Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

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John H. Watson―Word-Painter

Jul 2, 2025

“I had painted” [TWIS]

The Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article we're discussing this month is by H.C. Potter from Vol. 26, No. 2 of The Baker Street Journal.

In it, Potter looks at Watson's prosaic way of setting the scene for us. He selects excerpts from a number of stories to prove his case. Was he...

How Watson Learned the Trick

Jun 26, 2025

“why should anyone play me such a trick?” [CARD]

After a brief hiatus, we're back to the third in our series of The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes — stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that are technically not part of the original Canon.

This is the shortest of all of the Apocrypha and it was created for the...

A Second Case of Identity: The Second Mrs. Watson

Jun 19, 2025

“Is Mrs. Watson in?” [FINA]

We all know Watson had more than one wife; the number has been debated over the years. But it's his second wife that seems to be the most intriguing.

In this "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode, we look at David Hammer's article from Baker Street Miscellanea, No. 43. Who was...

When Watson noted a "difficult and dangerous quest" on "the forbidden moor" in The Hound of the Baskervilles. The moor played an outsized role in that story, providing the perfect setting for this gothic tale of terror, greed, and mystery.

What is the moor really like? How...

On the Hound

Jun 4, 2025

“What, in heaven’s name, was it?” [HOUN]

One of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles, tells a terrifying story of a dog that most certainly did something in the night-time.

But what do we know about the actual canine? In a Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article in 1975,...