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Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes

Celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle and swotting up on everything Sherlock Holmes with a flurry of crime loving to really work out what made the creator of the world’s best known detective tick.

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Neil Gaiman

On Writing Sherlock Holmes

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Anthony Horowitz

On Moriarty and The House of Silk

Arthur Conan Doyle

Solving Real Life Crimes

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Freddie Fox

Reads The Hound of the Baskervilles

Letter from Arthur Conan Doyle to Bram Stoker

With thanks to The Conan Doyle Estate

Sherlock Holmes' Deerstalker Hat and Inverness Cape

Illustration by Sidney Paget

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Neil Gaiman

On His Love of Arthur Conan Doyle

Jean Leckie

With thanks to the Conan Doyle Estate

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Freddie Fox

Reads The Final Problem

Arthur Conan Doyle

Historical Fiction

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Lara Pulver

Reads A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

Many thanks to the Conan Doyle Estate

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Anthony Horowitz

On Why He Loves Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle's Family

With thanks to The Conan Doyle Estate

Arthur Conan Doyle

Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Illustration by Sidney Paget

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Her Majesty The Queen

On the Enduring Appeal of Sherlock Holmes

Joseph Bell

Inspiration for Sherlock Holmes

Books we explored

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