A WELL-CONNECTED HOLMES PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE discussed Sherlock Holmes’ connectedness through news periodicals and Her Majesty’s Post. Today, the Baker Street Irregulars, telegraphy and telephony come to the aid of the world’s first consulting … Continue reading
A WELL-CONNECTED HOLMES PART 1
HOLMES CHRONICLER Dr. John H. Watson once called London “that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.” On the other hand, this … Continue reading
SHERLOCK HOLMES—THE SPORTSMAN
IN INITIAL ASSESSMENT of Sherlock Holmes—his Limits, chronicler Dr. John H. Watson made no mention of sports other than “Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.” This was recounted … Continue reading
A TALE OF TWO BOUQUINISTES
I’VE ENJOYED encounters with bouquinistes, booksellers offering their wares along the Seine in Paris. One result is a kid’s magazine, titled Tintin—Le Journal des Jeunes de 7 à 77 ans. … Continue reading
OUR FOUR PHANTOMS
THE PHANTOM IS COMING to SoCal again! Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical The Phantom of the Opera will be at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, June 6–July 7, 2019, … Continue reading
THE SALVATOR MUNDI CAPER PART 2
WE LEFT Salvator Mundi with the right number of thumbs and a mixed royal provenance. We ain’t heard nothin’ yet. Here in Part 2 are a Russian oligarch, a Saudi … Continue reading
THE SALVATOR MUNDI CAPER PART 1
HERE ARE ALL the makings of a good whodunit: A da Vinci original. Or is it? A beheaded English king passes it on. But is he the only royal involved? … Continue reading
AKA SHERLOCK HOLMES PART 2
HOLMES WAS a man of many disguises. Here in Part 2, we’ll learn of Escott the plumber, maybe William Escott the Shakespearean actor, and an adventure in which just about … Continue reading
AKA SHERLOCK HOLMES PART 1
THE WORLD’S FIRST consulting detective occasionally assumed different personae, some named, others not. Here, in Parts 1 and 2, today and tomorrow, is a selection of those AKA Holmes actually … Continue reading
PHYL COE—A RADIO NANCY DREW, A FRIEND OF SUPERMAN PART 2
OUR STARS of the Phyl Coe Radio Mysteries were introduced yesterday in Part 1 here at SimanaitisSays. Today in Part 2, let’s see how Philco (“Phyl Coe,” get it?) hyped … Continue reading
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