Happy Birthday to Sir Arthur #SherlockHolmes

Happy Sherlock Holmes Day! And happy birthday to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who has always been a 'fixed point in a changing age' for me.

So terribly sad to hear reports that we’ve lost Michael Keating. What a loss, and what a wonderful man. He’ll be hugely missed. Thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP Michael, and thank you xx

Yay!!! We have a release date for the X-Files Lego set: August 1. I can't wait! Thanks again to designer #Wetwired for creating this awesome set! #X-Files #Mulder #Scully #Lego

Why Blake's 7 is the Retro Sci-Fi Hidden Gem you shouldn't miss ~ it's my latest #television essay at Search Magazine! 📝 Read my retrospective in the Current Hidden Gems Issue #TVsky #scifisky 🖤

Right here, right now… legends backing lifesavers. 🛟🎶 Fatboy Slim collecting for the RNLI outside Churchill Square in #Brighton.

BE A DETECTIVE this May half-term All is not well at Madame Pâtissier’s 18th-century cake shop – someone has stolen all her cakes! Pick up clues, make observations, study the exhibits, and help Henry track down the culprits... More info: https://bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/whatson/family-activities/

Some South Downs loveliness to start your weekend. If you're out on the Downs, please keep dogs on a lead near livestock and wildlife. It’s ground‑nesting season, and birds like skylarks may abandon their eggs if disturbed. Happy exploring 🤩 📸: Lloyd Lane @lloydlane.bsky.social

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Who doesn't love an unboxing? Both volumes of the 'Blakes 7 Production Diary Series C' will be released on 25th May. Feel the chonk! Available from www.cultedge.art Music in this video is taken from our Blake's 7 FEDERATION "Marked To Kill' music collab with the wonderful @philheeks.bsky.social

Good news, hopefully there is still room in the building to house a tribute acknowledging that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stayed and started writing The Hound of the Baskervilles here.

'The Death of Sherlock Holmes' focus on the gap years in Holmes’ resume: the three years between his disappearance at the Reichenbach Falls in 1891 and his return in 1894.

It was very serene on the Sussex coast today, warm with a light breeze, the sea looking very blue, and barely a cloud in the sky 😎 🌞

They’ve also created a waiting room as a homage to Conan Doyle’s case whose plot relies on various train timings from the stations, and have refurbished the toilets in a heritage style. We think Sherlock Holmes would approve, although obviously he couldn’t smoke his pipe in there.

The game is afoot, Watson! It’s the Case of the Norwood Builder, where Arriva Rail London and TFL have reinstated a facade similar to the historic original, but in GRP, at Norwood Junction. We gave a grant and we were pleased to visit today & see it finished. Moriarty was nowhere to be seen.

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

One of our favourite #ArchiveFoodAndDrink items is this one, the menu for the mess in police accommodation near Tottenham Court Road around December 1896. #Archive30

Look through its arch and you glimpse what many 19th-century visitors first saw on arriving in Brighton: a royal fantasy revealed. 📷 Photograph by Monie Josich

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

1066 County, looking out to Sea, beautiful 😍

The story of when everything changed. The ‘Blake’s 7 Production Diary Series C’ is coming - 400 packed pages of behind-the-scenes revelations and stunning photography. The Series A and B Diaries are still available from www.cultedge.art - use code EARTHDAY15 at checkout to claim a 15% discount.

Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes is my first ever graphic novel and has some beautiful artwork. The Holmes in the illustrations are definitely a nod to Peter Cushing.

Rare Sherlock Holmes book discovered in Oxfam charity shop sells for £11,520 at auction www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

The Haunted Archive: 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' - Kickstarter Next Week Follow our Kickstarter here: bit.ly/OhWhistle Watch editors Paul M. Chapman and Mark Jones discuss the project: vimeo.com/1182187393

Simple Prawn, Mushroom and Spinach Curry so easy and delicious! https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/simple-prawn-mushroom-spinach-curry/ #prawncurry #curry #recipeoftheday

My favourite film and cinema's greatest ever villain, the suave but sinister Dr Julian Karswell, played by the brilliant Niall MacGinnis 🖤

Nice article on one of my favourite films. Have to say, Karswell remains one of my fave film villains.

Happy Tuesday! Oh so #bluesky Beach vibes 💙 #southcoast #england

Two of our favourite #ArchiveAnimals are Burgho & Barnaby, a pair of bloodhounds loaned from a breeder by Commissioner Charles Warren during the Whitechapel Murders in 1888. He had them track him across Hyde Park as a demonstration, but towards the end of the chase one of them bit Warren! #Archive30

Elementary! #JeremyBrett is SHERLOCK HOLMES! 🔎 The master detective takes on... THE MASTER BLACKMAILER (1992) 9:05pm with #RobertHardy #EdwardHardwicke drama #TPTVsubtitles

The bookshop at 3am

'In Trafalgar' by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932) (Private collection)

Giant duck besieging Bodiam Castle ! Send help .....

"City folk consider the Sussex countryman slow, but I wonder, is he? Our county is full of legends and folk tales concerning the simple wit of its natives. None shows more clearly who has the last laugh than the tale of the 'Mare's egg.'" Bexhill Observer 20.6.1964. #WyrdWednesday #Sussex #Egg

Moon from Ponte de La Grana, Castello, Venice.

Open on Thursday for the April School Holidays! The Museum will be opening on the 2nd & 9th April, giving you more chances to visit. We're also running our Microscope workshops for any budding detectives to advance their skills Book now: https://bowstreetpolicemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/ticket

Brilliant contribution from Tavis on @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk show this morning regarding renewables. But I guess we've had enough of experts! 🤔

NEW! 294 - Dawn in Shelve Wood Shropshire with cuckoo (62 mins) What could be better than being in a wood in May? At dawn? With a blackbird nearby? And then a cuckoo? Our early birthday gift to you. 🎂 🎧 > www.podbean.com/eas/pb-xue8d...

Come see the December 1892 signatures of Doyle, Hornung and Jerome K Jerome in the Crime Museum visitor book, on display as part of our #CM150 exhibition until 10 May!

Thank you University of Oxford! 🐝🌎

On the baddies' side. A brief Daily Mirror profile of Jacqueline Pearce (27th March 1978)

📸 PHOTOS PLEASE! If you have any #Wildlife or #Nature photos from #Brighton area (including #Hove to #Peachaven) please send us a copy with a brief description. ALL images will be credited to you or the photographer. #biodiversity #geodiversity #brightonwildlife

Hail leaves Pew Tor yesterday, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

London: it’s 100 days til the rugby Nations Championship begins 🏉 All roads lead to Twickenham for the final in November.

SFX 403 has a choice of two The Boys covers: Billy Butcher or Homelander. Also inside: The Mummy, Maul: Shadow Lord, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, reviving Blake's 7, making Fallout S2, and more! More info: cinemablend.com/sfx-magazine-n… Buy online: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-issu���

Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex, was the very first building to be saved by the National Trust, bought for £10 in 1896. A Grade II* listed building, it's over 600 years old and one of a handful remaining Wealden Houses in the village. Have you ever visited? 📷James Dobson, Marianne Majerus

Comedy is all about timing. #pmqs

South coast sky canvas 5 days ago before the return of the normal 2026 weather. Rain … gales … sea mist 😃 #inspire #photography #beach #seascape #sky #clouds #sunset #nature #sussex #england

Morning! I managed a trip out with the camera last week - it was meant to be a full day on Dartmoor, but after just two locations, the un-forecast rain arrived so it was cut short. However, I managed to get a set of photos - starting today with a windblown tree at Combestone Tor.... #dartmoor

⚪ - I'll race you. #marblerun #race #fun