Stamp Collector

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Perhaps the most well known fictional detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes was created by physician-turned-author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Since then, the character’s crime stories have been told countless times, in books, on stage, televisi

TIME

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SHERLOCK HOLMES MAY BE THE greatest detective ever. But it turns out his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, was no slouch himself. In a gripping new book, Conan Doyle for the Defense, journalist Margalit Fox tells the maddening story of how a German-Jewis

The Atlantic

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The BBC show seems to have difficulty fitting female characters into its universe. But it isn’t Arthur Conan Doyle’s fault.

Writing Magazine

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How do you follow up one of the most fiendishly high-concept murder mystery novels ever written? If you are Stuart Turton, the author of prize-winning, bestselling, mindboggling debut The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, the answer is that you don’

Official PlayStation Magazine - UK Edition

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Looking like the guy who stalks 30 Seconds To Mars, Frogwares’ new Sherlock Holmes adventure is taking us back to where it all began, to the great detective’s early years padding around the family estate. Set before the events of previous adventures

Los Angeles Times

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In the rare moments when the mystery spoof "Holmes & Watson" clicks, the movie is like a cross between a raunchy '80s comedy and a Daffy Duck cartoon. As super-detective Sherlock Holmes, Will Ferrell is just like Daffy, the overconfident hero, bluste

TIME

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WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SELL A SCRIPT, THE NAME Sherlock Holmes evidently helps. Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Ian McKellen and Jonny Lee Miller have all played versions of the character in the past decade, and last year’s Netflix hit Enola

Woman's Own

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Shown over four nights, new ITV drama series Flesh and Blood stars Francesca Annis as Vivien, a recently widowed mum and grandmother, who sends her family into a spin by revealing that she’s got a new man. ‘Vivien’s very interesting and contemporary,

History Revealed

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In November’s Q&A section, you refer to the former use of ‘Roger’ as a military response to received radio messages. I have heard that the hoped for response to British coded radio messages early in World War II was ‘received and decoded’. This was l

BBC History Magazine

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“Arthur Conan Doyle hadn’t practised for ten years due to the suc- cess of his Sherlock Holmes books, but was so keen to get out to the Boer War that he signed up with a field hospital as a surgeon. The war was also an excuse for him to leave his per

WHO

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In the raunchy period drama about King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Dormer was first to get the chop as Anne Boleyn. As Margaery Tyrell in the fantasy epic, she had Cersei (Lena Headey) on her toes for a while before meeting an explosive end

History Revealed

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In the 1870s, postal workers in the Belgian city of Liege attempted to train 37 cats to deliver the mail (fastened around their necks in waterproof bags). The experiment was not a success: the cats just wandered off. In 1903, Sherlock Holmes creator

SFX

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Future Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed some of this mid–’80s anime series, which depicts Conan Doyle’s duo as anthropomorphic pooches, and features Jules Verneesque steampunk tech. A teenage Holmes and Watson take on a huma

New Philosopher

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Let’s play a game of Would You Rather. Would you rather speak 5 languages or speak to animals? Would you rather run fast or fly slow? Would you rather be rich or famous? Would you rather travel 100 years to the past or the future? I know, these are h

Fairlady

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Sherlock Holmes has had so many incarnations over the years that it’s hard to keep track. In BBC’s Sherlock, he’s a ‘high-functioning sociopath’. In Elementary, he’s an ex-addict living in New York, with Watson reimagined as his sober female companio

Watch

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WHEN THE CBS DRAMA ELEMENTARY DEBUTED IN 2012, it was not a guarantee that the public would embrace a modern version of Sherlock Holmes, starring Jonny Lee Miller as the curmudgeonly sleuth and Lucy Liu as Watson. But then came the hefty satchel of s

Total Film

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1. Who is currently set to direct the Robert Downey Jr.-starring Sherlock Holmes 3? 2. In which Sherlock movie would you find such characters as Mankini, Gargoyle Reggie and Lord Redbrick? 3. Bill Condon has directed his Mr. Holmes star Ian McKellen

World Coin News

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The Royal Mint will be commemorating 160 years since the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with a coin dedicated to his most famous creation – the detective Sherlock Holmes. The sleuth’s profile, complete with pipe and deerstalker will appear on a 50p

The Atlantic

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When viewers recount an episode, their brains all appear to retrieve the shape of its plot from the same areas.

SFX

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UK/US Netflix, streaming from 26 March ▶ Creator Tom Bidwell ▶ Cast Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw, Jojo Macari, McKell David, Harrison Osterfield, Royce Pierreson EPISODES 1.01-1.08 “Sherlock Holmes is a wanker!” It’s not the sort of line you usually he

SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Titan Comics Writer Lavie Tidhar Artist Paul McCaffrey ISSUES 1-3 Bringing to mind a “League Of Extraordinary Gentlewomen”, Adler’s cast of classic, mostly Victorian characters means it explores a well-worn furrow, but Lav

PC Gamer

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Redirecting power to weapons Star Wars: Squadrons Finally justified buying that expensive flightstick. Crashing helicopters Squad Learned the true value of teamwork. Now he just needs to work out who’s on his team. Gacha questions Genshin Impact Br

Chat

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Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston return as AC-12 regulars Superintendent Ted Hastings, DI Kate Fleming and DS Steve Arnott in the much-anticipated sixth series of the police corruption drama. The seven-parter also stars Trainspotting

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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There are lots of things I want to do in a Sherlock Holmes game. I want to recline indolently in an opioid haze; to steeple my fingers and examine shirt cuffs. What I never want, however, is to stop being Holmes and instead control a reeking urchin t

Writing Magazine

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The majority of stories consist of scenes or events which move the plot forward. These scenes will be propelled by characters. In your writing you will be breathing life into your characters through their actions and reactions. But how do you go abou

Who Do You Think You Are?

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a 221b Baker Street, London NW1 6XE t 020 7224 3688 w sherlock-holmes.co.uk Find out more about the world’s most famous detective at his home, which includes a real-life version of the study described in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. ■

PC Gamer

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There are lots of things I want to do in a Sherlock Holmes game. I want to recline indolently in an opioid haze; to steeple my fingers and examine shirt cuffs. What I never want, however, is to stop being Holmes and instead control a reeking urchin t

BBC History Magazine

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I co-wrote Ruling the World as Black Lives Matter protesters were highlighting the British empire’s racism. I wanted to see what the ideals of the men who actually governed the empire were. Alan tells the story of the men who ran the British empire o

Time Magazine International Edition

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WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SELL A SCRIPT, THE NAME Sherlock Holmes evidently helps. Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Ian McKellen and Jonny Lee Miller have all played versions of the character in the past decade, and last year’s Netflix hit Enola

PC Gamer

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The great dry spell continues this month – big budget releases remain few and far between, with the handful that were scheduled already frantically delayed to later in the year and beyond. But as with last issue, it certainly doesn’t mean there’s not