A Study In Scarlet Facsimile Edition
Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1887, A Study In Scarlet
Contains the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes in print exactly as it first appeared. With colour advertisements and further stories, this is an affordable facsimile of the “world’s most expensive magazine”, for just £15!
“A perfect addition to the Sherlockian’s shelf”
Monthly Archives: May 2017
The strangeness of creatures: 1
Strange video footage. As more and more footage of animals performing in apparently ritualistic ways and showing a degree of sophistication appears, it becomes more and more likely that the notion animals are not conscious will be jettisoned, like former concepts … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirations, Opinion
Tagged animal consciousness, dead cats, mysteries, turkeys
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14 things Eddie The Eagle taught me
Eddie the Eagle has an ambivalent reputation in the British psyche. As a boy, I remember the Press sneering at him and implying he was in some way an embarrassment for Britain, or painting him as a kind of likeable … Continue reading
Writing Edward King – the performances, 27th May 2017
Some time ago I volunteered to write a short story about local artist Edward King, who for the last 26 years of his life was a patient at St James’s Lunatic Asylum on Locksway Road, Milton. It was part of … Continue reading
Moscow State Circus – Southsea, 24th May to 4th June 2017
Over the years I have come to realise that there are only three true art forms. These are Punch and Judy, pantomime and circus. Of these, the greatest is whichever I have most recently seen. That said, Gostinitsa, the Hotel of Curiosities, … Continue reading