn Herzog, BSI</a></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><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Susan+Rice+Mentorship+Award&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DSusan%2BRice%2BMentorship%2BAward%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Susan Rice Mentorship Award</a></b> was announced at the 2022 BSI Weekend, it was no surprise that stalwart <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Peter+Blau+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DPeter%2BBlau%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Peter Blau, BSI</a></b> ("<a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Black+Peter+Sherlock+Holmes+story&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DBlack%2BPeter%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%2Bstory%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Black Peter</a>") 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>The third recipient was <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Francine+Kitts+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DFrancine%2BKitts%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Francine Kitts, BSI, ASH</a></b> ("Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope") in 2024.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the latest recipient is <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Julie+McKuras+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DJulie%2BMcKuras%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Julie McKuras, BSI, ASH</a></b> ("The Dutchess of Devonshire"),</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Nominations for the <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Susan+Rice+Mentorship+Award&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DSusan%2BRice%2BMentorship%2BAward%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>2026 Susan Rice Mentorship Award</a> are open until November 10.</b> The winner will be announced and presented with the award during the 2026 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 <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Sherlock Holmes</a> 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 <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=trifling+monographs+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3Dtrifling%2Bmonographs%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>trifling monographs</a> and playing <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=The+Game+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DThe%2BGame%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>The Game</a>, 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><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Jenn+Eaker+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DJenn%2BEaker%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Jenn Eaker</a></b>, <b>Ashley Polasek</b>, <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Rob+Nunn+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DRob%2BNunn%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Rob Nunn</a></b>, and <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Madeline+Quinones+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DMadeline%2BQuinones%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Madeline Quinones</a></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>

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