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...
Dear Sridhar and Sherlockians, Roger Moore was cast as Sherlock Holmes in the acclaimed 1976 American T.V movie/film production "Sherlock Holmes in New York"....
If the evidence points to Watson being of Scottish birth and presumably upbringing, it would follow that he may well have maintained a Scottish 'burr' his...
Tim Symonds
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Oct 26, 2007 5:12 pm
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Dear Tima and Holmesians, He would have an Indian accent-long years in the Indian Army wpuld have ensured that.Years in the tropics would have made him ill ...
Dear Holmesians, Don't you think that Dr Watson was slightly discreet in revealing that Sherlock Holmes was a cocaine user? I am sure, this would have ...
I'm not sure of the Victorian context of using opium. Certainly it was legal or at least widely permitted, with opium parlours often run by Chinese. You went...
Tim Symonds
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Oct 27, 2007 7:55 am
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Dear Holmesians, In "The Man With The Twisted Lip" the story unfolds in an Opium Den, with Watson entering the infamous territory to save Isa Whitney, whose...
It's an interesting thought that maybe Watson after many years in India took on something of an Indian accent. What would be very likely is he would have...
Tim Symonds
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Oct 27, 2007 8:07 pm
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Dear Sumal and Holmesians, From what I understand, all of what Dr. Watson wrote for the reading public was written with the blessings of, and probably after...
Hi All, I think that cocaine was an accepted drug during SH's days, insomuch that doctors of that time used to prescribe them for pain relief. So SH being a...
Not in the top league but the interesting angle on The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter is how nearly redundant Sherlock Holmes is, in this story. The ending...
Tim Symonds
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Nov 10, 2007 9:41 am
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Hello Friends, According to me, the best SH story is 'The Valley of Death' ...it have great story and one of suspense, thrilling experience i ever had while...
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