Sherlock Holmes

The Self-Isolated Sleuth

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What Sherlock Holmes can tell us about surviving pandemics

A Study in Adaptation

The BBC series Sherlock proves what good writing can do: transport characters and plots written in Victorian England superbly to the modern world of iPads and other detection devices

Smoking Him Out

Rahul Jayaram

When the gaunt, sullen man with a peaked cap came visiting India.

Addicted to Holmes

Rahul Jayaram

So passionate is this Indian society dedicated to studying the detective that they think of him as a real person.

Sherlock Holmes

Sandipan Deb

Don’t listen to the purists. Have some fun on the side by spotting the liberties Ritchie takes with Doyle’s characters.

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