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A podcast celebrating the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard and Sherlock Holmes. Find us at www.doingsofdoyle.com and on your favourite podcast app.
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NEW EPISODE: ACDQ&A - We answer your questions on Conan Doyle's life and work. Chat about: best biographies, bad doctoring, adaptations and more. bit.ly/DOD70sn. Plus bonus episode at www.patreon.com/cw/doingsofd....
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with

Ken Ludwig (Baskerville)
Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol)
Jeffrey Hatcher (Holmes and Watson)
and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.

Zoom, Fri Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST

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December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with

Ken Ludwig (Baskerville)
Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol)
Jeffrey Hatcher (Holmes and Watson)
and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.

Zoom, Fri Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST

Register here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with

Ken Ludwig (Baskerville)
Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol)
Jeffrey Hatcher (Holmes and Watson)
and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.

Zoom, Fri Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST

Register here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The Winter 2025 Sherlock Holmes Journal is back from the press and winging its way to subscribers. Topics include early Croatian translations (check out that cover!), fingerprints, the real Moran, and more. Thanks to all our wonderful contributors and, of course, our readers.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with

Ken Ludwig (Baskerville)
Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol)
and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.

Live on Zoom, Friday Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST; 15:30-16:30 UK.

REgister here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Did ACD really hate Sherlock Holmes? Where did he get that moustache? And what about that fairy thing? Send us your burning questions about Arthur Conan Doyle by 8 December and we'll answer them on our next episode. Plus sign up now (free or paid) at www.patreon.com/cw/doingsofd... for a bonus ep.
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Did ACD really hate Sherlock Holmes? Where did he get that moustache? And what about that fairy thing? Send us your burning questions about Arthur Conan Doyle by 8 December and we'll answer them on our next episode. Plus sign up now (free or paid) at www.patreon.com/cw/doingsofd... for a bonus ep.
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Done!
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with Ken Ludwig (Baskerville), Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol) and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.

Live on Zoom, Friday Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST; 15:30-16:30 UK.

Register here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Did ACD really hate Sherlock Holmes? Where did he get that moustache? And what about that fairy thing? Send us your burning questions about Arthur Conan Doyle by 8 December and we'll answer them on our next episode. Plus sign up now (free or paid) at www.patreon.com/cw/doingsofd... for a bonus ep.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with Ken Ludwig (Baskerville), Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol) and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.

Live on Zoom, Friday Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST; 15:30-16:30 UK.

Register here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
NOW ON YOUTUBE: Episode 69 - The Adventure of the Illustrious Client. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qb.... Shownotes bit.ly/DOD069sn Please like and subscribe!
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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An absolute belter of a story. There’s so much going on beneath the surface. Another lovely chat with Chappers #sherlockholmes #lavenderspats
NEW EPISODE: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924) - Sherlock Holmes battles the sinister Austrian murderer, Baron Adelbert Gruner. Chat about: society fixers, camp colonels, Dracula, vitriol and much more. Shownotes: bit.ly/DOD69sn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
NEW EPISODE: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924) - Sherlock Holmes battles the sinister Austrian murderer, Baron Adelbert Gruner. Chat about: society fixers, camp colonels, Dracula, vitriol and much more. Shownotes: bit.ly/DOD69sn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
ACD Q/A: We'd love your help with our December show - a Question and Answer episode on any (ACD-related!) topic you like. If you've got a burning question about Conan Doyle's life and work, drop us a comment and we'll get through as many as we can this December. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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A commemorative sign has been unveiled at Crowborough station celebrating Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived locally. The tribute marks 200 years of the modern railway and highlights the town’s literary heritage.
www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/govia-tha...
Sussex station marks connection with Sherlock creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Passengers passing through Crowborough station in East Sussex may notice some new signs up marking the town's connection to Sherlock Homes creator Sir Arthur...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NOW ON YOUTUBE: Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty (2025), with Nick Lane. Chat about adaptating Gothic classics, Rathbone/Bruce, writing like Conan Doyle, and more...

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October 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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It was great to talk to Nick from @blackeyedtheatre.bsky.social about his latest Sherlockian production. A must-see for anyone in the UK. Links to tour dates in the show notes bit.ly/DOD068sn.
NEW EPISODE - Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty (2025), with writer-director Nick Lane. We talk to Nick about Gothic adaptations, working with Blackeyed Theatre and his latest play, based on some of the short stories, which is touring the UK right now. bit.ly/DOD068sn
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
NEW EPISODE - Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty (2025), with writer-director Nick Lane. We talk to Nick about Gothic adaptations, working with Blackeyed Theatre and his latest play, based on some of the short stories, which is touring the UK right now. bit.ly/DOD068sn
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"I cannot conclude without borrowing the account of the fatal quarrel which appeared in the columns of the West Australian Sentinel. The curious will find it in the issue of October 4, 1881..." From #ACD's My Friend the Murderer www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/My...
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
OTD in 1910, The Marlborough Theatre performed #ACD's 'A Question of Diplomacy,' adapted from the 1892 short story.
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Galway, October 2nd, 7.25 p.m. — The fishing boat Glenmullet has just come in, towing behind her a mass of wreckage, which leaves no doubt as to the fate of the unfortunate Evangeline…" From #ACD's The Fate of the Evangeline www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Th...
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
OTD in 1897, The Manchester Weekly Times first published #ACD's excellent 'The Fiend of the Cooperage.' www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This month in 1917, The Strand published the war reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, #ACD's 'His Last Bow.' www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
NOW ON YOUTUBE: 'The End of Devil Hawker' (1930) - ACD's tale of a violent Regency fiend who is taken to task for cheating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMrc...
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM