Alistair Duncan's Blog, page 25

September 30, 2015

Criterion Restaurant

It was back in June that we learned that the famous Criterion Restaurant, with its Sherlockian and Doylean connections, had gone into administration following a dramatic increase in rent rates.

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Published on September 30, 2015 04:31

September 29, 2015

It's all a bit quiet isn't it?

Apologies to my readers but I'm struggling to find much to blog about.

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Published on September 29, 2015 05:37

September 21, 2015

A nice thing to receive

Back at the beginning of the year I made a donation to the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Public Library.

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Published on September 21, 2015 03:37

September 12, 2015

Remembering Jeremy Brett - 12 Sep 2015

Today a number of us gathered on Clapham Common to honour the great Mr Brett.

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Published on September 12, 2015 11:36

September 10, 2015

Review: Art in the Blood

Now I don't normally review pastiche but I have made an exception.

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Published on September 10, 2015 01:13

September 8, 2015

Down the rabbit hole once more....

I have begun reading Art in the Blood.

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Published on September 08, 2015 04:14

August 25, 2015

When will Holmes return to the shadows?

At the moment, with all things Sherlock riding high, it is perhaps difficult to remember a time when it wasn't thus.
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Published on August 25, 2015 05:01

August 24, 2015

We are custodians – nothing more….

I recently, as mentioned in other posts, secured a long wanted item…the autograph of Jeremy Brett.
Like, I suspect, many of my readers, I am a hoarder of things Sherlockian; although I am quite focused in what I do and do not collect. This is partly driven by my personal taste but also by space (or lack thereof).
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Published on August 24, 2015 02:52

The gallery develops

At home I have something of a Sherlockian gallery. The latest item is now in situ....

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Published on August 24, 2015 00:25

August 18, 2015

Interview with the Sherlock Holmes Society of India

In a recent post I talked about how I had met Jay Ganguly of The Sherlock Holmes Society of India.

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Published on August 18, 2015 05:24