Jul 30, 2019
“Male costume is nothing new to me” [SCAN]
It isn't every day you run into someone who crashed an invitation-only event 45 years ago. When you add to the mix that the event was all-male and the interloper was a female—well, now we have the beginning of a good story.
For years it remained a mystery,...
Jul 15, 2019
“What do you want with the coffin?” [LADY]
As a rule, Sherlockians and Holmesians are a welcoming bunch. But occasionally you'll see arguments spring up about why a certain book, film, television show, play, or other related project is rubbish. Well, that's completely subjective, isn't it?
The guiding light of the...
Jul 1, 2019
“all the enthusiasm of a man fresh from the fogs of Baker Street.” [COPP]
There are a handful of names in the pantheon of Sherlockians that are legendary: Morley. Bell. Smith. Starrett. Baring-Gould. And Shaw.
For as much as John Bennett Shaw influenced modern-day Sherlockians, we haven't spent much time...