All this talk about Sherlock pastiches has given my an idea. I've written several Sherlockian Pastiches (see my Sherlock Holmes and The Grand Horizontals...
Dear Holmesians, We seem to have gone into a period of prolonged inactivity. I think last months- 15 posts were the lowest since Nov 2005. Members , please...
Testing members' knowledge: in which adventure does ACD introduce a rival sleuth, the only adventure in which the villain comes to Holmes for help? ...
Tim Symonds
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Sep 4, 2007 8:23 am
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I think Luke Houghton has a point - that SH was not the entirely cold analytical machine he is often cast to be but able to make intuitive leaps, though in...
Tim Symonds
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Sep 4, 2007 8:59 am
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Tim, You have me stumped. The closest I can think of is Pompey, the draghound in the Missing Three-Quarter; but am very curious as to the right answer. Time to...
Answer: The Adventure of the Retired Colourman, published in the UK in The Strand Magazine January 1927 and USA in 'Liberty' December 18 1926. The story is...
Tim Symonds
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Sep 5, 2007 8:24 am
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Thank you. The Case Book is my weakest link. I should start from there. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
There are three novels by Will Thomas featuring the adventures of Cyrus Barker, whom Holmes described as "my hated rival upon the Surrey shore." Barker was a...
Hi All Indian Sherlockians, I have been a lover of the Canon from a long time and always imagined walking into the Sherlock Holmes Society of India someday ......
Dear Mukund and Holmesians, You are most welcome here. I am certain you will not be disappointed by joining this Society. Please feel free to discuss any topic...
Dear Holmesians, In continuation of my efforts to trace out the influence of Sherlock Holmes on the detective fiction genre, I think I should mention about the...
Dear Holmesians, I would like to report an anecdote about Sir ACD I read when surfing through the net. It goes like this, A reporter asked Sir Arthur Conan...
A new book using 'previously unseen archives' is now out, titled 'Conan Doyle: the Man who Created Sherlock Holmes' by Andrew Lycett, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. A...
Tim Symonds
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Sep 15, 2007 8:36 pm
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Dear Tim and Holmesians, It seems to potray Sir ACD in a very poor light, does'nt it? Mindless criticism of literary figures is the order of the day. How fair...
hello, the NY Times have made available most of their newspaper archives for searching. Some years are still protected by copyright, but it looks as if the...
Dear Holmesians, It has been quite some time that we have seen some activity at the Society. I wanted to inform all Holmesians that History channel has started...
Hi Sherlockians, Greetings. Talking about Holmes in the age of Internet, as we are doing now, it is interesting to consider original computer games/puzzles...
Dear Sherlockians, First of all, a very warm Doorga Pooja greeting to you all! Happy Maha Shasthi! I am being, on each night, a reluctant witness to the...
Dear Pinaki and Holmesians, Welcome back, Pinaki. We have been missing you.I would like to diasagree with you on the your observations on the TV serial,...
Dear Holmesians, Why did Stamford fade out of the canon after introducing SH to Dr Watson? Why was his character not developed by Sir ACD, considering the fact...
What sort of accent would Watson have had? Holmes would have had a 'clipped English accent' of the sort in the old British movies but what would Watson have...
Tim Symonds
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Oct 24, 2007 5:07 pm
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Dear Holmesians, While Sir Doyle had never brought back Stamford into the canon, some of the pastiches do him credit, most notably "The Seven Percent Solution"...
Dear Sherlockians, This has reference to Tim’s very interesting and relevant question regarding Watson’s accent. Considering the considerable length of...
hello, regarding Watson's voice, is it possible to imagine a Scottish accent? Some scholars have suggested that Watson's family was Scottish, even that his...
Dear Sumal and all the other Holmesians, There are characters who live until the very end and then there are characters whose only scope is to die or be...
Dear Pinaki, Interesting observations, as usual. But what surprised me was your mention of Roger Moore as Holmes. Did this actually happen? I've known him as...
Dear Jeff and other Sherlockians, The suggestion that John Hamish Watson, M.D (“late of the Army Medical Department”) was a Scot and spoke in Scottish...
