Alistair Duncan's Blog, page 59

Twitter abuse aimed at Mark Gatiss

I don't check my Tumblr as often as I should. To be honest I use it mostly as a channel for links to this blog. However, I have just logged into my dashboard for the first time in weeks to find this link from one of my new followers:
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What is the future of the new Russian Sherlock?

Well Wikipedia (if it can be trusted) states that the actor who plays Watson in the new Russian Sherlock series died at the beginning of the year.
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Hello Latvia

Warm greetings to the people of Latvia. You seem to have developed a real interest in my blog of late (or perhaps one person REALLY loves it).

Nevertheless - welcome.

Amusing use of Sherlock in advertising

Sherlock Holmes has been used to advertise a lot of products but this is a good one - in the sense that it is funny.
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Sherlock S3 - Teaser trailer.....question

So what are we to make of the teaser trailer for Sherlock series three?
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Sherlock Series 3 Teaser

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The Priory School – semi-autobiographical?

I dare say that others noticed this long ago but I have just begun to appreciate the strong autobiographical elements in The Priory School.Read more »

Money Vs Longevity - A brief follow up

I posted a link to my earlier blog post (this one) on Facebook and there was a comment stating that surely people also wrote because of a love of the character etc.
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Moves to name a lake after Arthur Conan Doyle

The South Norwood Tourist Board are making efforts to get the lake in South Norwood Country Park named "Lake Conan" in honour of Arthur Conan Doyle.

So we have a new villain - CAM Devil

As widely reported, we have our new BBC Sherlock villain - Charles Augustus Magnussen.
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