AN ENTHUSIAST’S FATHER BROWN
BEING ENTHUSED about classic cars, vintage aircraft and English mystery stories, I recommend the BBC TV adventures of Father Brown. In a recent PBS presentation, this parish priest/amateur sleuth found … Continue reading
FAIRIES IN THE GARDEN
THERE’S NOTHING particularly new about recent reports of a likely faked Everest photograph or another showing a mysterious hand in an image from 1900. Back in 1920, Sir Arthur Conan … Continue reading
SCOTLAND YARD’S FLYING SQUAD
I WAS ENJOYING one of the Paul Temple radio mysteries when Scotland Yard Chief Commissioner Sir Graham Forbes said to Paul, “We’ve got the Flying Squad on it.” Scotland Yard … Continue reading
CLASSIC SUBTERRANEAN CRIMINALITY
SHERLOCK HOLMES knew about London’s underground, including Professor Moriarty, Colonel Moran, John Clay and the like. He also knew the London Underground, the world’s first and one of the grandest … Continue reading
EDITH MEISER—SHERLOCKIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE
SHERLOCKIANS RECOGNIZE Irene (pronounced I-re-nee) Adler as “The Woman,” the most highly respected of her gender by Holmes. Another woman, perhaps lesser known, was a Sherlockian extraordinaire: Edith Meiser. Like … Continue reading
AND THEN HOLMES SAID…. OR DID HE?
THERE ARE lots of memorable utterances of Sherlock Holmes, and a goodly number of other ones attributed to this world’s greatest consulting detective—but incorrectly. Here’s a sampling from each category. … Continue reading
BRITS GRITS—HOLMES STYLE
FOR A WHILE there, like two millennia, Great Britain was not highly regarded for its cuisine. Even Sherlock Holmes had trouble detecting a decent repast. The Sacred Writings, as Dr. … Continue reading
HARRY S TRUMAN—SHERLOCKIAN
THE 33RD PRESIDENT of the United States, Harry S Truman, was a dedicated follower of Sherlock Holmes. In fact, the Baker Street Journal, an “irregular quarterly” published by the Baker … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA’S TOOTH—WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED?
IT MAY SEEM unlikely that I’m learning world geography, history and religion from old Sam Spade radio mysteries, but, in fact, this is how I first heard of Sri Dalada … Continue reading
DID C. AUGUSTE DUPIN INSPIRE SHERLOCK HOLMES?
IS THE French detective C. Auguste Dupin the spiritual godfather of Sherlock Holmes? Let us set aside for the moment the purely fictional nature of Dupin—he’s a product of Edgar … Continue reading
