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May 22:

Apparently the birthday of Conan Doyle is , so enjoy this bonus excerpt from Sherlock Wright's perspective that I posted to Twitter last year. It's about the impact Carrie has on Jenny.

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Dinosaurs in the Amazon

Alan Brown looks at Arthur Conan Doyle’s Scottish adventurer-scientist-explorer & dinosaur hunter Professor George Edward Challenger. Doyle himself preferred Challenger to the more famous (& successful)

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Sherlock Holmes, Hardboiled Detective

“[O]ne of the most striking features of Holmes’s stories is that they have a surprisingly grounded view of crime, and one that arguably fits better into the hardboiled tradition of Hammett and Chandler than the cozy tradition of Christie.”

–Alexis Hall makes the case for as a noir icon

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According to the Guinness Book of Records, has been portrayed on screen more than any other literary character – & in a recent UK poll, over 50% of teenagers thought that he was a real person…
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Arthur Conan Doyle was born , 22 May, at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh – a 🎂🧵

Bridget Kendall on BBC Sounds explores the life & work of the doctor & literary superstar who changed forever


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Antinous the Gay God · @antinousgaygod
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🪷 May 22nd is Sherlock Holmes Day ... In our "real-life Antinous" series: Some people say Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC's "Sherlock") resembles . What do you think? 🪷

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ULB Tirol · @ulbtirol
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Von Sir Arthur (22. Mai 1859 - 7. Juli 1930) haben wir etwas Interessantes aus der Zeit vor gefunden - erschienen in einem Tiroler Verlag😀und im Bestand der

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