Dear Holmesians, It is a well known fact that Nobel prize In Literature is given to writers whose ability is beyond doubt, however their popularity is never...
Dear Sumal and other Holmesians, You are very correct in your statement that most writers with a Nobel prize in Literature are actually not very popular...
hey all !I downloaded most of the cases from youtube.com and above all some very exciting interviews of Brett and Edward Hardwick.I am glued all the...
Most reasonably the chosen few have an appeal to perhaps a sort of self appointed elite so deeply entrenched in matters of popular discussions among the...
There is a great deal wrong with the way the Nobel prizes are allocated and this is becoming more and more recognised. The other major prize - far less ...
Tim Symonds
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Oct 2, 2008 8:37 am
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Hi QUOTE - y guess about the Sherlock Holmes' stories is they were not considered 'Great Literature'. Even Conan Doyle himself considered this part of his ...
Maybe we could define two terms "Classics" and "Literature". Classics are the ones which we enjoy throughout our years - youngsters, adults, seniors etc -...
Dear Holmesias, I can think of none, but Umberto Eco may get a Noble for literature . He has of course written a detective novel-The Name of the Rose Sumalsn...
an indirect answer is T.S. Eliot, Nobel Laureate 1948. He did not write any detective novels, but was a fan of Sherlock Holmes and was an honorary member of...
Dear Holmesians, We are dormant, so to speak. I saw this site which appears to be interesting, can members browse through the site and record their impressions...
Dear Holmesians, I cannot think of an interesting topic to discuss. So as an alternative, I suppose we go through this site which is fairly comprehensive...
Dear Holmesians, "I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the...
Dear Holmesians, I read this in this month's Reader's Digest- Here goes How did Sherlock Holmes avoid paying income tax? - Brilliant deductions Enjoy. Sumal...
Friends, Â Another intruder has recently made entry into this esteemed society and is trying to overwhelm the group-activity with personal rubbish. Can some...
Dear Riju and holmesians, I have already done that . We are not active nowadays that is the reason why this is happenning. I appeal to all members to initiate...
Dear Sumal and other Holmesians, While on the subject, what do the esteemed members think Holmes would have done (had he been alive now) about the recent...
Dear Holmesians, Â Threatning messages and missives were quite common in the Victorian society that was probably the most complex social structure of the...
Dear Riju, The most celeberated instance in Victorian era of psychopath was Jack the Ripper, as you all know. he too had a habit of writing perplexing ...
Dear Holmesians, Â Although the authenticity of the "Dear Boss" and "From Hell" letters being actually written by Jack the Ripper is yet to be established,...
Dear Sridhar and Holmesians, Mr. Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at Sussex Downs tending his apiary. His health is a bit indifferent due to his advanced age...
Hello to all SHSI Members, As I have been following the posts for a few years now, I notice that the group in general has run into a common issue that seems to...
Perhaps members of the group in India could start to offer presentations on the canon to local schools, even with an illustrated talk taking engravings from...
Tim Symonds
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Nov 12, 2008 10:31 am
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Dear Sumal and other Holmesians Holmes, alive and well? You don't say?! Well, I guess he must be old. Where in Sussex Downs by the way? And where is Sussex...
Yes, Holmes retired to his beekeeping here in East Sussex, just south of London. His creator lived the final years of his life in East Sussex and there's a...
Tim Symonds
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Nov 14, 2008 7:39 pm
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...HE WAS IN EXILE AND VENTERED TO TIBBET , MIDDLE EAST. THE TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF TIBBET IS SCRIBED IN " THE MANDALA OF SHERLOCK HOLMES" BY JAMYANG NORBU. IF...
Dear James and Holmesians, I could'nt agree with you more.However, I think it is also because activity in a group seems to be confined to a select few and is...
