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Reading Challenge 30The Greek InterpreterThe Granada adaptationreviewed by Monique Claisse (part 1)
Quiz 2026 - No. 28 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Nigel Stock • Patrick Macnee • Peter Falk
Billy Wilder
TV game showEveryone Wants to Take Their Place on France 2Six questions about Sherlock Holmes • Theatre in Englandat Bingley Little Theatre, near BradfordThe Valley of Fear • June Reading Challenge postponedIt will take place on July 1 • Quiz 2026 - No. 27 • The “Father’s Day” puzzle2 points for each correct answer.
Father's DayDaddy Sherlock!Did the detective have children?
Quiz 2026 - No. 26 • The “Father’s Day” puzzle10 points for the correct answer. • Maggie Jones • Ivor Salter
TheatreHis Girl WatsonWhen Dr Watson leads the investigation
GameNew Unlock! Short AdventureThe Way of the Sword • Quiz 2026 - No. 25 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Cami • Ronald Hines
“Cult” filmThe Hound of the Baskervillesby Terence Fisherby Gérard Mangin
The president’s fine stories...Dr Watson’s bookScenes of Bohemian Life • Quiz 2026 - No. 24 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Sir James Matthew Barrie • Harry Arthur Saintsbury • Plaque at Riffelalp, Zermatt, Switzerland
June 18, 1815The Battle of Waterlooin Conan Doyle's work
The comic in which Napoleon won!Waterloo 1911When Sherlock Holmes encounters the ghosts of the British Empire • Quiz 2026 - No. 23 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Terence Fisher • Nick Tate • Michael Sheard • Da Fonseca • Ethel Barrymore • Roger Delgado • Kim Dickens • Carleton Hobbs
GameHearth & HolmesYou manage Sherlock Holmeslike a Tamagotchi
Quiz 2026 - No. 22 • The "Greek Interpreter" puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Carlyle Blackwell • Alwin Neuss • George Edalji
Russian musical showElementary, Hudson!The Case of the Hound B.
Quiz 2026 - No. 21 • The "du Prez" puzzle3 points for the correct answer. • Stan Laurel • Michael Culver • Simon Williams • Reginald Denny • Norman Jones • Ian Buchanan • John Westbrook • Paxton Whitehead
Heritage in South NorwoodThe property development threateningConan Doyle's former home is rejected
AuctionThe forgotten archives of Conan Doyle's Spiritualist bookshop • Conan Doyle and Spiritualism:A passion of his later years • Quiz 2026 - No. 20 • The "Rathbone" puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Léonce Burret • Piet Bambergen • Sally Travers
Jorge Luis Borges
Born June 14, 1956Elena Safonovaby Oksana Shishkina-Korolenko • Quiz 2026 - No. 19 • The Sunday puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • G. K. Chesterton • Clare Greet • Henry Mancini • Jerome K. Jerome • Paul Klinger • Roland de Lassus
Born June 13, 1892Basil Rathboneby Stephen Almaseanu
Born June 13, 1893Dorothy L. Sayersby Stephen Almaseanu • Quiz 2026 - No. 18 • The "Red-Headed League" puzzle3 points for each correct answer. • Malcolm McDowell • Jonathan Adams • Simon Callow • Arnulf Schröder • Aaron Johnson • Ian Hunter • Juris Strenga
Musical“Elementary, My Dear!”has had middle and high schools singing since 2018
Quiz 2026 – no. 17 • “The Red-Headed League” question2 points for a correct answer. • Peter Jones • Mary Louise Conan Doyle • Sam de Grasse • Rosalie Williams • Meg Lemonnier
PasticheSarah Perry writes two Sherlock Holmes storiesThe Vanished Hand in bookshops this autumn
The Essex Serpent • Quiz 2026 – no. 16 • “The Red-Headed League” question3 points for a correct answer. • Hugh Laurie • Gene Wilder • Ron Moody • Richard Todd
DialetheismCrime is common. Logic is rare. (COPP)by Benoit Guilielmo
Quiz 2026 – no. 15 • “The Red-Headed League” question3 points for each correct answer. • Шерлокъ Хольмсъ 1907 • Tenniel Evans • Eddie Marsan • George Scott
StudyConan Doyle and the Scottish Arctic whalerby Juliette Pochelu
June 9, 1971They Might Be Giantswas released in the United States • Quiz 2026 – no. 14 • “The Red-Headed League” question2 points for the correct answer. • High Moorland Visitor Centre • Johnny Depp • Alan Adair • Eddie Marsan • Patrick Monckton
HeritageSir Arthur's house under threatat 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood
Quiz 2026 – no. 13 • “The Red-Headed League” question3 points for the correct answer. • Colin Baker • George Sand • Edward Greathed • Connie Doyle Hornung
HistoryThe case of the plans of Baker Streetby Ellery Spaulding Husted
GameArrow OutEscape from Sherlock Holmes! • Quiz 2026 – no. 12 • Mystery Drawing5 points for the correct answer. • Christopher Lee • Michael Pennington • Tony Wright • Ernest W. Hornung • Ronald Pickup • Katherine Pack
HistoryThe other tenantsof Baker Streetby Bernard Oudin
Historical pasticheThe Mystery of Batty StreetThe Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes – Volume 1by Thierry Sonnet • The author • Quiz 2026 – no. 11 • Question“The Red-Headed League”with 3 pointsfor the correct answer. • Danny Webb • Samuel Orchart Beeton • Billie Whitelaw • Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Sherlock Holmes cinemaRoland YoungThe Watson of 1922
Would you believe it?Jabez has three balls • Quiz 2026 – no. 10 • Ray Bradbury • Lord Kitchener • Roger Ostime • John Abbott
Comic book coming in SeptemberConan Doyle Vol. 1The Staffordshire Monster
Artist: Griffo • Writer: Rodolphe • Quiz 2026 – no. 9 • The Speckled Band on stage • Bradley Walsh • Oona Chaplin