Anyone read The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale ? Published by Bloomsbury Apparently he was an 'intuitive' detective and became the prototype of...
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Mar 17, 2009 6:12 pm
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Mar 18, 2009 1:23 pm
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Dear Tim and Holmesians, No, I have'nt! Is it good? Sumalsn...
SH's birthday is usually simply placed at the year he was first revealed to the world, i.e. 1887_ Sherlock Holmes Biography ...
Tim Symonds
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Mar 26, 2009 8:45 am
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Thanks Tim. So I guess there is no mention in the canon on the exact date. I myself can't recall to the mind any instance of this being discussed... Regards On...
I suppose one could say the month - November - because that was when the first story was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual, but there is nowhere a day to...
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Mar 26, 2009 9:20 am
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Dear Anand and Holmesians, January 6, 1854 (according to Christopher Morley, pioneer American Sherlockian). At any rate apparently he was a Capricorn. Here...
Hello Anand, there is some debate on the subject. Some scholars opt for January 6 on the grounds that Holmes quotes from Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night"...
May 22 is the 150th anniversary of ACD's birth in Edinburgh back in 1859. Could members of the Society let lots of newspapers and Media people know, perhaps...
Tim Symonds
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Mar 27, 2009 10:40 am
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Hi Sumal, Please modify the society joining message so as to clearly mention the non-spam policy of the society. I find it often discouraging that out of 10...
Dear Anand and Holmesians, I have already unsubscribed the member. I am not a very computer savvy guy , you see. I would appreciate some assistance on this...
Dear Holmes fans I am looking for Sherlock Holmes fans who might be coming to the UK this summer for a TV show. The series is called John Sergeant's Tourist...
Dear Holmesians, What would have been Sherlock Holmes 's political symapthies ?Would he have been a conservative,Labourite or a liberal?Does the Canaon show...
Conman Doyle ran for Parliament twice, for the Liberal Unionists, gaining a respectable vote but not winning. The Liberal Unionists were a British The United...
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Apr 9, 2009 7:31 pm
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Dear Tim and Holmesians, I would like to point out that there seems to be a difference in the personalities of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation,...
I think Holmes had no political affiliations at all. In "Scarlet", Watson lists down the areas of expertise/ignorance of Holmes and I quote, "His ignorance was...
Dear Sherlockians, I had recieved a e-mail from a BBC correspondent seeking our help as a Society.I am reproducing the mail below, "Dear Sumal , I am Vincent...
Hi Sumal, This would be really good if some of us can take part. That would boost the name of this society in Sherlockiana. I am interested to take part in...
Dear Sherlockians, Â It is a great relief for me to be back with our international Sherlock Holmes Society and it is always reassuring as ever. Regarding the...
Dear SHians,  I seem to recollect having read somewhere that "Sherlock" is an Olde English name meaning "bright hair" or "fair hair" (Gaelic Scurlog...
Hi, As most of our members must be aware, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 150th anniversary was on 22nd May and BBC radio did a small program in their 'Analysis'...