BSJ 2014 Christmas Annual

The BSJ 2014 Christmas Annual cover

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

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

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

BSJ 2010 Christmas Annual

The BSJ 2010 Christmas Annual cover

From Piff-Pouff to Backnecke: Ronald Knox and 100 Years of “Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes” by Nicholas Utechin, BSI. Ronald Knox presented a paper at Oxford in 1911 that many regard as forming the basis of the Sherlockian Grand Game. His brilliant paper combined a lively humor with nit-picking observations and insights into … Continue reading BSJ 2010 Christmas Annual

BSJ 2009 Christmas Annual

The BSJ 2009 Christmas Annual cover

"Did you notice nothing curious about that advertisement?" By Peggy Perdue. Sherlock Holmes, a mainstay of books, movies, television, theatre, and websites has also graced many an advertising campaign over the years. The 2009 BSJ Christmas Annual, written by Peggy Perdue, curator of the Toronto Public Library's Arthur Conan Doyle Collection examines the astonishing array … Continue reading BSJ 2009 Christmas Annual

BSJ 2008 Christmas Annual

The BSJ 2008 Christmas Annual cover

Reading the Signs: Some Observations and Aperçus on Film and Television Adaptations of The Sign of the Four. By David F. Morrill, BSI. Bringing to motion picture and television screens a simple story of past misdeeds, greed, and revenge like The Sign of the Four should be easy. But it isn't. Because audiences have traditionally … Continue reading BSJ 2008 Christmas Annual