Alistair Duncan's Blog, page 63
May 24, 2013
The Mystery of the Brass Plates
Courtesy of the BSI ARCHIVAL HISTORY we have the story of the brass plates
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May 23, 2013
Defend ACD - Who decides literary importance?
Arthur Conan Doyle must be the most popular under-appreciated author of recent times. During many of the discussions about Undershaw and why the home of such a famous writer should not be accorded the same level of reverence as that shown for the houses of Dickens and Austen it was suggested that Conan Doyle was simply not in the same class.Read more »
It's Undershaw Day
Today marks one year since the case regarding Undershaw was heard at the high court. As you all know this subsequently resulted in the planning permission for Undershaw being quashed.
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Social Media observation
It is rather depressing for me to note that since I turned my Twitter account purely into a Sherlockian information account I have actually gained followers. Tells me all I need to know about the quality of my conventional tweets.
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May 22, 2013
Why is Sherlock Holmes English?
I think it is generally accepted that Sherlock Holmes is English with some French ancestry. In The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter we learn that….Read more »
Weak men in the Canon
At the risk of being seen as turning on my own gender, let's have a look at weak male characters in the Sherlock Holmes Canon.
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May 21, 2013
Subcutaneously my dear Watson
This is a book in serious need of a reprinting..
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Twitter Usage
For a trial period that is yet to be finalized I will be using my Twitter account solely as a means to alert you all to new blog posts and other things you may be interested in. I will not be using it for general chit-chat. I hope this does not prompt an exodus. Rest assured there will still be stuff daily but I am just changing what I will and will not post.
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Plaque at Tennison Road - word from English Heritage
To recap on earlier posts...
Recently I reported that 12 Tennison Road had been sold. At the request of other Sherlockians, I approached English Heritage to alert them to the potential risk to the plaque that any redevelopment of the site might cause.
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Recently I reported that 12 Tennison Road had been sold. At the request of other Sherlockians, I approached English Heritage to alert them to the potential risk to the plaque that any redevelopment of the site might cause.
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