You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and answers questions that arise, clarify... more
“so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy” [SOLI] The latest installment in our review... more
“a strange, loud whiz” [EMPT] We came across a quite unusual observation — a Trifle, if... more
“general resemblance to an itinerant” [VALL] A term we don't hear as frequently these days is "gypsy."... more
“before my biographer had come to glorify me” [GREE] Once again, we find ourselves in a "Mr.... more
“I would read as easily as I do the apocrypha” [VALL] The second in our series on the... more
“you are mistaken about my alleged agents” [MAZA] Along with the calabash pipe, deerstalker cap,... more
“the great North American Continent” [STUD] Picking up where we left off in Episode 428 ("British... more
“As to your dates, that is the biggest mystification of all.” [CREE] It's not often that... more
“preoccupied with business matters” [COPP] If you came across the name of a business in the Sherlock Holmes stories,... more
“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion” [NAVA] The Morley-Montgomery... more