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Tag Archives: sherlock holmes

On the Difference Between Thomas the Apostle and Dr. John Watson

July 3, 2015

Today is not the feast day of John H, Watson, M.D.  In case you were confused.  But more of that …

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The Key to the Case: Locked Rooms in Classic Detective Fiction

May 25, 2013

‘She smiled back at me, closed my door, and  a few moments later I heard her key turn in the …

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The Right Side of the Tracks: Railways in Classic Detective Fiction

May 21, 2013

Railways pervade the classic whodunnit.  They bring detectives to the crime scene take criminals away from it, provide alibis and …

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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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Echoes in Luton: The Roar of the Butterflies by Reginald Hill

May 16, 2013

The Roar of the Butterflies is the latest Joe Sixsmith novel by Reginald Hill, a writer better known for his …

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Gentlemen and Players: The Police and the Amateurs in Detective Fiction

May 6, 2013

The police have received a rather raw deal in classic detective fiction.  Sherlock Holmes mentions the gentlemen of Scotland Yard …

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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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Shipping and Subverting: TV Shows and Resistant Reading

January 5, 2013

It’s a commonplace of cultural criticism that the audience are as much in charge of what a work “means” as …

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Six Sorts of Sherlock, or, “Facets of Holmes”

March 10, 2012

Sherlock Holmes: everybody seems to have an angle on him.  I’ve put together six ways of looking at the most …

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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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