Sherlock Holmes is one of the most illustrious characters in literary history, with numerous adaptations of himself spread far and wide across a whole range of media. From Robert Downey Jr's ...

Sherlock Holmes' brilliantly drawn arch-nemesis was based on a real-life criminal mastermind, reveals author GARETH RUBIN as ...

The iconic detective Sherlock Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First appearing in print in the 1887 story A Study in Scarlet, Holmes has since been reimagined, recreated, and reinvented ...

Adaptations of Holmes stories are exploding now that the detective is in the public domain. Critics believe it should have ...

There are as many as 300 societies dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. Devotees of the detective call themselves Sherlockians or Holmesians. There is some division in their ranks as to how the terms ...

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Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story? Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his most famous creation, consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, after just six years.

When Elpseth’s sister, Lady Sarah Carlisle, falls ill, Doyle comes to believe that her husband, Sir Henry Carlisle, who is a Member of Parliament, may be behind some of the killings.