Baker Street Journal
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The world's first and best periodical devoted to Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. We post on Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, and their world. https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/the-baker-street-journal/ #SherlockHolmes #Sherlockian
Hesketh Pearson, who wrote Conan Doyle: His Life and Art (Methuen, 1943), born #OTD 1887. Adrian Conan Doyle disparage the work as "nothing more than a vehicle for a stranger's personal and quite unauthoritative opinions…"
February 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hesketh Pearson, who wrote Conan Doyle: His Life and Art (Methuen, 1943), born #OTD 1887. Adrian Conan Doyle disparage the work as "nothing more than a vehicle for a stranger's personal and quite unauthoritative opinions…"
John Dickson Carr reviewed the musical Baker Street! #OTD 1965
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February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
John Dickson Carr reviewed the musical Baker Street! #OTD 1965
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Patrick Macnee, John Steed of The Avengers, born #OTD 1922. He played both Holmes and Watson, including Sherlock Holmes in New York (t Roger Moore's Holmes). www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K3N...
February 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Patrick Macnee, John Steed of The Avengers, born #OTD 1922. He played both Holmes and Watson, including Sherlock Holmes in New York (t Roger Moore's Holmes). www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K3N...
' The Dying Detective aired #OTD 1947.http://www.rathboneandbruce.net/radio-plays/original-mp3s/Bruce-and-Conway/Sherlock-Holmes_The-Dying-Detective.mp3
February 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
' The Dying Detective aired #OTD 1947.http://www.rathboneandbruce.net/radio-plays/original-mp3s/Bruce-and-Conway/Sherlock-Holmes_The-Dying-Detective.mp3
From The Hound of the Baskervilles
February 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
From The Hound of the Baskervilles
We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and startling than the first appearance of Dr Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc.' 'The Priory School' appeared in Collier's #OTD 1904.
January 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and startling than the first appearance of Dr Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc.' 'The Priory School' appeared in Collier's #OTD 1904.
'The liberation of Sherlock Holmes into the public domain signifies more than a legal development; it represents a celebration of creative freedom.' www.sundayobserver.lk/2024/01/14/y...
January 15, 2024 at 3:29 PM
'The liberation of Sherlock Holmes into the public domain signifies more than a legal development; it represents a celebration of creative freedom.' www.sundayobserver.lk/2024/01/14/y...
'So please grip this fact with your cerebral tentacle:
The doll and its maker are never identical.'
ACD's acid response to Arthur Guiterman's poem 'To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle' published #OTD 1912 in London Opinion magazine.
The doll and its maker are never identical.'
ACD's acid response to Arthur Guiterman's poem 'To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle' published #OTD 1912 in London Opinion magazine.
December 28, 2023 at 4:42 PM
'So please grip this fact with your cerebral tentacle:
The doll and its maker are never identical.'
ACD's acid response to Arthur Guiterman's poem 'To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle' published #OTD 1912 in London Opinion magazine.
The doll and its maker are never identical.'
ACD's acid response to Arthur Guiterman's poem 'To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle' published #OTD 1912 in London Opinion magazine.
'I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown…' #HappyBlueCarbuncleDay
December 27, 2023 at 1:58 PM
'I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown…' #HappyBlueCarbuncleDay
'From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man.…Many startling successes and a few unavoidable failures were the outcome of this long period of continuous work.' 'The Solitary Cyclist' 1st printed in Collier's #OTD 1903 archive.org/details/sim_...
December 26, 2023 at 1:42 PM
'From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man.…Many startling successes and a few unavoidable failures were the outcome of this long period of continuous work.' 'The Solitary Cyclist' 1st printed in Collier's #OTD 1903 archive.org/details/sim_...
'He brought round both hat and goose to me on Christmas morning, knowing that even the smallest problems are of interest to me. The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that…it would be well that it should be eaten without unnecessary delay.' ('The Blue Carbuncle')
December 25, 2023 at 3:33 PM
'He brought round both hat and goose to me on Christmas morning, knowing that even the smallest problems are of interest to me. The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that…it would be well that it should be eaten without unnecessary delay.' ('The Blue Carbuncle')
'What's that little thing of Chopin's she plays so magnificently: Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay.'
Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the manysidedness of the human mind. (A Study in Scarlet) #GoCarolingDay
Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the manysidedness of the human mind. (A Study in Scarlet) #GoCarolingDay
December 20, 2023 at 2:44 PM
'What's that little thing of Chopin's she plays so magnificently: Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay.'
Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the manysidedness of the human mind. (A Study in Scarlet) #GoCarolingDay
Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the manysidedness of the human mind. (A Study in Scarlet) #GoCarolingDay
'Holmes,' said I, as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, 'here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.' Baring-Gould says 'The Beryl Coronet begins #OTD 1890.
December 19, 2023 at 2:42 PM
'Holmes,' said I, as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, 'here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.' Baring-Gould says 'The Beryl Coronet begins #OTD 1890.
'But what has happened?'
'The old story, Watson. A treacherous friend and a fickle wife. It would appear that Amberley has one hobby in life, and it is chess. Not far from him at Lewisham there lives a young doctor who is also a chess-player.' 'The Retired Colourman' 1st printed #OTD 1926 in Liberty
'The old story, Watson. A treacherous friend and a fickle wife. It would appear that Amberley has one hobby in life, and it is chess. Not far from him at Lewisham there lives a young doctor who is also a chess-player.' 'The Retired Colourman' 1st printed #OTD 1926 in Liberty
December 18, 2023 at 5:32 PM
'But what has happened?'
'The old story, Watson. A treacherous friend and a fickle wife. It would appear that Amberley has one hobby in life, and it is chess. Not far from him at Lewisham there lives a young doctor who is also a chess-player.' 'The Retired Colourman' 1st printed #OTD 1926 in Liberty
'The old story, Watson. A treacherous friend and a fickle wife. It would appear that Amberley has one hobby in life, and it is chess. Not far from him at Lewisham there lives a young doctor who is also a chess-player.' 'The Retired Colourman' 1st printed #OTD 1926 in Liberty
'I must apologize for the size of this booklet, which can only be justified on the grounds that there is some demand for the contents as recitations.' The Guards Came Through and Other Poems published #OTD 1919 babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc...
December 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM
'I must apologize for the size of this booklet, which can only be justified on the grounds that there is some demand for the contents as recitations.' The Guards Came Through and Other Poems published #OTD 1919 babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc...
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, starring & directed by Gene Wilder, released #OTD 1975. A comic romp with Douglas Wilmer making a cameo appearance as Sherlock Holmes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkNd...
December 14, 2023 at 4:57 PM
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, starring & directed by Gene Wilder, released #OTD 1975. A comic romp with Douglas Wilmer making a cameo appearance as Sherlock Holmes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkNd...
ACD's The Case for Spirit Photography is unarguably in the list of his top 5 looniest works. It was published #OTD 1922. We cannot recommend it to those who value sanity.
December 14, 2023 at 4:48 PM
ACD's The Case for Spirit Photography is unarguably in the list of his top 5 looniest works. It was published #OTD 1922. We cannot recommend it to those who value sanity.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the second collection of short stories, published by George Newnes #OTD 1893. Despite 'The Final Problem', Holmes—fortunately—returned.
December 13, 2023 at 6:34 PM
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the second collection of short stories, published by George Newnes #OTD 1893. Despite 'The Final Problem', Holmes—fortunately—returned.
'Nothing of interest in the paper, Watson?' he said. …
I could see nothing recorded in the shape of crime which was not commonplace and futile. Holmes groaned and resumed his restless meanderings. 'The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow…' 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' in Colliers' #OTD 1908
I could see nothing recorded in the shape of crime which was not commonplace and futile. Holmes groaned and resumed his restless meanderings. 'The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow…' 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' in Colliers' #OTD 1908
December 12, 2023 at 9:17 PM
'Nothing of interest in the paper, Watson?' he said. …
I could see nothing recorded in the shape of crime which was not commonplace and futile. Holmes groaned and resumed his restless meanderings. 'The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow…' 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' in Colliers' #OTD 1908
I could see nothing recorded in the shape of crime which was not commonplace and futile. Holmes groaned and resumed his restless meanderings. 'The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow…' 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' in Colliers' #OTD 1908
'I understand you have already managed several delicate cases of this sort, sir, though I presume that they were hardly from the same class of society.'
'No, I am descending.'
'I beg pardon?'
'My last client of the sort was a king.'
Zeisler sets 'The Noble Bachelor' #OTD 1888
'No, I am descending.'
'I beg pardon?'
'My last client of the sort was a king.'
Zeisler sets 'The Noble Bachelor' #OTD 1888
December 7, 2023 at 7:11 PM
'I understand you have already managed several delicate cases of this sort, sir, though I presume that they were hardly from the same class of society.'
'No, I am descending.'
'I beg pardon?'
'My last client of the sort was a king.'
Zeisler sets 'The Noble Bachelor' #OTD 1888
'No, I am descending.'
'I beg pardon?'
'My last client of the sort was a king.'
Zeisler sets 'The Noble Bachelor' #OTD 1888