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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“as his car swung round the village street” [LAST] 




As you know, most of the Sherlock Holmes stories were set squarely in the Victorian era. Only a handful extended beyond 1900, and only one mentioned automobiles.

However, that's not to say that Conan Doyle wasn't intensely interested in the newfangled machinery, In fact, he wrote two stories that featured cars and even had a few harrowing experiences of his own. It's just a Trifle.
 
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“called me in seven times” [ABBE] 



There's something magical about the number seven. Whether or not it appears more than other numbers in the Sherlock Holmes canon is beyond our research capabilities.
 
However, there are some interesting and memorable associations with the number seven that we thought worth noting, thanks to a clever identification by Ruth Buchholtz in "Seventy-Seven Canonical Sevens" (BSJ, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1958). It's just a Trifle.
 
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“this evening at 221B, Baker Street” [BLUE] 

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It's time once again for the Masters Class, the episode each month in which we look at an exemplary piece of Sherlockian scholarship and discuss its merits.
 
This is our first of three forays into the work of Michael Harrison as found in his book In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. His unique perch between generations in London is the perfect view to understand what 221B Baker Street was like. It's just a Trifle.
 
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“this quick succession of strange surprises” [SIGN] 



There are some trifles that are too trifling to stand on their own. Then again, Burt and Scott tend to have the ability to stretch out any bit of minutiae into an exposition.
 
Three topics came to our attention lately, and we felt they were deserving of a quick discussion: the seven schemes in "The Missing Three-Quarter," the size of the dog in "The Lion's Mane," and a questionable denial in "The Red-Headed League." Taken together or separately, they're just a Trifle.
 
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“I suggest you dine with us” [SIXN] 


It's July, which is National Culinary Arts Month. As we continue our monthly observances series, we look not to the Sherlock Holmes canon itself, but something the stories inspired: Dining with Sherlock Holmes by Julia Carlson Rosenblatt and Fredric Sonnenschmidt.

This groundbreaking cookbook lets you eat like Sherlock Holmes would have eaten. And in this episode, Scott and Burt pick a few of their favorite recipes. None of them is a Trifle.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

2:21 AM 0

“What do you say, dear?” [BOSC] 


One of the earlier cases in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" is filled with wonderful scenes and phrases that carry us through the entire Sherlock Holmes canon.

It doesn't get the same level of attention as some of the other stories from that collection, but there's a series of items that are oddities — even Trifles.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“a nice taste in wines” [LAST] 


In this month's Masters Class, we turn for the final time to a work of Edgar W. Smith's, "Up From the Needle," as featured in Vol. 2, No. 1 (1947) of The Baker Street Journal. 

Edgar takes us away from the canard of Sherlock Holmes as a drug addict and gives us an oenophile's assessment of Sherlock Holmes as a wine fancier. It's just a Trifle.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“It is, of course, a trifle” [TWIS] 


Sometimes there are moments in the Sherlock Holmes stories when we just take Holmes at his word, giving little thought to the logic behind it. We simply trust him.

But when it comes to "The Man with the Twisted Lip," it seemed a little odd that he had to stay out at Neville St. Clair's home, seven miles from the heart of London. What was going on there? It's just a Trifle.

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“I've learned not to cry over spilled milk” [SIGN] 


Between recent episodes on Eggs and Breakfast, it seems like we've had our fill of comestibles. Well, this isn't a podcast to be trifled with, so we're headed to the dairy.

We look at instances of milk and butter in the Sherlock Holmes stories while investigating the trouble with the dairy industry in Victorian England. It's just a Trifle.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“Is alcohol permitted?” [MAZA] 



We've explored a number of angles around alcohol in the Sherlock Holmes stories, but it recently struck us that there are glimpses of alcoholism in the Canon. Victorians were no different in their struggles with alcohol, although the disease wasn't recognized as one at the time.

Where in the stories can we find evidence or mentions of alcoholics? Why did Holmes ask Watson for permission to drink? And who drank like a fish? It's just a Trifle.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“I travelled for two years” [EMPT] 



This month's Masters Class features the second in our three essays by Edgar W. Smith. In Vol. 1 No. 3 of The Baker Street Journal from 1946, Smith wonders about Sherlock Holmes's travels between 1891 and 1894.

More specifically, he compares global events and geographical and cultural realities to Holmes's story, and something isn't quite right. Where does Smith place Sherlock Holmes for two of those years during the hiatus? It's just a Trifle.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

10:32 PM 0

“We have touched on three” [TWIS] 


Since this is Episode 333 and since there are three stories in the Canon that incorporate the number three in their titles, we thought it was time to turn our attention to the "magic number," as three is known.

Why that number of students, gables, and Garridebs? What's the significance of the number three that it should occupy such a prominent role in the story titles? What other appearances of the number are worth noting? It's just a Trifle.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“Why not take police precautions against him?” [FINA] 

 

When reading "The Final Problem," it's difficult not to be caught off-guard. After all, it opens with Watson telling us these are the last words he'll write about Sherlock Holmes.

But when we step back and look at the story with sober eyes, we realize that the police story Holmes tells Watson just doesn't add up. And it's just a Trifle.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

2:21 PM 0

“when I have exterminated that fourth egg” [VALL] 


While we discussed breakfast in the last episode, we felt we paid more attention to the toast than the eggs. And there was one quote in particular that didn't make the cut.

We recall that quote, search for an egg-seller in the Sherlock Holmes stories, and ponder the evolution of chickens and eggs in the history of human cuisine. Which came first? It's just a Trifle.

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