2012 Morley-Montgomery Award

Peter Calamai

The winner of the 2012 Morley-Montgomery Award is Peter Calamai. His paper, “Why He Isn’t ‘Sir Sherlock’ Today,” appeared in the Autumn 2012 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 prize. See … Continue reading 2012 Morley-Montgomery Award

BSJ 2012 Christmas Annual

The BSJ 2012 Christmas Annual cover

Barrymore in Baker Street: “The Great Profile” Meets “The Great Detective,” and They Both Get Their Names Up in Lights by Sonia Fetherston. How come a middling motion picture from 1922 is suddenly receiving praise from movie historians? Why exactly are the experts fired up over the film’s technical side? Today’s critics give a standing … Continue reading BSJ 2012 Christmas Annual

Spring 2012 BSJ

The Spring 2012 BSJ cover

The Spring 2012 Baker Street Journal includes these articles: The Editor’s Gas-Lamp. “You Are the Mysterious Sherlock!”: A Century-old Advertising Stunt Invokes the Great Detective by Sonia Fetherston. “The Invisible Network Which Was Drawn All Round Them” by Chris Redmond and Kristina Manente. Holmes’s Return: An Interview with Anthony Horowitz by Tom Ue. The Origins … Continue reading Spring 2012 BSJ

BSJ 2011 Christmas Annual

The BSJ 2011 Christmas Annual cover

First Lady by Mary Ann Bradley. Lenore Glen Offord was the first woman to be invested in the Baker Street Irregulars. She wrote mystery novels and for more than thirty years was the mystery book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. A true Sherlockian, she contributed to the Baker Street Journal from its first year … Continue reading BSJ 2011 Christmas Annual