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September 2020
An Evening With Sherlock Holmes – in your own home!
B Orlando Pearson, author of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes and A Scandal in Nova Alba, sends news of an exciting event in aid of the wonderful Stepping Stones school at Undershaw - the house in leafy Surrey that Arthur Conan Doyle helped design for himself and his family. "I am putting on a Zoom Evening with Sherlock Holmes at 8 pm on Saturday 26 September. "As well as Holmesian and Doylean biography, the evening will include puzzles, and a dramatization of…
Find out more »October 2020
“The Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes”
An interesting and informative free talk about Sherlock Holmes by seasoned speaker Nick Dobson
Find out more »Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes – a virtual tour
B 'The Game's Afoot!' Follow the fascinating adventures of Holmes and Watson (and Conan Doyle) around London's West End in this Virtual Tour led by our distinguished member Richard Burnip. The footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson still echo loud and clear amid the glorious buildings, fascinating alleyways and evocative gas lamps of the Strand and Covent Garden. Among the highlights are two theatres where Holmes got the better of Professor Moriarty, and a third where he went with…
Find out more »November 2020
A Scandal in Nova Alba – Shakespeare’s lost detective story!
Shakespeare and Sherlock overlap in Orlando Pearson's ingenious one-act play! Did Macbeth really kill King Duncan? Holmes investigates in A Scandal in Nova Alba. Bring the theatre to your own home on the 7th November via the magic of Zoom! https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HCzAaxy9RKyJD-IpYPkZnw The play will begin at 8.00 pm. Access is free, but donations are welcome, as they will benefit the Stepping Stones school at Undershaw (Arthur Conan Doyle's former home at Hindhead) and the Happy Life Children's Home in Nairobi.
Find out more »December 2020
A webinar on Forensic Geology
"... some dim and vague marks upon the earth beneath ..."
Find out more »A Case of Identity: How Cinema Helped Create Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is probably the most depicted fictional character in cinema and TV - discover why with film historian Will Bird!
Find out more »Strictly Sherlock (Don’t Go Into the Cellar…)
Join the king of the detectives as he brings to life three startling cases
Find out more »“Watson: The Final Problem”
Now at last the play can be enjoyed as it was intended, on the stage!
Find out more »“Sherlock Holmes & Conan Doyle at Christmas”
A Virtual Tour with 'London Walks' Guide Richard Burnip!
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