Dear Bichi and Das, It is great having you among us . I hope you will find this group to be interesting. Please tell us about yourself , we would like to know ...
Dear Jeff, I beg to differ. Please note SH was a typical Victorian gentleman. The contempt he showed to his high society clients were on an individual basis...
Re. Sumal's e-mail on Holmes's financial position, it is true there are only the occasional references to considerable sums being given to him by grateful...
Tim Symonds
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Apr 2, 2006 9:13 am
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Just a quick announcement, for those who might care to know: the first series of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is being broadcast by BBC7 from...
Dear Sherlockians, The topic being discussed this month,"Holmes and Watson's financial status",is intriguing enough.While all have put forth their views ...
Sumalsn, It's now 10.33am where I am, in the UK. According to a website I just consulted, it's 3.03pm in India. Therefore, I suspect that 1pm UK time is...
Dear SHians, What Faisal here has said ought to have been puzzling me ever since I began reading the Canon, but it has not. Only goes to show how one can just...
I agree with the speculations fellow members have put forward regarding Holmes' financial side of his detective work. I think it may reflect the fact that in...
Tim Symonds
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Apr 4, 2006 3:12 pm
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here I fully agree with Tim on his solution about the financial matter of Sherlock holmes. His point is quite clear that the style of leaving of the victorian...
Dear Holmesians, I think SH also must have inherited a lot of property . He was a descendant of a squire and also related to Vernet, the artist. Please note...
Dear Sherlockians, I think Dr Watson gave SH a lot of publicity by his writings. Even Mycroft Holmes comments, " I hear of Holmes everywhere". SH was well...
One interesting thesis that P G Wodehouse forwarded (in a brilliant introduction to a print of "The Sign of Four", if I remember right) was that the Master and...
Dear Nikhil, Welcome back . It has been a long time since we have heard from you. I think Sir PGW was talking tongue in cheek. I remember we had discussed this...
Dear Mitalimchat and alien klone, Welcome to our Society. Please introduce yourselves so that we come to know each other better. Keep posting at this best site...
Isn't it time there was the first annual meeting of Indian Holmesians, where perhaps overseas' guests can be invited? If you held such a meeting, where would...
Tim Symonds
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Apr 11, 2006 10:16 am
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Dear Tim, I think it is time we did organize something of that kind. Well, Dr Watson was injured in Afghanistan. Our neighbour but a world removed from Modern...
So it was Afghanistan, was it? How did Watson get up to the regiment there - was it through the NWF? ... From: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@... ...
Tim Symonds
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Apr 11, 2006 11:20 am
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Dear Tim, I do hope this would answer your query adequately. "Watson's participation in the war follows his being attached to the Fifth Northumberland...
The good news for all Holmesians / Jeremy Brett fans in India is that the History channel is going to show The adventuers of Sherlock Holmes very soon. They ...
Re Sherlockian connection with places, look at this page: http://www.sherlock-holmes.org/atlas/india.html On the point of relevance, Pondicherry or Agra score,...
Dear Holmesians, Re: The Valley of Fear(TVOF).This tale is unique in the Holmesian canon in more ways than one. First and foremost is the Master's absence from...
Nikhi, Thank you so much for this link. I think it is fascinating and will use it often. Bob (in Toronto, Canada) Nikhil Prasad Ojha <npojha@...> wrote:...
Dear Tim, The suggestions for Goa and Kerala are both very inviting,though these are good only between Oct and Feb.I' ve just returned from a shirt trip to the...
Dear Holmesians, I has viewd the latest release from Holly wood, " Basic Instinct 2". There is a scene in the movie where Holmesian deduction methods are used....
Dear Holmesians, We have been joined by Mr Berqusit who is a leading Holmesian . We cordially invite all our new members who are requested to introduce ...
Indeed Sumal, that was the same thought which crossed my mind while watching the scene. Wasn't it the chinese scholar Confucius who once said - " Great minds...
