HYPIN’ HOLMES REDUX PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE DISCUSSED THE WORLD’S FIRST CONSULTING DETECTIVE and his appearance in advertising. We continue here with thirst-quenching themes. Holmes, Gin, And What’s That Building? There’s internationalism … Continue reading
HYPIN’ HOLMES REDUX PART 1
DR. JOHN H. WATSON HAD A CRACKIN’ GOOD literary agent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. How else to explain the numerous ad placements about the World’s First Consulting Detective? Several of … Continue reading
HARRY NILE AND CARS PART 1
I’VE COME TO RESPECT HARRY NILE, Jim French’s radio detective of the noir variety. Harry has appeared here at SimanaitisSays twice already, in “Harry Nile, Seattle P.I.,” and in “Turing’s … Continue reading
BULLOCKS WILTSHIRE—IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.
I CONTINUE TO BE SAVORING Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, the Annotated version. Like an eager Bible student, I’m reading portions of it repeatedly seeking new tidbits about Los Angeles … Continue reading
THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH PART 2
YESTERDAY’S JOYS OF RESEARCH concluded with citing my youthful weekly fix of Double-Crostic puzzles. Caitlin Lovinger describes this word game in “Variety: Acrostic,” The New York Times, July 17, 2020. … Continue reading
THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH PART 1
RECENTLY “SHAKESPEARE’S BEHIND” CONCLUDED with my noting, “It was good fun researching this one.” And the “Laura D. Fair” piece had a similar conclusion: “It makes for a nice research … Continue reading
HOLMES IN THE STRAND MAGAZINE PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE CLARIFIED SOME MATTERS ABOUT Sherlock Holmes’ stuff: a non-Canonical crooked-stem meerschaum and his authentic country-attire deerstalkers. We continue today in Part 2 with other head wear, his magnifying … Continue reading
HOLMES IN THE STRAND MAGAZINE PART 1
ARTIFACTS OF THE WORLD’S FIRST CONSULTING DETECTIVE are familiar—the oversize meerschaum pipe with its crooked stem, the deerstalker cap, the magnifying glass. Curiously, though, one of these items is relatively … Continue reading
AN OPERATIC HOLMES PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 HAYLEY COYLE of BBC News reported on “What the Deuce? Sherlock Holmes Opera Debut.” A Matter of the Mysterious “The.” This new opera, “Sherlock Holmes and … Continue reading
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HARRY NILE AND CARS PART 2
IN PART 1 YESTERDAY, WE CITED several cars appearing in Harry Nile adventures. We continue today with two more that our sleuth drove: a 1936 Bentley and a 1942 DeSoto. … Continue reading →