“I gazed with interest and some surprise” Arthur & George. If you missed it last night (2 March), catch the first episode here. Episode 2 (of 3) is at 9.00pm on Monday 9 March on ITV. In Northern Ireland, it’s on the UTV Player.   “Here is the first notice I can find” Two, actually, and no …

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“People still ask if Benedict Cumberbatch is in Arthur & George. No, he isn’t!” {Martin Clunes talking to TV Times (Issue w/c 27 February)}. Don’t forget! Arthur & George: Monday 2 March. ITV @ 9.00pm. Episode 1 of 3. From today’s Telegraph (1 March), just one of many articles to whet your appetite for the new …

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“A compelling narrative, beautifully controlled….”** Arthur & George Episode 1 (of 3) of this new  period drama series is on ITV this Monday (2 March) @ 9.00pm. There’s lots of coverage in the new issue of Radio Times (w/c 28 February), on sale now. Martin Clunes, who plays Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Arthur & George …

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  “It was the first announcement in the ‘Found’ column.”* There’s been a bit of a flap in the media in the last few days about a “lost” Sherlock Holmes story which has turned up in Walter Elliot’s attic in Selkirk, Scotland. 80-year old Walter, he’s a local historian, claims it’s a Sherlock Holmes story by …

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“Let me have the date” The air date for ITV’s Arthur & George has just been announced.  Episode 1 of this new 3-part series is on Monday 2 March 2015 at 9.00pm.  

“Let me have the date” The new 3-part ITV drama series Arthur & George will be on your TV screens next month.          

“Your pictures are not unlike you” Just days ahead of the Berlin Film Festival, here’s an “exclusive” trailer from the new Mr Holmes movie, starring Sir Ian McKellen, due in cinemas this summer. And here’s a couple of stills from the shoot. Sherlocked, the Official Sherlock Convention, will be held in London on 24-26 April …

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“I love Holmes – it’s so much more fun than talking about politics.”* In a change from talking about the subject Holmes had only a feeble knowledge of (Stud 21), political columnist and commentator (and Sherlock Holmes buff) Alex Kane has been speaking about his hero to BBC Radio Ulster’s The Arts Show (Wednesday 4 March 2015). The SH segment …

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As previously advised to members present at the Birthday Sailing on 6 January, the ship will remain in port on Sunday 25 January. The next Sailing is on Sunday 22 February. The next issue of Mayday Mayday will be published towards the end of January. Outline details of the Schedule, up until 31 May, can …

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Happy Birthday Sherlock! A little late, I fear, to wish our hero “A Happy Birthday” (we celebrated the occasion on Tuesday evening last (another memorable night) but this post helps to explain why the 6th January has become the recognized date for the Master’s birth (even though there is no real canonical authority for it). Margaret Sterrett …

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