Renewal notices have been going out in email for memberships that expired at the end of December. If your membership has expired, though, you don’t have to wait for the email; you can head over to the shop to purchase … Continue reading
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Escape rooms are all the rage, and I’ve heard more than one person speculate on the possible fun to be had with a Holmes-themed room. Some very clever folks at Princeton did more than speculate: they created a Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading
Apologies for the downtime – there were some technical difficulties. You may notice some missing images here and there. If you encounter any major problems on the site, please let me know!
Just a little heads-up: the website is going through some changes behind the scenes, including moving to a new Internet hosting service. Ideally, you won’t even notice. But if you happen to find the site in “Maintenance Mode”, don’t worry. … Continue reading
We love to talk in the comments section here on the blog, but sometimes we’d like a bit more room to have conversations. Enter the John H Watson Society Slack Channel! The channel provides a members-only space for chatting about … Continue reading
Calling all Writers and Illustrators! This is a reminder that the deadline for the Spring 2017 issue of The Watsonian is February 15th, which is coming up soon. The Society welcomes scholarly papers, articles, original fiction, miscellanea or other submissions. … Continue reading
Please note that there will be a delay in fulfilling orders in the Society Shop between January 9th and 15th, while “Selena Buttons” is at the Sherlock Holmes Birthday Festivities (AKA the BSI Weekend) in New York City. Thank you … Continue reading
Next week, Sherlockians from across the country and around the world will gather in New York City to celebrate the Master’s birthday in grand style. Scheduled events include the BSI Annual Dinner, the Gaslight Gala, the Baker Street Babes Daintiest … Continue reading
Michele Lopez (JHWS “Reggie”) posted yesterday in the comments of our Billiards with Uno Studio in Holmes post: For those interested in this post, I wanted to report the passing of Gianni Bonagura, who played John Watson in the RAI … Continue reading
This is my copy of the edition of this story published by the Baker Street Irregulars in 1948. The volume has the wonderful preface to the story by the Christopher Morley. I hope that all the John H Watson Society … Continue reading
Sherlockian scholarship has a long and fascinating history, going back more than a century now. From Msgr Knox’s “Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes” to our own Watsonian, students of the Canon have analyzed Dr Watson’s chronicles from nearly … Continue reading
An eagle-eyed member pointed out that today’s entry for SIGN read “December 4, 1888”, when it should have been 1878. While there are a number of cases in which the source we use is an outlier (as also mentioned in … Continue reading
We love to talk in the comments section here on the blog, but sometimes we’d like a bit more room to have conversations. Enter the John H Watson Society Slack Channel! The channel provides a members-only space for chatting about … Continue reading
The Fall 2017 issue of The Watsonian has been arriving across the US this week, and is expected to begin landing on the other side of the pond soon. If you do not receive your copy, please do let Selena … Continue reading
Last night, the Curious Collectors of Baker Street held an event called “Sherlock Gets Schooled” – an evening all about Holmes’s own education and the broader subject of schools in the Canon. I was asked to give the toast to … Continue reading
We received word from Andrea Stewart (JHWS “Asta”) that our dear “Pal”, Don Yates, passed away earlier today. The friendship between Don Yates and Don Libey (“Buttons”) was the cornerstone of our Society, which was founded on April 11, 2013, … Continue reading
October 16th – A dull and foggy day, with a drizzle of rain. The house is banked in with rolling clouds, which rise now and then to show the dreary curves of the moor, with thin, silver veins upon the … Continue reading
In the comments on yesterday’s entry, Paul Hartnett (JHWS “Scout”) pointed us to this video featuring Steven Doyle and an intrepid crew testing out “the disappearing gun trick”. See for yourself: Very clever! … Continue reading
September 30, 1889: Mary Sutherland wrote her stepfather about her impending marriage. [IDEN] “Mr. Hosmer Angel came to the house again and proposed that we should marry before father came back. He was in dreadful earnest and made me swear, … Continue reading
The Iowa City Public Library is hosting a celebration of the 125th anniversary (quasquicentennial) of the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with lots of fun and interesting events. Tomorrow, Monica Schmidt (JHWS “Margaux”), president of the Younger Stamfords … Continue reading