Sherlock Holmes

  • Terry’s Fabrics Maps Out Homes of Classic Literature

    Following the example of Movoto, the real-estate company which used details from the Harry Potter books to appraise the Weasley family home, another UK company is using homes in classic books as a fun bit of publicity.

  • Sherlock Holmes Enters the Public Domain

    Excellent news: Your X-rated Sherlock/Watson slashfic now has the blessing of the American legal system! Well, sort of. A US district court has ruled that, with the exception of a few stories published after 1923, the material from Arthur Conan…

  • Hey, That Guy Wasn’t In the Book!

    Purists may cringe, but it happens: When a book is turned into a movie, some scenes and characters are shrunk or eliminated entirely, while others are expanded are introduced wholesale. Bookish has a nifty roundup of minor characters in books…