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The Scintillation of Scions usually has around one hundred delegates - this year it has expanded to an incredible 500 places! How? It's the first time one of the leading Sherlockian events is going online. In addition to a wider US audience for the first time the event is accessible to a global audience. Chair Karen Wilson joins us for a short interview to tell us more (4 mins)..... Free places are available at Scintillation.org.  Collectors merchandise is available through Redbubble.

We're delighted to share that we have this week passed 500 trees in our #bookstotrees project for Happy Life Children's Home in Kenya. Every regular book bought on this bookstore we will plant another tree (and a tree for every 2 clearance books). The Happy Life team have confirmed that many of the trees being planted are fruit trees so they will provide vital food for the 100+ children at Juja Farm - including apples and bananas. You can watch a short 4 mins video with the founders about The Books To Trees Project. You can find out more about...

“ … a delightful entertainment with more than a dash of comedy … deftly juggles historical fact with fictional whodunnit … Mrs. Hudson Takes the Stage holds up in the … world of Sherlock Holmes … and deserves a wider audience.”-Wilmington StarNews The game is afoot, but with a twist By Ben Steelman For The StarNews “Since retiring to Carolina Beach after a career as a psychologist and counselor, Barry S. Brown has devoted his life to setting things straight about Sherlock Holmes. Brown’s thesis, as you might recall, is that Mrs. Hudson, the indefatigable housekeeper at 221-B Baker St., London, was...

An extract from 'The Adventure of the Wordy Companion: An A-Z guide to Sherlockian Phraseology' by Nicko Vaughan Here are just five of the 'I's referenced in Nicko's Wordy Companion: Iconoclast - a person who criticises a person’s beliefs or attacks institutions and ideologies. In The Adventure of the Six Napoleons Lastrade and Holmes theorise as to the motivations of the unknown smasher of Napoleon busts. “ Considering how many hundreds of statues of the great Emperor must exist in London, it is too much to suppose such a coincidence as that a promiscuous iconoclast should chance to begin upon three...

Join the king of the detectives as he brings to life those three startling cases, The Sussex Vampire, The Creeping Man and The Devil's Foot! Jonathan Goodwin returns as Sherlock Holmes, in a show scripted by himself and co-directed by Goodwin and Gary Archer.  Live performance via Zoom - 500 free seats in the live virtual theatre. One lucky ticket holder will win our prize draw. This month's prize is an extremely rare, mint condition still in its original shrink wrap Chinese release of Benedict Cumberbatch in Transition from our personal collection - which includes exclusive colour photos an a...