Let's Hear It for the Purple, Blue, and Mouse!

 I’ve always loved the official tri-color tie of the Baker Street Irregulars. And I knew that its origins went back to BSI founder Christopher Morley. But I learned the details only recently. Jon Lellenberg tells the story in Irregular Crises of the Late ’Forties, volume 5 of his BSI History Project....

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Have good holidays!

Last post this year to wish you a great summer holidays!  Enjoy your time! ...

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It's Good to Be Back in Person

Ann Brauer Andriacco leads the discussion of "The Beryl Coronet"The world of in-person Sherlockian events is slowly stirring back into action wherever possible in accordance with local health restrictions. On Friday, The Tankerville Club of Cincinnati had its first such meeting since “the world went...

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Books Galore at Prices to Adore

Denny Dobry at his 221BDenny Dobry is probably best known in the Sherlockian world for his incredibly detailed and accurate recreation of 221B Baker Street his home in Reading, PA. He is also in charge of selling books for the benefit of the Baker Street Irregulars Trust Historical Archives. You can...

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Sherlock and Chicago with the Izbans

"I started my pilgrimage at Chicago . . . " Sherlock Holmes, "His Last Bow"  I've always admired the incredible effort that Sherlockians, as individuals and as scion societies, have  put into writing and publishing chapbooks, pamphlets, and the like. This has gone on for decades.Recently,...

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The Unique and Memorable Mycroft Holmes

Those who know Sherlock Holmes and his world only through film, television, and general cultural awareness likely assume that Irene Adler, Professor Moriarty, and Mycroft Holmes appear in dozens of stories. They do – but only in film, television, and pastiches; their appearances in the Canon are few....

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