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Designing buildings helped Arthur Conan Doyle to cope with his wife’s ill health

Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his creation of the eccentric detective, Sherlock Holmes. But he was also interested in architecture and worked on several projects throughout his life, from his home in Surrey to a golf course in Canada. Now, a building designed by Conan Doyle, the Lyndhurst…

The Conversation · Nov 19, 2024

‘Sherlock Holmes’ hotel set for demolition due to perilous condition

The developers said they would rebuild the construction in line with Arthur Conan Doyle’s design

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

Hotel redesigned by Arthur Conan Doyle faces demolition

A HOTEL redesigned by renowned Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle, inspired by his spiritualist beliefs, faces demolition.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 15, 2024

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Restoration Experts Piece Together Silent Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Sherlock Holmes fans are being promised a most authentic depiction of the fictional detective, with the restoration of a century-old silent film series chronicling the London sleuth's adventures.

International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024

Silent Sherlock Holmes film to be screened for first time since 1922 release

The Golden Pince-Nez features Eille Norwood as the detective and has been restored by the BFI national archive

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

Mystery solved after 116 years: how the King helped prove marathon really is 26m 385yds

Joe Neanor set out to prove length of 1908 Olympic race – and the official distance since then – was correct

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2024

Revealed: the next Sherlock Holmes author, with a twist in the tale

The thriller writer Gareth Rubin focuses on Professor Moriarty, the great detective’s nemesis, in a new adventure approved by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s family

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024

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Writing a new Sherlock Holmes story was daunting – but mine does something that hasn’t been done before

The thriller writer on the responsibility, challenges and joy of writing an authorised new adventure

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024

Sherlock Holmes set to return with new show, Sherlock & Daughter

The CW announces Sherlock & Daughter, a new show that brings back Sherlock Holmes to solve a global conspiracy and uncover his potential daughter's mother'...

The best modern depiction of Sherlock Holmes? Elementary, my dear Watson

Move over Cumberbatch – Jonny Lee Miller’s Sherlock and Lucy Liu’s Watson saw the two timeless heroes grow into something bold and new

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2024

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249 review – Mark Gatiss’s camp, creepy tale is absolutely bang on

The Sherlock creator’s annual festive spookathon is predictably hammy and great. It’s a clever take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s mummy revenge story that’s as tight as a pair of Victorian breeches

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249 review – Gothic, silly and wonderful all at once

Mark Gatiss is continuing the seasonal ghost story tradition with an Arthur Conan Doyle adaptation, starring Kit Harington and Freddie Fox

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2023

The week in TV: Vigil; The Crown; Killing Sherlock; The Factory: Made in Manchester; The Real Full Monty – review

Suranne Jones comes up for air; The Crown limps home with a final flourish; Lucy Worsley turns sleuth on Conan Doyle; and Paul Burrell and co bare all

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

Best crime fiction books: Murder mysteries and detective novels that will have you hooked

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Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023

TV tonight: Suranne Jones returns in heart-pumping drone warfare thriller

The intense new series of Vigil arrives at last. Plus: a wild night with Kylie Minogue, Alison Hammond and Andrew Scott. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023

Arthur Conan Doyle secretly resented his Sherlock Holmes creation, says historian

Author blamed literary success of the fictional detective for his highbrow historical novels ‘lying unread’

WhatToWatch · Dec 2, 2023

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley On The Case Of Conan Doyle — release date, episode guide, exclusive interview and everything we know

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley On The Case Of Conan Doyle on BBC Two asks why the author grew to hate his famous sleuth.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

A Murder at the End of the World review: Emma Corrin and Harris Dickinson shine in gripping, pacy thriller

Murder mystery navigates its way through a century of detective influences, from Conan Doyle to Gillian Flynn

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The Conversation · Oct 20, 2023

How Sherlock Holmes, ancient Egypt and a mysterious 'curse' inspired Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie published The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb in September 1923, almost a year after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Her Hercule Poirot short story drew inspiration from the sensationalised folklore of the “mummy’s curse”. Lord Carnarvon, sponsor of the excavation, had died…

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2023

The game is afoot: BBC goes crazy for Sherlock Holmes creator Conan Doyle with two new shows

Lucy Worsley will examine Arthur Conan Doyle's fraught relationship with his most famous creation, and one of his ghost stories will be dramatised with Kit Harington this Christmas

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

First edition Sherlock Holmes book owned by Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts sells for record £214,000

Late Rolling Stones drummer owned an impressive collection of rare and first edition books by crime fiction legends including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie

The Hindu · Sep 23, 2023

On gripping narratives

Each is a powerful experience and we need to be explicitly weaned away every time from this world of suspended disbelief

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

Rare hooded seal pup born in Netherlands moved away from humans

Pup moved to remote location after discovery on Vlieland beach, far from usual Arctic habitat

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 31, 2022

2023 Public Domain Debuts Include Last Sherlock Holmes Work

Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective — which has even ensnared Enola Holmes — will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 30, 2022

Last Sherlock Holmes work among 2023 public domain books, movies, music

The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan. 1 include Conan Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes work.

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