News
Sherlock's Home - Call For Corporate Sponsors
Posted by Steve Emecz on
In the coming weeks the courts will make the final decision on Undershaw, Conan Doyle’s former home. It has been the subject of a long running battle between the developers who seek to destroy it, and the band of Sherlock Holmes fans who are fighting to save it and return it to its former glory. (Undershaw today, neglected and run down) The high court ruled in favour of the fans - the developers appealed - that was defeated too - now they have appealed the rejection of the appeal (come on....). Now we just have to wait for that to...
- Tags: arthur conan doyle, save undershaw, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, sherlock's home, sherlockology, undershaw
BOSTON DICKENS FELLOWSHIP REVIEWS MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS
Posted by Steve Emecz on
“The book was a page turner. I was so sorry that it ended. Great character sketches drawn. There is a waiting list in The Dickens Fellowship in Boston to read this story (with its)…Dickensian master-plot. Such fine details expressed from the Palaces in Italy to the very wardrobe that Dickens wore. It was as if some one was following Charles and taking notes of all the goings on. A fast read and, of course, I could not put it down.” Boston Dickens Fellowship History records that on June 9, 1870, Charles Dickens died of a cerebral haemorrhage. History, however, is wrong....
- Tags: book review, Book Reviews, Charles Dickens
GREYHOUND BARKS AT No.10 TO LAUNCH BOOK
Posted by Steve Emecz on
"A Greyhound called Danny recently visited 10 Downing Street to raise awareness about the benefits of children reading to dogs. Launching his new book, ‘Danny goes to London’, Danny hopes children will be encouraged to pick it up and read to dogs like him. Danny is a Reading, Education and Assistance Dog (READ), and is sponsored by the Kennel Club’s Bark and Read Foundation to go into schools and listen to children read. My six year old son absolutely adores this book and managed to read it all on his own. Very very educational! This is highly recommended by London Mums. In...
- Tags: Book Launches, children's book, dogs, Greyhound, READ, The Kennel Club
Philip K Jones aka The Ill Dressed Vagabond Reviews Holmes Sweet Holmes
Posted by Steve Emecz on
"This book is the second Sebastian McCabe – Jeff Cody mystery, following his earlier No Police Like Holmes. This book lacks the impressive character set of eccentric Sherlockians encountered in the first, but it does present a dandy mystery and a new set of eccentrics. This group are a bit more difficult to categorize, but they tend to come from the world of entertainment, if anywhere in particular. Much of the narrative concentrates on academic in-fighting, with our heroes in medias res. We are treated to a double murder with theories obscured by facts and suspects just oozing both motives...
Blogcritics Interview with Amy Thomas, Author of The Detective and the Woman: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes
Posted by Steve Emecz on
” Sherlock Holmes seems to be on everyone’s mind lately… including Amy Thomas’. She’s recently released a book entitled The Detective and the Woman, a tale of Holmes’ interactions with Irene Adler. Following my review of her novel, I got to chat with Amy, who provided some brilliant insights into Doyle’s stories. The Sherlock Holmes stories seem to be experiencing a particular boom of popularity lately, with the films and numerous TV series. Why, do you think, is Sherlock Holmes so popular, and why has he endured? Sherlock Holmes has always had a wide fanbase, even during the years when he...