“Holmes took it with admirable good-humour” [PRIO]. For years, Holmes and Watson have served as a blueprint for an "odd couple" dynamic, usually by poking fun at the detective’s ego, and the doctor’s struggle to keep up. Humor can humanize these ...
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I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 325: The Unexpurgated Sherlock Holmes

“Holmes took it with admirable good-humour” [PRIO]


For years, Holmes and Watson have served as a blueprint for an "odd couple" dynamic, usually by poking fun at the detective’s ego, and the doctor’s struggle to keep up. Humor can humanize these literary giants, making them feel less like statues and more like friends.

Now Nicholas Sercombe’s The Unexpurgated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series goes down this path, suggesting Watson’s reports were just too risque for the morals...

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The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]


Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Blue Carbuncle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:
"I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing...

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Baker Street Elementary – Working Out Some Problems

“Puerile as such an exercise may seem” [STUD]

In "The Yellow Face," Watson tells us "Sherlock Holmes a man who seldom took exercise for exercise’s sake," yet we know he had some athletic pursuits. More on that in a moment.

But first: what do we know about the exercise habits of others in the Canon?

There were some clients or minor characters who regularly took exercise. Among them:
  • Violet Smith was an ardent cyclist: "Yes, I bicycle a good deal, Mr. Holmes." [SOLI]
  • Fitzroy McPherson...

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A Merry Little Mystery

“I eagerly hailed the little mystery” [STUD]

Looking for something festive and loosely Sherlockian for the youngest readers? A Merry Little Mystery is an adorable board book for ages 0-3. It's written by Layla Sutton and illustrated by Noel Clark.

The detective, named on the back cover, is Little Sherlock, and his dog is, of course, Watson.

Through the twelve page spreads, the two find a tree, lights, ornaments, presents, and more Christmas items. Rhyming couplets make up the text, and each...

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Young Sherlock Trailer: A Very Active Holmes

“What a rosy-cheeked young rascal!” [SIGN]

For fans of the Robert Downey, Jr. version under Guy Ritchie's direction — Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) — we were given an active, combative, and subversive Sherlock Holmes.

A new television series Young Sherlock is coming to Prime Video trods familiar territory. Based on Andrew Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes book series, this new version is grittier, irreverent, and action-packed.

Not to be confused with...

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