I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere:
Scott Monty and Burt Wolder are the hosts of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, which you can find at the Baker Street …
Visit Winchester:
Visit Winchester is another of the wonderful U.K. visitor websites with lots of information for the surrounding area (Chawton is northeast of …
Seeking Jane Austen:
Seeking Jane Austen is “a guide to places associated with Jane Austen … includes map links and other useful local information for …
P&P Tours:
P&P Tours takes you “to all filming locations from the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Colin Firth …
Visit London/Britain:
Invaluable resources for visiting London are the Visit London and Visit Britain websites. The British may be a cold standoffish people, but …
Simpson’s-in-the-Strand:
“When we have finished at the police-station I think that something nutritious at Simpson’s would not be out of place,” Holmes says …
Holmes walking tour:
If you’d like to conduct your own Holmes walking tour of London, get advice from the Sherlock Holmes Musem: “If you seek …
London Walks:
The smog and the gaslights are gone, but you can still enjoy Holmes’s London In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes walking tour. …
Blackadder III:
If you want to be fully versed in the Georgian Era, just watch Blackadder III, starring Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder (Mr. …
What the Victorians Did For Us:
And if you like your British presenters both informative and silly, look no further than Adam Hart-Davis and What the Victorians Did …
Worst Jobs in History: The Victorian Age
Tony Robinson (also famous as Baldrick in the Blackadder series and, of course, as the host of Time Team) is up to …
My Problem with The Final Problem and The Empty House, part one
I admit it; I am obtuse, dense, clueless, unaware and generally see but do not observe. So these are my excuses for …
Victoria Research Web:
While stumbling around the internet, I found the Victoria Research Web, which is kind of a howto for Victorian research: “The various …
London maps:
If you’re writing your Holmes pastiche, you’ll need a good map of London by your side. I found the link to Mapco …
Science of Sherlock Holmes, The:
The Science of Sherlock Holmes by E.J. Wagner does not directly examine the science mentioned in the stories and novels but instead …
Website updates
My apologies if you reach this website and find the layout askew. I’m experimenting with the design and most significantly making the …
The Georgian Era for Dummies
While in England recently, we discovered Horrible Histories and this song: Born 2 Rule Over You by the 4 Georges. What a …
Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders review
Just saying Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders is so delicious it feels like you’re tossing off one of Wilde’s bon mots. …
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Gosh darn, but these podcasts are addictive. Hosts Deblina Chakraborty and Sarah Dowdey take you on a wonderfully breezy tour of history, …
What I’m watching: North and South
I’m becoming quite the fan of Elizabeth Gaskell, at least her work adapted for television, and must start reading her. But I …
The online world of Sherlock Holmes
Goodness, Sherlock Holmes tweets a lot, or at least the staffer(s) at Hartswood Films who is pretending to be Holmes, tweets a …
The Royal Mews video
While researching glossary entries for phaetons, barouches and broughams I found this video of the Royal Mews preparing for the wedding, maddeningly …
Three Musketeers with Matthew Macfayden
It looks like a steampunk Three Musketeers and will no doubt be horrible, and not less so because it’s in 3D, but …
The Shadow in the North review
Shadow in the North, a Sally Lockhart Mystery by Philip Pullman (author of The Golden Compass), is one of those books that …
What I’m reading: Some Danger Involved
An old friend from my high school days (“Someday, man will land on the Moon”), Mike, has suddenly taken it upon himself …
Debrett’s
Prepare to lose yourself in the Debrett’s website once you read this entry. Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage has, of course, been the …
I love Victoriana Magazine
Victoriana Magazine has found these films (look like they were done in the 40s) that explore women’s fashions. I will post the …
The Heroine’s Bookshelf
Author Erin Blakemore knew how to appeal to her audience when she spoke about her recently published book, The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life …
Jane Eyre movie March 11
From the website for the new Jane Eyre movie: “In a bold new feature version of Jane Eyre, director Cary Joji Fukunaga …
The Bevans Family letters
I found the lovely The Bevans Family letters website, a “micro-site” of the Regency Town House site, and I must say it …