Laurie King: Mystery Girl
The mystery novelist Laurie King picks up the Sherlock Holmes story where Arthur Conan Doyle left off. In The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, King pairs the famed detective with a sharp young female partner...
View ArticleSherlock, Jones, Patti Smith
The game's afoot -- from Baker Street to Minnesota to Kathmandu. We'll follow the clues to decipher how Sherlock Holmes has stayed fresh for more than a century. We'll meet "Sherlock Holmes in...
View ArticleSherlock's Archive
Where would you expect to find the world's largest Sherlock Holmes archive? Try nine stories below Minneapolis, in the rare book collection at the University of Minnesota. Sarah Lemanczyk descends for...
View ArticleSherlock in the Orient
Ted Riccardi, a retired professor of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages, wrote his own Holmes adventures, set in Tibet, Nepal, India, and Indonesia. His book is The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock...
View ArticleSpotlight on Sherlock
Robert Downey Jr. may be putting the name Sherlock Holmes on a lot of lips these days. But a devoted group of Holmes fans have been keeping the famous detective’s flame alive since for over 70 years.In...
View ArticleA Study In Sherlock
Each year in January, Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts from all over the country and the abroad gather in New York to celebrate the world’s most famous detective. Last year the buzz was all about Guy...
View ArticleSherlock and Sci-Fi Christmas
This week, we'll follow the clues to decipher how Sherlock Holmes has stayed fresh for more than a century. We'll meet "Sherlock Holmes in sneakers" — 5th grade detective "Encyclopedia Brown" — and...
View ArticleSherlock's Archive
Where would you expect to find the world's largest Sherlock Holmes archive? Try nine stories below Minneapolis, in the rare book collection at the University of Minnesota. Sarah Lemanczyk descends for...
View ArticleFollow the Lieder
Last month’s release of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows featured a movie with not one but two major classical moments: A Parisian production of Don Giovanni and the recurring theme of Schubert’s...
View ArticleThe Footprints of a Gigantic Detective: Sherlock Holmes Inspires a New...
“One day in 1897, Arthur Conan Doyle sat down to write a tale of an odd young man with peculiar skills and changed the world.”This claim, at once matter-of-fact and momentous, is from the Introduction...
View ArticleThe New World
What can citizens of our modern world learn from traditional societies? Author Jared Diamond discusses that question, which he explores in his latest book. Plus: City Comptroller John Liu on his State...
View ArticleMozart at the Movies
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been in the movies many times, and not only in "Amadeus." His music has played a role in over 900 films, bringing Mozartean drama, serenity and majesty to every imaginable...
View ArticleSherlock Holmes: Connecting Fiction & Forensics
In 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first story about a detective named Sherlock Holmes, a perceptive character whose love for logic and sharp eye would go on to inspire mystery writers and...
View ArticleIan McKellen on Playing Sherlock the Gray
From Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings to Magneto in X-Men, Ian McKellen knows his way around blockbuster roles. But in his new film, Mr. Holmes, he plays one of the original superheroes — Sherlock...
View Article#TBT: Steven Moffat on 'Sherlock' and 'Doctor Who'
As the mastermind behind the BBC’s current iteration of the cult favorite, Doctor Who, TV writer and producer Steven Moffat knows a thing or two about British superheroes. The patron saint of nerd cool...
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How Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle cracked the case of the tuberculosis ‘remedy’
In the late 19th c., Arthur Conan Doyle, solved a medical mystery about a tuberculosis diagnosis tool before the doctor who invented it.Sunday marks the birth of the man who created the world’s...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Grilled Before Congress; Paul Ryan Retires from House
Here's what you'll find on today's show:— On Tuesday, Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg apologized in a congressional hearing for the abuse of data scraped from Facebook users without their permission....
View ArticleWho Owns Sherlock Holmes's Real-Life Address?
221b Baker Street, London, is known worldwide as the residence of the fictional genius, private detective Sherlock Holmes. But it’s also a real building in London, with a mystery of its own that's...
View ArticleAmerica's Sherlock Holmes
Imagine a crime scene, and what it might take to solve the case. Do you think about dusting for fingerprints? DNA collection? According to Kate Winkler Dawson, author of “American Sherlock: Murder,...
View ArticleAmerica's Sherlock
Imagine a crime scene, and what it might take to solve the case. Do you think about dusting for fingerprints? DNA collection? According to Kate Winkler Dawson, author of “American Sherlock: Murder,...
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