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There's still plenty of time to submit a proposal for our conference, 'Conan Doyle and Storytelling'. London, 10th - 11th December.
edinburgh-conan-doyle.org/co…
#CFP
For those in the UK: 'The Dying Detective' is on ITV4 in about half an hour. Easily the best of Jeremy Brett's last run. Guest starring Hugh Bonneville and... uh... Roy Hudd.
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Here's the link to register for our forthcoming conference. Join us!
Correct ticket link is: eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh…
10 must-see highlights in 'Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition' at Science Museum Oklahoma oklahoman.com/story/entertai… via @theoklahoman_
A great discussion of the book which Conan Doyle thought was his best:
The White Company - Arthur Conan Doyle youtu.be/zrnKyFg5v7k via @YouTube
Storytel and The Conan Doyle Estate in exclusive agreement - bestselling author Anthony Horowitz creates new adven... prn.to/3y0we2x
Ah, the Travelling Wilburys Effect: a collaboration that ends up being so much less than the sum of its parts. (See also: 'Romance' by Ford Maddox Ford and Joseph Conrad)
This month in 1892, Hutchinson & Co first published 'The Fate of Fenella,' a novel written episodically by numerous authors including Bram Stoker (Chapter X) and #ACD (Chapter IV). Unsurprisingly, it's crap. buff.ly/3i1uNw1
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Reminder that the #CFP for our conference is now open, and welcoming proposals for 20 minute papers on the theme of Conan Doyle and Storytelling'
Please send abstracts of 200–300 words together with a brief biography to: [email protected]
Deadline for proposals: 31 July 2021
Ah, yes. Turnitin is down right in the middle of the first assessment period. Academic Twitter responds accordingly.
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It's only the bally final, chaps! Choose wisely.
The @CupHolmes FINAL - please vote for your favourite Sherlock Holmes adventure. Debate/Discuss. Please RT for a larger sample. #TwitterSherlockians
57%Hound of the Baskervilles
43%Red-headed League
203 votes • Final resultsAs if we hadn't had hard enough decisions already... and it can only get worse!
Round 3 vote 1 - please vote for your favourite Sherlock Holmes adventure. Top 2 go through to the knockout stages. Debate/Discuss. Please RT for a larger sample. #TwitterSherlockians.
25%Dying Detective
31%Final Problem
8%Illustrious Client
35%Six Napoleons
178 votes • Final resultsPffff. Now I know how Buridan's donkey felt.
Round 2 vote 1- please vote for your favourite Sherlock Holmes adventure. Top 2 go through to the next round. Debate/Discuss. Please RT for a larger sample. #TwitterSherlockians.
9%Orange Pips
7%Abbey Grange
34%Copper Beeches
49%Dancing Men
87 votes • Final resultsYou can find a superb write-up of our recent conference over at the blog of the inimitable @DoingsofD
doingsofdoyle.com/2021/01/co…
The truest Sherlock ever seen: Jeremy Brett's struggle to get Holmes just right telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/truest-…
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From 2018, but for those who missed it at the time:
some autograph letters of Conan Doyle. On the subject of GOBLIN PHOTOGRAPHY. (From 31 mins, auction at 40 mins)
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0…
This is just cracking!
Late day DHL delivery from Bologna, Italy. 4 bound volumes of the French mag Je Sais Tout (I Know Everything) covering 1907 & 1908. Delighted to find that, unlike the UK & US bound mags, they include the individual colour covers. #SherlockHolmes
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Culture Fix: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/culture…
The Spin | How suffragette pavilion fire outraged Tunbridge Wells … and Conan Doyle theguardian.com/sport/2020/n…