In the latest Sherlock Holmes Review just published by Wessex Press, I have an article on that wonderful Granada TV document 'The Baker Street File', including its publication history. Read a draft here, & original interviews: 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

For a podcast full of "W"s, we hit a lot of "M"s this week . . . watsonianweekly.libsyn.com/january-12-2...

I'm pleased you are enjoying my first memoir.

A fantastic meeting of #TheLiteraryAgents for the annual BSI Baker Street Irregulars Weekend featuring playwrights discussing #SherlockHolmes. Guests: Ken Ludwig, Mark Shanahan, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jonathan Barnes. Hosts: Ashley D. Polasek, Mark Jones. Excellent discussion! 🔎

So this thing happened last night

And it's a good thing, too!

So this thing happened last night

Y'all I love this show so much! So I wrote about it.

‘A rat! A rat!’

After weeks of staring at 1890s Survey maps and Victorian railway timetables, I think I've finally mapped how each set of characters moves in the Sherlock Holmes adventure 'The Red-Headed League'. 📊 #maps Fancy new blogpost […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

And now, the results of the Wessex Cup. You can watch the first race of the morning here: bsky.app/profile/myst...

The ACD honors currently underway at @mysteriousbookshop.com ! And of course it’s a full house !

The inaugural race of this year’s Wessex Cup hosted by the Arthur Conan Doyle Society in our store

The ACD honors currently underway at @mysteriousbookshop.com ! And of course it’s a full house !

OH ALSO happy birthday Miyazaki, creator of many great things, sort of including my favorite meme

MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES (1937) In his final outing as Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Wontner is assisted by his Dr. Watson, Ian Fleming (no, not that one), as they investigate a Baskerville-related murder involving a hound (no, not that one). #365Movies 2

OK, so who's going to NYC for #BSIWeekend? Looking to meet up!

This made me happy:

Sherlock Holmes didn’t decline because Conan Doyle lost talent — he declined because Holmes became a brand. Some later stories The Solitary Cyclist, The Three Gables, The Mazarin feel publishable only because the name guaranteed it. New Sherlock Adjacent piece 👇 open.substack.com/pub/echoesfr...

Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...

"Civilization has always been run on a bit of selective ignorance." - Culverton Smith on Sherlock before drugging his entire board of directors

The latest Passengers' Log magazine from the Sydney Passengers has arrived in the mail! I have an article on the 'Dancing Men' of Western Australia and uncovering an original photograph in Switzerland! Includes a bonus limited edition postcard I contributed. #sherlock

Sherlock Holmes before Basil Rathbone, now restored.

21. Watson (Sherlock Hound)

You spend *one* week of 2025 watching a bunch of old Sherlock Holmes movies…

2026 is gonna be my year

Not clear to me what the design strategy was with this particular John Murray DJ #sherlock

Thanks Matt @221bcooee.bsky.social . The Passengers updated URL is as follows: www.sherlock-holmes.au

The latest Passengers' Log magazine from the Sydney Passengers has arrived in the mail! I have an article on the 'Dancing Men' of Western Australia and uncovering an original photograph in Switzerland! Includes a bonus limited edition postcard I contributed. #sherlock

Not clear to me what the design strategy was with this particular John Murray DJ #sherlock

Minis not big enough to capture the magic of this con? I thought so too. New for 2026, our printable promotional flyer!

Nancy Drew's how I got into reading tons at the age of 10, especially mysteries. Then all of Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, etc. I loved a good mystery. At 15, realized the American ones were all action, the British ones more psychological puzzles. Let me go to bookshop.org and find a good one.

Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎 🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

Happy new podcast episode! watsonianweekly.libsyn.com/january-1-20...

New Year's Day!

Happy New Year! I'm still digging into Dr. Hoare of Birmingham and the ACD ties. #sherlock 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2025/12/cona...

Happy New Year! I'm still digging into Dr. Hoare of Birmingham and the ACD ties. #sherlock 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2025/12/cona...

Easy mistake to make - Birmingham Mail - Friday 02 March 1883

A great way to keep track of your Christie reading!

Get your 2026 badge before prices go up! The deadline is Dec. 31, 2025! GO GO GO 🏃💨

A post that reflects a little on Doyle's medical assistantships and their timeline, and Doyle's medical publications.... and his propensity to self-dose medications. This post meanders a little as I distracted myself reading his papers. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2025/12/cona...

@docjwatsonmd.bsky.social Would you be able to help spread the news? These fans have made up so many AUs for Sherlock & Co! Victorian AU, Gen X AU set in 2010s, two different American medical AUs...

Want to be part of the 221b street team? Now you can! Word-of-mouth is one of the best ways to get the keep the buzz going about the con. Print and distribute these minis at your next event and help grow the hive! (Please distribute responsibly)

Michael Dirda reviewed our Collected Speculative Works: “Fitz-James O’Brien deserves serious attention for developing some of science fiction’s most familiar tropes—among them microcosmic worlds, invisible monsters, time slips, and robots.” New York Review of Books www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

I placed mine between my Sherlock books.

Sherlock 😃

I love a good murder mystery and this one was particularly good. Uzo Aduba was excellent in the lead role, who was a modern interpretation of Sherlock Holmes. It’s such a pity that the series was cancelled after the first season, as I thought the concept was so good.

Powell's Books haul.