Friday, May 25 2012
Sherlock Holmes, Dirk Gently and the Case of the Eccentric Detective
With two TV shows returning Arthur Conan Doyle's creation to our screens, Sherlock Holmes has never seemed more influential. But for the good of detective fiction, it might be time to look elsewhere for our unorthodox investigators...
Wednesday, November 2 2011
‘House of Silk’: It’s a Good Time to Be Sherlock Holmes
Anthony Horowitz’s latest novel, The House of Silk, is being proclaimed as a modern classic. But is it truly a classic Sherlock Holmes adventure or yet another modernization of the great detective?
Wednesday, July 27 2011
Sherlockians, Whovians, Woodies: Summer is the Season for Cinematic Tourists
Each summer they descend upon London en masse. Who are these cinematic tourists, and why do they travel thousands of miles to see where real or fictitious people enacted the stories that captured fans’ imagination?
Friday, December 10 2010
The 12-Disk Great Detectives Anthology’ Is a Treat for Lovers of Classic British Sleuth Stories
This is an excellent anthology for those whose interests match up with its strengths: people with a love for all things British, admirers of classic detective stories, fans of good storytelling, and those with an interest in how TV production has changed over the years.
Friday, December 3 2010
‘Sherlock’ Is Divorced from Reality, Yet Deeply In-Tune with an Irresistible Alternate Reality
The modern Sherlock Holmes is so compelling because he is a modern intellectual appealing to audiences who, for the most part, live in a world dissociated from intellectualism.
Thursday, November 18 2010
‘The Search for Sherlock Holmes’: The Man Who Never Lived
Scottish actor David Hayman, Detective Superintendent Michael Walker on the television program Trial and Retribution, takes on a real-life investigation of the enduringly popular character Sherlock Holmes.
Monday, October 11 2010
It’s Technology, My Dear Watson: Sherlock for the 21st Century
The famous detective now texts and surfs the net while Watson writes a blog. This is not your mother's Sherlock Holmes.
Wednesday, August 4 2010
The Game Is On: The BBC Series ‘Sherlock’ Adapts Holmes and Watson for 2010
Hardly relics of the British Empire, this Holmes and Watson are thoroughly modern men thriving in our fast-paced, modern world.
Monday, May 24 2010
‘The Affinity Bridge’ Is an Enormously Fun Steampunk Novel
George Mann's book is a smattering of Sherlock Holmes, Neuromancer, and H.G. Wells all rolled into one enormously fun Steampunk novel.
Friday, February 5 2010
Orson Welles: A Man of a Certain Ego
“The chief proof of a man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. It argues... a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself proof of nobility.”
