I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

"No More Dangerous Man in Europe" [ILLU]

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When considering <a href="http://www.schoolandholmes.com/">all the pastiches written involving Sherlock Holmes</a>, it is rare to find one that is purely a sequel - most Sherlockian non-canon lore involves crossovers with other public domain characters, integration of science fiction and/or horror themes, or loose adaptations of the canon.<br />
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Gary Lovisi's <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615594433/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0615594433">Sherlock Holmes: The Baron's Revenge</a></i></b>, published by <a href="http://www.airship27.com/" target="_blank">Airship 27 Productions</a>, is a rare novel - a straightforward sequel to a past Holmes story that manages to be a crackling good read.<br />
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The novel servesas a sequel to <a href="http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/d/doyle/arthur_conan/d75ca/chapter1.html" target="_blank">"The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"</a> from 1927's <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199555648/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0199555648">The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes</a></i></b>. Much like of Conan Doyle's later Holmes work, <b><i>The Baron's Revenge</i> </b>shares a similar hard-boiled, almost pulp-flavored edge as it tells its tale. Thankfully, one does not have to read Conan Doyle's story in order to understand <b><i>The Baron's Revenge</i></b>, given various callbacks to the original tale.<br />
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It's also a daring book in that it is written (except for one chapter) from Holmes' perspective. Although it would have been easy to fall into cliche and write Holmes as exceptionally omniscient, Lovisi does Holmes a great service by writing the detective at the proper emotional tone. It is easy to "hear" Holmes narrating the story. Rob Davis' illustrations throughout the book provide it with the right sense of pace and atmosphere, almost making it seem like a "lost" edition of <b><i>The Strand Magazine</i></b>. (Thankfully, it is a relatively quick read - I finished it within two days while commuting back and forth to downtown Chicago).<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><b><i>The Baron's Revenge</i> </b>is one of those rare Holmes books - an unexpected sequel that is a very good read and well worth checking out. It is available through Airship 27 as well as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615594433/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0615594433">Amazon.com</a>.<br />
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This book is worth owning and reading. Repeatedly.<br />
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<i>Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/">Blog THIS, Pal</a>! and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/">Comic Related</a>. </i><br />
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"No More Dangerous Man in Europe" [ILLU]

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Episode 41: The Woman — Lara Pulver

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To Burt and Scott she will always be <i>the</i> guest. While you may have heard her mentioned by the name of Irene Adler, she is actually <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3091498/">Lara Pulver</a></b> and she is our interview subject for this very special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QOB8SO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B004QOB8SO"><b>Sherlock: Series Two</b></a> originally aired on BBC One in January and now we're poised for it to air on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery in the United States. One of the most intriguing characters of this new series is none other than the adventuress Irene Adler, the antagonist in the first episode "A Scandal in Belgravia."<br />
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So in our 41st episode, titled "The Woman," we're joined by the woman who played <i>the</i> woman in "A Scandal in Belgravia," Lara Pulver. An actress, singer, and dancer, Lara has the enviable distinction of playing Irene Adler as perceived in the 21st century. She joined us from Chichester after a theatre performance and chatted with us on her experience with Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman on the set of the BBC "Sherlock," and what it was like to inhabit the character of the only woman who beat Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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We close the show with an appropriately titled and themed Editor's Gas-Lamp from the Vol. 41, No. 1 issue of the <i>Baker Street Journal</i>.<br />
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[<b><i>Editor's note about the Gas-Lamp and commentary</i></b>: we did in fact welcome Susan Rice and Evelyn Herzog to the show to share their memories of The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes and the admission of women into the BSI on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose89" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 89</a>.]<div><br /><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock041.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size 29.7 MB, 1:01:49</b></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="9730" data-dashlane-rid="511614947dc0da9d" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1922423/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d4ac7c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<li>Great Sherlockian scholarship: <b><i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/grandgamelimited.html">The Grand Game</a></i></b>, published by the Baker Street Irregulars</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QOB8SO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B004QOB8SO">Pre-order your DVD of Sherlock: Season Two</a> (U.S.)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ashsherlockian.org/">The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes</a>, who meet the first Wednesday of each month in New York City</li>
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Episode 41: The Woman — Lara Pulver

"to Sherlock Holmes, she is always the woman" [SCAN] To Burt and Scott she will always be the guest. While you may have...

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"Hung About and Screened" [BRUC]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QOB8SO/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004QOB8SO" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B004QOB8SO&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=thebakerstree-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a></div><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004QOB8SO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />Would you like a chance to meet Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QOB8SO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004QOB8SO">the new Sherlock series</a></b>? Or co-creator Steven Moffat and producer Sue Vertue?<br /><br />Even better: how would you like a chance to see excerpts from the first episode in Season 2, "A Scandal in Belgravia"? Well, here's your chance.<br /><br />We have a special offer from the nice folks at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/">PBS Masterpiece</a> (the very same people who gave us a chance <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2010/10/more-to-me-than-twitter-illu.html">to host a Twitter chat</a> when Season One aired in October of 2011) have presented to us and we in turn present to you. We hope that you'll be able to take the time to share this news and participate in this offer for "super fans."<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nzmtCTtPBgLlfyyilFDGsszO1KKoDSUO8NBDDHA7K1lZVbSu4GC2BIRIWYK16ehllT2H4zgmsv2s9FJY-xQuB_WV2gmldemg1DgmYnYJIEiUHsCl-gx6A-aW22BQxCaq7mzouGr6eIK1/s1600/PBS+Sherlock+SuperFans+May2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nzmtCTtPBgLlfyyilFDGsszO1KKoDSUO8NBDDHA7K1lZVbSu4GC2BIRIWYK16ehllT2H4zgmsv2s9FJY-xQuB_WV2gmldemg1DgmYnYJIEiUHsCl-gx6A-aW22BQxCaq7mzouGr6eIK1/s640/PBS+Sherlock+SuperFans+May2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click image to enlarge</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Masterpiece and PBS are hosting an evening event in New York City on <b>Wednesday, May 2</b>, celebrating the premiere of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QOB8SO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004QOB8SO">Sherlock, Series 2</a>. There are limited tickets to this public event, but PBS would like you to have the chance to attend! RSVP's will only be taken <a href="mailto:ibelieveinsherlock@pbs.org">via e-mail</a>, so get your note in and please feel free to spread the word.<br /><br />In case you're not convinced, here's a video clip of what you may expect to see:<br /><br /><br /><center><object height="300" width="500"> <param name = "movie" value = "http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" >    </param><param name="flashvars" value="width=500&height=300&video=2188153420&player=viral&end=0&lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0" />    <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">   </param><param name = "allowscriptaccess" value = "always" >    </param><param name="wmode" value="transparent">   </param><embed src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" flashvars="width=500&height=300&video=2188153420&player=viral&end=0&lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="300" bgcolor="#000000"></embed></object><div style="background: transparent; color: grey; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 500px;">Watch <a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/2188153420" style="color: #4eb2fe !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">Sherlock Season 2: A Scene from Ep. 1</a> on PBS. 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"Hung About and Screened" [BRUC]

Would you like a chance to meet Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the new Sherlock series ? Or co-creator Steven Moffat and producer Sue Ver...

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"A Government Matter" [SIGN]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TleLDWGBthEJLEIG2q7QbHdjpKPiQgQBjdaweV26EmVRgHEBj79F-1Jql9PKe0BkmCyZuLzDtjH0OOC-62MbzUK_FXVi_5qdPh25YOwr7HETI7DPPyGS-WAjkDJyzOI2F4tqW7WUXnJP/s1600/PamBruxner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TleLDWGBthEJLEIG2q7QbHdjpKPiQgQBjdaweV26EmVRgHEBj79F-1Jql9PKe0BkmCyZuLzDtjH0OOC-62MbzUK_FXVi_5qdPh25YOwr7HETI7DPPyGS-WAjkDJyzOI2F4tqW7WUXnJP/s320/PamBruxner.jpg" width="253" /></a></div>Pamela Bruxner, BSI ("The British Government") died on March 28, 2012 at the age of 77.  Pam was a medical secretary at Maidstone Hospital and among her many talents, had a great love and knowledge of music.  Her secretarial skills and musical knowledge were used to great advantage with several musical and dramatic societies.  She was an Associate member of Glyndebourne, an operatic cultural institution, and hosted their annual picnic for groups of friends.  The caveat to attend the picnic was that one had to help prepare an elaborate spread and carry chairs and tables to the gardens. <br /><br />After the death of her musician husband, Mervyn Bruxner in 1973, Pam joined <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/">The Sherlock Holmes Society of London</a>.  Among her many contributions to the Society was her highly-acclaimed dramatization of "The Three Students," which was performed at the 1988 expedition to Oxford, with the late Bernard Davies directing and appearing as Holmes.  Pam served as Meetings Secretary of the Society from 1989 to 2005, edited or co-edited nine of the Society's handbooks, was made an Honorary Member of the Society in 2003, received the Tony Howlett Award in 2006, and wrote the Foreword to Volume Two of <i>The Best of 'The Sherlock Holmes Journal'</i>  (2011). <br /><br />Pam met Geoffrey Stavert on the 1988 Switzerland pilgrimage and, to the delight of their friends, they became inseparable companions.  After Geoffrey's death in 2002, Pam moved to a beautiful village on the Kent/Sussex border, where she immersed herself in local artistic and musical societies.  Pam's interests also included Jane Austen, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham, and was a member of their societies. <br /><br />Pamela Bruxner was invested into The Baker Street Irregulars in 1998 as "The British Government."<br /><br />You may read her obituary from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/press_cutting.php?id=280"><b>by clicking here</b></a>.<br /><br />If you have any special memories of Pam that you would care to share, please leave us a comment.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shsl/5171194105/">The Sherlock Holmes Society of London (Flickr)</a></i></span><br /><br /><br />--