Sep 27, 2017
"this terrible secret society" [FIVE]
The Ku Klux Klan famously plays a role in "The Adventure of the Five Orange Pips." To British audiences, the 'K.K.K.' note would have seemed mysterious - something along the lines of a Dancing Men code. But to American audiences, it was a known entity.
The KKK was a secret...
Sep 20, 2017
"fondness for photography" [REDH]
During the earliest days of the Sherlock Holmes stories, photography was still in its infancy. And yet, we are greeted with a number of instances in which photography plays a central or partial role in the plot.
Who were the Canonical photographers and why did they pursue this...
Sep 13, 2017
"I have no idea what he intends to go in for" [STUD]
It's our Back to School Blowout Sale! Okay, not really. But since it's September and class is in session, we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about Sherlock Holmes's school days.
In his student days, Holmes said that he considered his habit...
Sep 6, 2017
"I was already in debt to my tradesmen" [COPP]
With Labor Day just behind us, what do we find in the Sherlock Holmes stories in the ways of the working class? Holmes said that the public could hardly tell "a weaver by his tooth or a compositor by his left thumb," [COPP] as two examples of the...