I never really got what ACD was talking about when he spoke of the Air Rifles that Colonel Moran used. But now I know! They were smokeless and soundless and deadly accurate from a distance. Here is an awesome video ( Read more... )

Passed to me courtesy of unovis_lj and may be of interest to some of you who have wondered what Baker Street looked like (Take note of the Roccoco Revival arm chair, the Renaissance Revival etagere and the William Morris wallpaper:
The Mini-Tonga Scion Society of the Baker Street IrregularsSherlock Holmes has a strong claim to being the oldest organized ( Read more... )

My Preshusssss....I must have it!

Hello all,

I've seen a few enquiries around here for online Victorian resources, and since I just stumbled across this I thought perhaps people might be interested.

It's a huge online gallery of Victorian ephemera from the British Library - stuff like playbills, adverts, trade cards, that kind of thing. It really gives a you a feel for day-to- ( Read more... )

I'm currently trying to get the hang of drawing the charcters since I've been sucked into this fandom two weeks ago - and may I just say that what I've seen and read so far is absolutely awesome for the most part :)- so here's a characer study for your enjoyment.


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I was so lucky to get an iPod Touch recently, which I thought was utterly useless until I realised it's possible to get book apps for it! So, what I naturally looked for first was any and all free Sherlock Holmes books. :P

I don't know how many of you already know this and I apologize in advance if this has been mentioned before, but it doesn't hurt ( Read more... )

As I have mentioned before, I'm compiling a list of book canon/general Holmesiana references the new movie made.

However, there are still items I'm uncertain about. If people can help with the ones marked with a "?" or add more to the thread I think everyone will benefit.

The List So Far

Thank you.