Alistair Duncan's Blog, page 46

A moment in history May 16th 2010

Yes that's a rather pretentious title but I could not resist it.

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Updated - Without Undershaw etc

I state up front that I am big supporter of the Save Undershaw campaign (as most people know) but I must take issue (again) with a line that keeps getting put about in connection with the house.

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Does the internet fill the gaps?

It is now widely stated on the Internet (rightly or wrongly) that we are likely to see Sherlock series 4 in 2016. Now, we've put up with a two-year wait before but will we do so again?

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A Study in domesticity

In the Canon Arthur Conan Doyle gave us very little insight into the domestic lives of Holmes or Watson. This was apparently based on a desire to avoid what he saw as irrelevance.

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Victorian Holmes - Done to death?

When the BBC announced Sherlockthere were mutterings about having a contemporary Holmes. I was amongst those who went on record to say that we’d prefer a Victorian Holmes (I have nothing against Sherlock before you start lighting torches). In response there were people who said that Victorian Holmes had been done to death.
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Slow progress

I reported, quite recently, that work was under way on my latest tome.

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Time for some Wontner love

My favourite early Holmes actor (and the one I commenced with in my book Eliminate the Impossible) is Arthur Wontner.

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A little inappropriate

I just came across a rather tactless article from The Daily Chronicle of February 14 1908.
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The Sherlock Holmes Museum

The Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street is currently "enjoying" publicity following its reaction to a job enquiry. Now seems a good time to take a look at it.

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Very unimpressed

When I was researching my books access to on-line newspaper archives was vital. It seems now that one of the most important has become the victim of a, frankly, absurd business model.

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