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2 min read 2022-01-07 02:21:00

Happy 168th Birthday, Sherlock Holmes

"you could not celebrate him without being known yourself" [HOUN]The Cake-Notes of Sherlock Holmes, from the Amateur Mendicant Society,

2 min read 2021-12-27 22:19:34

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"

4 min read 2021-12-20 00:39:06

“in my past life” [ILLU] Reincarnation is not a subject we typically associate with Sherlock Holmes. Although there is passing mention of

8 min read 2021-12-18 03:58:28

"Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser" [SILV] With the BSI Weekend coming up, we thought it might be helpful to provide

8 min read 2021-12-13 14:21:00

"Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser" [SILV] With the BSI Weekend coming up, we thought it might be helpful to provide

5 min read 2021-12-06 22:40:20

“What would ye think of offering up prayer?” [STUD] Sherlock Holmes was not what you'd call a religious man. Nor even spiritual, for that

1 min read 2021-11-14 23:07:00

“the hope of getting some information” [SILV] Libraries are fascinating places. And while the modern library is a wonder of digital access and

1 min read 2021-11-01 21:26:54

“I have been fooled in this way” [STOC] In our previous Baker Street Elementary installment, we explored the concept of atavism, or of the

1 min read 2021-10-17 23:41:08

“Some Freaks of Atavism” [HOUN] The conversations at Baker Street must have been fascinating. Watson doesn't share everything with us,

1 min read 2021-10-03 22:29:05

“they will soon receive a more than sufficient punishment” [BERY]When we think of boarding school education in Victorian England, it's easy to

1 min read 2021-09-19 18:00:00

“he could see a great deal that was hidden from me” [STUD]When he created Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle knew immediately that he needed to

1 min read 2021-09-05 23:49:03

“some concession might be made for your personal effects.” [3GAB]Did Sherlock Holmes ever appear on the stage?We know that plenty of actors have

1 min read 2021-08-22 23:14:49

“That's common sense.” [SIGN] The methods that Sherlock Holmes applied, when not apparent to those around him, seemed almost magical. Even

1 min read 2021-08-08 22:23:24

“Now we have the Sherlock Holmes’ test” [STUD] From the moment we first meet Sherlock Holmes, we know he feels at home in a laboratory. When

1 min read 2021-07-26 00:49:47

“a certain unexpected vein of pawky humour” [VALL] Those who frequently use puns are frequently derided by many people. Some consider puns to be