Episode 196 – The Brook Street Business

"something further from Brook Street" [RESI] 

When Percy Trevelyan went to open up his practice, he found that he had more in brains than he did in his pocketbook. Until a shrewd businessman came along and made a business proposition that suited them both nicely.

All was well until that benefactor-cum-landlord met an untimely end. What became of the good doctor after that? And of his residence? It's just a Trifle.

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Episode 195 – The Setting of Dartmoor

"forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours" [HOUN]

One of the most iconic characters in the Sherlock Holmes stories is not a character at all. It's Dartmoor. As Holmes himself said of it, "Never been there? Ah, well, I don’t suppose you will forget your first visit.” 

Dartmoor is a land that's filled with beauty, mystery, and intrigue. In other words, the perfect setting for a Sherlock Holmes story. It's just a Trifle.

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Episode 194 – The Ladies of Title

  "Title and money—who could carry them better than she?" [ABBE]

We've investigated which women were influential in their own right in the Sherlock Holmes stories, and then those who had to work for a living. Next up, we look at women with titles. In her article in The Sherlock Holmes Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3, Pat Dalton reviewed some such ladies.

Of course the term "lady" is a title granted to a certain class, but in late Victorian times it was becoming a title based on behavior and deportment as well. Which characters might we be talking about here? It's just a Trifle.

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• Episode 185: The Women of Influence
• Episode 190: The Working Girls
• The Sherlock Holmes Journal

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Episode 193 – Palmer and Pritchard

 "Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession" [SPEC]  

When he was facing off against Dr. Grimesby Roylott, Sherlock Holmes asserted "When a doctor

does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession."

Claiming that Roylott struck even deeper, we wondered: just what did Palmer and Pritchard do that might compare to Dr. Roylott's ophidian crimes? What we discovered was more than a Trifle.

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• William Palmer (Wikipedia)
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Episode 192 – Sherlock Holmes and Philosophers

"Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero," [FIVE] 

Sherlock Holmes called Professor Moriarty "a genius, a philosopher, and abstract thinker" in "The Final Problem." But what did Holmes know about philosophy? According to Watson's initial list titled Sherlock Holmes—His Limits, his knowledge of philosophy was "Nil."

But Holmes called out a few philosophers by name, and had an attitude that reflected a combination of traditional and modern British philosophy. Join us to ponder this Trifle.

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