"they were said to be a most united couple" [DANC]

You might call them the first couple of the Baker Street Irregulars. Albert ("Inspector Bradstreet") and Julia ("Mrs. Turner") Rosenblatt have graced the Sherlockian scenes as a couple since the early 1970s.

We had a chance to visit them at their home in New York, where we heard about a little girl named Margie and an unrelated trip to Meiringen were responsible for sparking the interest that led to so many amazing things.

From arranging the quinquennial Sherlockian dinners at the Culinary Institute of America with Master Chef Fritz Sonnenschmidt, BSI ("Simpson's") to writing Dining with Sherlock Holmes, and providing us with the BSI year-in-review in verse and a second generation Sherlockian, Al and Julie have been sparking plugs for many others.  

Join us to hear why this hobby is about more than the collective events and publications; it's about relationships.

"In summer it is a favourite resort" [VALL] 

How often do you think of hot summer weather when you read the Sherlock Holmes stories? According to our calculations, it should be about 25%. But it doesn't seem that way, does it? It turns out that 16 of of the 60 stories took place in the summer months.

For those of you keeping track at home, they are (according to William S. Baring-Gould): 

• "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" - June 1889
• "The Man with the Twisted Lip" - June 1889
• "The Engineer's Thumb" - Summer 1889, alternatively August or July
• "The Stockbroker's Clerk" - June
• "The Crooked Man" - Summer - August, 1888/9
• "The Greek Interpreter" - Summer
• "The Norwood Builder" - August 1894/5
• "The Dancing Men" - July 1898
• "Black Peter" - July 1895
• "The Six Napoleons" - July/August 1900
• "The Cardboard Box" - August late '80s
• "His Last Bow" - August 1914
• "The Mazarin Stone" - Summer 1903
• "The Three Garridebs" - June 1902
• "The Lion's Mane" - July 1907
• "The Retired Colourman" - Summer 1898

We also take you to the Norwegian Explorers' triennial conference The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes in Minneapolis, courtesy of our intrepid correspondent Steve Mason. We also reflect on your kind words from our 100th episode and enjoy Christopher Morley's "Sherlock Holmes Prayer" as our Gas-Lamp. Erik Deckers tries his skill at "Mental Exaltation" - will he be successful?

And perhaps there's an Easter egg somewhere as well...

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