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...
Tuesday, January 3 2012
‘Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia’ Is a Brilliant Start to the New Series
A pacey adventure, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia rattles along with sharp, quick-fire dialogue, while remaining faithful to the original story.
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?
Tuesday, July 12 2011
Have You Seen This Man? Or Perhaps This Dalek? John Jenner and the Face of BBC Sci-Fi
Whether audiences see his face or that of a Dalek hybrid or robot, Cardiff-based actor John Jenner has a job to die for.
Friday, March 25 2011
‘Episodes’: The Transnational Televisual Extravaganza
As with so many trends, the increasing prevalence of transnational television is either a building block in a utopian post-national society enabled by the democratising power of new media, or the inevitable by-product of the audience fragmentation and personal atomisation occasioned by new media.
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.
