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I Believe in Sherlock Holmes, Just Not So Much in “Sherlock”

January 9, 2014

This is a guest post by Lily Ankh. As most people with access to a television or the internet within …

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Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall

May 19, 2013

Doing the Reichenbach Falls as part of the Sherlock series?  I love it.  The idea is so self-indulgent, such a …

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Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville

May 19, 2013

So, Sherlock takes on one of the classics.  The Hound of the Baskervilles becomes The Hounds of Baskerville.  Say what …

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Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

May 19, 2013

This was not an uncontroversial episode of Sherlock.  But I’m going to leave the elephant over in that corner until …

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The Most Modern Prometheus: Nick Dear’s Frankenstein, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller

May 16, 2013

Nick Dear’s new adaptation of Frankenstein for the National Theatre was an extremely successful play before the show even opened.  …

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In Defence of FEELS, or, Art and Affect

February 12, 2013

I forget which of my friends suggested that “this new use of the word ‘feels’ instead of ‘emotions’” could usefully …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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