Forgotten Liberal heroes: Charles Masterman
Born in 1873, Charles Masterman was the great nephew of Elizabeth Fry (of £5 bank note fame for her work in making the prison system humane). … Read the full post »
Sherlock Holmes
Read my posts featuring the fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Although not the first fictional detective, he is the most famous of them.
Fantastic letter about Sherlock Holmes
A fantastic, if now somewhat dated despite being only five years old, letter about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. … Read the full post »
The Alamut Ambush: another great Anthony Price novel, also available as an audio book
The Alamut Ambush is one of the early volumes in Anthony Price’s series of espionage thrillers featuring David Audley. … Read the full post »
The Mangle Street Murders: an enjoyable debut for a new Victorian detective pairing
M.R.C. Kasasian’s The Mangle Street Murders is the first in The Gower Street Detective Series and it’s a very promising start. … Read the full post »
Whatever happened to the rivals of Sherlock Holmes?
Although the acting, stage sets and “special effects” now are amusingly dated in places, at the time it was a success – winning a BAFTA and spawning a second series. … Read the full post »
Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart: another great Christopher Fowler thriller
Bryant and May set off to investigate an apparent case of a dead man rising from his grave and the disappearance of the ravens from the Tower of London. … Read the full post »
The Code: Series 1
Using Australian’s beautiful landscape and Canberra’s stunning architecture to full effect, The Code is a political drama following journalist Ned Banks and his autistic brother Jesse as they dragged into a major scandal with possible international reach thanks to a car accident in the outback. … Read the full post »
Sherlock Holmes: exhibition at the Museum of London
There are some great moments, such as the interview with Conan Doyle where he describes Watson as “rather stupid”. … Read the full post »
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab: mostly forgotten, for a reason
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was the best-selling crime novel of the nineteenth century, and as late as 1954 was listed by the Sunday Times as one of the best 100 crime novels of all time. … Read the full post »
Sherlock Holmes Series 3: the mini-episode prequel
Sherlock has been gone for two years. But someone isn’t quite convinced that he’s dead… #SherlockLives … Read the full post »