The Return of the Pharaoh
"those sacred writings, drawn in Egyptian letters" [STUD] If there is one author to whom we owe the rise in popularity of Sherlock Holmes in the mid-1970s, it is Nicholas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco...
15 Nov 20211h 7min
Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects
"there were several objects in the room which called for special attention" [BLAC] Collecting must be in the air: following our last episode with Rebecca Romney talking about Sherlockian collecting,...
30 Okt 20211h 8min
Sherlockian Collecting
"a small but select library" [GLOR] After covering the Shaw 100 in a previous episode and wondering what the future of Sherlockian libraries and collections might look like, we could think of no bet...
15 Okt 20211h 12min
Evidence Boxes
"I'll show you a grim little bit of evidence" [RETI] Paul Churchill, BSI ("Corot") delighted in recreating evidence boxes for each Sherlock Holmes story. After his death in 2008, Deborah Clark becam...
30 Sep 202159min
The Shaw 100
"a ramble through the Ragged Shaw" [PRIO] As the curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries, Tim Johnson has seen just about everything. Almost as much as Jo...
15 Sep 20211h
Eille Norwood, Restored
"And why not Norwood?" [NORW] Before there was Jeremy Brett, there was Anthony Edward Brett. Like the modern-day television actor, he played Sherlock Holmes in over 40 films. But you know him as Eil...
30 Aug 20211h 5min
Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press
"all gossip upon the matter" [BERY] If there is one name that is synonymous with the Sherlockian hobby, it is Peter Blau, BSI, 2s. ("Black Peter"). And if there is one publication that is eagerly an...
15 Aug 20211h
The Baker Street Journal
"I have all the facts in my journal" [STUD] For our 221st episode, we had to make it as deeply Sherlockian as we could. What better topic than The Baker Street Journal, the first (ir)regular publica...
30 Juli 20211h 23min
