Review: The Cuckoos of Batch Magna
One should know by now to abandon expectations when reading a book one knows littleabout, but one is oft times an idiot. …
A Scandal in Bohemia uncovered
I read, but I did not comprehend. That was obvious when fellow Sherlockian Mike Newman asked this quiz question at the July …
Elizabeth composer/artist Chris Williams cheats
Don’t ever play twitter poker with Chris Williams, author, composer and vocalist of the album Elizabeth: Songs Based on Pride & Prejudice. He …
Review of The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
In my book, Jane, Actually,1 one of the characters writes a biography with the title, The Real Jane Austen, that “examines the …
Review: The Game is Afoot
It’s hard to relate how much I enjoyed The Game is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes, edited by Marvin …
#amreading #SherlockHolmes, The Unauthorized #Biography
One of the advantages of having ignored the world of Sherlock Holmes for so long is that I can be surprised at …
No. 1 Royal Crescent reopens
Charlotte House’s home when in Bath, No. 1 Royal Crescent, has reopened after a long renovation. The Georgian townhome had been split …