In 2002, at the end of a festive January evening, I was made a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a literary society devoted to Sherlock Holmes. As part of what is called an investiture, a new ...

Sherlock Holmes first appeared on film in a 1900 short titled "Sherlock Holmes Baffled." Since then, the character has popped up in more than 200 movies, and been portrayed by 70 actors.

Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell” and “Sherlock Holmes: The Affair at Mayerling” capture the spirit of the beloved sleuth.

Edited by the eminent English Sherlockian Nicholas Utechin, “The Complete Paget Portfolio” (Gasogene) showcases — in the words of its subtitle — “Every Sherlock Holmes Illustration by ...

First, the story was headlined “Sherlock Holmes,” in quotes -- something that would have indicated a fiction. Second, there is no mention of Arthur Conan Doyle in the table of contents, or by ...

Sherlock Holmes book banned in Albemarle County, Virginia. By Carolyn Kellogg. ... But the assigned reading for English -- it falls into a fog. My classmates and I did read a lot, however.

An ''extremely rare'' inscribed copy of the book in which supersleuth Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance is expected to fetch up to £400,000 when it goes under the hammer.

What book should everybody read before the age of 21? Sherlock Holmes is great, the earlier the better. The stories are engaging and they train readers to look deeply into all they see.

Elsewhere, a first edition of Sherlock Holmes tale The Hound Of The Baskervilles sold for £214,200, which set a new world auction record for a printed book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.