Dec 27, 2023
“Oh, my God! what a blind fool I have been!” [BERY]
Well, this is it. The final entry of Season 7 and of 2023. And
it marks our 365th episode.
We reach the final episode in a quartet of episodes that took
us as many months to complete, honoring Alfred Hitchcock as an
inspiration. And we look back at...
Dec 20, 2023
“a charming coquettish intimacy” [3GAB]
The final installment in this season's Masters Class is
another Christopher Morley essay, "Watson à la Mode," from Vol. 1
No. 1 of The Baker Street Journal (1946).
We discuss Morley's keen analysis of Watson's eye for fashion
and an extraordinary conclusion about...
Dec 13, 2023
“the compliments of the season” [BLUE]
Here it is, 12 days before Christmas — the perfect time to
celebrate with you. So we're doing it in style.
Listener Jim Zych was kind enough to share his trifling
monograph "The 12 Sherlockian Days of Christmas," so we thought we
might adapt it for you. So take a...
Dec 6, 2023
“washed their hands of the matter” [GREE]
We like to think that the practice of hand washing is a
universal occurrence. After a couple of years of a pandemic, it was
certainly ingrained into the public's awareness (we hope).
But when it comes to life in the Sherlock Holmes stories,
where do we find...
Nov 30, 2023
“bear in mind” [MUSG]
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| Image credit: Russell Stutler |
Can you think of the instances when bears are mentioned in the
Sherlock Holmes stories? We'll give you a minute.
No? There are four specific mentions, but blink and you'll
miss them. We cover them in this episode, along with exploring just
why...