
“my strange old book-collector” [EMPT] Ben Abramson with Vincent Starrett at a signing event for ‘Books Alive’ Circa 1940. Location Unknown...
by Scott Monty
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“my strange old book-collector” [EMPT] Ben Abramson with Vincent Starrett at a signing event for ‘Books Alive’ Circa 1940. Location Unknown...
by Scott Monty
“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA] This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with Ba...
by Scott Monty
“It was sixty-four” [MUSG] Screengrab via YouTube If you listened to Episode 343 of the Trifles podcast, " Canonical Sevens ," y...
by Scott Monty
“they took into partnership” [VALL] As Christopher Morley told us, the Sherlock Holmes stories were a textbook of friendship. But more than...
by Scott Monty
“He can locate him, I guess” [VALL] There is only one thing that could be better than visiting all the locations in England mentioned in th...
by Scott Monty
“Out came the official notebook” [WIST] As we know from experience with Jonas Oldacre, when a builder puts his mind to something, he can re...
by Scott Monty
“He used to make merry over the cleverness of women” [SCAN] Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a few lines of poetry concerning his hopes for The Los...
by Scott Monty
“a cascade of children's bricks” [TWIS] Sherlock Holmes has been given form thanks to artists like Sidney Paget, Frederic Dorr Steele, ...
by Scott Monty
“was sorry for her, Watson” [ILLU] We don't usually think of Sherlock Holmes and apologies in the same breath. This perfect reasoning m...
by Scott Monty
“As to your dates, that is the biggest mystification of all.” [CREE] There's a Kickstarter going from MX Publishing that you might wan...
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“a well-staged performance” [VALL] Actor and director Paxton Whitehead has died at the age of 85. Born in Kent, England in October 1937, h...
by Scott Monty
“a course of lectures ” [COPP] In late June and early July, the Portsmouth Library and Archives will be hosting a series of four online tal...
by Scott Monty