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YouTube - New Holmesian series animated by Christian Graham: A Scandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League
Interview with Chris Graham, creator of the videos for the YouTube channel Machine Matinee • This took place on October 21st: Births of Andrew Scott, Nikita Mikhalkov, Pat Keen, Nicole Courcel, Ruth Terry, Václav Voska, Lloyd Hughes, and Delos Jewkes. Death of Peter Barkworth.
Born on October 20, 1929, Colin Jeavons - The best Lestrade?, by Monique Claisse
Died on October 20, 2021, Victor Evgrafov - The Russian Moriarty or the secrets of the Reichenbach duel, by Oksana Shishkina-Korolenko • This took place on October 20th: Births of Timothy West and Colin Campbell. Deaths of Charles Brookfield, Catherine Amelia Angela Doyle, Anthony Quayle, John Ringham, and Hubert Rees.
Philip Pullman, author of *His Dark Materials*, is a fan of Conan Doyle’s work—Sherlock Holmes, Brigadier Gerard, and so on.
From 1985 to 1994, Sally Lockhart - If she were the sister, would her name be Enola? • The New Cut Gang - Young irregular detectives? • Brigadier Gérard - Pullman is a fan of the hussar! • This took place on October 19: Birth of Harry Alan Towers, Olivier Pierre, William J. Burns, Wolfgang Lukschy, Desmond Harrington. Death of Guy Rolfe, Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet, Joseph Clement Coll, N. C. Wyeth, Leslie Bricusse.
In New York - When the World Screamed - Arthur Conan Doyle inspires Ben Quilty’s exhibition Devil/God
An exhibition ahead of the book's release - The Hound of the Baskervilles - Under the Pencil of Christian Quesnel - An Illustrated Book on Display • This happened on October 18th: Births of George C. Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999), David Tomblin (October 18, 1930 – July 20, 2005), Brandon Beach (October 18, 1879 – November 22, 1974), Susan Field (October 18, 1932 – March 19, 2005), and Alexandra Marisa Wilcke (Oct. 18, 1968). Deaths of Athole Stewart (June 25, 1879 – Oct. 18, 1940), Thomas Edison (Feb. 11, 1847 – Oct. 18, 1931), Carl Harbord (Jan. 26, 1908 – Oct. 18, 1958), and John Hollis (Nov. 12, 1927 – Oct. 18, 2005)
Holmesian Studies - The Musgrave Ritual: Investigation Into a Dormant Sign (2/2) - On the semiotic status of a sign whose interpretation is suspended, by Dr. Eric Torres
This took place on October 17th: Births of Mark Gatiss (October 17, 1966), Guy Henry (October 17, 1960), Bruce Mackinnon (October 17, 1978), Paxton Whitehead (October 17, 1937 – June 16, 2023), David Buck (October 17, 1936 – January 27, 1989), and Lumsden Hare (October 17, 1874? – August 28, 1964). – Deaths of Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849), John Stuart (July 18, 1898 – October 17, 1979), and Eric Maturin (May 30, 1883 – October 17, 1957).
Holmesian Studies - The Musgrave Ritual: Investigation Into a Dormant Sign (1/2) - On the semiotic status of a sign whose interpretation is suspended, by Dr. Eric Torres
This took place on October 16: Births of Georges Wilson, Nando Gazzolo, and Peter Bowles. - Deaths of Gertrude Flynn and Ursula Howells.
October 15, 1912 - Professor Challenger and The Lost World in bookstores - Journal de Mickey Collector Hors-série n° 2 - Donald Duck Discovers the Lost World of Conan Doyle - October 15, 1881 - Birth of P. G. Wodehouse - "I was a Doyle man"
This took place on October 15: Birth of Melville Cooper. - Deaths of Josef Patocka, Rod La Rocque, Delphine Seyrig, and Derek Bond.
On stage in Coventry on October 16 - A Mummy in the Graveyard - Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249
Sir Sherlock Returns for a Fourth Adventure: Tom Baker Faces The Doctor’s Son • This took place on October 14: publication of *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* – Birth of Sir Roger Moore – Death of Sheila Keith.
Theatre - Henry Irving in Waterloo - Conan Doyle’s Veteran of 1815
The Actor-Manager • "Mr. Henry Irving's New Part" - Article published in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper on September 23, 1894 • In his autobiography Memories and Adventures (1923), Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Henry Irving • This took place on October 13: the birth of Cyril Shaps. — The deaths of Donald Houston, Tony Caunter, and Andre Van Gyseghem.
Games - Cluehound - Finnish Problems! Magazines to read with a magnifying glass in hand
This took place on October 12: the births of Lyn Harding, Caroline Ellis, and Martin Van Maële; the death of Robert Edward Lee.
Holmesian studies - Anatomy of Sherlock Holmes's pipe
This took place on October 11: the births of Eille Norwood, Sir John Bernard Partridge, and Hans Söhnker.
Schedule - Lectures and debates Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes through January
Auction - Sherlock Lennon Serigraph • Performances - Four Evenings in Florence with Enrico Solito • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes • The Sultan and the Detective: Sherlock Holmes' Curious Adventures in the Ottoman Empire • Before Baker Street: Joseph Bell and the Making of Sherlock Holmes • The Red Circle • Sherlock Holmes and His Contemporaries Duty Before Fiction: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Boer War • Through the Magic Door : Histoires tirées de la bibliothèque privée de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • The Great Harry Houdini: Life, Death, and Beyond • Visit to The Magic Circle • Wisteria Lodge • Sherlock Holmes Christmas Walk: The Blue Carbuncle • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Norwood Years • Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle at Christmas • Sherlock Holmes and the mysteries to be solved using analytical chemistry • Annual meeting of "The Literary Agents" • This took place on October 10: the deaths of Charles Altamont Doyle, Orson Welles, and Mikhail V. Danilov.
Pastiche - John Lennon: The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffiel - Shamrock Womlbs & Whopper
The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffield by John Lennon • Television - Zack Matalon, the French-speaking singer who crossed paths with Sherlock Holmes three times • This happened on October 9: The Red-Headed League was dissolved – birth of Seymour Green and Brian Blessed – death of Herbert Ross.
Theatre - The Cottingley Fairies return to the stage… with Conan Doyle
This took place on October 8: the births of James Coombes and Ian Hart, and the deaths of Nigel Bruce and Gianni Bonagura.
TV Series - Lucy Hale as Scarlett Holmes in a romantic comedy derived from Sherlock Holmes universe
Moriarity with two "i"s! Typo or not? by Thierry Saint-Joanis • This took place on October 7: the birth of Oscar Edward Cesare, and the deaths of Edgar Allan Poe and Peter Copley.
The Question of Holmesian Icons by doctor Eric Torres
Watch on Arte: In Scotland, who killed Miss Gilchrist? Conan Doyle and the Oscar Slater Case • This took place on October 6: the births of Raymond Francis and Joan Littlewood, and the deaths of Keith McConnell, Tempe Pigott, and Denholm Elliott.
The Question of Holmesian Relics
A Watsonian relic: Henry Murger's book, a miraculous find • Happened on October 5: death of Denis Quilley.
Conan Doyle Storyworlds - The Sherlock Holmes Estate Shifts to the "Conan Doyle Universe" - Trademarks used to build an "official world"
Conan Doyle’s estate opens up to the website Total Licensing • Famous Holmesians - John B. Shaw (Part 3) • These events took place on October 4: the births of Sidney Paget, Hans Cossy, Charlton Heston, and Buster Keaton; and the deaths of Joseph Bell and Avis Bunnage.
Famous Holmesians - John B. Shaw (Part 2) by Stephen Almaseanu
Extraordinary items from the John Bennett Shaw collection: The books of Princess Alexandra Romanov of Russia – The shortest pastiche – The 221B Baker Street miniature – Conan Doyle’s paperclip. • What became of the fabulous collection upon the death of John Bennett Shaw? • This took place on October 3rd: the births of Catriona MacColl, Nikolai Volkov Jr., Sir Michael Hordern, and Allan Kardec; the death of Heinz Rühmann.
Famous Holmesians - John B. Shaw by Stephen Almaseanu
The Collector • John Bennett Shaw: his life... • John Bennett Shaw: his work... • Ronald A. Knox • Martin Gardner • The Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem • Hans Sloane • Beeton's Christmas Annual of 1887 • Gilbert K. Chesterton • Bud Abbott • Stanislaw Brejdygant