Great talking to @ollie-randall.bsky.social who has written such an interesting book. www.patreon.com/posts/158252...

Thank you to Doings of Doyle - I really enjoyed recording this podcast episode about Writers in Whites!

New bonus episode is now available on Patreon for supporters on free and paid levels. @drmjones.bsky.social interviews @ollie-randall.bsky.social about his excellent new book ‘Writers in Whites’ about the literary cricketer circles. The podcast will be in the feed for all from Monday 18th.

Well, this is gratifying! Thanks to everyone who listens, likes, engages, reviews and supports the podcast. Not listened yet? Give us a go. Episode 75 and a bonus episode out later this month... www.doingsofdoyle.com #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Episode 74 - Science Fiction and Arthur Conan Doyle, with Anastasia Klimchynskaya. Chat about: humanity in geological time; imperial technologies; agic and science; and sovereign individuals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UX1.... Shownotes: bit.ly/DOD74sn

This is a great episode, as always, but I have to tell you the best part is the bloopers at the end. I was laughing so much.🤭

My next book (October 20) is on the Victorian medical detective Joseph Bell. SLEUTH-HOUND is a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice and razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. /1

NEW EPISODE: Science Fiction and Arthur Conan Doyle, with Anastasia Klimchynskaya. @anaklimchy.bsky.social joins us to talk about: humanity's progress and insignificance; scifi and gothic; the significance of The Lost World; magic versus science, and much more. bit.ly/DOD74sn bit.ly/DODoyle

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Episode 73 - 'A Regimental Scandal' (1892) - ACD's short story about cheating at cards that is a veiled commentary on the Royal Baccarat scandal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ6c... Shownotes bit.ly/DOD73sn

NEW EPISODE: 'A Regimental Scandal' (1892) - A respected major is suspected of cheating at cards... Chat about: regimental honour, the Tranby Croft/Royal Baccarat Scandal, celebrated trials, and ferrets. bit.ly/DODoyle; bit.ly/DOD73sn. #arthurconandoyle

NOW ON YOUTUBE: 'A Pastoral Horror' (1890) - ACD's tale of a serial killer in a remote Austrian village. #arthurconandoyle www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOuj...

NEW EPISODE: 'A Pastoral Horror' (1890). A Tyrolean village is terrorised by a serial killer, armed with an alpine pickaxe... Chat about: early crime fiction; Jack the Ripper; Feldkirch; werewolves and cuckoo clocks! bit.ly/DODoyle; bit.ly/DOD72sn; #ArthurConanDoyle

NOW ON YOUTUBE: The Three Correspondents (1896). Conan Doyle's story of war reporters, based on his first hand experience of preparations for the Sudanese campaign. Chat about Fred Gustavus Burnaby, Lord Kitchener and Carry On Up The Khyber www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVs...

A great little story - most definitely of its time - but one that has a lot of humour, pace and depth. We also covered 'The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce', a companion piece that features Kitchener, and a vignette I've always thought was very well done.

NEW EPISODE: The Three Correspondents (1896) - A naive war reporter gets one over on his experienced rivals. Chat about: the Mahdist war, Kitchener and Wingate, ACD's comedy and satire, and 'The Debut of Bimashi Joyce'. bit.ly/DOD071sn

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Recordings of... The ACD Society Doylean Honors and Wessex Cup 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SORQ... The Literary Agents 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqbe... Thanks to everyone who participated and made these events possible. #BSI2026 #BSIweekend

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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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.

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...

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!

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.

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!

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...

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... youtu.be/zadBVNzH1fs

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

"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...

OTD in 1910, The Marlborough Theatre performed #ACD's 'A Question of Diplomacy,' adapted from the 1892 short story.

"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...

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...

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...

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...

This month in 1898, The Strand first published #ACD's mysterious tale 'The Story of the Sealed Room,' one of the wonderful Round the Fire Stories. www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

NEW EPISODE: The End of Devil Hawker (1930) - a Regency tale written by ACD in his final months. Chat about: House of Temperley, Tom Cribb's pub, Lord Byron, John Doyle, and General Scott, the "toast and water" man... bit.ly/DOD67sn bit.ly/DODoyle

The Portsmouth Shantymen did a fantastic performance of The Old Gray Fox as part of their after-dinner set for the Sherlock Holmes Society of London’s visit to Pompey last weekend! The jokes in the song went down very well with the crowd after a few tots of rum!

September 1898 saw the first US appearance of #ACD's 'Songs of Action.' It contains the poem 'The Old Gray Fox' which was later put to music. www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

OTD in 1914, John Murray published the collected #ACD's 'Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Long Stories.' www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

And now I'll take that night, the 13th of September, 1894, and I'll give you just exactly what occurred, and may God's hand strike me down if I go one inch over the truth.' From #ACD's 'B.24.' www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

World Book Club: Arthur Conan Doyle – The Hound of the Baskervilles On BBC Sounds: Harriet Gilbert, @damedenisemina.bsky.social & @drmjones.bsky.social – co-host of @doingsofdoyle.com – discuss Sherlock Holmes’s lasting influence on crime & detective fiction 💙📚 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

OTD in 1913, The Daily Mail published a letter from #ACD on the lack of compensation for George Edalji, "a disgrace to the administration of this country." We talked to Shrabani Basu about the Edalji case in Episode 16. www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/07/16-c...

September 11th.—Lat. 81 degrees 40’ N.; long. 2 degrees E.' The opening line of #ACD's 'The Captain of the Pole-Star,' as featured in Episode 3 of the podcast. www.doingsofdoyle.com/2020/01/3-ca...