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Died June 3, 1970Adrian Conan Doyle
Spot the mistake!(Illustration of the first edition of the figurine) • Paulette Goddard • Robert Morley • James Purefoy • Bill Paterson • Clive Mantle • Denise Black • Mary Helena Monica Harriet Doyle
In Côte-d'Or,middle-school pupils sing Sherlock Holmes
Theatre in AustraliaHolmes UnboundThe Lost Casebook of Sherlock Holmes • Sherlock watermark detector • Roger Brierley • Ben Webster • Paul Giovanni
Clive Brook
Comic-book crowdfunding by Aimès and MarniquetThe Lost World • Quiz 2026 – no. 6 • Edward Woodward • Brian Cox • Geoffrey Russel • Jonathan Pryce • Robert Powell • Roy Barraclough • Richard Greene
Quiz 2026 – no. 5
Mother's DaySherlock's mothers • Wanda Venthamin Sherlock • Helena Bonham Carterin Enola Holmes • Natascha McElhonein Young Sherlock • Joanna Christiein Elementary • Vivienne Chandlerin Young Sherlock Holmes • Jill Townsendin The Seven-Per-Cent Solution • Dudley Moorein The Hound of the Baskervilles • Andrea Heuerin Der Hund Der Baskervilles • Michael Weight • Denholm Elliott • Fred Allen • Walter Sparrow
A new audio drama withTom Baker and Nicholas Rowe
Claude Rains, by Bernard OudinThe Professor Challenger of 1960 • Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Katy Ashworth and Nicholas Rowe. • Georges Tréville • Norman Eshley • Claude Rains • Hugh Griffith • Malcolm Roger Payne • Louis Bailly
Igor Dmitriev
A new TV series in the worksThe hero will be Moriarty! • From October 4 to November 29, 2026, in BordeauxThe Case of the Talking Diamond • Quiz 2026 – no. 3 • Rupert Everett • John Barrymore • Tamara Toumanova • Arthel Lane « Doc » Watson
With Big Picture Licensing,Conan Doyle's heirsare not letting go
Click the image to view it • Quiz 2026 – no. 2 • Today, May 28, 2026Alimentaire, mon cher WatsonNew, still shrink-wrapped, for €45 + postage • Tonight on SSHF Discord“The Red-Headed League” evening • George Zucco • Lottie Venne • Molly Kerr • Andrei Panin • Trevor H. Hall • Frank Middlemass
SH PortraitAnne Chardon du RanquetSSHF Scholar 2025
Today, May 27, 2026Sherlock Holmes Magazine #42 - 2001One copy for €15 + postage • Anne Chardon du Ranquet is the first winner of the “Stephen Almaseanu” Prize, which will now be awarded annually to the person who has demonstrated the greatest Sherlock Holmes scholarship during the year.The title carries with it the duty of writing the Sherlock Holmes scholarship questions that will determine her successor on December 31, 2026. • Thursday evening on SSHF Discord“The Red-Headed League” evening • Netflix unveils the first postersfor Enola Holmes 3... • Niccolò Paganini • Vincent Price • Peter Sasdy • Vitaly Solomin • Eugene Platokhin (continued)
Holmes and Conan Doyle showsEdinburgh Fringe FestivalSeven chances to see our heroes on stage
Today, May 26, 2026Mycroft Inquisitor, volume 1 from 1995One copy for 10 euros + shipping • TheatreHoudini Speaks to the LivingMay 29 and 30 in Pennsylvania • Peter Cushing • Robert Morley • Eugene Platokhin • Hans Schellbach • Archie Duncan • HelenaBonham Carter • Roy Dotrice
Queen Victoria (continued)Svetlana KryuchkovaThe “Russian” Queen!
SSHF role-playing gameGin, Horse Dung and SeductionTonight at 8 p.m. on SSHF Twitch • David Burke • Nicholas Clay
On stage, we can mention:Natalie Bromley in Sherlock Holmes (1999)Trudy Oliver and Kelly Strom inSherlock Holmes and the Beast of Whitechapel (2016)Taylor Barber inWatson: The Last Great Tale of the Legendary Sherlock Holmes (2019)
A certain gracious lady...Queen VictoriaThe Queen and the Detective • Queen Victoria in 28 mm • Jonathan Wild • František Husák
TelevisionThe Death of Sherlock HolmesFilming of the series in Switzerland
Holmesian hydropaths of the United KingdomThe Bitter of the BaskervillesA show you can drink to! • Douglas Fairbanks • Nigel Davenport • Roger Moore • Gus Bofa • Arnold Bell
Daily horoscopeBirth of Arthur Conan DoyleGemini with Gemini rising
Sir Laurence Olivier • Charles Brodie • Colin Skinner
M Is for Murder?One Sherlock Holmes canhide another
The Figure of Sherlock HolmesA Timeless Enigmaby Robin Pailharey(SSHF member) • Sir John Arthur Gielgud • Jonathan Hyde • Arthur Hohl • Lisa Edelstein • Norman Rossington
Coming to PC on June 10Crushed in TimeHolmes and Watson point & click
Watch a clip of the game featuring Holmes and Watson here! • Peter Copley and Ninka Dolega • Honoré de Balzac • Alfred Pearse
AuctionA bottle of whiskySir Arthur Conan Doyle 1978
Robert Hess’s bottle no. 72. (above) • Charles Brookfield • James Fox
Miriam Margolyes
The Strand #01The SSHF debate on YouTubeThe TV series Young Sherlock • Barry Cryer, Bob Cryer, Ruth Bratt, Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Orlando Wells, Stephen Critchlow, Jeremy Limb. © Photo : Roger Johnson
May 21, 2026Le Chienchien des Babaskervillein Tourville-la-Rivière (Seine-Maritime)
Click to download the show’s press kit. • May 17 • William L. Abingdon • Henry Reeves-Smith • Tenniel Evans • Charles N. Landon
David Burke as Sir George Burnwell in the 1965 episode “The Beryl Coronet”, with Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes.
May 10, 2026David Burke has diedGranada's first Watson • May 16 • John Hare • Jacques François • Mary Gordon • Frederick Barnard
Theatre in AlsaceLouise Morstan and the Red Marmotby Théâtre du Quiproquo
The Sign of Four onlinewatch for free • May 15 • Meg Lemonnier • David Healy • Eric Porter • Ernest Torrence • Ronald Lacey