“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

The 100-Year Adventure of The Unique Hamlet. Edited by Richard Sveum. When Vincent Starrett wrote “The Unique Hamlet,” he had no idea that his little satire would later be viewed as one of the best Sherlock Holmes pastiches, or that his 1920 Christmas book would become a rare collectible. We celebrate its centennial by publishing … Continue reading BSJ 2020 Christmas Annual

Baring-Gould of Baker Street: The Life and Footprints of William S. Baring-Gould. By Julie McKuras, Timothy J. Johnson, Richard J. Sveum, and Gary Thaden. This year’s Annual presents the man behind The Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street. Baring-Gould, a promotions director for Time-Life publications, also wrote a biography of Nero Wolfe, … Continue reading BSJ 2019 Christmas Annual

The Exhibitionists: Sherlock Holmes in London 1951 and New York 1952. By Mattias Boström and Nicholas Utechin. In a time of austerity and rationing after WWII, the 1951 Festival of Britain celebrated the best of Britain. And what better figurehead, then, than Sherlock Holmes. The extraordinarily successful exhibition ran from May until September 1951 and attracted … Continue reading BSJ 2018 Christmas Annual

"A Woman of Mystery": Helene Yuhasova, Poetess Laureate of the Baker Street Irregulars. By Sonia Fetherston, BSI and Julie McKuras, BSI. Who was Helene Yuhasova? She was honored as The Woman at the 1946 BSI Dinner, and her BSJ contribution “The Solitary Cyclist Rides Again” was acclaimed at the 1949 BSI Dinner. Yet some reports … Continue reading BSJ 2017 Christmas Annual

The Day after Christmas: First Encounters with Gillette's Silent Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Russell Merritt, BSI. The 2016 Christmas Annual celebrates the centennial of William Gillette's film Sherlock Holmes. Long thought to be lost, the film was found in 2014 and restored to near-original condition. Russell Merritt, the editor of this volume, was instrumental in … Continue reading BSJ 2016 Christmas Annual

Together Again for the First Time: Forty Years of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. By Steven T. Doyle, BSI. The publication of Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution helped to launch the Sherlock Holmes boom of the 1970s, which in many ways has never ended. This tribute to Meyer covers both his bestselling book and the film based … Continue reading BSJ 2015 Christmas Annual

The Only Actor Who Ever Got It Right: Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Elaine & Jonathan McCafferty. This tribute to Douglas Wilmer celebrates his classic 1964-65 BBC TV series Sherlock Holmes, and includes Wilmer's 1994 speech to the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. The 74-page book has more than a dozen excellent photos, … Continue reading BSJ 2014 Christmas Annual

Disaster at the New Century. Sherlock Holmes: A New Play in Three Acts by Ouida Rathbone. Based on the Original Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Utechin. The 2013 Christmas Annual offers the first-ever publication of the 1953 play starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. The play, written by his wife … Continue reading BSJ 2013 Christmas Annual

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