Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 20 - July 26, 2013)

<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"...and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied."</span></i><br /><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://always1895.net/post/56502788584/friday-sherlock-links-compendium-july-20-july-26" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Always1895 Logo" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtgIEDOLuPEafLCcMm1hGMsdHI7VbID1abTZZk7jFGbMrKQKOg9ZBdZ5-R0Zk52sNDwa6crZhH6w8ok8OogwmVM4JqHX1SMe896lRpgNi5N3VJlbBZDLQkfUcdfx24EvnqMF27iRtPxki/s400/1895.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A weekly roundup of links from across the web related to Sherlock Holmes, courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/always1895" target="_blank"><b>Matt Laffey</b></a> from Always1895.net. We welcome your comments and feedback, and if you have any material to include in the weekly roundup, please send to always1895@gmail.com.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/29063bf989931c7b7e1c8ccba281e5b3/tumblr_inline_mqfhadGwSJ1qz4rgp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/29063bf989931c7b7e1c8ccba281e5b3/tumblr_inline_mqfhadGwSJ1qz4rgp.png" src="http://media.tumblr.com/29063bf989931c7b7e1c8ccba281e5b3/tumblr_inline_mqfhadGwSJ1qz4rgp.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong><a data-mce-href="http://www.requiemforsherlockholmes.com/" href="http://www.requiemforsherlockholmes.com/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Read through of play">A Requiem For Sherlock Holmes</a></strong> announced dates for a <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staged_reading" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staged_reading" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="What is a 'staged reading'?">staged reading</a> happening this coming weekend August 8th - 10th, 2013 at <a data-mce-href="http://workshoptheater.org/" href="http://workshoptheater.org/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="WorkShop Theater">WorkShop</a> in NYC by <a data-mce-href="http://www.requiemforsherlockholmes.com/#!about/c1g6d" href="http://www.requiemforsherlockholmes.com/#!about/c1g6d" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="About PGM Productions"><strong>PGM Productions</strong></a>. More about PGM: "One could say the ‘creative trust’ of PGM was informally born over a friendly glass of Scotch. On the evening of January 18, 2012, WorkShop Theater Company members, <a data-mce-href="http://www.sh-whoswho.com/index.php?page=search&criteria=member&id=253" href="http://www.sh-whoswho.com/index.php?page=search&criteria=member&id=253" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Paul Singleton on SH Who's Who"><strong>Paul Singleton</strong></a>, <strong>Greg Oliver Bodine</strong> and <strong>Michael Selkirk</strong> met at <a data-mce-href="http://www.theplayersnyc.org/Welcome.html" href="http://www.theplayersnyc.org/Welcome.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="The Player's Club in NYC">The Players on Gramercy Park</a> to discuss partnering on a Sherlock Holmes play that Greg would write, with Paul and Michael in the iconic roles of Holmes and Watson....it was agreed that Greg should adapt two Sherlock Holmes stories, "<a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="FINA info">The Final Problem</a>" and "<a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_adventure_of_the_empty_house" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_adventure_of_the_empty_house" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="EMPT info">The Adventure of The Empty House</a>". Learn more by following PGM on their <a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/ARequiemForSherlockHolmes" href="https://www.facebook.com/ARequiemForSherlockHolmes" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Requiem for SH on FB">Facebook page</a>. And for a preview, check out <em><a data-mce-href="http://youtu.be/0QBTTGmt5Mg" href="http://youtu.be/0QBTTGmt5Mg" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="A Requiem For Sherlock on YouTube">A Requiem For Sherlock</a></em> video. Lastly, those Sherlockians who attended <strong>The William Gillette Memorial Luncheon</strong> during <a data-mce-href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="BSI Weekend info">BSI Weekend</a> 2013 were treated to a short but brilliant five minute teaser featuring the epic scene when Holmes and Moriarty first meet (ie. "All that I have to say has already crossed your mind..." <a data-mce-href="http://168.144.50.205/221bcollection/canon/fina.htm" href="http://168.144.50.205/221bcollection/canon/fina.htm" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="FINA text">FINA</a>). To be clear, <strong><a data-mce-href="http://workshoptheater.org/node/2358" href="http://workshoptheater.org/node/2358" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Free tickets for this weekend">this weekend's performance</a></strong> is not the final play, but simply a read through - <a data-mce-href="http://www.requiemforsherlockholmes.com/#!about/c1g6d" href="http://www.requiemforsherlockholmes.com/#!about/c1g6d" style="color: #444444;" title="Click for more info about the performances \" target=">the actual performance</a> is scheduled for sometime in 2014.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">[Note that the flier features a depiction of a black arm band reportedly worn by Londoners after "</span><a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="FINA info">The Final Problem</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">" appeared in </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">The Strand</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> (December 1893); to find out more about black mourning arm bands, the 'death' of Sherlock Holmes and whether or not they are "apocryphal", check out the next link re: </span><a data-mce-href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/armbands.html" href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/armbands.html" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Calamai's BSJ Spring 2013 letter"><strong>Peter Calamai</strong></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">.]</span></blockquote></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong style="color: #444444;"><a data-mce-href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/armbands.html" href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/armbands.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="BSJ - mourning arm band challenge">Baker Street Journal</a></strong> - for those that missed the actual letter from <strong>Peter Calamai</strong> regarding post-FINA 'apocryphal' black mourning bands in the BSJ Spring 2013: "The first person offering proof (as judged by your Editor) of Londoners wearing mourning bands upon the publication of "The Final Problem" in response to Sherlock Holmes's 'death' wins a year's free subscription to the Journal." Peter Calamai's (the 2012 Morley-Montgomery Memorial Award winner) challenge has inspired many of us to conduct searches through various online newspaper archives starting from December 1893 - the publication date of <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="FINA">FINA</a> in <em>The Strand</em> - but so far it's all been for naught. It appears that <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="John Dickson Carr"><strong>John Dickson Carr</strong></a>'s reference in his <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/0786712341" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/0786712341" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Life of ACD by Carr"><em>The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</em></a> to men wearing mourning bands post-FINA, is in fact apocryphal and/or some sort of literary urban legend. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><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;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/6fa1d1055d50ef94853e282dae3b7c7c/tumblr_inline_mqivxw7ywJ1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6fa1d1055d50ef94853e282dae3b7c7c/tumblr_inline_mqivxw7ywJ1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Cover of the BSJ Spring 2013 issue wherein <strong>Peter Calamai</strong> dropped the proverbial mourning band gauntlet.]</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/sherlock-holmes-mystery-magazine.html" href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/sherlock-holmes-mystery-magazine.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine"><strong>Dan Andriacco</strong></a> recently picked up three issues of the <a data-mce-href="http://www.sherlockmag.com/" href="http://www.sherlockmag.com/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="SHMM page"><em>Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine</em></a>: "SHMM is a blend of mystery fiction and non-fiction, some but not all of which has Sherlockian connections. It is edited by veteran mystery writer and anthologist <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Kaye" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Kaye" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Marvin Kaye"><strong>Marvin Kaye</strong></a>, who recently agreed to buy for the magazine an article that I wrote on <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Stout" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Stout" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Rex Stout">Rex Stout</a> and Sherlock Holmes." I've been seeing advertisements for the <em>SHMM</em> quite a bit recently and have wondered if I should add it to my current stable of Sherlockian-centric subscriptions (ie. <a data-mce-href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Subscribe to the BSJ or Homes will Bartitsu you off a cliff!"><em>Baker Street Journal</em></a>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal.php" href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal.php" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="SHSL Journal"><em>Sherlock Holmes Society Journal</em></a>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/muse.htm" href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/muse.htm" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="ASH's journal"><em>The Serpentine Muse</em></a>). Mr Andriacco's review is the first <em>SHMM</em> review I've read so far, and it's positive enough that I might have to at least pick up an issue or two. So far, my favorite SHMM cover I've seen is the below illustration of Holmes, the hound and a young maiden who is probably supposed to be the daughter of the yeoman from <a data-mce-href="http://168.144.50.205/221bcollection/canon/houn-02.htm" href="http://168.144.50.205/221bcollection/canon/houn-02.htm" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="HOUN text - Chapter 2 'The Curse'">HOUN</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><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;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/60c71d9dad1741e3aedc8964175b214f/tumblr_inline_mqfn7czHMN1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/60c71d9dad1741e3aedc8964175b214f/tumblr_inline_mqfn7czHMN1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;">[The </span><a data-mce-href="http://sherlockmag.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=7&zenid=041fq0lhbcg0kg964lc7t1let4" href="http://sherlockmag.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=7&zenid=041fq0lhbcg0kg964lc7t1let4" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="SHMM Shop">SHMM Shop</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;"> is having a special at the moment where one can buy six issues for $55.00.]</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/a79896f97d8d0023ff78809403f618c6/tumblr_inline_mqgwj5TM891qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/a79896f97d8d0023ff78809403f618c6/tumblr_inline_mqgwj5TM891qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/a79896f97d8d0023ff78809403f618c6/tumblr_inline_mqgwj5TM891qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://wcclibraries.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/irregular-observations-the-case-of-the-leicester-square-furniture-van/" href="http://wcclibraries.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/irregular-observations-the-case-of-the-leicester-square-furniture-van/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Irregular Observations: The Case of the Leicester Square Furniture Van"><strong>Westminster Libraries</strong></a> by way of announcing the recent move of the <strong><a data-mce-href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/special/sherlock/" href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/special/sherlock/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Collection">Sherlock Holmes Collection</a></strong> from the <a data-mce-href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/marylebone/" href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/marylebone/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Marylebone Library">Marylebone Library</a> to the <a data-mce-href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/westref/" href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/westref/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Westminster Ref Lib">Westminster Reference Library</a>, published an irregular observation "The Case of the Leicester Square Furniture Van". Their tale begins: "[it] was in July ’13 that Sherlock Holmes and I left our old rooms near Baker Street for the last time. Impending redevelopment and building work would bring major improvements for habitués, but we had to move elsewhere. It was not without a tinge of sadness that I surveyed the <strong>150 crates</strong> into which our books and artefacts were packed, re-locked the 6 massive bookcases and checked the other furniture ready to be loaded on to the lorry..." Visiting the Sherlock Holmes Collection, now housed at Westminster, is definitely on my Sherlockian bucket list. </span><strong style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Westminster Reference Library</strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> is a specialist public reference library in London's West End and is the new home of the </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/special/sherlock/" href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/special/sherlock/" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Collection">Sherlock Holmes Collection</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">, Third Floor, Westminster Reference Library, 35, St. Martin’s Street, London, WC2H 7HP.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/25acc8693ac3b9d0b67cadafac2bf9fe/tumblr_inline_mqgx3hZ6qO1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/25acc8693ac3b9d0b67cadafac2bf9fe/tumblr_inline_mqgx3hZ6qO1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/25acc8693ac3b9d0b67cadafac2bf9fe/tumblr_inline_mqgx3hZ6qO1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;">[</span><em style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;">Death on a Pale Horse</em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;"> by Donald Thomas.]</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://sherlockian-book-reviews.tumblr.com/post/56005827950/a-sherlockian-call-to-arms" href="http://sherlockian-book-reviews.tumblr.com/post/56005827950/a-sherlockian-call-to-arms" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Review of Death On A Pale Horse by Donald Thomas"><strong>My Tin Dispatch Box</strong></a> reviewed <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Pale-Horse-Sherlock-Majestys/dp/1605983942" href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Pale-Horse-Sherlock-Majestys/dp/1605983942" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Death on a Pale Horse"><strong><em>Death on a Pale Horse: Sherlock Holmes on Her Majesty's Secret Service</em></strong></a> by <strong>Donald Thomas</strong>. Quite a promising sounding pastiche, the grandiose titled <em>Death on a Pale Horse</em> is described as a "thrilling military adventure which pits Colonel Rawdon “Hunter” Moran, elder brother of <strong>Colonel Sebastian Moran</strong>, against Sherlock Holmes and presents danger to Dr Watson. We see both Holmes take on Moran from the safe confines of Baker Street to continental Europe, culminating in a climatic showdown in the English Channel." The British Government aka Brother <strong>Mycroft</strong> makes an appearance in the guise of the British Secret Service, essential to defeating Moran and restoring a piece of honor back to the British army and the British Empire. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /><strong style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a data-mce-href="http://barefootonbakerstreet.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/love-bbc-sherlock-but-granada-still-has-the-edge-for-me/" href="http://barefootonbakerstreet.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/love-bbc-sherlock-but-granada-still-has-the-edge-for-me/" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="BBC Sherlock vs Granada">Barefoot on Baker Street</a></strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> muses on the differences between BBC </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Sherlock</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> and Granada's </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Sherlock Holmes</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> and compares and contrasts the two shows by framing them through the brain of her 15 year old stepson who enjoys reading the Canon (via his Kindle) and BBC </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Sherlock</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> but for whom </span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">"the gentle world of Victorian London with its telegrams and steam trains couldn't be further from his modern life..." Ms Walters accepts some of the inherent, quasi-generational differences between the two shows, but concludes: "I'm not making comparisons and happily love both interpretations, </span><strong style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">but it’s my Granada box-set I turn to when I really need a Sherlock Holmes fix.</strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">" </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Indeed!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Speaking of getting one's Granada Sherlock f</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">ix, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong style="color: #444444;"><a data-mce-href="http://granadabrettishholmes.tumblr.com/post/56159374201/granada-holmes-and-a-great-poster" href="http://granadabrettishholmes.tumblr.com/post/56159374201/granada-holmes-and-a-great-poster" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Amazing Granada Sherlock poster">Granada Brettish Holmes</a></strong> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">posted one of my favorite 'modern' Sherlock posters of all time. This particular poster, designed by artist Paul Davis, was used for Granada's </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102416/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102416/" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="The Master Blackmailer"><em>The Master Blackmailer</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> (1993). I've seen a few of these posters in real life and they're very large and even more arresting in the proverbial flesh. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><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;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/bbfd518ec227d2f61c48a3aa878862dc/tumblr_inline_mqgj65hf531qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/bbfd518ec227d2f61c48a3aa878862dc/tumblr_inline_mqgj65hf531qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Click the above image for the full sized, two part awesomeness that is this modernist rendering of Grananda's Sherlock Holmes! ]</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.dailycal.org/2013/07/11/feed-your-ben-addiction-with-this-comprehensive-guide-to-cumberlovin/" href="http://www.dailycal.org/2013/07/11/feed-your-ben-addiction-with-this-comprehensive-guide-to-cumberlovin/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Cumberlovin to the MAX!"><strong>Culture Shot</strong></a>, who clearly gets their Sherlockian fix via BBC <em>Sherlock</em>, might have published <em>the</em> last word on BBC <em>Sherlock</em> actor <strong>Benedict Cumberbatch</strong> in "Feed your Ben-addiction with this comprehensive guide to Cumberlovin’" by Cumberbitchin' fangirl <strong><a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/misantherapy" href="https://twitter.com/misantherapy" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="@misantherapy">Caitlin Kelley</a></strong>, who is a staff writer for <a data-mce-href="http://www.dailycal.org/author/ckelley/" href="http://www.dailycal.org/author/ckelley/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Kelley's article archive"><em>The Daily Californian</em></a>. Ms Kelley points out that "<strong>fangirling over Benedict is not just about adding the prefix “Cumber-” to any word until it loses any meaning it already didn’t have</strong>. Being a fangirl is about appreciating every aspect about him that you can glean from his public image. And I’ve done in-depth, ahem, research to help you develop your Cumbercrush..." And she's not lying. Cumber-punning aside, this article features BC in various states of undress (and even <em>in</em> a dress), video interviews of BC being "serious", clever, ridiculously charming, hilarious and any other trait one might find in a denizen of Mt Olympus. If you're going to read just one article all year about the guy that plays Holmes in the BBC modern adaptation of the Sherlock adventures, let this be the one.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/a51ba60ec6086c3f11218de1336d4520/tumblr_inline_mqj5mdMwbf1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/a51ba60ec6086c3f11218de1336d4520/tumblr_inline_mqj5mdMwbf1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/a51ba60ec6086c3f11218de1336d4520/tumblr_inline_mqj5mdMwbf1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;">[Personally, I think </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.deafhippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blog180711_sherlock.jpeg" href="http://www.deafhippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blog180711_sherlock.jpeg" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="RDJ in a dress as Sherlock Holmes"><strong>Robert Downey Jr.</strong></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.1875px; text-align: start;"> looks better in a dress than BC, but that's just one Sherlockian's humble sartorial opinion.]</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong style="color: #444444;"><a data-mce-href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/those-cousins-by-ink.html" href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/those-cousins-by-ink.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Super Fan Chris Morley">Sherlock Peoria</a></strong> considers the day-to-day experience and surprises of living with your post-pruned Sherlockian library - specifically about how it is practically impossible for a Sherlockian library to be 100% <strong>Christopher Morley</strong>-free. Like <a data-mce-href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tribble" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tribble" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Tribbles on Star Fleet's version of Wikipedia">Tribbles</a>, the books by "<strong>the first Sherlockian super-fan, Christopher Morley</strong>" - Keefauver's post is worth reading just for that apt description - are always lurking somewhere in or near the library of a Sherlockian (eg. <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnassus_on_Wheels" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnassus_on_Wheels" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Parnassus on Wheels"><em>Parnassus on Wheels</em></a>). Having written considerably more<a data-mce-href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/109" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/109" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="14 non-Sherlockian Morley books in the public domain"> non-Sherlockian material</a> than actual books about Sherlock Holmes, it's easy to find yourself with a mini-Morley library of books that really have nothing to do with Holmes yet due to said 'first super-fan' status, are tacitly allowed to live in the general vicinity of the Sherlockian neighborhood. Well, Mr <strong>Brad Keefauve</strong>r took a stand and tried to liquidate all his Morley books ("to live with a fellow Sherlockian who is enjoying him anew"), only to trip over four overlooked Morley books a few days later - lending credence to the notion that the bookshop is haunted.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/468d8f6feaef3570a80ba2e2415dc8e4/tumblr_inline_mqj6ppjXCK1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/468d8f6feaef3570a80ba2e2415dc8e4/tumblr_inline_mqj6ppjXCK1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[I'll never tire of saying this, but one book no Sherlockian should be without is <strong>Steven  </strong></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><strong>Rothman</strong>'s <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;">collection of essential Morley writings on Sherlock Holmes</span><span style="line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> </span></span><a data-mce-href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2687269906809" href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2687269906809" style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="The Standard Doyle Company"><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Standard Doyle Company</span></em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">.]</span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong style="color: #444444;">John Foster's <a data-mce-href="http://sherlockholmesofstcharles.blogspot.com/2013/07/hadnt-seen-these-before.html#comment-form_6024671169233757521" href="http://sherlockholmesofstcharles.blogspot.com/2013/07/hadnt-seen-these-before.html#comment-form_6024671169233757521" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Crime Scene art">Sherlock Holmes Society of St. Charles</a></strong> discovered artist <strong>Larry Gosser,</strong> whose <a data-mce-href="http://www.drawingroomg.com/store/" href="http://www.drawingroomg.com/store/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="DrawingRoom - John Foster">Drawing Room</a> project hosts the series "Sherlock Holmes Casebook: Famous Crime Scenes" featuring really incredible renderings of Holmes' most famous cases, or more specifically, illustrations depicting the main scene of the main crime from a given story. For example, the <a data-mce-href="http://www.drawingroomg.com/assets/store/large/sherlock-crimescene4.gif" href="http://www.drawingroomg.com/assets/store/large/sherlock-crimescene4.gif" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Click for SILV and RESI Crime Scenes">Silver Blaze Crime Scene</a> depicts John Straker's body sprawled out on the moor with key features carefully labeled (eg. "horse shoe tracks"). As a bonus, Sherlock Holmes has been drawn into most of the scenes where he's usually smoking a pipe and/or making that scowling ratiocination face one might employee while viewing a crime scene. One of Mr Foster's best pieces in the series is his <a data-mce-href="http://www.drawingroomg.com/assets/store/large/sherlock-crimescene8.jpg" href="http://www.drawingroomg.com/assets/store/large/sherlock-crimescene8.jpg" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="HOUN Crime Scene">Hound of Baskervilles Crime Scene</a> which is framed by the giant footprint of a gigantic hound.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/5a5c715986788af2db639834a619288c/tumblr_inline_mqj3ofcR8L1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/5a5c715986788af2db639834a619288c/tumblr_inline_mqj3ofcR8L1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">["Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"]</span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong style="color: #444444;"><a data-mce-href="http://ihearofsherlock.tumblr.com/post/56148375551/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-via" href="http://ihearofsherlock.tumblr.com/post/56148375551/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-via" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Game of Shadows">Sherlock. Everywhere.</a></strong> reposted an item from Cracked.com's '<a data-mce-href="http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets_p26/#26" href="http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets_p26/#26" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Cracked.com's If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets">If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets</a>'; imagine <strong>Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</strong> if <a data-mce-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="A Game of Shadows on IMDB">Guy Ritchie</a>'s budget was cut down from $125,000,000 (yes, that's 125 millions of dollars) to $50 (</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">via </span><a data-mce-href="http://pawkysherlockianhumor.tumblr.com/post/55535812323/26-on-if-40-famous-movies-had-50-budgets" href="http://pawkysherlockianhumor.tumblr.com/post/55535812323/26-on-if-40-famous-movies-had-50-budgets" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="Game of Shadows from Pawky Sherlockian Humor">@pawkysherlockianhumor</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/94d13339672b3b30e5674b7aadcbc3c5/tumblr_inline_mqh9uaDqc31qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/94d13339672b3b30e5674b7aadcbc3c5/tumblr_inline_mqh9uaDqc31qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a data-mce-href="http://pawkysherlockianhumor.tumblr.com/post/55535812323/26-on-if-40-famous-movies-had-50-budgets" href="http://pawkysherlockianhumor.tumblr.com/post/55535812323/26-on-if-40-famous-movies-had-50-budgets" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Pawky Sherlockian Humor">[</a><strong>Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows </strong>(via <a data-mce-href="http://pawkysherlockianhumor.tumblr.com/post/55535812323/26-on-if-40-famous-movies-had-50-budgets" href="http://pawkysherlockianhumor.tumblr.com/post/55535812323/26-on-if-40-famous-movies-had-50-budgets" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Pawky Sherlockian Humor">@pawkysherlockianhumor</a>).]</span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Sherlockian Events</strong>:</span></h3></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/ce5a17ae3fe49412980458b96082d7e1/tumblr_inline_mqghxgs0VC1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/ce5a17ae3fe49412980458b96082d7e1/tumblr_inline_mqghxgs0VC1qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/ce5a17ae3fe49412980458b96082d7e1/tumblr_inline_mqghxgs0VC1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a><strong style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a data-mce-href="http://sherlockprom2013.bpt.me/" href="http://sherlockprom2013.bpt.me/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Prom NYC">Sherlock Prom</a></strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> is happening this </span><strong style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Saturday July 27, 2013</strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> for those in the NYC area: "The event is Sherlock Prom, a Sherlock Holmes themed prom event right here in New York City! There will be music and dancing, food, a small viewing area which will be playing various Sherlockian shows and movies, a photo booth, and more! It's generally a prom party, but the theme is Sherlock Holmes, and that will be reflected in a lot of the decorations and activities....</span><a data-mce-href="http://sherlockprom2013.bpt.me/" href="http://sherlockprom2013.bpt.me/" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="Click for tickets to Sherlock Prom 2013">Tickets</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> are $15 for General Admission, and $25 for VIP." And it's not all fun and games afoot, because proceeds from Sherlock Prom will go towards the non-profit </span><a data-mce-href="http://pathwaystohousing.org/" href="http://pathwaystohousing.org/" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" target="_blank" title="Pathway To Housing NY">Pathways to Housing NY</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://prioryscholarsnyc.com/events" href="http://prioryscholarsnyc.com/events" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="PSNYC Events"><strong>Priory Scholars of NYC</strong></a> still has 4 or 5 seats available for their Sunday meeting 'Summer Session 2013' (July 28, 2013), but please RSVP if you plan on attending. Come prepared to get deep into "<a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Red-Headed_League" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Red-Headed_League" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="REDH">The Adventure of the Red-Headed League</a>" and win prizes ranging from a Sherlock t-shirt to comics to books. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/goddessinsepia/status/264167688392286209/photo/1" href="https://twitter.com/goddessinsepia/status/264167688392286209/photo/1" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="JB: I'm sorry..."><strong>Jamie Mahoney</strong></a>, during this weeks #GranadaHolmes watch along Twitter session co-hosted by <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/Sherlock_DC" href="https://twitter.com/Sherlock_DC" style="color: #444444; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="@Sherlock_DC">@Sherlock_DC</a> and friends, punctuated a discussion about <strong>Jeremy Brett</strong>'s performance in <em><a data-mce-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0536969/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0536969/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="BOSC on IMDB">The Boscombe Valley Mystery</a></em> with the below image that's best left to speak for itself. If you're interested in joining in on the virtual Granada watching hangout session, mark your calendar for Thursdays at 8pm (EST) and look for the <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GranadaHolmes" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GranadaHolmes" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Click for a sampling of the latest #GranadaHolmes talk">#GranadaHolmes</a> - and click to see what else my fellow Granadianphiliacs and I had to say about BOSC.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" data-mce-src="http://media.tumblr.com/6cf3322641bdd0204cc7d420b1804bec/tumblr_inline_mqj729h3q71qz4rgp.jpg" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6cf3322641bdd0204cc7d420b1804bec/tumblr_inline_mqj729h3q71qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[To find out just how awesome Jeremy Brett really is, pick up <a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bending-the-Willow/263827042088" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bending-the-Willow/263827042088" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Bending the Willow"><em>Bending the Willow</em></a>, in either book form or for your e-reader. by <strong><a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/DStuartDavies" href="https://twitter.com/DStuartDavies" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="David Stuart Davies on Twitter">David Stuart Davies</a></strong>.]</span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As always if you are looking for a Sherlockian scion event near you, check in with the indomitable <a data-mce-href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlockian Calendar"><strong>Sherlockian Calendar</strong></a> and/or join the <a data-mce-href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114565123495685504221" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114565123495685504221" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="SH Community"><strong>Sherlock Holmes Community</strong></a> on Google+. Hope to see you soon!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 20 - July 26, 2013)

"...and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied." - 'The Adventure of the Speckled ...

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by Scott Monty

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 13 - July 19, 2013)

<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"...we must spare time to run down together on Saturday morning, and make sure that this curious and inconclusive investigation has no untoward ending."</span></i><br /> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 'The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist'</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <a href="http://always1895.net/post/55967800503/friday-sherlock-links-compendium-july-13-july-19" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Always1895 Logo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtgIEDOLuPEafLCcMm1hGMsdHI7VbID1abTZZk7jFGbMrKQKOg9ZBdZ5-R0Zk52sNDwa6crZhH6w8ok8OogwmVM4JqHX1SMe896lRpgNi5N3VJlbBZDLQkfUcdfx24EvnqMF27iRtPxki/s200/1895.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A weekly roundup of links from across the web related to Sherlock Holmes, courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/always1895" target="_blank"><b>Matt Laffey</b></a> from Always1895.net. We welcome your comments and feedback, and if you have any material to include in the weekly roundup, please send to always1895@gmail.com.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/5ae8150d146914eb0bb88f84c831909a/tumblr_inline_mq7ksdusLE1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" src="http://media.tumblr.com/5ae8150d146914eb0bb88f84c831909a/tumblr_inline_mq7ksdusLE1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[</span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Baker Street Journal</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Summer 2013 (Vol. 63, No. 2).]</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/articlesandextras/currentcontents.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BSJ Summer 2013"><b>The Baker Street Journal</b></a></span>’s Summer 2013 issue recently appeared in our mailboxes bringing joy to Sherlockians the world over, and for those with a particular fascination for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Last_Bow_(story)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Altamont in LAST">Altamont</a> phase of Holmes’ career, an extra special treat lay within the familiar yellow wrappers illuminated with a gorgeous portrait of Holmes/Altamont which originally appeared on the cover of <em>Collier’s Weekly Magazine</em> (September, 1917) from the brush of my favorite Canonical illustrator <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Dorr_Steele" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="FDS on Wikipedia">Frederic Dorr Steele</a></span>. As always you can read an online version of <span style="font-weight: 700;">Steve Rothman</span>’s latest "<a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/articlesandextras/theeditorsgaslamp.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Latest Editor's Gas-Lamp">Editor’s Gas-Lam</a>p" to whet your appetite. If you’re not a current subscriber to the BSJ, I strongly suggest procuring the very reasonable $38.50 yearly subscription rate and treating yourself to the greatest (ir)regular Sherlockian publication on the market (since 1946). </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/07/episode-54-how-to-think-like-sherlock.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="IHOSE Ep 54 - Maria Konnikova">I Hear of Sherlock</a></span> </b>released Episode 54 of their IHOSE podcast featuring an interview with columnist and psychologist <a href="https://twitter.com/mkonnikova" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Ms Konnikova on Twitter"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Maria Konnikova</span></a>, author of <a href="http://amzn.to/Zu0FGu" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Mastermind on Amazon"><em><b>Mastermind</b></em></a>, on ‘mindfulness’ and other related mental techniques employed by Holmes in the course of his adventures. Ms Konnikova is an excellent spokesperson for psychology, particularly when conveying some of the fundamental concepts of Cognitive Psychology by way of the Canon. Make sure to subscribe to Konnikova’s <em>Scientific American</em> column ‘<a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/literally-psyched/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Literally Psyched by Konnikova">Literally Psyched</a>’. Next, Mr Wolder and Mr Monty discuss one of my favorite collections of early 20th century, pre-BSI/BSJ era writings - in this case 1895 to 1933 - on Holmes and the Canon, <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/bookman.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="SH, ACD & the Bookman"><em><b>Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle and The Bookman</b></em></a>, edited by noted Sherlockian scholar <a href="https://twitter.com/sedahlinger" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dahlinger on Twitter"><span style="font-weight: 700;">S. E. Dahlinger</span></a> and annotator extraordinaire <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://twitter.com/lklinger" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger on Twitter">Leslie S. Klinger</a></span> on Gasogene Books. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Following their chat about <em>The Bookman</em>, they announced that IHOSE’s sister website <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/always%201895" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Baker Street Blog posts tagged Always1895"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>The Baker Street Blog</b></span></a> began syndicating the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Friday Sherlock Links Compendium</span> (i.e. what you are reading right this very moment!) and that in future episodes of IHOSE, listeners can expect to hear <a href="https://twitter.com/always1895" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Matt Laffey on Twitter"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Matt Laffey</span></a> (he wrote in the third person…) deliver a range of short audio segments on everything from summaries of recent Sherlockian news items to hard hitting, on the ground reporting from various Sherlockian meetings, soirees, conferences, parties and hootenannies. Episode 54 ends with a traditional reading from the BSJ’s “Editor’s Gas-Lamp" though instead of dusting off a decade’s old issue, <a href="https://twitter.com/BakerStJournal" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Rothman's BSJ Twitter account"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Steve Rothman</span></a>’s piece from this Summer’s issue (Vol. 63, No. 2) is used. Another great episode made even more memorable by Monty and Wolder’s extremely kind and generous praise of Always1895 as well as the announcement that I’ll be contributing regular audio pieces to the podcast - an honor that’s particularly amazing considering IHOSE was one of <em>my</em> primary gateways into contemporary Sherlockian culture. [<i><b>Editor's note</b>: we are thrilled that Matt has taken us up on our offer to join us as a regular contributor and look forward to bringing you that feature on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i>.]</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/bookman.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Bookman on Wessex Press"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></a></div> <a href="" name="more"></a><br /> <table 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="http://media.tumblr.com/28008fdf898b3f5cbfba2038cb0aa80f/tumblr_inline_mq8855LDYE1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" src="http://media.tumblr.com/28008fdf898b3f5cbfba2038cb0aa80f/tumblr_inline_mq8855LDYE1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[</span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle <br />and The Bookman</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (2010) ed. <br />by S.E. Dahlinger & Leslie Klinger <br />published by Gasogene Books.]</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23271384" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Telegrams STOP: End of service delivering joy and heartache"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>BBC News</b></span></a> announced what might truly be one of the final nails in the coffin of the Victorian Age: “India’s last telegram will be sent on Sunday night as the country’s state-run telegraph service shuts down….The telegraph service started in 1851 when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="East India Company">British East India Company</a> built a 30-mile (48km) electric telegraph line from the city of Calcutta to its suburb of Diamond Harbour, primarily for official use. Over the next few years, telegraph lines were expanded to cover the entire country and in 1855, the service was opened for public use." Unsurprisingly, India is not the first country to stop offering telegram service: Australia shut down it’s telegram service in 2011 (though “in the Victorian town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechworth,_Victoria" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Beechworth, Australia">Beechworth</a>, visitors can send telegrams to family members or friends from the Beechworth Telegraph Station."), along with Ireland in 2002, New Zealand in 1999 and Nepal in 2009. Surprisingly, one can still send telegrams in the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, the United States and Mexico (where “telegrams are still used as a low-cost service for people who cannot afford or do not have access to e-mail.") Check out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram#Worldwide_status_of_telegram_services" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Worldwide status of telegram services">worldwide status of telegram services</a> for a complete listing. We of course know how Holmes would feel about this sad state of affairs, Watson once having remarked that Sherlock has "<span style="font-weight: 700;">never been known to write where a telegram would serve</span>" (<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/devi.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="DEVI text">DEVI</a>).</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/wist-1.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for text of Wisteria Lodge"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/dd80e5482507b1f4522fb4254dd53a4f/tumblr_inline_mpynohhZex1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">["An answer had arrived to Holmes’s <span style="font-weight: 700;">telegram</span> before our Surrey officer had returned. Holmes read it and was about to place it in his notebook when he caught a glimpse of my expectant face. He tossed it across with a laugh. “We are moving in exalted circles," said he.  The telegram was a list of names and addresses…" from "<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/wist-1.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="WIST text">The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge</a>”]</span></small></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/64c73456b04f9806ab146012178d4ffb/tumblr_inline_mq8f2jmKyV1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" src="http://media.tumblr.com/64c73456b04f9806ab146012178d4ffb/tumblr_inline_mq8f2jmKyV1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Mark Gatiss, Steve Moffat and Sue Vertue <br />‘hanging out’ with 4,000 of their closest <br />friends at SDCC this past week (July 2013).]</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sherlockology.com/news/2013/7/19/sdcc-report-190713" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlockology on SDCC & Moffat panel"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Sherlockology</b></span></a> and <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/07/sherlock-comic-con-panel-recap-season-3-teases/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Comic-Con Panel Recap: Season 3 Teases"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>BBC America</b></span></a> both reported on the first ever BBC <em>Sherlock</em> panel at this year’s <span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/sherlock-panel-at-san-diego-comic-con/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Babes' original announcement re: BBC panel at SDCC">San Diego Comic Con</a> </span>(SDCC): “To a packed out crowd of over 4,000<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>people in the huge Ballroom 20 of the San Diego Convention Center, producer <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sue Vertue</span> and co-creators / executive producers <span style="font-weight: 700;">Steven Moffat</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mark Gatiss</span> discussed the peculiarities of their take on Conan Doyle’s famous novels, the increasing popularity of the show across the globe and the gratification of working with actors who have, since the series began, gone on to become major Hollywood stars." First off, that attendance figure is not a typo - a reported four thousand (4,000) SDCC attendees were present to hear Vertue/Moffat/Gatiss flex their wit, praise ACD's genius and elevate question avoidance (eg. “How did Sherlock survive the fall…") to an art form. To make up for the conspicuous (or inconspicuous, depending on how you see the world) absences of Cumberbatch and Freeman, the crowd was shown a <a href="http://fansided.com/2013/07/18/benedict-cumberbatch-attends-sherlock-san-diego-comic-con-panel-via-video/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BC's SDCC video">specially recorded video</a> featuring the dynamic duo delivering personal statements to SDCC attendees. </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/sdcc-day-2-sherlock-panel-sherlockedcc/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kristina's SDCC Review (Sherlock Panel & SherlockeDCC)"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>The Baker Street Babes</b></span></a>’ Kristina Manente posted a highly entertaining review of her SDCC experience (thus far), specifically the Sherlock Panel and the SherlockeDCC party. Ms Manente’s post is packed with links related to the SDCC Sherlockian madness as well as some great photos of attendees and some very special surprise guests.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/CurlyFourEyes/status/358471715661176832/photo/1" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click to find out what that little sign says..."><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/83666bd309948f87b526a515e858e419/tumblr_inline_mq8s4sSHIg1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Mark Gattis, wearing a crown, and Kristina of the Baker Street Babes at the SherlockeDCC party. An amazing photo that will be just as awesome in 30 years time.]</span></small></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/07/19/sdcc-2013-sherlock-press-room/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="MTV Geek Q&A with Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, and Sue Vertue"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MTV Geek</span></a> </b>- an MTV ‘subsidiary’ I didn't know existed until just now - ran their own odd little Q&A with Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, and Sue Vertue regarding BBC <em>Sherlock</em> Season 3. The interviewer seems a bit overly focused on getting Moffat and Gatiss to ‘react’ to various ‘crazy’ and ‘wacky’ BBC <em>Sherlock</em> fandom stuff (e.g. Mystrade), while also seeming not to realize how ‘in touch’ Moffat/Gatiss/Vertue are with the Tumblr/Twitter/etc. world. One particularly odd <em>tentative de provocation</em> seems to be the interviewer's total misunderstanding of <em>Sherlock </em>fans’ use of “feels" (e.g. “Reichenfeels") coupled with the BBC fandom’s habit of affectionately referring to Moffat as a Troll: <span style="font-weight: 700;">MTV Geek</span>: “Obviously fans get very into <em>Sherlock</em>. Many have accused you of “destroying their feelings". What would you like to say to those fans?" <span style="font-weight: 700;">Gatiss</span>: “Well, I haven’t. We haven’t. Conan Doyle made everyone wait ten years to find out what happened to him. We left it five minutes between saying he was dead and saying he’s not dead. I think that’s not cruel. I think it’s actually quite kind." Check out the (BBC) <a href="http://sherlock-fandom-glossary.tumblr.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Fandom Glossary Blog"><b>Sherlock Fandom Glossary</b></a> and learn Sherlockian concepts you never knew existed. </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://werecyclemovies.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/july-is-sherlock-holmes-month/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Bloggers favorite Sherlock movies & Bingo!"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>We Recycle Movies</b></span></a> announced that July would be Sherlock Holmes Month and that “in honor of my favorite detective, and with extreme personal bias, here are the three great adaptations that will consume the rest of July:" 7/13: <em style="color: black; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035317/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="SH and the Secret Weapon">S<b>herlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon</b></a> </em>(1942), 7/20: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075194/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The 7% Solution"><em><b>The Seven-Per-Cent Solution</b></em></a> (1976) and 7/27 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BBC Sherlock on IMDB"><b>BBC <em>Sherlock</em></b></a>. “In order to best compare these films, I decided to create a game of my own: <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Bingo!</span> Each square has a trope of the Sherlock story, so we can tick off the various allusions as they appear." </span></div> <table 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="http://media.tumblr.com/20687bb2148480b0525059f354550d86/tumblr_inline_mpuxsdEpja1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" src="http://media.tumblr.com/20687bb2148480b0525059f354550d86/tumblr_inline_mpuxsdEpja1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">["If you want to do a viewing <br />party of your own, there are several <br />other cards (Sherlock Bingo </span><a href="http://werecyclemovies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bingo1-2.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Bingo 1"><b>1</b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, Sherlock Bingo </span><a href="http://werecyclemovies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bingo2.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Bingo 2"><b>2</b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, <br />Sherlock Bingo </span><a href="http://werecyclemovies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bingo3.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Bingo 3"><b>3</b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> & Sherlock Bingo </span><a href="http://werecyclemovies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bingo4.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Bingo 4"><b>4</b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)<br /> to play with…Let the games begin!" ]</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://lightsidesherlockholmes.tumblr.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes blog"><b>Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes</b></a></span> maintained by Glenn Schatell, son of <span style="font-weight: 700;">Norman Schatell</span>, the author of <a href="http://www.mxpublishing.com/product/9781780924052/The+Lighter+Side+of+Sherlock+Holmes%3A+The+Sherlockian+Artwork+of+Norman+Schatell" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Lighter Side of Sherlock book on MX"><em>The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes: The Sherlockian Artwork of Norman Schatell</em></a> (2013) on MX, has a ton of artwork samples and information about Mr Schatell who passed away 30 years ago. But due to the dedication and handwork of his son Glenn, this labor of love is finally seeing the light of day.</span></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 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mxpublishing.com/product/9781780924052/The+Lighter+Side+of+Sherlock+Holmes%3A+The+Sherlockian+Artwork+of+Norman+Schatell" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for info on book"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/f5fab73c9c0cc0f436114b96745cdf22/tumblr_inline_mpwsy0Kmoz1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Thirty plus years in the making.]</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: 0px;"></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sherlocktron.com/most.pdf" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Spermaceti Press June 2013"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Peter Blau</b></span></a>’s Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press June 2013 issue is available for perusing and overflowing with Sherlockian news/info from far and wide including: crime writing festivals, Holmesian theater adaptations, books on Victorian clothing patterns, scion events and much, much more. Bookmark Mr Blau’s <a href="http://www.sherlocktron.com/scuttle.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Blau's Links"><b>Scuttlebutt from the Spermacetti Press</b></a> site if you haven’t already.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://buddy2blogger.blogspot.com/2013/01/canonical-references-in-sherlock-study.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="42 Canonical references from BBC Sherlock"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Buddy2Blogger</b></span></a> explores various Canonical references (42 points in total) from BBC <em>Sherlock </em>Season 1, Episode 2 <em>The Blind Banker</em>. For example, in point # 6,  "The character of Sebastian [Wilkes] seems to be based on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Reginald Musgrave</span>, based on his body language and dressing sense. Here is how Sherlock describes Musgrave in “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual": “He had changed little, was dressed like a young man of fashion - he was always a bit of a dandy - and preserved the same quiet, suave manner which had formerly distinguished him. You can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/Buddy2Blogger" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="@Buddy2Blogger">@Buddy2Blogger</a> on Twitter and/or read his blog at <a href="http://buddy2blogger.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Buddy2Blogger Blog"><b>Buddy2Blogger.blogspot.com</b></a>. (Thanks to Mr <a href="https://twitter.com/raywilcockson" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="@RayWilcockson">Ray Wilcockson</a> for the tip!)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://buddy2blogger.blogspot.com/2013/01/canonical-references-in-sherlock-study.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for more BBC Sherlock Canonical references"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/637fedcb8efa4202f37bf509b2b7d9fe/tumblr_inline_mpy2nyzmNv1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[On the left is <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sydney Paget</span>’s illustration of Reginald Musgrave from MUSG and on the right is Sebastian ‘Seb’ Wilkes from BBC’s <em>The Blind Banker.</em>]</span></small></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/six-books-to-fill-the-sherlock-void/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Six Pastiches for Desperate BBC Fans"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Barnes & Noble Blog</b></span></a> in “Six Books to Fill the Sherlockian Void" attempts to ease the withdrawal pains of the vast legion of BBC <em>Sherlock</em> fans who have been waiting for an eternity (at least in Tumblr years) for ("the mythical, unicorn-status") Season 3 by suggesting six Sherlock pastiches. My two favorite pastiches listed on here are <span style="font-weight: 700;">Kim Newman</span>’s <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/professor-moriarty-kim-newman/1100404827" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Moriarty"><em>Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urberville</em></a> (basically, the Canon seen from the perspective of Sebastian ‘Basher’ Moran) and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Lyndsay Faye</span>’s <em><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dust-and-shadow-lyndsay-faye/1102042181" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dust & Shadow">Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson</a> </em>(a pastiche which could only be written by a seasoned Sherlockian). On a related note, I hope it goes without saying - since the author of this piece never mentions it - that those afflicted with an <em>idée fixe</em> regarding BBC <em>Sherlock </em>should, <span style="font-weight: 700;">first and foremost, read the entire Canon</span> if he/she has yet to do so. And if you have read all the stories once or still have a few unread stories to go (lucky you!!) I highly suggest re-reading the Canon using one of the four main annotated editions: Baring-Gould’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517502917/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0517502917&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Annotated Sherlock Holmes"><em>Annotated Sherlock Holmes</em></a> (2 vols), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192123297/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0192123297&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Oxford Sherlock Holmes"><em>Oxford Sherlock Holmes</em></a> (9 vols), Klinger’s <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/shrl.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Reference Library"><em>Sherlock Holmes Reference Library</em></a> (Gasogene, 10 vols) or Klinger’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0393059162" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="New Annotated Sherlock Holmes"><em>New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</em></a> (Norton, 3 vols). If you’re on a tight budget, you can probably find the Baring-Gould two volume set used (VG/G condition) for $10 to $15. If you need a second opinion, check out the first comment from one Mr <a href="https://twitter.com/lklinger" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Les Klinger"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Leslie S Klinger</span></a>: “When in despair, read the Canon! Certainly Mr. Moffat is! What better time to start all over again, with<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/1-stud.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="STUD text"><em> A Study in Scarlet</em></a>?" Hear, hear.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Fifty-Six/dp/0517502917" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/ffe434c5d8496dc24c72b0bcaa601321/tumblr_inline_mpym6rm8ZA1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[A typical page from Baring-Gould’s <em>Annotated Sherlock Holmes</em>.]</span></small></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.co.uk/wearsherlock" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Wear Sherlock Mug Store"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Wear Sherlock</b></span></a> announced the release of recreations of the BBC <em>Sherlock</em> Series 2 striped set mugs, which are now available to purchase at the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Wear Sherlock Mug Store</span>. What on earth <em>are</em> the ‘Series 2 striped set mugs’ you ask? <a href="http://thesherlockfandom.tumblr.com/post/11505090491/the-stripey-mugs" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Guide to BBC Sherlock - mugs"><b>The Beginners Guide to the Sherlock Fandom</b></a> has the somewhat disturbing answer: “The stripey mugs nearly broke Tumblr as a result of the sheer volume of crack that they produced. During the filming of series two, this photo [see below] was taken on the set and at some point ended up on Mark Gatiss’s Twitter. Showing <span style="font-weight: 700;">Benedict Cumberbatch</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Martin Freeman</span>’s matching mugs full of tea (and revealing that Martin Freeman apparently takes milk in his). With the hiatus getting to them rather pitifully, the fandom spun this photo into its own universe of mug-porn, mug-fanart, mug-replicas, and mug jokes. There is literally fanfiction written about these mugs. It is beyond reason…" This is precisely where the ‘Sherlockian Kool-Aid’ was meant to be drunk from; and even if you think the BBC <em>Sherlock</em> Tumblr fandom is insane, these still make handsome coffee drinking devices. </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.cafepress.co.uk/wearsherlock" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click to see the mugs"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/732440c0d7a1e6c3be38b83eaf252b17/tumblr_inline_mpuzgwfeZS1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Above is the recreation of Benedict’s Mug. Click to see the recreation of <a href="http://www.cafepress.co.uk/wearsherlock.880387468" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Martin's mug">Martin’s mug</a>.]</span></small></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://youtu.be/xg5J2NeGTNQ" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cumberbatch on Top Gear"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Top Gear</b></span></a> - UK car show and “the world’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Top Gear on Wikipedia">most widely watched</a> factual television program" - recently featured Mr <span style="font-weight: 700;">Benedict Cumberbatch</span> in a <a href="http://tellyspotting.org/2013/07/16/sherlock-the-newest-star-in-a-reasonably-priced-car-on-top-gear/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Info on Top Gear BC ep w/alternate video link"><b>ten minute segment</b></a> whose conversation ranged over BC’s first car (it was a British made <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Mini car"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Mini</span></a>) to the proper way to fake a punch for the cameras, as well as a fascinating factoid about BC’s actress mother, Ms <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893243/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Wanda Ventham on IMDB">Wanda Ventham</a>, who played Colonel Virginia Lake in the cult 1970′s science fiction television series <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063962/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="UFO on IMDB"><em>UFO</em></a> (1970-73) among a myriad of other TV shows and movies. Incredibly, she appeared in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893243/filmoseries#tt0056751" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="13 Doctor Who eps that Wanda Ventham appeared">13 episodes of <em>Doctor Who</em> from 1967 to 1987</a>, playing three different characters, a different one in each decade (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0095757/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Jean Rock in 1967">1967</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0562853/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="1977 Doctor Who">1977</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811756/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="1987 Doctor Who">1987</a>). The segment ends with BC driving around a race course in a segment called “The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car". Overall, an entertaining, if slightly surreal, ten minutes of TV.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://tellyspotting.org/2013/07/16/sherlock-the-newest-star-in-a-reasonably-priced-car-on-top-gear/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for more info about the episode"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/960d550f50e6809b620c608d2cc657db/tumblr_inline_mq8ccpQKbR1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">[Wanda Ventham, Benedict Cumberbatch’s mom, in a super fancy car as seen on <em>Top Gear</em>.]</span></small></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://ihearofsherlock.tumblr.com/post/55872236946/the-winner-from-our-wacky-caption-wednesday" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Caption winner"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Sherlock. Everywhere.</b></span></a> posted the winning entry for their Wacky Caption Wednesday contest. Let’s hope this is a semi-regular feature on the <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.tumblr.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="IHOSE Tumblr">IHOSE Tumblr</a> site.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.tumblr.com/post/55872236946/the-winner-from-our-wacky-caption-wednesday" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for larger view"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/4d58b0e8e7d648951179258cf6f4d61b/tumblr_inline_mq8rabK4Gc1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <small><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Captioned image from the Sherlock Holmes story “The Naval Treaty."]</span></small></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://tea-at-221b.tumblr.com/post/55374566050/the-adventure-of-the-priory-school-illustration" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PRIO illustration"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b>Tea at 221B</b></span></a> posted a great illustration by <span style="font-weight: 700;">Charles Raymond Macauley</span> from a 1905 edition of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Priory_School" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PRIO">The Adventure of the Priory School</a>”: "I must have a peep through that, Watson. If you bend your back and support yourself upon the wall, I think that I can manage." An instant later his feet were on my shoulders. But he was hardly up before he was down again. “Come, my friend," said he, “our day’s work has been quite long enough. I think that we have gathered all that we can. It’s a long walk to the school, and the sooner we get started the better." (<a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Priory_School" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PRIO text"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PRIO</span></a>)</span></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 style="text-align: center;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6fbe9b9922491b6059d28ef21313c914/tumblr_inline_mpwzzzH4o41qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 500px;" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: start;">[Charles Raymond Macauley’s illustration for “The Adventure of the Priory School".]</span></td></tr> </tbody></table>

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 13 - July 19, 2013)

"...we must spare time to run down together on Saturday morning, and make sure that this curious and inconclusive investigation has no ...

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The Sherlock Holmes Pipe Collection

<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> “Pipes are occasionally of extraordinary interest.” [YELL]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 1.15; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6AcayJAX8ax8CLtfG2h6qcNaIQnvTpKS380kGs9TtcMCuKEMaEUiPbyyWPAqDA0M3uvQCLblvT1ymwub049kix4fMsKAu-AagPz_AEY0a8VgA2wFJ8xsCYcSuLcbdLsXjISMb-3lEbfg/s1600/IHOSE_caption6+-+YELL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6AcayJAX8ax8CLtfG2h6qcNaIQnvTpKS380kGs9TtcMCuKEMaEUiPbyyWPAqDA0M3uvQCLblvT1ymwub049kix4fMsKAu-AagPz_AEY0a8VgA2wFJ8xsCYcSuLcbdLsXjISMb-3lEbfg/s640/IHOSE_caption6+-+YELL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <br /></div> The iconic image of Sherlock Holmes always includes a pipe. The association between Great Detective and three-pipe problems is so strong that his silhouette is featured on signs outside tobacco shops around the world...<br /> <div style="line-height: 1.15;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <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/AVvXsEjRbyqw_SPjc-G8-El3-Pto_mYjJOztiNGCmvwLQ8D59B701mbBfpv1I4veDalZEYhsCzM1osZXRjRorPVzvnU6vPdDoocZ5q8JutMY_QaHDA-YPUPV_HR3uqPqId3DQvzoL4Jz-APpdz3r/s1600/Tobacco+Shop+in+Iceland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbyqw_SPjc-G8-El3-Pto_mYjJOztiNGCmvwLQ8D59B701mbBfpv1I4veDalZEYhsCzM1osZXRjRorPVzvnU6vPdDoocZ5q8JutMY_QaHDA-YPUPV_HR3uqPqId3DQvzoL4Jz-APpdz3r/s640/Tobacco+Shop+in+Iceland.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside a tobacco shop in Reykjavik, Iceland</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <br /> ...which is why I find it delightful that Peterson of Dublin has a Sherlock Holmes series of pipes.<br /> <br /> I do not smoke a pipe, but I think that these pipes are simply lovely. I wouldn't mind having one or more of these on a rack on my Sherlock Holmes shelf. Peterson has been hand-crafting high-end pipes since 1865. The company motto is “The Thinking Man Smokes A Peterson Pipe”, so it makes some sense that they would create an entire series in honor of one of the greatest thinking men in literature. <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://peterson.fusio.net/Content/Images/uploaded/thinking-man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://peterson.fusio.net/Content/Images/uploaded/thinking-man.jpg" width="237" /></span></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span> First issued in 1987, the pipes are available in smooth briar, ebony, rustic, and some sandblast finish. All have extra large bowls, with sterling silver bands and a fishtail mouthpiece. The initial issue was in the form of a seven day set, and included a specially crafted wooden rack for the complete set.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.pipedia.org/images/c/c7/Sherlock1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="289" src="http://www.pipedia.org/images/c/c7/Sherlock1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div> No mention of "all the plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day before, all carefully dried and collected on the corner of the mantelpiece." [ENGR]<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></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 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003018_watson-smooth_430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003018_watson-smooth_430.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Watson, in smooth briar</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <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="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003415_professor-ebony_430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003415_professor-ebony_430.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Professor, in ebony</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span> The original issue was then followed up by “The Return of” set.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.pipedia.org/images/4/42/Sherlock2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://www.pipedia.org/images/4/42/Sherlock2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></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 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0002937_lestrade-smooth_430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0002937_lestrade-smooth_430.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Lestrade</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></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 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003036_milverton-smooth_430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003036_milverton-smooth_430.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Milverton</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span> There’s also a meerschaum version of the original set.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></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 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003020_deerstalker-meerschaum_430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://www.peterson.ie/content/images/thumbs/0003020_deerstalker-meerschaum_430.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Deerstalker in Meerschaum</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span> I have not seen these in a store (retail locations are rather select) but, as I write this, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=peterson+sherlock+holmes&_sop=15">eBay prices</a> are $130 minimum and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=peterson%20sherlock%20holmes%20pipe&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Apeterson%20sherlock%20holmes%20pipe&sprefix=peterson%20she%2Caps&tag=thebakerstree-20&url=search-alias%3Daps">Amazon has a few</a> for $220 and up.<br /> <br /> You can visit the <a href="http://www.peterson.ie/">Peterson website</a> for a list of <a href="http://www.peterson.ie/t/wheretobuy">where to buy in your area</a> and for more information on the <a href="http://www.peterson.ie/c/77/sherlock-holmes-collection">whole collection</a>.<br /> <br /> Do you have these sets or any of the pipes that are part of the collections? We'd love to hear about your experience, and perhaps a bit about why you choose to smoke a pipe. Drop us a line or leave a comment.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">--</span>

The Sherlock Holmes Pipe Collection

“Pipes are occasionally of extraordinary interest.” [YELL] The iconic image of Sherlock Holmes always includes a pipe. The associatio...

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by Scott Monty