Stephen Fry Reads the Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories on Audible

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "There are numerous small fry, but few who would handle so big an affair" [BRUC] </h4> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPFsLmfMbYOImYQre7ptN3JvWRK4vsQCVpuHInuF8Ea1KZ_FYOQ_GDt1ZpEToACXgaeGViCyN8VmgK3vWSHCv5ir6L-hOIJRLXkaRDN1jK2LIX3irhkcoom3Mak8hRx4TWZONO5IJRjFC/s1600/Stephen+Fry+narrates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPFsLmfMbYOImYQre7ptN3JvWRK4vsQCVpuHInuF8Ea1KZ_FYOQ_GDt1ZpEToACXgaeGViCyN8VmgK3vWSHCv5ir6L-hOIJRLXkaRDN1jK2LIX3irhkcoom3Mak8hRx4TWZONO5IJRjFC/s640/Stephen+Fry+narrates.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Stephen Fry is the new voice of the Sherlock Holmes stories.<br /> <br /> Audible Studios, the parent company of Audible.com, contracted the actor, author and life-long Sherlock Holmes fan to read all 60 of the Sherlock Holmes stories in an audio format it is simply calling <b><i><a href="http://adbl.co/Holmes" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes</a></i></b>. The collection was released by Audible on March 1 and is available at <a href="http://adbl.co/Holmes">adbl.co/Holmes</a> See the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/audible/videos/10154228136765812/" target="_blank">trailer below</a>, from their Facebook page:<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Faudible%2Fvideos%2F10154228136765812%2F&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe><br /></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h4> <b>“I really do owe Holmes everything"</b></h4> As a portrayer of Jeeves in the inimitable <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098833/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Jeeves and Wooster</a></i> series from the early 1990s and of <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/07/much-larger-and-stouter-man-gree_18.html#.WLmRrvkrLb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mycroft Holmes</a> in <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_41" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows</a>, </i>Fry has a keen understanding of the cerebral approach that these characters require. And he is clear that Conan Doyle's stories were an essential part of his own development as an author, screenwriter and storyteller:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “I think it was reading the Sherlock Holmes stories as a boy that first turned me on to the power of writing and storytelling. I felt myself inside the world of Baker Street, sitting alongside Holmes and Watson in their snug quarters, listening to a new case being told them by a new client. Now to be able to read those stories again, but this time out loud, is giving me more pleasure than ought to be allowed. A job of work really shouldn’t be so delightful.”</blockquote> <br /> In addition to the actual stories themselves, Fry has written and narrated eight insightful, intimate and deeply personal introductions to the story collections. In fact, the introduction to the <i>Memoirs</i> taps into the current craze of superheroes in popular culture:<blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Heroes with remarkable gifts are as in vogue now as they have been since they first appeared, perhaps even more in vogue. But although the very first one was launched in serial published form just like his masked and body-suited successors, it was not in DC or Marvel comic books that he made his appearance, rather it was in the sedate and respectable pages of <i>Mrs Beeton’s Christmas Annual</i> in the mid-Victorian year 1887."</blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "This caped crusader’s cape was made of finest British tweed. His magical gifts were not the ability to fly or X-ray vision – his superpower was that he had trained his mind into a uniquely powerful weapon which could solve mysteries, unmask the guilty and right wrongs."</blockquote> Stephen Fry is no stranger to the Holmesian world, either. We chronicled <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/09/one-of-queerest-men-gree_27.html#.WLmRsPkrLb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his many qualifications</a>, which included his support of the bequest of Richard Lancelyn Green to the city of Portsmouth and his narration of the BBC documentary "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6127518/" target="_blank">The Man Who Loved Sherlock Holmes</a>." In fact, he has been a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London since his teenage years and presided over the Society's 2005 dinner.<br /> <br /> Below are two excerpts from the stories, to give you a flavor of his narrative style:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /> <b><i>The Sign of Four</i></b><br /> <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307524908&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <b>"The Final Problem"</b><br /> <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307527052&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> The collection is priced at $82.77, or $14.95 with an Audible membership.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /></div>

Stephen Fry Reads the Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories on Audible

"There are numerous small fry, but few who would handle so big an affair" [BRUC]  Stephen Fry is the new voice of the Sherl...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 115: Sherlock Holmes and the Theater

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "we might appear to be two theatre-goers"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"> </span> [CHAS] </h4> <div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzv774IBMGNHTb8OkZ6ZjXIDHuqyCL8D6a0-OdImBLrGgE8oOIZ_ptHP-VxmbFTRSwHE-yJRIdMpGB6BDrk3XSCuT0Rb0hdh6N5g25run9ixnSWOsYheZFff9MovgwIMeIDhkFAm10ByH/s1600/IMG_0238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzv774IBMGNHTb8OkZ6ZjXIDHuqyCL8D6a0-OdImBLrGgE8oOIZ_ptHP-VxmbFTRSwHE-yJRIdMpGB6BDrk3XSCuT0Rb0hdh6N5g25run9ixnSWOsYheZFff9MovgwIMeIDhkFAm10ByH/s640/IMG_0238.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5124560/height/90/width/600/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/render-playlist/no/custom-color/f77705/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Tim Greer, BSI ("The Ragged Shaw") joins us for this episode in which we explore some of the intricacies and challenges of producing Sherlock Holmes on the stage.<br /> <br /> For anyone who's been to a major gathering of Sherlockians in the last few years, Tim should be no stranger. From his home base in Memphis to 221B Con and the BSI Weekend, he's been seen in exquisite and faithful costumes inspired by William Gillette, Jeremy Brett an Basil Rathbone. Tim is an award winning Sherlockian, having been honored with the Beacon Award from the <a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/" target="_blank">Beacon Society</a> and the <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/morleymontgomeryaward.html" target="_blank">Morley Montgomery Award</a> for the best article in the <i>Baker Street Journal</i> in 2014.<br /> <br /> Tim's specialty is the theater, and he shares his inspiration with us, ranging from the difficulty in physically portraying a cerebral character to the proper staging and set decoration of the sitting rooms at 221B Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes has been presented on stage in one way or another for 125 years and there continue to be many interpretations and inspirations ahead.<br /> <br /> Plus, a new Sherlock Holmes Brand ad and a special Easter egg.</div> <div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4921564"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee;" width="204" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> And please consider joining our <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.</div> <br /> <br /></div> <div> <div> <h3> Sponsors</h3> This episode includes our two longtime sponsors. Please support our sponsors by visiting their sites:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a>, where you can find the complete <i><a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/shrl.html" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Reference Library</a></i> by Leslie S. Klinger.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">The Baker Street Journal</a>, where you can find inclusiveness, a repose from the busy world, and connections with like-minded individuals. </li> </ul> <br /> Would you care to become a sponsor? You can find <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">more information here</a>.</div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock115.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size 34.5 MB, 1:14:49</h4> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/309928061&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h3> <b>Notes</b></h3> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> 1:33 Aging like a fine French wine<br /> 2:40 February is the cruelest month<br /> 6:40 What's going on over at Trifles<br /> 7:34 Wessex Press<br /> 8:50 Welcome to Tim Greer<br /> 11:20 Early inspirations<br /> 16:31 Turning toward the theater<br /> 19:15 "This may be controversial..."<br /> 29:30 One of the biggest challenges of portraying Sherlock Holmes<br /> 33:52 The influence of Jeremy Brett<br /> 37:26 <i>The Baker Street Journal</i><br /> 39:34 Set design - from cartonniers to Moroccan tables<br /> 46:15 Bringing the sitting room to life on set<br /> 53:32 A stage production inspiring one of the original Sherlock Holmes stories<br /> 57:35 About that set from <i>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</i>...<br /> 1:04:04 Sherlock Holmes Brand spot<br /> 1:05:03 Other thoughts on Holmes and the theater<br /> 1:10:00 The game's afoot!</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> 1:10:47 Frozen Peas, Fish Fingers and Beef Burgers, oh my!</div> </div> </div> <div> <h3> </h3> <br /> <h3> Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>, our other show</li> <li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1932_film)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i>, starring Clive Brook (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Baker-Street-Consulting/dp/051703817X">Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective</a></i> by William S. Baring-Gould</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-r-pWGCeo">Frank Langella as Sherlock Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBUu7cy-5Iw">Jeremy Brett in Number 10</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/08/sherlockian-als-icebucketchallenge.html#.WK-dzPkrLb0">Sherlockian Ice Bucket Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=cartonnier+file+cabinet&biw=1275&bih=614&tbm=isch&imgil=zcNUDVc71A8b-M%253A%253By3zRRmnbUG4ijM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.1stdibs.com%25252Ffurniture%25252Fstorage-case-pieces%25252Fcabinets%25252F19th-century-french-mahogany-notaires-cartonnier-filing-cabinet%25252Fid-f_6320313%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=zcNUDVc71A8b-M%253A%252Cy3zRRmnbUG4ijM%252C_&usg=__wmpG8hPK24IEc-d8X5oZh2izE-8%253D&ved=0ahUKEwiC19rV26fSAhUH2oMKHcIOCz8QyjcISA&ei=ZZ6vWMKQOIe0jwTCnaz4Aw#imgdii=9wotMI51MhRnWM:&imgrc=zcNUDVc71A8b-M:">Cartonnier</a> (filing cabinet)</li> <li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/07/design-decoded-and-sherlock-holmes.html#.WLUv_vkrLb0">Design Decoded</a> (commentary on <i>Smithsonian</i> article)</li> <li><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose73">Episode 73: Ken Ludwig</a></li> <li><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose10">Episode 10: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFevH5vP32s">Orson Welles Paul Masson outtakes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhWM4_pIKVg" target="_blank">Orson Welles at his finest</a><br /> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at  <a href="http://ihose.co/flipsherlock" target="_blank">ihose.co/flipsherlock</a>, as well as on the <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/114565123495685504221" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Community</a> on Google+ (with over 4,100 members), as well as through our accounts on  <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock">Instagram</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</div> </div> <br /> <br /> Please <a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">subscribe to us on iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I2nib4h55h3cz3yxmzovj6icbmi" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere?refid=stpr" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> or <a href="http://www.spreaker.com/user/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Spreaker</a> and be kind enough to leave a rating or review for the show. 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Episode 115: Sherlock Holmes and the Theater

"we might appear to be two theatre-goers"    [CHAS]  Tim Greer, BSI ("The Ragged Shaw") joins us for this...

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Baker Street Elementary — An Ignoble Beginning

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "not the celebrated author" [VALL] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> It's Sunday, and that means it's time for another of our bi-weekly installment, Baker Street Elementary.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafrUrhGCwx5Gp09zbSLipNZV3CPbuYL_T6QWSss3RXzmhOxTQo2IRy2B1Vn4BEKoA62vqPT4KHL2KiE3OrMxU-p7phDDlo-PdJgKqd2H96FYZ_sd8xja3FiKnjvRdnysalsZnwSvPMHxm/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+2.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Baker Street Elementary — An Ignoble Beginning

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by Scott Monty

Episode 114: Escape with Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "Has anything escaped me?"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"> </span> [HOUN]  </h4> <div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIniM3D_Ck0xbVriTDKMxg5uNcM80O3mCfgW9ScfZVZUajWXXCM1pmFWChlunKIVY0MEMUIvYjPdOrKM1IebhEW58Wbb5mf79Dlf1RtTXUzP9Pixx0ZYUcDULD615YsyZs4zceTF9h4VW_/s1600/FINA.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIniM3D_Ck0xbVriTDKMxg5uNcM80O3mCfgW9ScfZVZUajWXXCM1pmFWChlunKIVY0MEMUIvYjPdOrKM1IebhEW58Wbb5mf79Dlf1RtTXUzP9Pixx0ZYUcDULD615YsyZs4zceTF9h4VW_/s640/FINA.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5086714/height/90/width/600/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> There's a reason Vincent Starrett wrote "Here, though the world explode, these two survive,/ And it is always eighteen ninety-five." Whether it was in the 1940s or today, the world offers a up a variety of stressors and developments that cause one to wish to simply forget about it all for a while.<br /> <br /> Hence, the concept of escapism. The pastime of Sherlock Holmes is a form of escapism, and we explore what it means, the origin of the phrase, and how it differs from procrastination. And there were a number of individuals in the Canon who were escaping from something or who wished to bury themselves in some sort of distraction or hobby. From Irene Adler to Selden, Hugh Boone to Brunton, J. Neil Gibson to Elsie Cubitt, there were reasons to withdraw and escape; and Stapleton, Baron Gruner, and Sherlock Holmes himself had hobbies that kept them otherwise occupied from time to time.<br /> <br /> Plus, we wrap up with an escapist Gas-Lamp: Bill Schweikert's "A Long Evening with Holmes."</div> <div> <br /> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4921564"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee;" width="204" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> And please consider joining our <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. 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You can find <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">more information here</a>.</div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock114.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size 32.2 MB, 1:08:40</h4> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307823680&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h3> <b>Notes</b></h3> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> 1:33 Hello there and a brainstorm<br /> 6:25 Wessex Press<br /> 7:39 Our other show</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> 10:26 Escapism and the Sherlock Holmes stories<br /> 18:48 Hobbies as escapes<br /> 22:35 Polyphonic motets of Lassus<br /> 23:41 The great hiatus — escapism at its most extreme<br /> 29:10 The likelihood of Watson cramming for a Chinese pottery exam<br /> 33:45 Conan Doyle's interests and hobbies<br /> 35:26 Peter Carey was ahead of his time<br /> 39:54 <i>The Baker Street Journal</i><br /> 41:22 The Sherlock Holmes News<br /> 57:50 Editor's Gas-Lamp<br /> 1:00:33 Listener comment<br /> 1:03:49 The game's afoot!</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> 1:04:39 The Procrastination Song</div> </div> </div> <div> <h3> </h3> <br /> <h3> Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>, our new show</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimpsest" target="_blank">Palimpsest</a>, via Wikipedia</li> <li>Maria Konnikova on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose54" target="_blank">Episode 54</a> and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose91" target="_blank">Episode 91</a></li> <li>Bonnie MacBird on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose83" target="_blank">Episode 83</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi8xtqSqJHSAhXMMSYKHVlrDrYQFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fthe-man-cave-has-a-new-neighborthe-she-shed-1485885279&usg=AFQjCNFI7Z2uA7JKjoeqQ9-Gn6WSh4hFgA&sig2=UWEgA57FZH3kckLlYNUbCw">The Man Cave Has a New Neighbor —  the She Shed</a> (WSJ)</li> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/detecting-the-origins-of-sherlock-holmes/2017/01/24/1e90a3dc-d838-11e6-9f9f-5cdb4b7f8dd7_story.html">Detecting the Origins of Sherlock Holmes</a> (Washington Post)</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Sherlock-Conan-Creation-Holmes/dp/1632860392/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487135616&sr=8-1&keywords=arthur+and+sherlock"><i>Arthur and Sherlock</i></a> by Michael Sims (Amazon)</li> <li>Graham Moore on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose30">Episode 30</a></li> <li>Debate: <a href="http://alistaird221b.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/victorian-holmes-done-to-death.html">has Victorian Sherlock Holmes been done to death?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/nyregion/at-mysterious-bookshop-in-tribeca-a-hunt-for-clues-and-diversions.html">At Mysterious Bookshop in TriBeCa, a Hunt for Clues and Diversions</a> (NY Times)</li> <li>Otto Penzler on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose17">Episode 17</a> and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose87">Episode 87</a></li> <li><a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/goteborg-finnish-american-snapper-films-sherlock-north-1201976388/">Sherlock North features a Finnish Sherlock Holmes</a> (Variety)</li> <li><a href="https://unbound.com/books/the-continuity-girl/updates/coffee-at-midnight-with-christopher-lee">An interview with an extra from <i>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</i></a> (Unbound)</li> <li><a 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Episode 114: Escape with Sherlock Holmes

"Has anything escaped me?"    [HOUN]   There's a reason Vincent Starrett wrote "Here, though the world expl...

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by Scott Monty

The Other London: A Great Place for a Sherlockian Society

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>"I shall probably return to London" [BOSC] </b></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaYRL5pg-eod1mQdfrerPb_p0usZNlTpAabBBaTweZU9lC8Y4s0kAHaktrR8Bpo92g5LbMfnaBXkkiTA8PpuUi4osrld30KoeO_Va7kANGHFzpU7-yjE67rQRzthN1CoqLrHeDxVcLNis/s1600/London+-+Jan+2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaYRL5pg-eod1mQdfrerPb_p0usZNlTpAabBBaTweZU9lC8Y4s0kAHaktrR8Bpo92g5LbMfnaBXkkiTA8PpuUi4osrld30KoeO_Va7kANGHFzpU7-yjE67rQRzthN1CoqLrHeDxVcLNis/s640/London+-+Jan+2017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div> When I move from western Ontario to eastern Ontario this spring, one of the things I'm going to miss most is the monthly pub lunches of an improbable group that names itself after a sewer.<br /> <br /> Dr. Watson describes his London (in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>) as "that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained," and when a group of Sherlockians got together in the namesake city of London, Ontario, and decided to form a society, what better name could there be than the <b>Cesspudlians</b>? (Liverpool, Liverpudlian; cesspool, cesspudlian; it's obvious after a round of drinks.)<br /> <br /> It all got started in 2015 when I realized that there were a few members of the <a href="http://www.torontobootmakers.com/" target="_blank">Bootmakers of Toronto</a> who lived in or near London, which is far enough away from the big city (120 miles) that they wouldn't often get to meetings. I sent out a note suggesting that we meet for lunch and see what happened, and one Saturday in August we assembled at the <a href="http://www.thewaltzingweasel.com/" target="_blank">Waltzing Weasel</a> pub on London's Adelaide Street. By the time the meal was over, we were forming a society.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdYFDyAGKVHxEae64GqdoitGrV73WZ3ScRYtKmOWEbi-m8J9as8mUUdlJbJHF5iesnyEu2NpWoFwqt28lgD-0DG5eEGe_ZHtJFTs-a3BF6ohopDwdIX91kmJ96R8gEu992EKD5Bi85HV5/s1600/London+-+Aug+2015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdYFDyAGKVHxEae64GqdoitGrV73WZ3ScRYtKmOWEbi-m8J9as8mUUdlJbJHF5iesnyEu2NpWoFwqt28lgD-0DG5eEGe_ZHtJFTs-a3BF6ohopDwdIX91kmJ96R8gEu992EKD5Bi85HV5/s640/London+-+Aug+2015.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First gathering of the Cesspudlians: Margot Northcott, Mark Hanson, Chris Redmond, Liz Bardawill</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> Saturday lunches have been happening monthly since that beginning, mostly at another pub, the <a href="http://www.thechurchkey.ca/" target="_blank">Church Key</a> in the city's downtown. The most recent one, in January, drew an amazing eight participants, and if everybody on the email list showed up at once, the Church Key would have to find seats for as many as a dozen of us. Besides London, members drive in from Woodstock, Stratford, Guelph, and in my case Waterloo. We have managed without any sort of formal organization, other than Mark Hanson's obliging service in keeping a list of email addresses and sending out a note now and then to remind us of the next get-together.<br /> <br /> <h3> "the conversation drifted away into other channels" [STUD]</h3> Conversation at the lunch table sometimes touches on Sherlock Holmes, but we're not compulsive about it; there's also lots of talk about movies, travel, the challenges of teaching and the problem of crowded bookshelves. Some of us are Bootmakers; two of us are Baker Street Irregulars; no fewer than six of us wrote essays for the <i><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/10/about-sixty-eliminates-improbable.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">About Sixty</a></i> anthology, and we occasionally talk about that too. <br /> <br /> Oh, and we talk about London, which is a pleasant, prosperous, rather conservative city of 350,000, the home of Western University and several insurance companies. It's the county seat of Middlesex County, it sits on the Thames River, and its points of interest include Covent Garden Market and Oxford, Pall Mall, and Piccadilly Streets. It's better known for snow, however, than for yellow fog.<br /> <br /> <h3> "my knowledge of the history of crime" [STUD]</h3> It also turns out that the Church Key is just steps away from the sites of two of Canada's most legendary crimes. One is the 1919 disappearance of impresario <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Small" target="_blank">Ambrose Small</a>, who owned the Grand Theatre straight across Richmond Street from the pub. The other is the murder of waitress Kate Gardener, whose body was found in May 1879 (not August as Wikipedia claims) in a shed behind a house on Queens Avenue, just around the corner. The house was the home and place of business of <a href="http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cream-thomas-neill.htm" target="_blank">Dr. Neill Cream</a>, who would eventually be hanged for other murders in the other London far away. After the inquest learned that Gardener's death was not suicide, as first suspected, but murder, Cream found it convenient to abandon his practice as sawbones and abortionist, and to leave town on the Great Western Railway. Neither he nor anyone else was ever charged in the case. The Cesspudlians will get around to doing more intensive research on the matter, one of these days.<br /> <br /> <br /> I'm going to miss all this friendship and erudition when I make the move to Carleton Place, near Ottawa. Waterloo is a substantial distance from London — an hour if you drive with determination, two hours if you amble the way I like to — but from my new home it would be an overnight trip. I suspect the Cesspudlians will get along fine without me, but I'm certainly not going to forget them. I think the Cesspudlian Society is, in fact, the best Sherlockian group I've ever belonged to. Thanks, guys.<br /> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Forming a Sherlockian society is a relatively easy thing to do. And there are a variety of ways to structure the meetings. For more information about getting started, please listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose05" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 05: Sherlockian 101 (Part 2)</a> and for some examples of what goes on at other societies, listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose110" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 110: Sociable and Clubbable</a>.</i><br /> <i><br /> </i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1114885/height/90/width/600/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></div> </div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4917828/height/90/width/600/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/071ccb/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> --<br /> <br />

The Other London: A Great Place for a Sherlockian Society

"I shall probably return to London" [BOSC]  When I move from western Ontario to eastern Ontario this spring, one of the thin...

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by Chris Redmond

Missing Dates in "The Missing Three-Quarter"

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "a puzzled quarter of an hour" [MISS] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFeQPbIh6y6-kmt7KUO9c1oxGf_JXOks4Qhw2UUF6xuwc9CfUCxmtMLAa2EtGbsOl3MASsZ3ipGALEdbscaEJDiqniKNqeJD-GOWikstaeHIpUasn6zFDnATeq3bD1TDuquYSrZgoSBk8/s1600/MISS+-+Paget.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFeQPbIh6y6-kmt7KUO9c1oxGf_JXOks4Qhw2UUF6xuwc9CfUCxmtMLAa2EtGbsOl3MASsZ3ipGALEdbscaEJDiqniKNqeJD-GOWikstaeHIpUasn6zFDnATeq3bD1TDuquYSrZgoSBk8/s1600/MISS+-+Paget.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> If you've ever read a Sherlock Holmes story, you know that the reminiscences of John H. Watson, MD can be hazy at times. At least when it comes to details.<br /> <br /> The plots are usually gripping, even though some are completely devoid of crime. The narrative around setting and surroundings are consistently artistic and descriptive. But, "the devil is in the details," as the adage goes, and "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" is no exception.<br /> <br /> In the opening paragraph, Watson clearly tells us that the case began on "a gloomy February morning." And yet, as we learn, the player was missing from a key game — a game typically played in another month.<br /> <br /> Fear not! Plenty of chronologists have trod this ground before, and a number of them helpfully point out the actual date. And it's the topic of <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles06" target="_blank">the latest episode of Trifles</a>.<br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5065513/height/90/width/600/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/d0161c/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> If you don't yet subscribe to email updates about Trifles, <a href="http://forms.feedblitz.com/6ew" target="_blank">please sign up now</a>. It's free and you'll receive one email a week when we post a new episode. Each episode is just 15 minutes long and contains discussion about some finer point in the Canon.<br /> <br /> And thank you in advance for listening!<br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> --</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div>

Missing Dates in "The Missing Three-Quarter"

"a puzzled quarter of an hour" [MISS] If you've ever read a Sherlock Holmes story, you know that the reminiscences of J...

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by Scott Monty

New Feature — Baker Street Elementary

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "It belongs to the same elementary class" [LADY] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHdDAxk-HqbZqWgpvFpOeUW48XbUvsEGWOrQIX5Rh4AOieRXLI0CKNEO_5SuNOU1g3x706E2eCBeZblIN-NVPW5CxAIAuSFClM0_l1q1BF3P6c3imjYi_Cui5JX8IvUzfj9T0PlGbs01N/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHdDAxk-HqbZqWgpvFpOeUW48XbUvsEGWOrQIX5Rh4AOieRXLI0CKNEO_5SuNOU1g3x706E2eCBeZblIN-NVPW5CxAIAuSFClM0_l1q1BF3P6c3imjYi_Cui5JX8IvUzfj9T0PlGbs01N/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> We're pleased to offer a new regular feature to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. One of our long-time listeners, Steve Mason, approached us with this singular opportunity, and we couldn't pass it up.<br /> <br /> Steve and his son Rusty are big fans of <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our show</a> (they listen on cross-country trips!) and are keen students of the Sherlock Holmes stories. So keen, in fact, that they've developed an education-related creation of their own. <a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary</a> is a comic series that they, together with Joe Fay, created two years ago and brought to life online on the website of their Dallas / Fort Worth-based Sherlockian society, Crew of the Barque Lone Star.<br /> <br /> We'll let Don Hobbs, BSI ("Inspector Lestrade"), a longtime Crew member, describe it further:<br /> <div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "<b><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b> is one of those rare treats, taking all of the familiar Sherlockian characters and presenting then in a completely original manner. This marvelous creation, the brainchild of <b>Joe Fay</b> (creator & writer), <b>Steve Mason</b> (writer & editor), and <b>Rusty Mason</b> (artist), features Holmes and Watson during their formative years at that long-ago elementary school that might have been…somewhere on Baker Street. The magic this trio produces is evident in every panel of every strip of <b><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b>. There is nothing close to South Park envy here, in fact many of the South Park residents most likely wish they could attend Baker Street Elementary."</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> With that in mind, and keeping with the tradition of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_comics" target="_blank">Sunday comics</a>, we've decided to syndicate Baker Street Elementary every other Sunday here on IHOSE. We (and Joe, Steve and Rusty) would appreciate any feedback you have on the series.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> And we we'll kick things off with the very first strip the trio created, from February 6, 2015.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrKgfYn-8gUUem4mO2CEEwxWi_iPhi0NSV3aKFBUvTKB9bY2LorHFm3g5ppUcd0m7Hx2GF-Sq9iKIELzano6d_GmQroWpX5pTgRsMzvIFgvqaBTprwM955FHqXiY6fet6fY8OysbgvgDO/s1600/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrKgfYn-8gUUem4mO2CEEwxWi_iPhi0NSV3aKFBUvTKB9bY2LorHFm3g5ppUcd0m7Hx2GF-Sq9iKIELzano6d_GmQroWpX5pTgRsMzvIFgvqaBTprwM955FHqXiY6fet6fY8OysbgvgDO/s640/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34kHHN3Dn9bzKY_w29S2tGrLsROR7pbvVgZB6dsvz4wWoDbS7CCVf08F_hPymbS0629ADW8JbXDOuJrTukrh35Pn4OeQNFRc_u1QwnPcq4gkn4jAvAlfPKO772YNkotT29L8iz0E9ibiB/s1600/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34kHHN3Dn9bzKY_w29S2tGrLsROR7pbvVgZB6dsvz4wWoDbS7CCVf08F_hPymbS0629ADW8JbXDOuJrTukrh35Pn4OeQNFRc_u1QwnPcq4gkn4jAvAlfPKO772YNkotT29L8iz0E9ibiB/s640/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcE39DrlG2NA7lwbiMEgauSMqWxvogcddudun1Xf0ExTgwWkGe_hfW7mDNiSqCretIB5990fsJnN_o0i9XjOQC4hegrqv8qmfWvNwuugV_hqQ6za9LQlio2csUkKpv8E5zXOKTUNo1jCv/s1600/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcE39DrlG2NA7lwbiMEgauSMqWxvogcddudun1Xf0ExTgwWkGe_hfW7mDNiSqCretIB5990fsJnN_o0i9XjOQC4hegrqv8qmfWvNwuugV_hqQ6za9LQlio2csUkKpv8E5zXOKTUNo1jCv/s640/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfkP_B3Z8eWI5JWW_VJvPayokfBnRcW1bfKYIBjfjvdPw1gublVcaUu_xw3-5OrofIMeCyZMbwvBEP9JDdJorwo-42rKhNFEmsJ_t0lvtylXuDnC3nqRtiNSToItHygOkkxrUPSbgrpIM/s1600/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfkP_B3Z8eWI5JWW_VJvPayokfBnRcW1bfKYIBjfjvdPw1gublVcaUu_xw3-5OrofIMeCyZMbwvBEP9JDdJorwo-42rKhNFEmsJ_t0lvtylXuDnC3nqRtiNSToItHygOkkxrUPSbgrpIM/s640/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzG5RIeBIe_g6EGL7mx2u6t3GxcrPmcprM6gkrWOfdjj1eWT3Z_XE8Ctl5NmzHIzEhc2OU2cVnHDMiM2UwzbTTuEvslT2Vpw1SOdYGZx4hZSrBEqu9t-Yp92S21OerWrkowViVpXkVBOI/s1600/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzG5RIeBIe_g6EGL7mx2u6t3GxcrPmcprM6gkrWOfdjj1eWT3Z_XE8Ctl5NmzHIzEhc2OU2cVnHDMiM2UwzbTTuEvslT2Vpw1SOdYGZx4hZSrBEqu9t-Yp92S21OerWrkowViVpXkVBOI/s640/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI87mUSvh_UqocSy0LoASLOXB75UtsM5-kMODgCYgD81pjh3R4S9OcOpmAHhEj0aw7vZRQRRjAcqHnFUyOtghHBJ_UNMDpQffYBfs2BjTd4toW_Y0u_JanBIIWAMRRovWpqzIXmThvXT5c/s1600/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI87mUSvh_UqocSy0LoASLOXB75UtsM5-kMODgCYgD81pjh3R4S9OcOpmAHhEj0aw7vZRQRRjAcqHnFUyOtghHBJ_UNMDpQffYBfs2BjTd4toW_Y0u_JanBIIWAMRRovWpqzIXmThvXT5c/s640/Comic+Strip+%2523+001+Slide6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /> <br /> <b><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at <a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><br /> --<br /> <br /> <br /></div>

New Feature — Baker Street Elementary

"It belongs to the same elementary class" [LADY]  We're pleased to offer a new regular feature to I Hear of Sherlock Ever...

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by Scott Monty

A Little-Known Sherlock Holmes Film

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "a guard of Coal and Iron Police" [VALL]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cnUbeCgdoJ1K3vAZE_g9GtvMVuN1j7RkPrK7Lw1JwQRA87wOszljw2BSw3tIheczeO-tUwBNW5DsijJsewV_qLd-bRLcgs0AzExzR5UOFzyzHAtsBQLbAiHQJouRtCuj3jbSQxWM1hsn/s1600/Coal+fire.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cnUbeCgdoJ1K3vAZE_g9GtvMVuN1j7RkPrK7Lw1JwQRA87wOszljw2BSw3tIheczeO-tUwBNW5DsijJsewV_qLd-bRLcgs0AzExzR5UOFzyzHAtsBQLbAiHQJouRtCuj3jbSQxWM1hsn/s640/Coal+fire.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Everyone who has read a Sherlock Holmes story (or who is familiar with Britain before the Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968, precipitated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London" target="_blank">Great Smog of London</a>) knows the importance of coal as a source of fuel, both for transportation and for heat.<br /> <br /> We're treated to a number of mentions of coal in the Canon, from Mordecai Smith, "stripped to the waist, and shovelling coals for dear life" during the river chase in <i>The Sign of Four</i> to a certain "enormous coal-black hound," to "the coal and iron valleys in the United States" in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>. Aside from settings, we're also treated to other appearances of coal, either as set-pieces or as plot devices. To wit:<br /> <ul> <li>We learn of the odd habits of the lodger at 221B Baker Street, as Sherlock Holmes was identified as one "who keeps his cigars in the coal-scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper, and his unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece." [MUSG]</li> <li>When Wilson Kemp and Harold Latimer were ready to discard Paul Kratides, they chose to asphyxiate him. Upon bursting into room with a poisonous atmosphere, Holmes immediately exited, exclaiming "It's charcoal!" [GREE]</li> <li>The coal fire at 221B Baker Street provided more than heat on occasion. In one case, Sherlock Holmes substituted it for a match: "taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs, and lighting with it the long cherrywood pipe which was wont to replace his clay when he was in a disputatious, rather than a meditative, mood." [COPP]</li> <li>And we find a disguised Holmes setting down before "a small brazier of burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there sat a tall, thin old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists" [TWIS]</li> </ul> <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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBGGQtTAZ96wS4rT-k0Xv25zGi7MdFrhEk91GJcRg_hvhMiCWPfZV7IFP23PEeU1hPAif7jS7clcKn6MMebyDqDTeffRCUlZBWW_RYGP-Nr1nLRBwuaRH14zhDdDY-8s9pfa8qkpHpLgL/s1600/TWIS+-+Paget.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBGGQtTAZ96wS4rT-k0Xv25zGi7MdFrhEk91GJcRg_hvhMiCWPfZV7IFP23PEeU1hPAif7jS7clcKn6MMebyDqDTeffRCUlZBWW_RYGP-Nr1nLRBwuaRH14zhDdDY-8s9pfa8qkpHpLgL/s320/TWIS+-+Paget.jpg" width="272" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"This plant is taking forever to grow!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana;"><br /></span> Coal was simply part of daily life in Victorian England. It was the main source of heat for homes well into the mid-20th century, and its heavy usage in colder months contributed to the poor air quality in and around London.<br /> <br /> But it was during World War II that Britain stepped up efforts toward rationing and conservation. So it should be no surprise that Sherlock Holmes was selected for a public service announcement about saving fuel.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-sacred-flame-coal-fire/query/2911" target="_blank">The Sacred Flame Coal Fire</a> was developed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom)" target="_blank">Ministry of Information</a> to educate the public on smarter use of coal during the winter of 1943-1944. The description of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2euoUoz0C8" target="_blank">the video</a>, via <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-sacred-flame-coal-fire/query/2911" target="_blank">British Pathé</a>, reads:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> MS Sherlock Holmes looking through his magnifying glass. MS Holmes and Watson in discussion. CU a hearth fire. MS the men discuss the fire. It's small, it uses fire bricks to contain the fire to a small area, and it has been lit very late in the day using cinders from a previous fire. CU Watson inspects the fire. MS the two men - Holmes has solved the mystery of how to save fuel in the winter of 1943-1944. CU Holmes looks into camera and puffs on his pipe.</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a2euoUoz0C8?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div> <br /> <br /> <h3> About Pathé News</h3> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%C3%A9_News" target="_blank">Pathé News</a> was producer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreels">newsreels</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemagazine">cinemagazines</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentaries">documentaries</a> from 1910 until 1970 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. Its founder, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Path%C3%A9">Charles Pathé</a>, was a pioneer of moving pictures in the silent era. The Pathé News archive is known today as British Pathé. Its collection of news film and movies is fully digitised and available online. (Wikipedia)<br /> <br /> <br /> Special thanks to Tom Francis, BSI ("The Imperial Opera at Warsaw") for the tip.<br /> <div> <br /></div> --<br /> <br /> <br /></div> </div>

A Little-Known Sherlock Holmes Film

"a guard of Coal and Iron Police" [VALL] Everyone who has read a Sherlock Holmes story (or who is familiar with Britain befor...

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by Scott Monty

More Suggestive Phrases from the Sherlock Holmes Stories

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "my surprise reached a climax" [STUD] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrHA_M3ac2284m8uK4H4u5Zn-QpczVLzIsXH1CphiqyalDhsXk8jtWFzfSWu-bKGbrMEeSdxeCSrCf_U85Wfw857t_XALDDe2oWLe4zPFZX420QenmKDc2eMWEGV7X2VZ4b32XqOpwxQt/s1600/NAVA+surprise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrHA_M3ac2284m8uK4H4u5Zn-QpczVLzIsXH1CphiqyalDhsXk8jtWFzfSWu-bKGbrMEeSdxeCSrCf_U85Wfw857t_XALDDe2oWLe4zPFZX420QenmKDc2eMWEGV7X2VZ4b32XqOpwxQt/s640/NAVA+surprise.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> You may recall our list of <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/09/the-top-10-most-suggestive-lines-from.html#.VCBUw_ldWSo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Top 10 Most Suggestive Lines from the Sherlock Holmes Stories</a>. It was one of the most popular posts, and as such, we thought we'd revisit it.<br /> <br /> A rather unorthodox arrangement in "The Speckled Band":<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in your room."<br />Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment.</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> And perhaps some creative use of implements while in Miss Stoner's bedroom:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> Holmes had brought up a long thin cane, and this he placed upon the bed beside him.</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> <div> Dr. Watson, questioning his voyeuristic tendencies in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> I was deeply ashamed to have witnessed so intimate a scene without my friend's knowledge</blockquote> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> In <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, we're reminded not to go down to the city...</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "strange things had happened to him in that great city, so strange and so intimate that they might not be spoken of."</blockquote> <br /> Mrs. St. Clair caught off guard in "The Man With the Twisted Lip":<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "she suddenly heard an ejaculation or cry, and was struck cold to see her husband looking down at her"</blockquote> <br /> If you can identify any other suggestive phrases in the Canon, please share them in a comment below.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /> <div> <br /></div> <center> <br /></center> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div>

More Suggestive Phrases from the Sherlock Holmes Stories

"my surprise reached a climax" [STUD]  You may recall our list of The Top 10 Most Suggestive Lines from the Sherlock Holmes S...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 113: Dancing to Death

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> " dancing across the paper" [DANC] </h4> <div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazYktmoQu1khz0L1JHxcsjD7ih8GeJQbmEzyMmaCp-SoGFc_5pFA02C9fy5Ho58GnCkELrBFkCWrJ5DK-4xs03pr25a7eiJnId9DZm5mgDZfLUld7XkrBbJBrdyNDCQl3bebvHJVuMkwP/s1600/Dancing+to+Death+-+header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazYktmoQu1khz0L1JHxcsjD7ih8GeJQbmEzyMmaCp-SoGFc_5pFA02C9fy5Ho58GnCkELrBFkCWrJ5DK-4xs03pr25a7eiJnId9DZm5mgDZfLUld7XkrBbJBrdyNDCQl3bebvHJVuMkwP/s640/Dancing+to+Death+-+header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5035886/height/90/width/600/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/render-playlist/no/custom-color/1e9f03/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> The opportunity to see an original Conan Doyle manuscript up close and to transcribe it word for word is a rare one. Which is why Ray Betzner, BSI ("The Agony Column") jumped at the opportunity and buttonholed David Morrill, BSI ("Count Von Kramm") to assist with the editing <i><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/dancingdeath.html" target="_blank">Dancing to Death</a></i>, the latest volume in the Baker Street Irregulars Manuscript Series, which covers "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."<br /> <br /> Ray tells us about his budding interest in Sherlock Holmes and how it began with his discovery of Vincent Starrett — and a twice-failed driving test. And he continues with the origin story of this long-unseen manuscript, the choice of authors and topics — from an authority in ciphers to the first BSI to see the manuscript, to the role of sound, to the "manuscript police" — and an admiration for the ingenuity, creativity and expertise for their work.<br /> <br /> But it goes deeper than that: Ray shares his misgivings about this story, which is one that it is actually a failure for Sherlock Holmes. He broke the code, but he also let his client down, ultimately resulting in the Hilton Cubitt's death. Even the story itself is one that focused on the puzzle rather than on the people.<br /> <br /> Plus, a new Sherlock Holmes brand ad and a very special visit from <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/05/one-of-best-features-of-jeremy-brett.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a longtime favorite of ours</a>.</div> <div> <br /> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4921564"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee;" width="204" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> And please consider joining our <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. 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Episode 113: Dancing to Death

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by Scott Monty

The Bostonian with the Twisted Lip

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>"The poetic and contemplative mood which occasionally predominated in him." [REDH] </b></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZJZNecyZEX-UzBTGIOpdFl1NzhZrrB7pT6uOqP-6ZkcpLX0VXsuqYOThlhr1GckBDH-tUQAXY9H3ARX7j50J9bnsSmZYkPjgR85HXlMROzReIfhNYjACmCGHMDs6YiCf0PkvxVvVRdKw/s1600/wigg1947.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZJZNecyZEX-UzBTGIOpdFl1NzhZrrB7pT6uOqP-6ZkcpLX0VXsuqYOThlhr1GckBDH-tUQAXY9H3ARX7j50J9bnsSmZYkPjgR85HXlMROzReIfhNYjACmCGHMDs6YiCf0PkvxVvVRdKw/s640/wigg1947.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <a href="http://sherlockian.net/societies/gregory.html" target="_blank">The ranks of the Baker Street Irregulars</a> have included both a Wrigglesworth and a Wigglesworth. Doug Wrigglesworth, BSI ("The Retired Colourman") is a Toronto-area Sherlockian and Doylean; this note, however, is about the 12-letter Wigglesworth, the first of four BSIs who have held the title "The Man with the Twisted Lip."<br /> <br /> [<b><i>Editor's Note:</i></b> a small mystery, in looking at the list of Baker Street Irregulars — Wigglesworth died in 1977 and is listed as having received his investiture in 1944. However, another Irregular (Edward Bartlett) was invested as "The Man with the Twisted Lip" in 1952. Traditionally, investitures are only reused when Irregulars are finished with them (i.e. deceased). The same investiture was then granted to Stanley MacKenzie in 1967 and this year to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose57" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Prepolec</a>. What might the circumstances have been that caused Wigglesworth's investiture to be recycled <i>twice</i> in his lifetime?]<br /> <br /> <div> I never met Belden Wigglesworth — and most Sherlockians now alive have probably never heard of him — but something got me thinking about him the other day, and the debt we owe him. I hope the Mycroft Holmes Society of Syracuse, New York, makes occasional pilgrimages to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42711517" target="_blank">his grave site in that city</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXj2qQFGceWz6yn7aQ27_KQoxVQNDu5g4tzvjS9hOm33uZLUiOBWERQ0LJI-xRZQP8qTlbpbvT1g1MJ5jxXGadeVZwVMWoPLplx4WPIhtKKEGS-LQpRmhMp5Yak-lmKx9VZoWOpOUEk5gq/s1600/Wigglesworth+stone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXj2qQFGceWz6yn7aQ27_KQoxVQNDu5g4tzvjS9hOm33uZLUiOBWERQ0LJI-xRZQP8qTlbpbvT1g1MJ5jxXGadeVZwVMWoPLplx4WPIhtKKEGS-LQpRmhMp5Yak-lmKx9VZoWOpOUEk5gq/s640/Wigglesworth+stone.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> He was descended from a notable New England family, though born (1901) in New York, and apparently in some sense coming from Arkansas. Educated at Harvard, class of 1923, he must have been familiar with the landmark <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/widener/history.cfm" target="_blank">Widener Library</a>, though not the newer <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/" target="_blank">Houghton Library</a> where the archives of the <a href="http://bsitrust.org/" target="_blank">BSI Trust</a> are now housed. Because the files of Harvard's newspaper <i><a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/" target="_blank">The Crimson</a></i> are online, we can know easily that he played squash, rowed crew, and organized a charity clothing drive during his undergraduate years.<br /> <br /> He took up employment briefly with the Bank of New York, spent (an obituary mysteriously says) "several years abroad," worked for the Boston and Maine Railroad, and somehow ended up editing a newspaper in southern California. Sherlockians, and Harvard graduates, are versatile folks. He was married twice, first to Olive Brogan and later to Doris Drake. He lived in Arkansas again in retirement, and died there in 1977.<br /> <br /> When he first came to Sherlockian notice in 1941, he had just moved "from Arkansas to Boston", according to a letter written by James Keddie of the <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose77" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Speckled Band of Boston</a>, where Wigglesworth was apparently a new member (and would be a mainstay for long afterwards). This letter is on the public record because it is transcribed in one of <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsihistoryseries.html" target="_blank">Jon Lellenberg's books about the early years of the BSI</a>, a stunningly detailed archive of information about the great ones of past generations. His <i><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&an=&tn=Irregular+Records+of+the+Early+%27Forties&kn=&isbn=" target="_blank">Irregular Records of the Early 'Forties</a></i> shows Wigglesworth on the attendance list of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/03/the-1942-bsi-dinner.html" target="_blank">BSI dinner in January 1942</a>. Indeed, he contributed to the program, reading a poem he had written, "Ballade of Baker Street". (This verse is not the same as the better-known "Ballade of Baker Street" by mystery author Carolyn Wells, which first appeared in 1908. When the Wigglesworth verse was eventually published, it was given a new title: "Ballade of Watson in the Morning.")<br /> <br /> <h3> Ballade of Watson in the Morning</h3> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> Whether Baker Street was foggy or fair,<br /> Snow-bound or by autumnal rains washed clean,<br /> Paradoxically life ran smoothly there,<br /> Because Sherlock Holmes had no set routine.<br /> But Watson indulged in slumber serene<br /> 'Till ungodly hour (he gave due warning—<br /> A Study in Scarlet). Yet one truth I'd glean:<br /> When did Watson get up in the morning?<br /> <br /> Taking cocaine or filling the air<br /> With violin-chords to conquer his spleen,<br /> Time between problems he found a night-mare<br /> Because Sherlock Holmes had no set routine.<br /> Army and medical training between<br /> Them made Watson (both professions adorning)<br /> "A seasoned campaigner," but doubts intervene:<br /> When did Watson set up in the morning?<br /> <br /> "Come, Watson, the game is afoot!" The flare<br /> Of a candle at dawn illuminates the scene,<br /> As Watson's awakened by his confrere<br /> (Because Sherlock Holmes had no set routine),<br /> But this is the rule's exception, I ween—<br /> Watson, the laggard, his record scorning.<br /> The problem's still with me, as always it's been:<br /> When did Watson get up in the morning?<br /> <br /> <center style="text-align: left;">           L'ENVOI</center> <br /> With Baker Street's master no mystery's seen,<br /> Because Sherlock Holmes had no set routine.<br /> I ask, though reply dies ever a-borning:<br /> When did Watson get up in the morning?</blockquote> <br /> <br /> He was also at the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/03/the-1943-bsi-dinner.html" target="_blank">BSI's 1943 dinner</a>, and presented a paper about Sherlock Holmes's possible coat of arms. Sherlockians had so little to argue over in those days — though the first shadow of Johnlock had come with Rex Stout's "<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/02/watson-actually-was-woman.html" target="_blank">Watson Was a Woman</a>" bombshell in 1941 — that the subtleties of heraldry became a dearly cherished controversy. When Wigglesworth's paper was published in 1944 in <i><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Profile+by+Gaslight&yrh=1944&yrl=1944" target="_blank">Profile by Gaslight</a></i>, it was accompanied by <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/02/that-was-no-lady.html#.WI2KavkrLb1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a rebuttal from another respected Sherlockian</a>, Julian Wolff. <br /> <br /> Belden Wigglesworth came to national fame also in 1944, when <i>Life</i> magazine published <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BlAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">a piece about the continuing popularity of Sherlock Holmes</a>, with a few words about the BSI. Photographs of Sherlockians included one of Wigglesworth showing off a (possibly not authentic) swamp adder. That picture was probably taken at a Speckled Band meeting in Boston, since Wigglesworth was not at the January <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/03/the-1944-bsi-dinner.html" target="_blank">1944 BSI dinner</a>. He did, however, get to New York for the so-called "Trilogy Dinner" in March, when the BSI helped launch three Sherlockian books and, for the first and last time, held two formal dinners in a single year. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiun9wV-8abNwqaBDjtKDBFM_vA2TtoxK-YNaCwTFA3RCX0l8xw79qyxNnn5RCzaNrFtIiKqTzvo7In47glylHOcRudVqXPYZZrvpNZdXXQW1p0PaYJrnBYb-HSz4lFipkI9s7BISTvYgq3/s1600/wigg-adder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiun9wV-8abNwqaBDjtKDBFM_vA2TtoxK-YNaCwTFA3RCX0l8xw79qyxNnn5RCzaNrFtIiKqTzvo7In47glylHOcRudVqXPYZZrvpNZdXXQW1p0PaYJrnBYb-HSz4lFipkI9s7BISTvYgq3/s1600/wigg-adder.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Belden Wigglesworth is sometimes described as being among the first class of Irregulars to receive investitures, but the reality is that he was not in the list of those assigned titles in 1944; his Twistedness came in April 1945, at a Speckled Band gathering in Boston. Much more could be said about him and his continuing contributions to the Sherlockian world, up to and including a role in founding the Arkansas Valley Investors of Little Rock in 1969. <br /> <br /> One other detail guarantees his immortality: when the <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" target="_blank">Baker Street Journal</a></i> began publication in 1946, the very first item in the first issue, apart from the editor's introductory note and trumpet-blast, was a piece of verse by Wigglesworth. Titled "Cum Laude: <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>", it was a formal sonnet, and an acrostic sonnet at that: the initial letters of the eight lines in the octet and the six lines in the sestet spelled out the name "Sherlock Holmes."<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">S</span></b>irs, here we have the medium that we<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">H</span></b>ave long desired, through which we can express,<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">E</span></b>ach one of us, with fervent eagerness . . .<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">R</span></b>eluctantly . . . or otherwise with free<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">L</span></b>ogicians’ minds, the truth of truths we see<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></b>nce overlooked in Baker Street. Ah yes,<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">C</span></b>onfession’s good, and here we’ll all confess<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">K</span></b>ing, prince and commoner, religiously.<br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">H</span></b>ere we will give our Watson his full due;<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></b>r, seeking other avenues, explain<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">L</span></b>ess happily for Scotland Yard the crimes<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">M</span></b>ishandled by Lestrade and Gregson: clue<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">E</span></b>ngenders clue to end in Sherlock’s gain,<br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">S</span></b>ince he remains the master of our times.</blockquote> <br /> --<br /> <br /></div>

The Bostonian with the Twisted Lip

"The poetic and contemplative mood which occasionally predominated in him." [REDH]  The ranks of the Baker Street Irregulars...

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by Chris Redmond

Molly Hooper and the Romanticizing of Emotional Abuse

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "You have been cruelly used" [SPEC] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVmLHK7ko7WMYDpvzZBHuYPTyBTqYEPsef_xI-W7GY3_VYIsCAJfwtut7sDvRXwPPolHdbFkrUUmdQ5tcP9sI8XEKiJnQFNNBeti4BgU-_eJpVTYN3-ZhmjMcjORozs8Hysrgwrpz-d06/s1600/Baker+Street+skul+and+wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVmLHK7ko7WMYDpvzZBHuYPTyBTqYEPsef_xI-W7GY3_VYIsCAJfwtut7sDvRXwPPolHdbFkrUUmdQ5tcP9sI8XEKiJnQFNNBeti4BgU-_eJpVTYN3-ZhmjMcjORozs8Hysrgwrpz-d06/s640/Baker+Street+skul+and+wallpaper.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> When I first started watching <i>Sherlock</i>, I was of course taken by Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal. Sherlock was mysterious, outwardly a jerk, and otherwise unappealing, but there were little touches, little hints, that indicated he might be redeemable, at least on the inside. I was able to completely gloss over his obviously manipulative treatment of Molly Hooper, and I think that was the desired effect. Molly was a sort of awkward little mouse of a woman, Sherlock was conniving and an admitted sociopath, so their interaction was bound to not be ideal. <br /> <br /> <div> After watching "The Final Problem," however, I began to reconsider the treatment of the character of Molly Hooper from the beginning of the series to the unsatisfying and dismal end, and I realized that in effect, Gatiss and Moffat created a scenario in which viewers were tricked into lusting after what was actually an emotionally abusive dynamic between Sherlock and Molly. <br /> <br /> <h3> "Holmes had, when he liked, a peculiarly ingratiating way with women" [SECO] </h3> Throughout the first season, you can see clear evidence of this facet of emotional abuse between Sherlock and Molly. In case you are not well-versed in the verbiage of emotional abuse, “love bombing” (which can also be called the honeymoon stage) is when the abuser will offer compliments, often directly tied to wanting something. After they get what they want they cycle back to devaluing/demoralizing their victim.<br /> <br /> Perhaps the best example of this occurs in the episode “The Blind Banker.” Sherlock asks Molly to “wheel out” Eddie Van Coon and Brian Lukis so he can reexamine the cadavers, but Molly informs him the paperwork on the bodies has already been completed. At that point, Sherlock notes that Molly has changed her hair and he encourages her by saying, “No it’s good. It suits you better this way.” Molly then proceeds to do what Sherlock wants.<br /> <br /> Sherlock perpetually insults Molly as part of the devaluing cycle. He tells her, for example, that talking is not her strong suit. In “The Great Game,” the episode directly following “The Blind Banker,” Sherlock insinuates that Molly has gained weight since she started dating her new boyfriend “Jim.” This, incidentally, is another tact emotionally abusive people use to keep their victims off guard. Sherlock drops little treats for Molly but never fulfills her wishes. However, he gives her an equally hard time when she tries to form relationships with other men.<br /> <br /> <h3> "no ghosts need apply" [SUSS]</h3> Another aspect of emotional abuse that appears in Sherlock is what is known as ghosting. In “The Empty Hearse,” Sherlock asks Molly to work with him, but throughout almost the entire time they work together, he continues to call her John. One could argue that this simply is to re-establish how close he is with John, but in the context of the entire dynamic between Sherlock and Molly, that feature in the episode takes on more disturbing undertones.<br /> <br /> <h3> “I am bound to say” [WIST] </h3> This all takes us to that now much-discussed part of the finale, where Sherlock must make Molly tell him she loves him. There are almost too many problems with these scene to explain. To put it succinctly, Molly is encouraged by Sherlock to finally make herself fully vulnerable, even though she knows, after all of the abuse he has heaped upon her and all of the manipulation he has done, that she will not get anything out of it. He forces her to voice her feelings, but she gets no reward for being emotionally brave. Instead, he hangs up, and she is left with the final proof that he does not have the same feelings for her. Her hopes are crushed as just a minor part of the episode, which almost feels like emotional abuse from the writers themselves.<br /> <br /> <br /> Molly Hooper is an obviously clever woman, sweet, thoughtful, and caring. She is the perfect target for a sociopath like Sherlock, but viewers are led to be forgiving, and even sympathetic, of Sherlock. “That’s just how he is.” In the process, we are saying that treating women in this manner is acceptable and something to be shrugged off, especially if the abuser is attractive and clever.<br /> <br /> Do we really want to perpetuate that way of thinking?<br /> <br /> <br /> <i>Image credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/FEftYi" target="_blank">Zuza Ritt (Flickr)</a></i><br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /></div>

Molly Hooper and the Romanticizing of Emotional Abuse

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by Margie Clayman

New Sherlock Holmes Podcast: Trifles

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles." [TWIS] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgMn_kkV5zs5x6yJDWbRk31ZLEEfRBrmS41-zKOfibfy6B55RgGhKKgPo4GK-aTn8XGmp9iOx0hs5V1Ve79B46X_IBKaUMUpCWDKK7WxP8DsNCymZzjW0N7Lx95PqSpKN9e1r8ZZciDi4/s1600/Trifles+-+Social+sharing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgMn_kkV5zs5x6yJDWbRk31ZLEEfRBrmS41-zKOfibfy6B55RgGhKKgPo4GK-aTn8XGmp9iOx0hs5V1Ve79B46X_IBKaUMUpCWDKK7WxP8DsNCymZzjW0N7Lx95PqSpKN9e1r8ZZciDi4/s640/Trifles+-+Social+sharing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> After a number of months in development, planning and production, our new show is finally here.<br /> <br /> IHOSE Media, LLC (aka Scott and Burt) have launched a new podcast: <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>. You can find it via the preceding link or by typing <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">sherlockholmespodcast.com</a> into your browser — catchy URL, eh?<br /> <br /> (Bit of a backstory: you may be wondering how such a dead-on URL might still be available in 2017. Well, the truth is, we secured that URL back when we first launched I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, which itself is accessible via <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ihearofsherlock.com</a> and <a href="http://ihearofsherlockeverywhere.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ihearofsherlockeverywhere.com</a>. We thought we would keep it handy for...for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9dF5xuJBbM" target="_blank">just such an emergency</a>.)<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> "I fancy that this ally breaks fresh ground" [STUD]</h3> How is <b>Trifles</b> different from <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b>? Well, we established IHOSE on the premise of covering the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and popular culture. As such, most of our shows have been interviews with current Sherlockians, reviews of books, films, television shows, and the like. As our iconic intro promises, we've covered "goings-on in the world of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts, the Baker Street Irregulars, and popular culture related to the Great Detective," as we "talk about what's new in the world of Sherlock Holmes."<br /> <br /> We heard from some early iTunes reviewers who were disappointed that we didn't talk more about the original stories (despite what our introduction professes). But we were at our wits' ends trying to make some of the discussion points about the stories the same length as our other shows — and length was becoming an issue with those. Only the most dedicated fans would stick with us for an hour or more (thank you!). And to be clear, IHOSE will continue on its twice-a-month broadcast schedule.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> "perhaps a trifle faster" [LAST]</h3> So, we came up with the idea that is <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>: a 15-minute, weekly audio program in which we discuss something related to the Canon. It could be ethical issues raised in the original works, common themes, something related to the time of year, discrepancies, or any number of other things.<br /> <br /> But the idea here is simple: create a shorter, more Canonical program that is more accessible to the general listener. We may revisit some classics of Sherlockian scholarship, or break new ground with observations of our own. But it will all be based on the Sherlock Holmes stories.<br /> <br /> Here's a sample to get you started —  our first episode:<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5021288/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d0161c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border: none;" data-dashlane-rid="b26f9ceed866db08" data-dashlane-frameid="3723" data-form-type="other"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <h3> "its atmosphere brings me inspiration" [VALL] </h3> The name of the show was inspired by Bill Hyder, BSI ("A Most Valuable Institution")'s annual inserts in the BSI dinner packets. Each year, Bill includes a blue half-page titled "TRIFLES" with some thought-starter from the stories. But other inserts, such as "Compliments of the Season" from Peter Blau, BSI ("Black Peter"), "Crowborough Occasionals" from Steve Rothman ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>") and various "Daypark Press Publications" from Leslie S. Klinger ("The Abbey Grange") also lend themselves as sources of material.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> "professional assistance" [RESI]</h3> Works like this are a team effort, and without the advice, guidance and generosity of a few individuals, <b>Trifles</b> would not have come to fruition.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://tomrichmond.com/" target="_blank">Tom Richmond</a>, whom you may remember from <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose65" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 65 of IHOSE</a> as a talented artist with Sherlockian leanings (not to mention being one of the Usual Gang of Suspects for MAD Magazine), provided our artwork.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.scpr.org/about/people/staff/john-rabe" target="_blank">John Rabe</a>, son of the late Wilmer T. ("Bill") Rabe, BSI ("Colonel Warburton's Madness"), host of KPCC's "Off Ramp," and faithful <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">supporter</a> of IHOSE, provided direction for the intro and outro of each episode.<br /> <br /> And Ludwig van Beethoven, as expressed through the U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra, is responsible for our theme music.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> "Shall I sign here?" [BLAC] </h3> We'd urge you to <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">sign up for updates from Trifles</a>. As is our habit, we offer a number of options: you can sign up for <b>email updates</b> and subscribe via <b>iTunes </b>and <b>Google Play</b>. It works on any device, so you can listen at your desktop, or take it with you for your walk, gardening, or commute on your phone or mp3 player.<br /> <br /> The show will air every Wednesday.<br /> <br /> If you have an idea for a discussion topic, please feel free to let us know by emailing us at <a href="mailto:trifles@ihearofsherlock.com" rel="nofollow">trifles@ihearofsherlock.com</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> "you'll excuse my troubling you about such a trifle" [HOUN]</h3> And if you could help us out by <a href="http://ihose.co/triflespodcast" target="_blank">leaving a rating and/or a review on iTunes</a>, we'd greatly appreciate it. Doing so will help other people discover the magical world of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> "I don't know why you should be so warm over a trifle" [BLUE]</h3> As you can tell, we're pretty excited about this. We hope that you share our passion and demonstrate it by passing this message along. Forward it as an email, share it on Facebook, tweet it, put it on reddit, send a telegram, text or smoke signals — we know the power of the Sherlockian network is strong. Please help us reach new an interested Sherlockians-in-waiting.<br /> <br /> Thank you. And until next time... "The game's afoot!"<br /> <br /> <br /> <i>Image credit: Artwork by <a href="http://tomrichmond.com/" target="_blank">Tom Richmond</a></i><br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

New Sherlock Holmes Podcast: Trifles

"It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles." [TWIS]  After a number of months in development...

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by Scott Monty

Hallelujah, Holmes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> "and did my best" [VALL]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHPKj97leC0Gdpp6uwZECKjTH8mTxNv4i2V1KVdK5-Remc8lv3OgBNTaRMlCimlqOaf7YJl9qDCzxjr5gfSHmr2R_Dlm6tNvCWnviANHFph_nwTN3Q6PuawMkgzEi-dpdd4Wb_i9tRbEw/s1600/Leonard_Cohen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHPKj97leC0Gdpp6uwZECKjTH8mTxNv4i2V1KVdK5-Remc8lv3OgBNTaRMlCimlqOaf7YJl9qDCzxjr5gfSHmr2R_Dlm6tNvCWnviANHFph_nwTN3Q6PuawMkgzEi-dpdd4Wb_i9tRbEw/s640/Leonard_Cohen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Love, Christmas and Sherlock Holmes have at least one thing in common: they’ve all been hugely popular subjects for songs.<br /> <br /> The multi-talented Karen Wilson joined us on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 111: Hip Hop Holmes</a> to share her tribute to the Master patterned after Lin-Manuel Miranda’s <i>Hamilton</i>. Now comes a new, well-crafted ode in the style of another distinctive singer-composer.<br /> <br /> Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter who passed away in 2016. Among the hundreds of memorable songs Cohen composed and sang in a career spanning almost 50 years was 1984’s “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" target="_blank">Hallelujah</a>,” evoking both early rock and gospel music. A version of Cohen's classic can be seen <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20width=%22640%22%20height=%22360%22%20src=%22https://www.youtube.com/embed/YrLk4vdY28Q%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E" target="_blank">here</a> and below.<br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YrLk4vdY28Q" width="640"></iframe></center> <br /> <br /> Karen’s latest contribution to the Sherlockian Songbook is “<a href="https://youtu.be/HN4RwlKsy7U" target="_blank">Hallelujah Holmes</a>,” encompassing Holmes as well as Christopher Morley and the BSI in its lyrics.  You can see and hear Karen’s performance of her song from the January 6, 2017 Gaslight Gala in New York City <a href="https://youtu.be/HN4RwlKsy7U">here</a> and below:<br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HN4RwlKsy7U" width="640"></iframe></center> <br /> Hallelujah, indeed.<br /> <br /> <i><br /></i> <i>Image credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonard_Cohen_2107.jpg#/media/File:Leonard_Cohen_2107.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a></i><br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

Hallelujah, Holmes

"and did my best" [VALL] Love, Christmas and Sherlock Holmes have at least one thing in common: they’ve all been hugely po...

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by Third Pillar

Sherlock Series 4 — That's a Wrap

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain." [3GAR]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcbDNdLcJn083vMySm-ULaRJb_HmZcDVytx1h0ZNcWUBjmr_hVIKqiK9wOaWmlC52y6E9EeBRFp1p3AymekO_QCl6MGjqNTkGI7NAGxmEKfbfpbXDX5Tt5uUgrW2ZbHYpacFnxcIuDKNs/s1600/Sherlock+-+Series+4+finale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcbDNdLcJn083vMySm-ULaRJb_HmZcDVytx1h0ZNcWUBjmr_hVIKqiK9wOaWmlC52y6E9EeBRFp1p3AymekO_QCl6MGjqNTkGI7NAGxmEKfbfpbXDX5Tt5uUgrW2ZbHYpacFnxcIuDKNs/s640/Sherlock+-+Series+4+finale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> [<b><i>Editor's Note:</i></b> this is the 14th in the series of reviews we're sharing on Sherlock Series 4. And spoilers? Yeah, we got that.]<br /> <br /> After six years, Sherlock Holmes’ journey is complete. Series 4 of the hit BBC series has come and gone amid rumors that this latest offering could be the very last we see of the detective’s famed modern incarnation. “The Six Thatchers,” “The Lying Detective,” and “The Final Problem” represent the culmination of a six-year-old story, and in a way that recalls the very best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, these tales give us a rollicking, powerful ending that still manages to toss out all of the viewer’s lingering preconceptions.<br /> <br /> <div> If you come into this crop of episodes expecting to be entertained by intricate Holmesian plots, you may emerge from your viewing with disappointment. There is <i>a lot</i> going on in this season—along with trying to solve the overarching mystery of Moriarty’s continued appearances from the afterlife, Sherlock and John must confront the unspeakable tragedy of Mary Watson’s death and unravel the secrets of the previously unknown Holmes sister, Eurus. All of these storylines are compelling to follow, but the sheer amount of material that has to be covered sometimes reduces the impact of the individual episodes themselves.<br /> <br /> The strongest standalone tale of the bunch is certainly “The Lying Detective;” in addition to possessing the best single-episode villain in the entire series' history, Toby Jones’s chilling Culverton Smith, our main characters both have time to solve a case and cope with their traumas. In contrast, “The Six Thatchers” and “The Final Problem” race through their scenes at breakneck speeds, leaving fewer quiet moments for the audience to savor even as they create almost unbearable dramatic tension.<br /> <br /></div> <div> While some of the plots are slightly jumbled, there are still plenty of delights to be found throughout all three episodes. As always, the performances are top-notch; Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman brilliantly infuse Holmes and Watson with believable shades of ambiguity that challenge our perceptions of the famed heroes. And, as in “The Abominable Bride,” the women of the show get another opportunity to shine. Even as a figment of John’s imagination, Amanda Abbington is a heartbreaking delight as Mary Watson. Series newcomer Sian Brooke steals every scene she’s in, making Eurus Holmes a singular creation that is equal parts terrifying and pitiable. And Una Stubbs may have just cemented herself as the definitive on-screen Mrs. Hudson, bestowing the beloved landlady with an indomitable spirit and the driving skills of James Bond.<br /> <br /></div> <div> <h3> "with special reference" [LADY]</h3> A furor has recently been raised about this series’ similarities to the Bond films, but I actually find the season’s referential nature to be a strong point in its favor. <i>Sherlock</i> has never been shy about drawing upon outside influences, but it’s fun to see the writers stretch beyond the Basil Rathbone canon and instead incorporate elements from Bond, <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>, and even Batman’s Arkham Asylum. What makes them all work is that these sources once drew from Sherlock Holmes; now, the show is returning the favor while still maintaining a distinctly Holmesian twist in re-adaptation.<br /> <br /> Even after brawling over a bust of Margaret Thatcher, Sherlock still finds it necessary to dramatically announce that he’s found the Black Pearl of the Borgias with a wording that doesn’t sound too far removed from the actual canonical text. Instead of engaging in a philosophical prison debate à la Batman and the Joker in <i>The Dark Knight</i>, Eurus torments her brother by demanding a violin performance from her jail cell. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have always pushed the boundaries of how adaptations can pay tribute to and innovate their source materials, and their experiments in this respect continue to be an entertaining spectacle to witness and analyze.<br /> <h3> <br />"pray what remains for you?"</h3> </div> <div> But perhaps the largest success to come out of series four is in its resolution. I was keenly aware as I was watching “The Final Problem” that I was witnessing an ending that had been building since “A Study in Pink,” and one that has always been reflected in the title of the show. When we were first introduced to Sherlock way back in 2010, he was a high-functioning sociopath who couldn’t even understand why someone would be distraught over losing a child. He was prickly, irascible, petty, and brilliant—even Greg Lestrade couldn’t deny that he was great and terrible. But it quickly became clear that the show’s goal wasn’t to see Sherlock achieve further illustriousness; if they had wanted to associate him with greatness from the start, the title would have been <i>Sherlock Holmes</i>, which would have instantly aligned this version of the character with his iconic legacy. <i>Sherlock</i> was not fully formed—it demanded evolution.</div> <div> <br /> This season was not the climax of the entire series’ plot; it was its emotional apex. Sherlock’s character transformation was wrenching and revelatory in these three episodes—he finally saw the disastrous consequences of giving into his own ego. Instead of lapsing into drug use to stave off his own boredom, Sherlock went to hell and back in service of a friend. This character finally was able to be there for other people—he hugged the bereft John Watson; he was able to bring Eurus Holmes down to earth by promising to be by her side, not through a series of dazzling deductions. Greg Lestrade could smile when he realized that his hope from six years ago had been realized.<br /> <br /> Instead of being great, Sherlock Holmes finally became good this season. If it turns out there are more journeys with him ahead of us, I know I will look forward to seeing what they will be like with the good detective and his best friend.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /></div>

Sherlock Series 4 — That's a Wrap

"a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain." [3GAR] [ Editor's Note: this is the 14th in the series of revi...

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