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Sherlockiana : The interest in works about Sherlock Holmes has extended to intrigue by the United States Smithsonian Museums about the original location of 221B Baker Street. The investigation found that the supposed location of Holmes and Watson's flat did not exist during the early stories such as A Study in Scarlet. However, in 1990, the Sherlock Holmes International Society opened up the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221B Baker Street. Furthermore, statues of Holmes displays "Sherlockian" culture as idolizing elements of the world. | sherlock_0.txt |
The Truth About George : "The Truth About George" was illustrated by Charles Crombie in the Strand. It was illustrated by Wallace Morgan in Liberty. The story was included in Nothing But Wodehouse, a collection of Wodehouse stories edited by Ogden Nash and published on 20 July 1932 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York. It was also included in the Mulliner Omnibus, published in 1935 in the UK by Herbert Jenkins, and in 1974 in the US by the Taplinger Publishing Company as The World of Mr. Mulliner. It was collected in The Most of P. G. Wodehouse, published in 1960 by Simon and Schuster, New York. | sherlock_1.txt |
Aetheric Mechanics : Aetheric Mechanics is a graphic novella created by Eagle Award-winning writer Warren Ellis. It is 48 pages long, illustrated in black and white by Gianluca Pagliarani, and was published by Avatar Press in October 2008. | sherlock_2.txt |
Johnlock : As of 2018, about half of the over 116,000 Sherlock works on the popular fanfiction site Archive of Our Own (AO3) were tagged as Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, with the slash indicating a romantic relationship. As of 2022, Johnlock was the second most popular pairing on AO3, after Castiel/Dean Winchester ("Destiel") from Supernatural. The same year, it was ranked as the 72nd pairing by number of new works added, reflecting a significant decrease in fandom activity from when the show was airing. Johnlock shipping was most prominent over the show's 2010–2017 run. Most commonly, fans portray Sherlock as gay and John as bisexual, though there are many other interpretations. Sherlock, who claims to be "married to his work", is sometimes read as asexual or aromantic. While low relative to the absolute amount of Sherlock fanfiction on the site, in 2015 Sherlock works represented almost 40% of the works with asexuality-related tags on AO3. Some fans and critics have argued that the text of the show encourages the subtextual reading of romantic interest into the relationship between the two leads. Characters in the show repeatedly mistake Sherlock and John's relationship as romantic, which John denies with increased frustration or anger. While John has several heterosexual relationships within the show, and eventually marries a woman, Mary Morstan, his relationships with the women are often presented as secondary to his relationship with Sherlock. One paper analyses John's relationship with Mary as maintaining his stated heterosexuality and allowing Sherlock to express feelings towards John that would be read as queer without her presence. Some Johnlock shippers lashed out against Amanda Abbington, who played Mary. She received death threats from fans angry that John was getting a serious love interest who was not Sherlock. Cassandra Collier, in a M.A. thesis for Bowling Green State University, analyzes Johnlock fanfiction as "subverting social norms of desire and sexuality" and avoiding the homonormativity that other slash ships often fall into. She compares the Sherlock fandom and several representative works of fanfiction to Supernatual, arguing that Johnlock fanfiction typically avoids traditional romantic storylines. The Sherlock fandom also commonly portrays the characters with complicated or ambiguous sexualities or non-normative sexual practice such as BDSM. According to Collier, Johnlock fanfiction often frames their relationship as a "fixation or obsession", resulting in stories about unhealthy relationships or nonstandard romantic arcs. Sherlock, who self-describes as a "high-functioning sociopath", is written as an outsider, and his perspective is often used to defamiliarize romantic relationships. Meanwhile, John is a more conventional character, and his perspective is used as a more familiar reader stand-in. In Johnlock fanfiction, his narrative arc often involves subverting this conventionality through his connection to the unconventional Sherlock. | sherlock_3.txt |
Druid's Blood : Druid's Blood takes place in an alternate Victorian England based on the idea that druidic and Celtic magic scared away the Romans, allowing a line of magical royalty to persist since then. The plot surrounds the theft of a magical tome that is the key to Queen Victoria's royal powers. With dark forces rising to smite England, it is up to consulting detective Brihtric Donne and his associate Dr. John H. Weston to save the day. | sherlock_4.txt |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) : Miller, Ron. Mystery Classics on Film: The Adaptation of 65 Novels and Stories. McFarland, 2017. | sherlock_5.txt |
South Tawton : Since 1981, the highest recorded temperature was 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 3 August 1990 and the lowest was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 22 December 2010. | sherlock_6.txt |
West Buckfastleigh : The parish was formed on 31 December 1894 from the rural part of "Buckfastleigh", the part in Buckfastleigh Urban District became "East Buckfastleigh" but was renamed "Buckfastleigh" as a successor parish. == Notes == | sherlock_7.txt |
The Strand Magazine : The Strand was brought back into publication in 1998 as a quarterly magazine, now based in Birmingham, Michigan, US. It has published fiction by many well-known writers including John Mortimer, Ray Bradbury, Alexander McCall Smith, Ruth Rendell, Colin Dexter, Edward Hoch, James Grippando, and Tennessee Williams. The magazine features stories from emerging crime and mystery writers in addition to stories by established writers. | sherlock_8.txt |
Dr. Watson : As the first-person narrator of Doyle's Holmes stories, Watson has inspired the creation of many similar narrator characters. After the appearance of Watson, the use of a "Watsonian narrator", a character like Watson who has a reason to be close to the detective but cannot follow or understand the detective's line of investigation, became "a standard feature of the classical detective story". This type of character has been called "the Watson". The Holmes-Watson partnership, consisting of a "brilliant yet flawed detective" and a "humbler but dependable and sympathetic sidekick", influenced the creation of similar teams in British detective fiction throughout the twentieth century, from detective Hercule Poirot and Poirot's companion Captain Hastings (created by author Agatha Christie in 1920), to Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis, introduced in 1975. Watson also influenced the creation of other fictional narrators, such as Bunny Manders (the sidekick of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, created by E. W. Hornung in 1898) and the American character Archie Goodwin (the assistant of detective Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout in 1934). Author Kodō Nomura modeled his characters Heiji Zenigata and his sidekick Hachigoro on Holmes and Watson. Microsoft named the debugger in Microsoft Windows "Dr. Watson". | sherlock_9.txt |
Baker Street : Baker Street is a busy thoroughfare, lying in postcode areas NW1/W1 and forming part of the A41. It runs south from Regent's Park, at the junction with Park Road and Outer Circle, and crosses Marylebone Road, Dorset Street, Blandford Street and George Street. At Fitzhardinge Street, it becomes Portman Square for a short stretch and then continues as Orchard Street until it meets with Oxford Street. In 2019, the until-then one-way street was changed to accommodate lanes running in both directions. The crossroads of Baker Street and Marylebone Road was historically known as Marylebone Circus, which is still its unofficial name. | sherlock_10.txt |
Bees Saal Baad (1962 film) : Filmfare Awards Best Lyricist - Shakeel Badayuni for the song "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil" Best Female Playback Singer - Lata Mangeshkar for the song "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil" Best Editing - Keshav Nanda Best Sound Design - S. Y. Pathak Nominations Best Film Best Director - Biren Nag Best Music Director - Hemant Kumar | sherlock_11.txt |
Ship in a Bottle (Star Trek: The Next Generation) : The episode was released as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation season six DVD box set in the United States on December 3, 2002. A remastered HD version was released on Blu-ray optical disc, on June 24, 2014. | sherlock_12.txt |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film) : Richard Scheib of The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review called the film "one of the best Sherlock Holmes screen adaptations to date, and arguably the best of all screen versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles that we have." Pamela Troy of CultureVulture.net wrote, "There's a lot that may outrage fans of the original novel, but this is, nonetheless, a respectful, interesting, and worthwhile adaptation." Charles Prepolec of the Sherlock Holmes fansite BakerStreetDozen.com wrote, "In the end, it is a compelling, if somewhat infuriating, film to watch. Not a great Holmes film, and certainly not the greatest version of this story, but it is fascinating television drama." The A.V. Club called the film "A very interesting, if not completely successful, adaptation." | sherlock_13.txt |
Ponsworthy : Thurlow, George (2001). Thurlow's Dartmoor Companion (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: Peninsula Press. p. 190. ISBN 1-872640-48-6. | sherlock_14.txt |
Jane Annie : Jane Annie at the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive Libretto prepared by Ian Bond Piano/vocal score Discussion of the collaboration and legacy of Jane Annie Information about a 2007 amateur performance in Rockford Illinois Illustration from Jane Annie | sherlock_15.txt |
Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids : Slylock Fox is a daily comic strip created by Bob Weber Jr. and published by King Features Syndicate. Bob Weber Jr. is the son of Bob Weber Sr., creator of the comic strip Moose & Molly. The target audience is young children. According to the official website, Slylock Fox appears in nearly 400 newspapers with a combined readership of over 30 million. | sherlock_16.txt |
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils : Having retired to a farm near Eastbourne, Sherlock Holmes is forced back into action to investigate the death of his brother Mycroft. Detecting the hand of R’luhlloig, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a battle that leads to R’lyeh, the Pacific island dwelling place of Cthulhu. | sherlock_17.txt |
Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit : Notes Sources Cawthorne, Nigel (2013). A Brief Guide to Jeeves and Wooster. London: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-78033-824-8. McIlvaine, Eileen; Sherby, Louise S.; Heineman, James H. (1990). P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist. New York: James H. Heineman Inc. ISBN 978-0-87008-125-5. Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1930]. Very Good, Jeeves (Reprinted ed.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0099513728. | sherlock_18.txt |
Ponsworthy : Media related to Ponsworthy at Wikimedia Commons | sherlock_19.txt |
A Taste for Honey : A Taste for Honey was the first of three novels Heard wrote about a Mr. Mycroft, strongly implied to be an elderly Sherlock Holmes in retirement on the Sussex Downs. The novel's two sequels are Reply Paid (1945) and The Notched Hairpin (1949). Heard also wrote two short stories featuring the detective for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: "Mr. Montalba, Obsequist" (September 1945) and "The Enchanted Garden" (March 1949). | sherlock_20.txt |
Adrian Monk : Erdmann, Terry J; Block, Paula M (July 2006), Monk: The Official Episode Guide, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-35461-4 | sherlock_21.txt |
The Truth About George : Notes Sources McIlvaine, Eileen; Sherby, Louise S.; Heineman, James H. (1990). P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist. New York: James H. Heineman Inc. ISBN 978-0-87008-125-5. | sherlock_22.txt |
The Brazilian Cat : Rafe McGregor describes "The Brazilian Cat" as an example of "weird fiction" and as a "supernatural thriller", drawing comparisons to Doyle's 1901 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. Jeffrey Meyers and Valerie Meyers offer "The Brazilian Cat" as an example of how "Doyle's stories are economical in style and structure", describing it as "darkly comic" and "a grisly satire on the hazards of visiting country houses and maniacal hosts". Writing for The Guardian in 2014, Lynne Truss described it as "...a quite scary story about a Brazilian cat, in which we find the excellent description: 'One stroke of that huge paw tore off my calf as a shaving of wood curls off before a plane.'" | sherlock_23.txt |
Shadows Over Baker Street : Sherlock Holmes Vs. Cthulhu! | sherlock_24.txt |
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It : The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It (also known as The Strange Case of the End of Civilisations) is a 1977 comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Ron Moody, Connie Booth, Joss Ackland and Denholm Elliott. It was written by Jack Hobbs, McGrath and Cleese. It is a low-budget spoof of the Sherlock Holmes detective series, as well as the mystery genre in general. | sherlock_25.txt |
Young Sherlock Holmes: Red Leech : Young Sherlock Holmes: Red Leech (U.S. edition title: Rebel Fire) is the second novel in the Young Sherlock Holmes series that depicts Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes as a teenager in the 1860s. It was written by Andrew Lane and released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2010 by Macmillan Books. It is a sequel to Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud and was followed by Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice which was released on 26 May 2011. | sherlock_26.txt |
Dartmoor : Over half of Dartmoor National Park (57.3%) is private land; the Forest of Dartmoor being the major part of this, owned by the Duke of Cornwall. The Ministry of Defence owns 14% (see below), 3.8% is owned by water companies (see Dartmoor reservoirs), 3.7% by the National Trust, 1.8% by the Forestry Commission and 1.4% by Dartmoor's national park authority. About 37% of Dartmoor is common land. Dartmoor differs from some other National Parks in England and Wales, in that since the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 much of it has been designated as access land, which, although it remains privately owned, has no restrictions on where walkers can roam. In addition to this access land, there are about 730 km (450 mi) of public rights of way on Dartmoor, and many kilometres of permitted footpaths and bridleways where the owners allow access. Because of the 1985 Act, Dartmoor was largely unaffected by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, which established similar rights in other rural parts of the country, until 2006, when the 2000 Act opened up much of the remaining restricted land to walkers. | sherlock_27.txt |
Mercedes Lackey bibliography : The books primarily follow the story of Vetch (or Kiron, from the second book onward), and centers initially around a war between the neighboring countries of Alta and Tia, both of which use Dragon Jousters as their most powerful weapons. The settings in the books resemble the pre-Dynastic period of Ancient Egypt, with dragons; others have suggested (very loosely) the myth of Atlantis. There is also an arcade video game by the same name, which involved lance-wielding combatants on flying creatures, but is unrelated. This series began with a short story entitled "Joust" which was published in The Dragon Quintet (ISBN 076531035X). This short story was later expanded into the following series with the first novel holding the same name as the short story that began the series. Joust (2003) Alta (2004) Sanctuary (May 2005) Aerie (October 2006) | sherlock_28.txt |
Arthur Conan Doyle : Doyle was also a fervent advocate of justice and personally investigated two closed cases, which led to two men being exonerated of the crimes of which they were accused. The first case, in 1906, involved a shy half-British, half-Indian lawyer named George Edalji, who had allegedly penned threatening letters and mutilated animals in Great Wyrley. Police were set on Edalji's conviction, even though the mutilations continued after their suspect was jailed. Apart from helping George Edalji, Doyle's work helped establish a way to correct other miscarriages of justice, as it was partially as a result of this case that the Court of Criminal Appeal was established in 1907. The story of Doyle and Edalji was dramatised in an episode of the 1972 BBC television series, The Edwardians. In Nicholas Meyer's pastiche The West End Horror (1976), Holmes manages to help clear the name of a shy Parsi Indian character wronged by the English justice system. Edalji was of Parsi heritage on his father's side. The story was fictionalised in Julian Barnes's 2005 novel Arthur and George, which was adapted into a three-part drama by ITV in 2015. The second case, that of Oscar Slater—a Jew of German origin who operated a gambling den and was convicted of bludgeoning an 82-year-old woman in Glasgow in 1908—excited Doyle's curiosity because of inconsistencies in the prosecution's case and a general sense that Slater was not guilty. He ended up paying most of the costs for Slater's successful 1928 appeal. | sherlock_29.txt |
Geology of Dartmoor National Park : Lydford Gorge is a major geological attraction on the western edge of the national park owned by the National Trust. Whitelady Waterfall and the Devil’s Cauldron are amongst the natural features in the deep gorge cut here by the River Lyd through the mudstones of the Lydford Formation. In the northeast is Becky Falls which is a private attraction where the Becka Brook drops steeply off the edge of granite into a gorge cut in Crackington Formation rocks to enter the Bovey valley. Further south on the park's boundary are several caves developed in the limestone outcrop at Buckfastleigh, including Bakers Pit, and managed both for bat conservation and for public trips. == References == | sherlock_30.txt |
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans : Works related to The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans at Wikisource Media related to The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans at Wikimedia Commons His Last Bow, including The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans at Standard Ebooks "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" at Project Gutenberg "Lost in Lassus: The Missing Monograph", By Leslie S. Klinger – on the implications of Holmes' musicological feat | sherlock_31.txt |
Guy Adams : REVIEW : The Clown Service at Upcoming4.me The story behind The Rain-Soaked Bride – Online Essay by Guy Adams at Upcoming4.me | sherlock_32.txt |
Anthony Boucher : William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dramas. Between 1942 and 1947, he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to "Anthony Boucher", White also employed the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes", which was the pseudonym of a late-19th-century American serial killer; Boucher also wrote light verse which he signed "Herman W. Mudgett" (the murderer's real name). In a 1981 poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time. | sherlock_33.txt |
Destiny (Irene Adler) : Destiny is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141, published on October 21, 1980. Destiny's civilian identity is Irene Adler, a blind mutant with precognitive abilities that allow her to accurately predict future events. Initially, Destiny was depicted as an adversary of the X-Men and member of the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by her wife Mystique, the two having raised Rogue together. Although originally portrayed as one of the X-Men's enemies, in other storylines Destiny has functioned as an ally. Decades after her death, Destiny was resurrected by Mystique during the "Krakoan Age" in 2021. In this era, it was confirmed that Destiny was the Irene Adler featured in Sherlock Holmes stories (created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), her rivalry with Moira MacTaggert was established, and it was revealed she plays a pivotal role in the history and future of mutantkind. A 2023 storyline revealed it was Destiny who gave birth to the X-Men superhero Nightcrawler, rather than Mystique; the two conceived him after Mystique used her abilities to take on a male form. In 2024, Destiny and Mystique renewed their vows, marking the first depiction of a female same-sex wedding in Marvel Comics. Destiny has received attention for her relationship with Mystique, being one of Marvel's earliest queer characters; their relationship has often received praise. Destiny has also garnered attention for the revelation of her status as Nightcrawler's mother, which was praised for adhering to Claremont's original design for the characters. | sherlock_34.txt |
Alfred Wood (cricketer) : Alfred Herbert Wood (23 April 1866 — 19 April 1941) was an English first-class cricketer who was private secretary to Arthur Conan Doyle for 29 years. The son of Robert Wood, he was born at Portsmouth in April 1866. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, before matriculating on an open mathematics scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, he returned to Portsmouth to become an assistant master at Portsmouth Grammar School. Wood was a close friend of the writer Arthur Conan Doyle, having met him in between 1882 and 1890, when Conan Doyle was practicing as an oculist in Portsmouth. In 1901, he left his employment as an assistant master to become Conan Doyle's private secretary and business manager, positions he would hold until his retirement in 1930. Following Conan Doyle's death in July 1930, Wood was bequeathed £250 per year by him. Wood played club cricket for both the Hampshire Hogs and Hampshire Rovers, and in 1901 he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset at Portsmouth in the County Championship. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 11 runs by Len Braund in Hampshire's first innings, before being dismissed for the same score in their second innings by Beaumont Cranfield. Wood was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. He was a prominent Freemason, having joined the Phoenix Lodge of Freemasons in 1895. His sporting interests outside of cricket included his membership of the Royal Albert Yacht Club and the Hindhead Golf Club, in addition to serving as president of the Portsmouth Football Association for 15 years. Wood was also an officer in the British Army with the Royal Sussex Regiment (as part of the Territorial Force), gaining the rank of captain. He served in the First World War, gaining the temporary rank of major in September 1915. During the war, he saw action on the Western Front, and later on the Italian front in 1918. In later life, he took a keen interest in the Portsmouth Victoria Nursing Association and was treasurer of the Phoenix Lodge of Freemasons. Wood, who had remained a bachelor throughout his life, died suddenly at Southsea in April 1941. | sherlock_35.txt |
Indiscretions of Archie : The Archie short stories published in the Strand between March 1920 and February 1921 were all illustrated by A. Wallis Mills. The stories published in Cosmopolitan between May 1920 and February 1921 were illustrated by T. D. Skidmore. In the Strand, none of the Archie stories were published in December 1920. A different Wodehouse story, "Sundered Hearts" (later collected in The Clicking of Cuthbert), was published in that issue. "Dear Old Squiffy" was also published in The Golden Book Magazine (US), illustrated by H. M. Bateman, in January 1933. The one story that was not published in Cosmopolitan, "Strange Experience of an Artist's Model", was collected in Wodehouse on Crime under the title "Indiscretions of Archie". Wodehouse on Crime was published on 14 September 1981 by Ticknor & Fields, New York, edited by D. R. Bensen with a foreword by Isaac Asimov. The novel has a long dedication to "B. W. King-Hall". Baldwin King-Hall was a friend of Wodehouse who ran a school called Emsworth House in Emsworth. | sherlock_36.txt |
Professor Moriarty : Professor Moriarty's first appearance occurred in the 1893 short story "The Adventure of the Final Problem" (set in 1891). The story features consulting detective Sherlock Holmes revealing to his friend and biographer Doctor Watson that for years now he has suspected many seemingly isolated crimes to actually all be the machinations of a single, vast, and subtle criminal organisation. After investigation, he has uncovered Professor Moriarty as a mastermind who provides strategy and protection to criminals in exchange for obedience and a share in their profits. Moriarty realizes Holmes is aware of his operation and confronts him in person, threatening death if Holmes interferes any further. Holmes describes Moriarty's physical appearance to Watson, saying the professor is extremely tall and thin, clean-shaven, pale, and ascetic-looking. He has a forehead that "domes out in a white curve", deeply sunken eyes, and shoulders that are "rounded from much study". His face protrudes forward and is always slowly oscillating from side to side "in a curiously reptilian fashion". Holmes mentions that during their meeting, Moriarty remarked in surprise, "You have less frontal development than I should have expected," indicating the criminal believes in phrenology. Holmes ignores the threat and delivers appropriate evidence to the police so Moriarty and those who operate his network will face justice in a few days. Knowing the mastermind and his trusted lieutenants intend to kill him before they hide or are arrested, Holmes flees to Switzerland, and Watson joins him. The mastermind follows, his pursuit ending when he confronts Holmes at the top of the Reichenbach Falls. Watson does not witness the confrontation but arrives later to find signs of hand-to-hand combat occurring at the cliff edge near the waterfall, indicating the battle ended with both men falling to their deaths. Watson also finds a goodbye note left behind by Holmes that Moriarty allowed him to write before their battle. Moriarty plays a direct role in only one other Holmes story, The Valley of Fear (1914), set before "The Final Problem" but written afterwards. In The Valley of Fear, Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty's men from committing a murder. A policeman who interviewed Moriarty tells Holmes that the professor has a painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze hanging on his office wall. Learning this, Holmes mentions the great value of another painting by the same artist, pointing out such works could not have been purchased on a university professor's salary. The work referred to is La jeune fille à l'agneau; which some commentators have described as a pun by Doyle on a famous Thomas Gainsborough painting, the Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, which was taken from the Thomas Agnew and Sons art gallery. The gallery believed Adam Worth (the criminal who helped inspire Doyle to create Moriarty) was responsible, but was unable to prove the claim. Holmes mentions Moriarty in five other stories: "The Adventure of the Empty House" (the immediate sequel to "The Final Problem"), "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter", "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", and "His Last Bow" (the final adventure in Holmes's canon timeline, taking place years after he has officially retired). Doctor Watson, even when narrating, never meets Moriarty (only getting distant glimpses of him in "The Final Problem"). Watson relies upon Holmes to relate accounts of the feud between the detective and the criminal. Doyle is inconsistent on Watson's familiarity with Moriarty. In "The Final Problem", Watson tells Holmes he has never heard of Moriarty, while in "The Valley of Fear", set earlier on, Watson already knows of him as "the famous scientific criminal." In "The Empty House", Holmes says Moriarty commissioned a powerful air gun from a blind German mechanic surnamed von Herder, a weapon later used by the professor's employee/acolyte Colonel Moran. It closely resembles a cane, allows easy concealment, is capable of firing revolver bullets at long range, and makes very little noise when fired, making it ideal for criminal sniping. Moriarty also has a marked preference for organising lethal "accidents" to befall his targets. His attempts to kill Holmes include falling masonry and a speeding horse-drawn vehicle. He is also responsible for stage-managing the death of Birdy Edwards, making it appear the man was lost overboard while sailing to South Africa. | sherlock_37.txt |
Church of St Pancras, Widecombe-in-the-Moor : The Church of Saint Pancras is a Church of England church in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England. It is also known as the Cathedral of the Moor. The church is Grade I listed. It has received the nickname "Cathedral of the Moor" because of its 120-foot tower and relatively large capacity for such a small village. The church was originally built in the fourteenth century, in the Perpendicular (late Gothic) style, using locally quarried granite. It was enlarged over the following two centuries, partly on the proceeds of the local tin-mining trade. Inside, the ceiling is decorated with a large number of decorative roof bosses, including the tinner's emblem of a circle of three hares (known locally as the Tinners' Rabbits). The church was badly damaged in the Great Thunderstorm of 1638, apparently struck by ball lightning. An afternoon service was taking place at the time, and the building was packed with approximately 300 worshippers. Four of them were killed, around 60 injured. According to local legend, the Great Thunderstorm was caused by the village being visited by the Devil. The size of the parish meant that, for centuries, families were obliged to walk for miles to go to church at Widecombe every Sunday. The task was even more challenging when it came to burying their dead, whose coffins had to be carried over rough ground and both up and down exceptionally steep hills. Halfway up Dartmeet Hill, for example, lies the Coffin Stone, close to the road, where the body would be placed to allow the bearers to take a rest. The rock is split in two along its length. Local legend has it that the body of a particularly wicked man was laid there. God took exception to this, and struck the stone with a thunderbolt, destroying the coffin and splitting the stone in two. Beatrice Chase, a writer known during the first half of the 20th century for her Dartmoor-based novels, is buried in the churchyard. | sherlock_38.txt |
Locked Rooms : Laurie R. King official website | sherlock_39.txt |
River Walkham : Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape Rivers of the United Kingdom | sherlock_40.txt |
The Adventure of the Two Women : "The Adventure of the Two Women" is a Sherlock Holmes crime story by Adrian Conan Doyle, the youngest son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Sherlock Holmes creator. The story was published in the 1954 collection The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Collier's on 4 September 1953, and was illustrated by Robert Fawcett in Collier's. | sherlock_41.txt |
O Jerusalem (novel) : Laurie R. King official website | sherlock_42.txt |
Three Problems for Solar Pons : Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 42. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 844. Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 179. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 150. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4. | sherlock_43.txt |
Paul Giovanni : Paul Giovanni (June 2, 1933 – June 17, 1990) was an American playwright, actor, director, singer and musician. Giovanni wrote the music for the 1973 British horror film The Wicker Man. | sherlock_44.txt |
North Bovey : North Bovey is a village and civil parish situated on the south-eastern side of Dartmoor National Park, Teignbridge, Devon, England, about 11 miles WSW of the city of Exeter and 1.5 miles SSW of Moretonhampstead. The village lies above the eastern bank of the River Bovey from which it takes its name. In 2001 the population of the parish was 274, compared to 418 in 1901 and 519 in 1801. The parish church is built of granite and is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It dates from the 13th century, and was restored early in the 20th century by Sir Charles Nicholson. It is one of the several churches around Dartmoor that has a representation of the tinners rabbits on one of its roof bosses. On the village green is an ancient stone cross which was thrown down during the Civil War and spent some time afterwards as a bridge over a local stream. In 1829 it was retrieved and installed into a socket-stone which had remained in situ on the village green, though it is not considered likely that it is the original cross that was mounted here as it appears to be older than the base. The parish encompasses part of the eastern side of Dartmoor, an area rich in Bronze Age remains such as Grimspound, right on its boundary. The medieval Bennett's Cross, on the road between Moretonhampstead and Two Bridges is one of the markers of the parish boundary, and the Birch Tor and Vitifer tin mining area is nearby. In the north of the parish, the small settlements of Beeson and Shapley were mentioned in the Domesday Book. There are several preserved Dartmoor longhouses in the parish, notably at Lettaford and Westcombe. Also within the parish is Bovey Castle, designed by Detmar Blow and built in 1905–7 for Viscount Hambledon, son of W. H. Smith, the newsagent. It is now a grade II* listed building and a hotel with an 18-hole championship golf course. | sherlock_45.txt |
Spike Milligan : Milligan retained his black humour into later life. In 1980, during the funeral of Peter Sellers, he quipped to Harry Secombe, "I hope you die before me, because I don't want you to sing at my funeral." (A recording of Secombe singing was played at Milligan's memorial service.) In 1990, he also wrote his own obituary, in which he stated repeatedly that he "wrote the Goon Show and died". Milligan died from kidney failure, at the age of 83, on 27 February 2002, at his home on Dumb Woman's Lane near Rye, Sussex. On the day of his funeral, 8 March 2002, his coffin was carried to St Thomas Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex, and was draped in the flag of Ireland. He had once quipped that he wanted his headstone to bear the words: "I told you I was ill." He was buried at St Thomas' churchyard but the Chichester diocese refused to allow this epitaph. A compromise was reached with the Gaelic translation of "I told you I was ill", Dúirt mé leat go mé breoite, and in English, "Love, light, peace". The additional epitaph Grá mhór ort Shelagh can be read as "Great love for you Shelagh". According to a letter published in the Rye and Battle Observer in 2011, Milligan's headstone was removed from St Thomas' churchyard in Winchelsea and moved to be alongside the grave of his wife, but was later returned. | sherlock_46.txt |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film) : The film features an all-star cast: in addition to the famous Livanov-Solomin duo as Holmes and Watson, the film stars the internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as Jack Stapleton. The hound uses the simple but effective device of painting a skull on the dog's face. | sherlock_47.txt |
Bertram Fletcher Robinson : Bertram Fletcher Robinson died aged 36 years on 21 January 1907, at 44 Eaton Terrace, Belgravia, London. The official cause of his death is recorded as 'enteric fever (3 weeks) and peritonitis (24 hours)'. His friend, Sir Max Pemberton reported that Robinson had become ill after drinking contaminated water during a visit to the Paris Motor Show in December 1906. However, other contemporaries with a bent for the occult attributed Robinson's death to a curse associated with an Egyptian artefact called the Unlucky Mummy, which he had investigated in 1904, and which would later be linked to the sinking of RMS Titanic. Obituaries were published in various British magazines including Vanity Fair, The Athenaeum, The Illustrated London News and The Gentleman's Magazine. Further obituaries appeared in dozens of national and regional newspapers including The World, The Times, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Weekly Dispatch, The Daily News, The Sphere, The Morning Post, The Globe, Evening Standard, Western Morning News and The Sporting Times. The English poet and journalist, Jessie Pope also wrote the following elegy to Robinson, which was published in the Daily Express on 26 January 1907: Good Bye, kind heart; our benisons preceding,Shall shield your passing to the other side.The praise of your friends shall do your pleadingIn love and gratitude and tender pride.To you gay humorist and polished writer,We will not speak of tears or startled pain.You made our London merrier and brighter,God bless you, then, until we meet again! | sherlock_48.txt |
In Re: Sherlock Holmes : "In Re: Sherlock Holmes"—The Adventures of Solar Pons (in the UK it was titled The Adventures of Solar Pons) is a collection of detective fiction short stories by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1945 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 3,604 copies. It was the first book issued under the Mycroft & Moran imprint. The book is the first collection of Derleth's Solar Pons stories. The stories are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. | sherlock_49.txt |
The Adventure of the Crooked Man : "The Adventure of the Crooked Man", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in July 1893, and in Harper's Weekly in the United States on 8 July 1893. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" 15th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. | sherlock_50.txt |
List of authors of new Sherlock Holmes stories : Edward D. Hanna: The Whitechapel Horrors (1993). Michael Hardwick: The Prisoner of the Devil (1979), Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes (1984), The Revenge of the Hound (1987) Robert J. Harris: A Study in Crimson (2022), The Devil's Blaze (2022) Michael Harrison: I, Sherlock Holmes - Memoirs of Mr Sherlock Holmes, OM, late Consulting Private Detective-in-Ordinary to Their Majesties Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King Georges V (1977) Edward D. Hoch: "The Adventure of Vittoria the Circus Belle" in The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (1997) Mark Hodder: "The Loss of Chapter Twenty-One", a short story in Encounters of Sherlock Holmes (2013) Anthony Horowitz: The House of Silk, Little Brown and Company (2011) | sherlock_51.txt |
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire : Watson takes Holmes to a friend's estate near Reigate in Surrey to rest after a rather strenuous case in France. Their host is Colonel Hayter. There has recently been a burglary at the nearby Acton estate in which the thieves stole a motley assortment of things, even a ball of twine, but nothing terribly valuable. Then one morning, the Colonel's butler tells news of a murder at another nearby estate, the Cunninghams'. The victim is William Kirwan, the coachman. Inspector Forrester has taken charge of the investigation, and there is one physical clue: a torn piece of paper found in William's hand with a few words written on it, including "quarter to twelve", which was approximately the time of William's murder. Holmes takes an instant interest in the note. One of the first facts to emerge is that there is a longstanding legal dispute between the Actons and the Cunninghams involving ownership of about half of the estate currently in the Cunninghams' hands. Holmes interviews the two Cunningham men, young Alec and his ageing father. Alec tells Holmes that he saw the burglar struggling with William when a shot went off and William fell dead, and that the burglar ran off through a hedge to the road. The elder Cunningham claims that he was in his room smoking at the time, and Alec says that he had also still been up. Holmes knows that it would be useful to get hold of the rest of that note found in William's hand. He believes that the murderer snatched it away from William and thrust it into his pocket, never realizing that a scrap of it was still in the murdered coachman's hand. Unfortunately, neither the police nor Holmes can get any information from William's mother, for she is quite old, deaf, and somewhat simple-minded. Holmes, apparently still recovering from his previous strenuous case, seems to have a fit just as Forrester is about to mention the torn piece of paper to the Cunninghams. Afterward, Holmes remarks that it is extraordinary that a burglar would break into the Cunninghams' house when the Cunninghams were both still awake and had lamps lit. Holmes then apparently makes a mistake writing an advertisement that the elder Cunningham corrects. Holmes insists on searching the Cunninghams' rooms despite their protests that the burglar could not have gone there. He sees Alec's room and then his father's, where he deliberately knocks a small table over, sending some oranges and a water carafe to the floor. The others were not looking his way at the time, and Holmes implies that the cause is Watson's clumsiness. Watson plays along and starts gathering up scattered oranges. Everyone then notices that Holmes has left the room. Moments later, there are cries of "murder" and "help". Watson recognizes his friend's voice. He and Forrester rush to Alec's room where they find Alec trying to throttle Holmes and his father apparently twisting Holmes's wrist. The Cunninghams are quickly restrained, and Holmes tells Forrester to arrest the two for murdering William Kirwan. At first, Forrester thinks Holmes must be mad, but Holmes draws his attention to the looks on their faces – very guilty. After a revolver is knocked out of Alec's hand, the two are arrested. The gun is the one that was used to murder William, and it is seized. Holmes has found the rest of the note, still in Alec's dressing gown pocket. It runs thus (the words in boldface are the ones on the original scrap): "If you will only come round at quarter to twelve to the east gate you will learn what will very much surprise you and maybe [sic] be of the greatest service to you and also to Annie Morrison. But say nothing to anyone upon the matter." Holmes, an expert at studying handwriting, reveals that he had realized earlier from the torn piece of paper that the note was written by two men, each writing alternate words. He had perceived that one man was young, the other rather older, and that they were related, which led Holmes to conclude that the Cunninghams wrote the letter. Holmes saw that the Cunninghams' story was false since William's body has no powder burns on it, so he was not shot at point-blank range as the Cunninghams claim. The escape route also does not bear their story out: there is a boggy ditch next to the road that the fleeing murderer would have had to cross, yet there are no signs of any footprints in it. Holmes had faked his fit to prevent the Cunninghams from being reminded about and destroying the missing part of the note, and made a mistake in the advertisement on purpose to get the elder Cunningham to write the word "twelve" by hand, to compare it with the note fragment. The elder Cunningham's confidence is broken after his arrest and he tells all. It seems that William followed his two employers the night they broke into the Acton estate (Holmes has already deduced that it was they, in pursuit of documents supporting Mr. Acton's legal claim, which they did not find). William then proceeded to blackmail his employers – not realizing that it was dangerous to do such a thing to Alec – and they thought to use the recent burglary scare as a plausible way of getting rid of him. With a bit more attention paid to detail, they might very well have evaded all suspicion. | sherlock_52.txt |
Lydford : Historically Lydford was an economic powerhouse, established as one of the four Saxon burhs of Devon by king Alfred the Great. It first appears in recorded history in 997, when the Danes made a plundering expedition up the Tamar and Tavy as far as Hlidaforda (i.e. Lydford). The attack is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Her on ðissum geare ferde se here abutan Defenanscire into Sæfern muðan and þær heregodan ægðer ge on Cornwealum and on Norðwealum and on Defenum, and eodon him þa up æt Wecedport and þær micel yfel worhton on bærnette and on mannslihtum, and æfter þam wendon eft abutan Penwiðsteort on þa suðhealfe and wendon þa into Tamer muðan and eodon þa up oð hi comon to Hlydanforda, and ælc þing bærndon and slogon þe hi gemitton, and Ordulfes mynster Tæfingstoc forbærndon and unasecgendlice herehyðe mid him to scypon brohton. Translation: In this year, they (the Vikings) visited Devonshire and at the mouth of the Severn, pillaging in Cornwall, Devon and Wales. They went to Watchet, and there caused much damage by dint of arson and wholesale slaughter. Then they turned at Penwith Tail to the south and up into the mouth of the Tamar, travelling to Lydford, burning and slaughtering anything they came across, and burned down Ordwulf's monastery at Tavistock, carrying vast amounts of loot back to their ships. During the reign of Ethelred the Unready Lydford had a mint; coins minted there were inscribed LVD., LVDA, and LVDAN. In the reign of Edward the Confessor it was the most populous centre in Devon after Exeter, but Domesday Book relates that forty houses had lain waste since the Norman Conquest. The town never recovered its former prosperity under the Normans and, according to Domesday Book, Lydford was taxed equally with London. Under the Normans, and until the 20th century, the parish of Lydford included all of the Forest of Dartmoor. Until the 12th century, parishioners from across most of Dartmoor were brought to Lydford for burial. The path used to make this final journey is known as the 'Lych way'. Many reports have been made of monks in white and phantom funeral processions seen walking along this path. Lydford Castle is first mentioned in 1216, when it was granted to William Briwere, and was shortly afterwards fixed as the prison of the stannaries and the meeting-place of the Forest Courts of Dartmoor. A gild at Lideford is mentioned in 1180, and the pipe roll of 1195 records a grant for the reestablishment of the market. In 1238 the borough, which had hitherto been crown demesne, was bestowed by Henry III on Richard of Cornwall, who in 1268 obtained a grant of a Wednesday market and a three days fair at the feast of St Petrock. The borough had a separate coroner and bailiff in 1275, but it was never incorporated by charter, and only once, in 1300, returned members to parliament. During the English Civil War, Lydford was the haunt of the then notorious Gubbins band, a gang of ruthless cut-throats and highwaymen, who took advantage of the turmoil of the times to ply their villainry. According to one account of the time: Gubbins-land is a Scythia within England, and they pure heathens therein. Their language is the drosse of the dregs of the vulgar Devonian, They hold together like burrs: offend one and all will avenge their quarrel. In 1987 the parish of Lydford finally lost its claim to be the largest parish in England. It was split into two civil parishes, Lydford and Dartmoor Forest. The ecclesiastical parish has also been split, with Princetown made a separate parish. | sherlock_53.txt |
Deduce, You Say! : Deduce, You Say! at IMDb | sherlock_54.txt |
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor : "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" was first published in the UK in The Strand Magazine in April 1892, and in the United States in the US edition of the Strand in May 1892. The story was published with eight illustrations by Sidney Paget in The Strand Magazine. It was included in the short story collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in October 1892. | sherlock_55.txt |
Billy Wilder : Wilder opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). He co-created the Committee for the First Amendment, of 500 Hollywood personalities and stars to "support those professionals called upon to testify before the HUAC who had classified themselves as hostile with regard to the interrogations and the interrogators". Some anti-Communists wanted those in the cinema industry to take oaths of allegiance. The Screen Directors Guild had a vote by show of hands. Only John Huston and Wilder opposed. Huston said, "I am sure it was one of the bravest things that Billy, as a naturalized German, had ever done. There were 150 to 200 directors at this meeting, and here Billy and I sat alone with our hands raised in protest against the loyalty oath." Wilder was not affected by the Hollywood blacklist. Of the blacklisted 'Hollywood Ten' he said, "Of the ten, two had talent, and the rest were just unfriendly." In general, Wilder disliked formula and genre films. Wilder reveled in poking fun at those who took politics too seriously. In Ball of Fire, his burlesque queen 'Sugarpuss' points at her sore throat and complains "Pink? It's as red as the Daily Worker and just as sore." Later, she gives the overbearing and unsmiling housemaid the name "Franco". | sherlock_56.txt |
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes : The two stories were initially published in the magazine Je sais tout from November 1906. The first story, "The Blonde Lady", was published from November 1906 to April, 1907, while the second, "The Jewish Lamp", appeared in September and October, 1907. The collection of these two stories was published with modifications in February, 1908, and in 1914, another edition appeared with further modifications. The English translations appeared in 1910. The first two chapters were published using the name Sherlock Holmes, but Arthur Conan Doyle stopped the continued use of his character by 1907. In order to not abandon the existing story, Holmes' name was simply changed to Herlock Sholmès in future chapters and publications. The name Herlock Sholmès (or Sholmes in English) had been in use in parodies of Doyles' works by other authors since at least 1894. The first American edition of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar, translated by George Morehead, restored the character's name back to Sherlock Holmes, while the second book, also translated by Morehead, was published as Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes. The British translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos changed his name to Holmlock Shears. | sherlock_57.txt |
Gerald Heard : Official website Gerald Heard Official Biography by Jay Michael Barrie at the Gerald Heard website Gerald Heard at IMDb Gerald Heard on the Mystical Site www.mysticism.nl JSTOR Gerald Heard Bibliography 1900–1978 (work in progress ... 50% complete) | sherlock_58.txt |
Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud : After a month of holidays, Sherlock discovers that his brother Mycroft has hired him an unusual American tutor named Amyus Crowe. During their first lesson together Sherlock finds a dead body on the Holmes' estate and witnesses the same cloud surrounding the body that Matty had previously seen. He detects an orange powdery substance around the body and takes a sample of it. With Matty's help, he tracks down a warehouse that has links to one of the deceased, and almost dies in the warehouse when the villains set it alight. Holmes escapes the building, and determines that he must travel to Guildford and locate an expert in exotic diseases who might help identify the yellow substance. He, therefore, sets out with Matty. A few days later Sherlock is lured to a fair, where he is forced to participate in a boxing match, from which he is kidnapped and interrogated by the unseen Baron Martuis until he is rescued by Matty and the pair go to his tutor's home. Knowing that the Baron has left his headquarters, Sherlock, Matty, Crowe, and Virginia determine to follow and locate the Baron. They discover that the Baron is shipping a weapon from a London wharf, and after a series of chases, Sherlock and Virginia are kidnapped to France by the Baron, and further interrogated. The Baron attacks Sherlock as Mr. Surd attacks Virginia. The pair escape and meet up with Crowe and Matty and set out to stop the Baron from trying to destroy the British Army. They find a fort where Mr. Surd is. Sherlock engages in a fight with Mr. Surd, and Sherlock kills him by shoving him into a beehive, resulting in multiple stings from angry bees. They throw pollen in the air and burn it, destroying the fort. Sherlock wakes up and meets Crowe and Matty and they discuss matters. As he glances outside the window, Holmes sees the Baron passing by his home in a carriage. | sherlock_59.txt |
The Whitechapel Horrors : Kirkus Reviews felt that the revelation of Jack the Ripper's identity was "inventive and original" and the best part of the novel. Publishers Weekly called it "remarkably fresh and inventive" and praised the authenticity of the novel. Dread Central felt that it was the "first misstep" in Titan Books Further Adventures series and found it overly detailed and devoid of a satisfying resolution. Blasting News was in agreement calling it "too long, and not dramatic enough to warrant the length." | sherlock_60.txt |
The Final Problem : Works related to The Final Problem at Wikisource Media related to The Adventure of the Final Problem at Wikimedia Commons The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, including The Final Problem at Standard Ebooks | sherlock_61.txt |
Comrade Bingo : At the beginning of the story, Bingo implies to Bertie that Lord Bittlesham must have paid a significant amount of money for his new title. This is a reference to the "cash for honors" scandal during that period, when Prime Minister David Lloyd George's government was accused of openly selling peerages at an unprecedented scale. | sherlock_62.txt |
Scorhill : Scorhill is situated in a landscape of megalithic monuments and features in local stories about horses unwilling to pass through the circle. Some folklore links it to The Tolmen, a stone with a large doughnut-shaped hole in it, overhanging a nearby stream. One story of the "faithless wives and fickle maidens" is of unfaithful women being made to wash themselves in a nearby pool, run around Scorhill three times and then pass through the Tolmen and pray in front of the stones for absolution. Unforgiven women were crushed by a stone, giving the eerie suggestion as to why so many stones have fallen. | sherlock_63.txt |
List of Holmesian studies : This list contains studies about the Sherlock Holmes character, biographies of Arthur Conan Doyle and studies about his Holmesian work, the place of Sherlock Holmes character in detective literature, and other Holmes miscellanea. | sherlock_64.txt |
Minky Woodcock : Minky is the daughter of famed private detective Benedict Woodcock, reputed to be the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. Her mother drowned when she was young and her brother - Benedict Jr or simply Bennie - has no interest in being a detective, instead wanting a career in dance; nevertheless he is part of the Benedict & Son agency. Mindy, a devoted fan of Agatha Christie (with a pet rabbit named after the author), very much wants to be a detective but is instead the agency's secretary - much to her displeasure. | sherlock_65.txt |
The Disintegration Machine : "The Disintegration Machine" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centres on the discovery of a machine capable of disintegrating objects and reforming them as they were. This short story is a part of the "Challenger series", a collection of stories about the wealthy eccentric adventurer Professor Challenger. | sherlock_66.txt |
Devon Air Ambulance : DAAT's mission statement is: "To relieve sickness and injury in and around the county of Devon through provision of an emergency Air Ambulance service". The charity provides air ambulance cover for the entire county. Up to 2019, the charity's paramedics were provided on secondment from South Western Ambulance Service, but these are now DAAT employees. | sherlock_67.txt |
River Swincombe : UK Rivers Guidebook | sherlock_68.txt |
Jamyang Norbu : Echoes from Forgotten Mountains: Tibet in War and Peace, Penguin Viking, 2023, ISBN 0670094668, 978-0670094660 Don't Stop the Revolution! Writings on the 2008 Tibetan Uprisings and the Beijing Olympics, High Asia Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-7328377-9-9 Buying the Dragon's Teeth, High Asia Press, 2004, ISBN 0-9755371-0-5 Shadow Tibet, High Asia Press, 2004, ISBN 09755371-1-3 Warriors of Tibet: The Story of Aten and the Khampas' Fight for the Freedom of Their Country (originally titled Horseman in the Snow), Wisdom, 1987, Wisdom Pub., ISBN 0-86171-050-9. The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, Bloomsbury USA, 2003, ISBN 1-58234-328-4. Illusion and Reality, Tibetan Youth Congress, 1989. Zlos-Gar: Performing Traditions of Tibet, Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1986, ASIN B000J2PZ54 == References == | sherlock_69.txt |
Finding Neverland (film) : The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It was shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the Haifa Film Festival, the Athens Panorama European Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival and the Leeds International Film Festival, before opening in the U.K. 29 October 2004. It had a limited release in the United States 12 November 2004, and opened more widely 17 December 2004. | sherlock_70.txt |
Gaslight series : "Hounded" by Stephen Volk "The Death Lantern" by Lawrence C. Connolly "The Quality of Mercy" by William Meikle "Emily’s Kiss" by James A. Moore "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" by William Patrick Maynard "The Last Windigo" by Hayden Trenholm "Celeste" by Neil Jackson "The Best Laid Plans" by Robert Lauderdale "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" by Leigh Blackmore "The Affair of the Heart" by Mark Morris "The Hand-Delivered Letter" by Simon Kurt Unsworth "Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" by Barbara Roden "Mr. Other’s Children" by J. R. Campbell | sherlock_71.txt |
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding : The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 24 October 1960. It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the writer's two most famous detectives. It retailed in the UK for twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6) and comprises six cases. It was not published in the US although the stories it contains were published in other volumes there. | sherlock_72.txt |
The Boscombe Valley Mystery : "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", one of the fifty-six short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine in October 1891. | sherlock_73.txt |
James Lovegrove : Official website James Lovegrove at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Infinity Plus interview This Is Ull Interview Actusf Interview REVIEW : Age of Voodoo at Upcoming4.me | sherlock_74.txt |
Jeeves and the Impending Doom : Wodehouse occasionally uses a transferred epithet, especially an adjective modifying a noun rather than the corresponding adverb modifying the verb of the sentence. This occurs with the word "moody" in the following quote from the story: "He uncovered the fragrant eggs and I pronged a moody forkful." According to Wodehouse scholar Kristin Thompson, when Jeeves does or says something unusual and it is not explained later, it may be a cue to the reader that he has manipulated events in ways that Bertie, the narrator, is not aware of. Thompson suggests that Jeeves may have used his "informal conversation" with Thomas to encourage him to maroon Filmer on the island, in order to ultimately discredit Bertie with Filmer so Bertie would not become Filmer's secretary. Later, when telling Bertie about Thomas's plan to maroon Filmer, Jeeves seems unconcerned and distracts Bertie by calling his attention to his badly knotted tie (not "the perfect butterfly effect"). Whether or not Jeeves manipulated events to this extent, he does make a remark at the end which Bertie fails to understand but can be understood by the reader. He explains to Bertie why he told Filmer that Bertie had marooned him on the island: "I had scarcely left you when the solution of the affair presented itself to me. It was a remark of Mr Filmer's that gave me the idea." This is a subtle reference to what Filmer said when he assumed Thomas was the one who marooned him: "He has a grudge against me. And it is the sort of thing only a boy, or one who is practically an imbecile, would have thought of doing." The phrase "practically an imbecile" presumably gave Jeeves the idea to blame his employer. | sherlock_75.txt |
Dracula Cha Cha Cha (novel) : In 1959, several of the world's notable vampires gather in Rome for the wedding of Count Dracula. Nefarious schemes are afoot and being investigated by British Intelligence, the Diogenes Club, and several others, including a British spy on the trail of a sinister madman with a white cat. | sherlock_76.txt |
Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography : Works by Arthur Conan Doyle in eBook form at Standard Ebooks Works by Arthur Conan Doyle at Project Gutenberg Works at Project Gutenberg Australia Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Online works available from The University of Adelaide Library "Sherlock Holmes". 8 July 1930. at Internet Archive | sherlock_77.txt |
Young Sherlock Holmes (books) : So far there have been eight books released in the series, with the eighth book released in September 2015. Death Cloud (June 2010): Fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to live with his Aunt and Uncle in Hampshire and teams up with Matty Arnatt to investigate two mysterious deaths which appear to be somehow related to a black cloud which Sherlock Holmes has to solve. Red Leech, retitled Rebel Fire for the American market, (November 2010): A few months after the events of the first novel, Holmes investigates the possibility that John Wilkes Booth is alive and well, and living in England. The investigation takes Sherlock to America with his tutor, Amyus Crowe. Black Ice (June 2011): Mycroft invites Sherlock and his tutor to London for a visit, but when they arrive at the Diogenes Club they find Mycroft with a dagger in his hand and a dead body on the floor. The adventure takes them from the depths of the London sewers to the frozen Russian landscapes. Fire Storm (November 2011): Fourteen-year-old Sherlock has come up against some challenges in his time, but what confronts him now is completely baffling. His tutor, Crowe, and Crowe's daughter, Virginia, have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived there. Snake Bite (September 27, 2012): Sherlock finds himself facing another mystery after being kidnapped and taken to China on a ship named as the Gloria Scott. Knife Edge (October 2013): Takes place in Ireland. Following the events of the last book Sherlock returns home to find himself stuck in the middle of a kidnapping. Stone Cold (September 2014): Following his last adventure, Sherlock Holmes has been sent to live in Oxford to focus on his education but something strange is happening in the university pathology labs. Night Break (September 2015): Sherlock's mother has died, his father has gone missing in India and his sister is acting strangely. The Holmes family seems to be falling apart, and not even brother Mycroft can keep it together. A mysterious disappearance leads them to Egypt and the Suez Canal. | sherlock_78.txt |
Lydford Railway Ponds : The British Dragonfly Society has regularly surveyed this protected area and found that the area of open water has declined. == References == | sherlock_79.txt |
Arthur Conan Doyle : While living in Southsea, the seaside resort near Portsmouth, Doyle played football as a goalkeeper for Portsmouth Association Football Club, an amateur side, under the pseudonym A. C. Smith. Doyle was a keen cricketer, and between 1899 and 1907 he played 10 first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He also played for the amateur cricket teams the Allahakbarries and the Authors XI, which consisted of some of the best-known British authors from the era, including Doyle, J. M. Barrie, P. G. Wodehouse and A. A. Milne. His highest score, in 1902 against London County, was 43. He was an occasional bowler who took one first-class wicket, W. G. Grace, and wrote a poem about the achievement. His captaincy of the Authors XI lasted from 1899 to 1912, during which time his cricket scores were by far the most common entries in his diary. In 1900, Doyle founded the Undershaw Rifle Club at his home, constructing a 100-yard range and providing shooting for local men, as the poor showing of British troops in the Boer War had led him to believe that the general population needed training in marksmanship. He was a champion of "miniature" rifle clubs, whose members shot small-calibre firearms on local ranges. These ranges were much cheaper and more accessible to working-class participants than large "fullbore" ranges, such as Bisley Camp, which were necessarily remote from population centres. Doyle went on to sit on the Rifle Clubs Committee of the National Rifle Association. In 1901, Doyle was one of three judges for the world's first major bodybuilding competition, which was organised by the "Father of Bodybuilding", Eugen Sandow. The event was held in London's Royal Albert Hall. The other two judges were the sculptor Sir Charles Lawes-Wittewronge and Eugen Sandow himself. Doyle was an amateur boxer. In 1909, he was invited to referee the James Jeffries–Jack Johnson heavyweight championship fight in Reno, Nevada. Doyle wrote: "I was much inclined to accept ... though my friends pictured me as winding up with a revolver at one ear and a razor at the other. However, the distance and my engagements presented a final bar." Also a keen golfer, Doyle was elected captain of the Crowborough Beacon Golf Club in Sussex for 1910. He had moved to Little Windlesham house in Crowborough with Jean Leckie, his second wife, and resided there with his family from 1907 until his death in July 1930. He entered the English Amateur Billiards Championship in 1913. While living in Switzerland, Doyle became interested in skiing, which was relatively unknown in Switzerland at the time. He wrote an article, "An Alpine Pass on 'Ski'" for the December 1894 issue of The Strand Magazine, in which he described his experiences with skiing and the beautiful alpine scenery that could be seen in the process. The article popularised the activity and began the long association between Switzerland and skiing. | sherlock_80.txt |
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : Sherlock Holmes — Clive Merrison Dr John Watson — Andrew Sachs | sherlock_81.txt |
Three hares : The three hares appear on a copper coin, found in Iran, dated to 1281. Another appears on an ancient Islamic-made reliquary from southern Russia. Another 13th or early 14th century box, later used as a reliquary, was made in Iran under Mongol rule, and is preserved in the treasury of the Cathedral of Trier in Germany. On its base, the casket has Islamic designs, and originally featured two images of the three hares. One was lost through damage. One theory pertaining to the spread of the motif is that it was transported from China across Asia and as far as the south west of England by merchants travelling the Silk Road and that the motif was transported via designs found on expensive Oriental ceramics. This view is supported by the early date of the surviving occurrences in China. However, the majority of representations of the three hares in churches occur in England and northern Germany. This supports a contrary view that the three hares occurred independently as English or early German symbols. Some claim that the Devon name, Tinners' Rabbits, is related to local tin miners adopting it. The mines generated wealth in the region and funded the building and repair of many local churches, and thus the symbol may have been used as a sign of the miners' patronage. The architectural ornament of the three hares also occurs in churches that are unrelated to the miners of South West England. Other occurrences in England include floor tiles at Chester Cathedral, stained glass at Long Melford, Suffolk and a ceiling in Scarborough, Yorkshire. | sherlock_82.txt |
Undershaw : Undershaw was converted into a hotel not long after Doyle sold it. During 2004, the hotel closed and the property was purchased by Fossway Limited but remained unoccupied. In June 2010, Waverley Borough Council declined to buy Undershaw. The council's chief of planning, Matthew Evans, stated "We don't have that kind of money. We have to tighten our belts." Councillor Jim Edwards, the only vote against the planning officers’ recommendations, stated "This house has got tremendous historical importance. This is a massive development, and quite unacceptable in my view." Doyle's great-nephew Richard Doyle, reportedly 'upset', said "The family had been trying to come up with ways of buying it, but the price was so high we could not afford it. We just wish there was something we could do." On 18 August 2010 the Los Angeles Times reported that plans were in motion to redevelop the home into a multi-unit apartment building, stating "The hammers start raining blows on Undershaw as early as next month." The plan continued to be opposed by the preservationists, who wanted to see the house maintained as a single structure in whatever form it is subsequently put to, such as a home or museum. They had been frustrated when attempts to promote Undershaw into the top rank of protected buildings failed. A government report stated that the house was not architecturally notable, and that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was not of the same standing as Jane Austen or Charles Dickens. During December 2010, the Undershaw Preservation Trust instigated judicial review proceedings at the High Court of Justice, in an attempt to overturn the decision by Waverley Borough Council to permit the conversion of Undershaw into flats. On 30 May 2012, the High Court voided (also termed "quashed") the Waverley Council's allowance of redevelopment of Undershaw due to legal flaws. Undershaw Preservation Trust co-founder John Gibson saluted the decision by The Hon. Mr Justice Cranston. Others publicly opposing the development plans were Julian Barnes who set part of his novel Arthur & George at Undershaw, former Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, and Mark Gatiss, a writer and co-producer of the UK television series Sherlock. In 2014 the house and grounds were purchased by the DFN Charitable Foundation for Stepping Stones School, to be restored for use as a school for children with hemiplegia, physical, medical, anxiety, and autism. The DFN Foundation stated: We are totally committed to the restoration of this building to its unique status as the cradle of so much of Conan Doyle’s genius. Our restoration plans encompass all of the original buildings, including the stable block. The features which made Undershaw special, specifically the stained glass windows and our proposal to faithfully re-create Conan-Doyle’s study is very exciting and will be enjoyed by our children and visitors. We very much hope the local community and Conan Doyle enthusiasts from around the world will join us in visiting Undershaw and use some of the facilities which will be created. The DFN Foundation was established in 2014 by David Forbes-Nixon, and aims to support the areas of education, healthcare and conservation. The Foundation's revised plans for the house's conversion have been supported by the Undershaw Preservation Trust. The school opened in September 2016 after a full restoration of the house and the building of a contemporary extension and annexe. | sherlock_83.txt |
Jamyang Norbu : Jamyang Norbu (Tibetan: འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནོར་བུ་, Wylie: ‘jam-dbyangs nor-bu) is a Tibetan political activist and writer, currently living in the United States, having previously lived for over 40 years as a Tibetan exile in India. | sherlock_84.txt |
Geoffrey A. Landis : Official website Geoffrey A. Landis at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Entry in Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Geoffrey A. Landis science papers at Google scholar | sherlock_85.txt |
James Lovegrove : James M. H. Lovegrove (born 1965) is a British writer of speculative fiction. | sherlock_86.txt |
The Loop, River Dart : Official Dartmoor website regarding Canoeing and Kayaking | sherlock_87.txt |
The Five Orange Pips : "The Five Orange Pips", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. This is also one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help, the other being "The Adventure of the Dancing Men". | sherlock_88.txt |
Mercedes Lackey bibliography : Based on The Bard's Tale computer role playing game series: Castle of Deception (1992) with Josepha Sherman Fortress of Frost and Fire (1993) with Ru Emerson Prison of Souls (1993) with Mark Shepherd | sherlock_89.txt |
Basil of Baker Street : Basil of Baker Street – "The Sherlock Holmes of the Mouse World"; very similar to Holmes (who sometimes used the alias Basil, as in "The Adventure of Black Peter"). As his model plays the violin, however, Basil plays the flute, as revealed in Basil and the Lost Colony. His hobbies include archery, archaeology, and mountaineering. Eve Titus gave him the name "Basil" in honor of actor Basil Rathbone, who donned the role of Sherlock Holmes numerous times. Dr. David Q. Dawson – Basil's personal biographer; based on Dr. John H. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories. He is an aficionado of cheese. Professor Padraic Ratigan – Basil's archenemy and a master criminal; based on Professor James Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem". Although his name is "Ratigan", in the book series he is a mouse. Captain Doran – Ratigan's lieutenant; based on Colonel Sebastian Moran from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Empty House". Mademoiselle Relda – a beautiful opera singer; based on Irene Adler from the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia". Basil is hinted to possess unrequited love for Relda but the background of their relationship is not explored in the books. Mrs. Judson – Basil's housekeeper; based on Mrs. Hudson from the Sherlock Holmes stories. She makes an excellent cheese soufflé. Several supporting characters throughout the books are named for and/or based on members of the Holmes fan club The Baker Street Irregulars. | sherlock_90.txt |
Somerset Holmes : Somerset Holmes (Pacific Comics) at the Grand Comics Database Somerset Holmes (Eclipse Comics) at the Grand Comics Database Somerset Holmes (Collected edition) at the Grand Comics Database | sherlock_91.txt |
River Lemon : Puritan's Pit, located in the valley of the River Lemon, and notable as a place of worship for Nonconformists in the 17th century River Lemon Valley Woods | sherlock_92.txt |
Abel Fosdyk papers : Fosdyk's papers say that he had to leave the United States quickly due to some misfortunes, and being a friend to Captain Benjamin Briggs, he convinced the captain to allow him on board. While at sea, Captain Briggs had a carpenter build a high special deck on the quarterdeck for his young daughter and wife, that would allow them a better view while at sea. According to Fosdyk's account, which is set down in the manner of a diary, one day Captain Briggs engaged in a lighthearted dispute with the mate about how well a man could swim with his clothes on. Captain Briggs and the mate then exchanged clothes, jumped overboard, and began swimming around the vessel. Captain Briggs's wife and child, Fosdyk, and some other members of the crew stepped up onto the specially built deck for a better view of the fun. Suddenly, one swimming crew member screamed in agony. Looking around, they saw that he was being attacked by a shark, and he quickly disappeared under the water. The remaining members of the crew also ran up onto the specially built deck to better see what was happening, and it promptly collapsed, tossing them all into the sea and leaving no one on board the Mary Celeste. What followed, by Fosdyk's account, was a splashing confusion, with sharks attacking all those in the water, with the exception of Fosdyk, who by accident had landed on top of the shattered piece of deck. The Mary Celeste floated away from their location and by the time the shark attack was over, Fosdyk was the only survivor, and he was unable to reach the ship. He floated for several days, thirsting for water and suffering from exposure, finally washing ashore on the coast of Africa. Fearful of retribution due to the outlandish details of his story, he never revealed the incident to anyone. It only came to light after his death because Linford went public with it. | sherlock_93.txt |
River Plym : Citations Sources Holpin, Gary (2014). Exmouth to Plymouth: Britain's Heritage Coast. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-445-62157-9. | sherlock_94.txt |
Black Butler : Official website at Square Enix (in Japanese) Anime official website (in Japanese) Film official website (in Japanese) Black Butler on Funimation Black Butler at IMDb Black Butler (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia | sherlock_95.txt |
Baker Street (song) : Released as a single in 1978, "Baker Street" reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 for six consecutive weeks in the US. It reached number one on the Cash Box Top 100 and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 where it held its Billboard position for six weeks, kept out of the number one spot by Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing". The song spent four weeks at number one in Canada, reached number one in Australia, and made it into the top 10 in seven European countries in addition to the UK. In October 2010, "Baker Street" was recognised by BMI for surpassing five million performances worldwide. Another urban myth has claimed that "Baker Street" did overtake "Shadow Dancing" on the Billboard Hot 100 during one of its seven weeks on top in the summer of 1978, with Casey Kasem recording his American Top 40 countdown placing it at No. 1. However, at a dinner with Gibb's managers, then-Billboard chart director Bill Wardlow was allegedly told that if "Shadow Dancing" did not remain at No. 1, Gibb would be pulled from the lineup of an upcoming Billboard-organized concert. Wardlow then supposedly asked the magazine to leave the song at the top, and Kasem was told to re-record his countdown. | sherlock_96.txt |
The Love That Purifies : The story was illustrated by Charles Crombie in the Strand and by James Montgomery Flagg in Cosmopolitan. The 1932 collection Nothing But Wodehouse, published by Doubleday, and the 1958 collection Selected Stories by P. G. Wodehouse, published by The Modern Library, included the story. | sherlock_97.txt |
Museum of Dartmoor Life : The Museum of Dartmoor Life (MDL) is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum. The collections concentrate on the social history of Dartmoor and Okehampton from prehistoric times to the present. The museum is run as an independent charitable trust with a board of trustees. | sherlock_98.txt |
The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy : Early on in the series, Bertie starts showing concern about using the right words and sometimes searches for the right word to use. Starting in the late Jeeves short stories, Jeeves begins to fill in the word that Bertie is searching for, as when Bertie talks with Jeeves in "The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy": "The whole trouble being, Jeeves, that he has got one of those things that fellows do get—it's on the tip of my tongue.""An inferiority complex, sir?""Exactly, an inferiority complex." This device allows Jeeves to teach Bertie or remind him of words and concepts which Bertie can use later in comic ways. For example, the notion of a pal of Bertie's having a "complex" recurs after this story, such as when Bertie says in the first chapter of Right Ho, Jeeves that Gussie Fink-Nottle, who studies newts, has "a strong newt complex". The term "newt complex" is Bertie's comedic departure from "inferiority complex". According to Kristin Thompson, Wodehouse uses cues to suggest offstage manipulations performed by Jeeves that Bertie is not aware of. For instance, Jeeves may make an enigmatic statement or do something unusual which is not explained later. In "The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy", Jeeves brings Bertie's tea five minutes late, which is unusually negligent for Jeeves. Jeeves says he is late because he was dusting Bertie's new vase, but Thompson writes that the reader can infer that Jeeves was actually busy planning Sippy's "accident" with the vase, and adds, "Everything emphasizes this strange five-minute delay, yet there is no reference back to it. That fact alone should lead us to conclude that Jeeves was up to something. One effect of this scene is to point up how early Jeeves conceives his plan–and hence how he succeeds without luck or coincidence." Similarly, in the story's last scene, it is not explained why Jeeves should have come along with Sippy when he could have waited for Bertie at the flat. According to Thompson, "Presumably he wants to tell Bertie the story of the vase before Bertie actually sees the fragments. In that way his convoluted explanation could confuse and impress Bertie as much as possible before he revealed the last bit of information–that the vase is broken." | sherlock_99.txt |
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