Mar 27, 2025
“the great North American Continent” [STUD]
Picking up where we left off in Episode 428 ("British
Businesses"), we're moving to the other side of the pond and doing
a survey of businesses in North America that were mentioned in the
Sherlock Holmes stories.
Since there are decidedly fewer scenes and stories...
Mar 20, 2025
“As to your dates, that is the biggest mystification of all.” [CREE]
It's not often that we get a piece of Sherlockian scholarship
that had its origin in a mainstream publication. And in this case,
it's from one of the original Sherlockians.
In 1932, Ronald Knox set out to review two new Sherlockian
books,...
Mar 13, 2025
“preoccupied with business matters” [COPP]
If you came across the name of a business in the Sherlock Holmes stories, do you think you could identify which story it came from? What about the type of business it was?
We put your Canonical skills to the test in this episode as we
quiz you (and each other!) on some...
Mar 6, 2025
“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion” [NAVA]
The Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article this month is "My Biblical Knowledge is a Trifle Rusty" by Henry T. Folsom, BSI ("The Golden Pince-Nez"), from The Baker Street Journal, Volume 15, No. 3.
Rev. Folsom took the opportunity...