“Before we begin to investigate that, let us try to realize what we do know, so as to make the most of it, and to separate the essential from the accidental.” 📖 “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903 #BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky

I regularly marvel at Edith Alice Cubitt’s witty “A Musical Tragedy” that probably definitely inspired Doyle’s Dancing Men. Pretty dark for a youngster: “The Proposal, The Refusal, Despair, And.., The End”

On my walk home I noticed this property on Kent Road in Southsea is for sale (if you have a spare million hanging around). Previous owners include Arthur Conan Doyle.

Happy World Book Day! And thanks for everything, Shakespeare! #SecondFolio #WorldBookDay #Shakespeare

Who can lay claim to the catch phrase “The game’s afoot?” If your answer is Sherlock Holmes, you’re right! And if your answer is Shakespeare, you’re also right! Today being Shakespeare’s birthday, it’s as good a time as any to celebrate the rhetorical bond between the two literary icons.

At that point, I would be hugely grateful if you would consider pre-ordering the book. Pre-orders are hugely important to authors like me and help generate early interest from booksellers! There will also be SIGNED limited editions available. I'm excited to share all this with you next week! /5

By the time Bell was unmasked by Conan Doyle as the inspiration for Holmes, he had been working with Littlejohn for over 20 years to solve some of the highest profile murder cases of the century. Letter from Conan Doyle to Joseph Bell, from @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social. /3 .

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

Look, there’s a long, proud tradition of spending half the novel explaining what the word written in blood on the wall means.

The older I get, the more I admire how carefully Conan Doyle structured a Holmes story nothing wasted, everything purposeful. It’s a high bar to aim for. #SherlockHolmes #AmWriting #DetectiveFiction

The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle has updated their page to show that the 'Land of Mist' being published in September 2026

Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1982. #TomBaker #DoctorWho #SherlockHolmes

This is my next event! I will be signing and selling my book 'How the Victorians Lived' as part of the Sherlock Holmes' vendor’s market, with a free bookmark or book bag with every copy purchased!

and Simon Kelton – Executive Producer Amazon Prime Young Sherlock 2026. The Showcase runs from 12.30 to 6.30pm and tickets cost £20 a head. Please note – all bookings must be made through the Riverside Studios website at riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/sc-... #Skystorians #Histodons #19thC 🗃️

Just watched my 154th and final episode of Elementary. Despite its flaws - some dull/daft cases (hazard of all procedurals), some dropped story threads and disappearing characters, Liu and Miller were always great, and great together. Probably my favourite version of the Holmes/Watson partnership.

Some confusion here, I think

Now watching: ‘The Final Problem’, dir. George Ridgwell, 1923, with Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes. It relocates the fatal battle with Moriarty from Switzerland to... Cheddar Gorge.

Biorhythmic Holmes is thicker then I thought it would be... don't know why I thought this would be thinner. Going to be a lot to work through.😶 It's hiding a pack underneath that zine like cover. (btw, I still posit Watson's marriage(s?), if they existed, were lavender ones for public image sake)

The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle has updated their page to show that the 'Land of Mist' being published in September 2026

A post on John Hawkins - who died in Doyle's home at Bush Villas and under his care, leading to his first marriage to John's sister. I sourced John's death certificate just to see... 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/04/deat...

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon

Kickstarter update! Thanks to all our lovely backers, we hit our goal - but don't think you might have missed out. Copies of the book are still available - with or without the art cards. And, in response to requests, the Engraved Whistle is now available as an Add On. https://bit.ly/OhWhistle

A post on John Hawkins - who died in Doyle's home at Bush Villas and under his care, leading to his first marriage to John's sister. I sourced John's death certificate just to see... 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/04/deat...

Here's a funny one - Doyle advocating tea as a doctor with a slightly different spelling in 1885/6: A CONNOR DOYLE Esq. M.D. C.M., Southsea: "The Royal Bengal Tea appears to me to possess less tannin and to be more suited to the use of dyspeptic patients than any of which I have experience".

I finally got to the bottom of where Dorothy Bowers is buried, and thanks to the volunteers at findagrave.com I have a photo too! She is buried at Hereford Cemetery.

I finally got to the bottom of where Dorothy Bowers is buried, and thanks to the volunteers at findagrave.com I have a photo too! She is buried at Hereford Cemetery.

This volume was labeled ‘white company’ but has three stories bound in and includes their beautiful covers from Newnes Sixpenny editions.

This volume was labeled ‘white company’ but has three stories bound in and includes their beautiful covers from Newnes Sixpenny editions.

Here's a funny one - Doyle advocating tea as a doctor with a slightly different spelling in 1885/6: A CONNOR DOYLE Esq. M.D. C.M., Southsea: "The Royal Bengal Tea appears to me to possess less tannin and to be more suited to the use of dyspeptic patients than any of which I have experience".

A second post on George Budd - time time exploring what became of his wife and children. Did he have descendants? 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-l...

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

Enjoying ‘Young Sherlock’ yet can’t help but feel a ‘Young Moriarty’ spin-off would be even better.

Inspired by @comicsinthega.bsky.social, tonight I’ll be watching some of Jeremy Brett’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. The definitive Holmes, for me. First up will be “The Devil’s Foot”, a favorite of mine. The limited special effects helped make Holmes’ withdrawal/fever dream even more surreal.

Sherlock Holmes #comicstrip #sherlockholmes #holmes #comicstrips

Margie Deck and Nancy Holder are back with more scholarship about "The Terror of Blue John Gap," this time from Naching T. Kassa and Lisa Morton, who focus on realities and spiritualities. Read it all and see the latest addition to the Terror MS page facsimiles here acdsociety.com/bjg/13/bjg13....

Was pointed out to me that Doyle had an orginal oak grave marker - on display in Minstead Church. It says "Blade Straight Steel True" The stone marker that replaced it says "Steel True Blade Straight" What's going on?

Was pointed out to me that Doyle had an orginal oak grave marker - on display in Minstead Church. It says "Blade Straight Steel True" The stone marker that replaced it says "Steel True Blade Straight" What's going on?

New post: Green Manor, a European series about a Victorian gentleman’s murder club. Thank you, @jabbage.bsky.social, for the recommendation! comicsworthreading.com/2026/04/07/gre…

New post on George Budd in Plymouth - Conan Doyle's college chum who Doyle spent six chaotic weeks working for in 1882: 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/04/geor...

A nice dust jacket on this Ward lock & Co edition. I can’t find a date on it, but there is a handwritten date of 1946 on the inside cover.

New post on George Budd in Plymouth - Conan Doyle's college chum who Doyle spent six chaotic weeks working for in 1882: 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/04/geor...

#goldenageofhollywood #maltesefalcon #mystery #hollywood #celebrity #humphreybogart #onsale #ebooksale 𝑩𝒚𝒆 𝑩𝒚𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅, 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 #𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 #𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜

A nice dust jacket on this Ward lock & Co edition. I can’t find a date on it, but there is a handwritten date of 1946 on the inside cover.

#NowWatching Sherlock Hound (1984) No idea how I found this, but… Sherlock Holmes as a dog With steampunk technology And some episodes written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki Couldn’t pass it up

Watson moved out of London just to watch Holmes study in a library. That’s devotion

I will say this: when people say something like, "it's a good story, it's just not Sherlock Holmes" — and I have heard this said about multiple adaptations and pastiches... All I can think is, my idea of Sherlock Holmes is big enough to encompass just about everything we've ever put him through.

How is your spring break going?