“But what end?”* Alan Phelan Exhibition 8 May – 14 June 2014 Opening Thursday 8 May 6-8pm Golden Thread Gallery 84 -94 Great Patrick Street, Belfast , BT1 2LU. Admission free. All welcome, however parental guidance is advised. Car Parking “What is the meaning of it, Watson?” said Holmes solemnly as he laid …
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“A bicycle, certainly, but not the bicycle,” said he. “I am familiar with forty-two different impressions left by tyres. This, as you perceive, is a Dunlop, with a patch upon the outer cover.”* Giro d’Italia 9 – 11 May 2014 The Giro d’Italia is one of the cycling world’s elite and iconic events; commanding …
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“I can give you every information”* Twelve of the Best? Wanted dead or alive How will BBC Sherlock end? Are TV detectives seriously misleading the public? A one-off BBC Sherlock Special? Holmes is the perfect way to get back into the reading habit Has Elementary made a mockery of The Hound? Holmes on a par …
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“A touch! A distinct touch!” cried Holmes* Blockbusters Immortalised in Lego, it might be a scandal not to read this book. There’s more to Lego & Sherlock Holmes than you might have realised. Horowitz does Moriarty ‘Does anyone believe what happened at the Reichenbach Falls?’ reads the opening of Anthony Horowitz’s new novel. …
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“And now, Watson, let us have a little stroll round in the sunshine.”* Undershaw Saved The uncertainty over its future is now in the past tense. Undershaw, Conan Doyle’s former home at Hindhead in Surrey has been sold and is to become a school. Don’t forget to look at the short video included in the …
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“I was compelled to leave you without much news”* Things have been extra busy at the Shipping office recently, what with preparing for Reel Back 1 last Sunday (acknowledged as a considerable success) and much else besides, details of which we needn’t trouble you with here. The consequence of all this is that Bulletins have had to be left to one …
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“It sounds plausible”* Reel Back Part 1 The final touches are now being put to our Reel Back excursions, the first of which will unfold this day week (Sunday 23 March). Reel Back will explore many of the Sherlock Holmes films and the cinemas they first appeared in here in Belfast. Booking for this Sailing …
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‘Sherlock Holmes and I read these notices over together at breakfast, and they appeared to afford him considerable amusement.’* The waiting game It’s truly dreadful news for fans of the programme. Sherlock won’t be returning to our screens until 2016. But for anyone who thinks Sherlock is “a truly dreadful programme,” it’s probably a cause for some …
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“It is a curious collection”* Battling Super Sleuths: The Awkward Case of Elementary, Sherlock, and Building the Better Adaptation. Nothing better to start an argument between people like us than to raise the subject of Sherlock or Elementary, or, better still, both together. Purists may prefer to avoid this one. Alistair Duncan’s blogs are always interesting, frequently thought provoking. …
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“Good heavens, Holmes, this is intolerable.”* Six of the Best Will Russian remake of Luther be the next Sherlock? Theme Park, my dear Watson? Also, here and here. That was no lady Watson actually was a woman On Jeremy Brett 10 reasons why Brett was best ever Holmes Six More Another curious incident at …