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Lost in Austen available on Hulu

Good grief, I only just learned this minute that Lost in Austen in available to watch for free on Hulu. Follow this link — http://www.hulu.com/watch/433186#i0,p... — and enjoy. If you’re not familiar with the story, modern-day Englishwoman Amanda Price exchanges places with … Continue reading →

Elementary, dear Data

Ex Astris Scientia has a closeup look at the new HD episode of this Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Data’s holodeck program unleashes a computer generated Moriarty, who’s not quite the evil mastermind of the Conan Doyle stories. If you’re not familiar with EAS, it is heaven for …

Elementary, my dear Data

Ex Astris Scientia has a closeup look at the new HD episode of this Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Data’s holodeck program unleashes a computer generated Moriarty, who’s not quite the evil mastermind of the Conan Doyle stories. … Continue reading →

Lucy Worsley and Food in England

She’s so darned cute and smart. I love watching Lucy Worsley and hearing her blue-stockinged R’s that sound like W’s and figuring out how she makes her hair come to those points. And then I envy her position as Chief Curator … Continue reading →

The House of Hanover

Here’s a great documentary that’s quite informative for Janeites, the House of Hanover episodes that are part of David Starkey’s great Monarchy series that was shown on England’s Channel 4. It follows the long line of monarchs that succeeded the … Continue reading →

Austen at Altitude/Sense and Sensibility Musical

Austen at Altitude, the conference being planned by both the Pike Peak and the Denver-Boulder JASNA regions, gets more real every day. At the Austen birthday tea (celebrated at Castle Marne in Denver Dec. 16), my regional coordinator, Rae Wiseman, … Continue reading →

Jane and Sherlock

Two new additions to my work place, Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes refrigerator magnets, although they’ve found a home on the side of my monitor. Sherlock’s on top because his magnet is a little weak and would slide down to … Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Circular Room

Just read The Adventure of the Circular Room in The Game Is Afoot collection my husband gave me. It’s an August Derleth story that he apparently first wrote as a Sherlock Holmes pastiche and again as a Solar Pons story, … Continue reading →

Ronald Howard Sherlock Holmes series

I’m listening to this series in the background while building models in the basement, so I can’t say it has my full attention, but it is fun, especially when they do a Canon episode. This 1954 American television series (but … Continue reading →

Holmes radio dramas

This just in from Sherlockian Who’s Who: RadioWest and Plan-B Theatre Company present SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE BLUE CARBUNCLE Tuesday, December 18, 2012 | 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific Live broadcast at http://radiowest.kuer.org Podcast streaming available December 19 Holmes & … Continue reading →