The Spring 2022 Baker Street Journal includes these articles: The Editor’s Gas-Lamp. “My dear Watson, . . . the law is as dangerous to us as the criminals are”: Sherlock Holmes and the Official Police by Mary M. Bendel-Simso. Sherlock Holmes in the Roaring Twenties by Russell Merritt. The Problem of the Mutable Detective by … Continue reading Spring 2022 BSJ
Registration is now open to all Sherlockians and the general public for our “Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire” conference to be held from July 29-31, 2022 at the Bear Mountain Inn near West Point, New York. This event is open to everyone, but you must register in advance. Conference topics will range as widely … Continue reading Register for our July 2022 Empire Conference
Our 2022 conference “Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire” will be open to all Sherlockians, and will be held in-person on July 29-31, 2022. We will have special group rates for lodgings. Public reservations for lodgings and the Conference Program will open via our website beginning on Tuesday, May 17. Payment will be via postal … Continue reading Plans for our July 2022 Empire Conference
The Winter 2021 Baker Street Journal includes these articles: In Memoriam Michael Francis Whelan. A First Look at “The Blue Carbuncle” by Leslie S. Klinger. “The Blue Carbuncle”: The First Public Case of Sherlock Holmes, and the One that Created His Career by David L. Leal. Justice, Mercy, and “The Blue Carbuncle” by Aaron J. … Continue reading Winter 2021 BSJ
“The Dean of British Sherlockians”: A Celebration of the Life and Works of S. C. Roberts. Edited by Nicholas Utechin with Roger Johnson and Guy Marriott. Sir Sydney Castle Roberts wrote A Note on the Watson Problem at the end of the 1920s, brought out Doctor Watson in the 1930s, penned two famous pastiches, and became the … Continue reading BSJ 2021 Christmas Annual
Sherlockians returned to New York City for an in-person 2022 BSI Weekend, with activities from January 12-16 including the BSI Dinner on Friday, January 14. Events were well-attended despite the Omicron surge. A new honour was unveiled to recognize the mentoring of aspiring Sherlockians and encouraging them to find ways to keep green the memory … Continue reading The 2022 BSI Weekend Report
The winner of the 2021 Morley-Montgomery Award is Russell Merritt. His paper, “The Doubleday Omnibus Edition: 'The Madman’s Sherlock Holmes',” appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of the Baker Street Journal. The Morley-Montgomery Award is given each year for the best article to appear in The Baker Street Journal, and comes with a generous cash … Continue reading 2021 Morley-Montgomery Award
January 6, 2022 – We are looking forward to seeing all those who will be attending the 2022 BSI Weekend events in New York City. Please remember to bring your vaccination card and/or a photo of that card, a photo ID, and a mask. All attendees to BSI events must be vaccinated, and masks are … Continue reading Reminders for the 2022 BSI Weekend
A Masterpiece of Villainy. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder” by Arthur Conan Doyle with Annotations and Commentary. Edited, with an Introduction, by Ross E. Davies, BSI. A dramatic entrance precedes a story involving disappearance, vengeance, fingerprints, bones, and a major challenge for Sherlock Holmes. A Masterpiece of … Continue reading A Masterpiece of Villainy (“The Norwood Builder”)
The Autumn 2021 Baker Street Journal includes these articles: The Editor’s Gas-Lamp. Sherlock Holmes and the Three Investigators by Christian Monggaard. The Detective Jefferson Hope Hired and the Solution of a Mystery by Carlos Orsi. Sherlock Holmes and the Development of the Detective Hero by Dan Andriacco. She Was Just Knitting . . . or … Continue reading Autumn 2021 BSJ
The Baker Street Irregulars 