Episode 130 - Watson's Club

“a member of an aristocratic club” [BERY]  

From golf clubs to gentlemen's clubs...

Ask any Sherlockian to name a club in the Canon and they'll invariably say the Diogenes Club (that's right after Tonga's club. You don't have to be a Penang lawyer to get that one.). And there were a number of fictional clubs as well.

But one club that gets just a passing mention is Watson's club. Which one was it? Speculation abounds, so we gave it a shot. It's just a trifle.

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• The Gentlemen's Clubs of London (Amazon)
• List of gentlemen's clubs in London (Wikipedia)
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Episode 129 - Americans and Sherlock Holmes

“It is always a joy to meet an American” [NOBL]  

Americans have been avid fans of Sherlock Holmes since the earliest days. The novels were pirated and the short stories were syndicated to reach millions of American readers.

And Sherlock Holmes himself was a fan of Americans. There's a wide variety of Americans and American locales that popped up in the Canon quite frequently. And those are worth trifling over.

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Episode 128 - Fore!

“'Fore God, Mr. Holmes, it’s all right,” [SHOS]  

Sherlock Holmes and golf don't necessarily go together. That is clearly represented by the few times that the sport is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

His creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had a few connections to golf. Together, we explore these scant details and come up with enough for another episode of Trifles in our monthly look at games and sports.

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• Evolution of Golf Clubs Throughout History
• History of the Golf Ball
• Teller of Tales: The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Episode 127 - School's Out

“Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future!” [COPP]  

We first hear of boarding-schools in "The Naval Treaty," in which Watson mentions his fellow alumnus Percy Phelps, who needs Sherlock Holmes's help. And of course, the Priory School (from the adventure of the same name) is private boarding school of some note.

When did boarding-schools come to be? What changed in the legislation of England at the time that made education more of a thing? We explore the societal forces that came to bear on schools at the time.

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• Victorian Schooling
• Board Schools
• Standards of Education from 1872
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