A short, tongue-in-cheek guide to the British national obsession: TEA! In answer to several questions I have received over the last three weeks about Sherlock and this beverage.

I explore:

• why everyone in Sherlock is obsessed with tea.
• "tea" is more than just a drink: it's also the word used for the evening meal or a certain type of afternoon meal.
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• What "sociopath" was originally meant to describe and why it is no longer used.
• Why "high function" cannot be used to describe a psychopath
• A psychiatric analysis of Sherlock featuring Pinocchio and his cricket
• Putting Sherlock through the psychopath test

I have written about this before but I decided it was time to explain to Sherlock why he cannot ( Read more... )

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What exactly is wrong with Mr Moriarty?

I’ve always thought of him as evil but for the first time I look at Mr Moriarty from a medical perspective.

Is he mentally ill?

And if so, what does he have and how did he become this way?


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