Doings of Doyle

13/07/2024

AUDIO OF MISSING CUSHING' SHERLOCK HOLMES' (1968) EPISODE FOUND: The Sherlock Holmes Society of London has uncovered the audio track of 'The Second Stain', Cushing's first ep. A reconstruction is being prepared by Kaleidoscope (https://buff.ly/4bBk7MM) and will be shown at their event in Birmingham in September. More here https://buff.ly/4618ei4

01/07/2024

NEW EPISODE NOW ON YOUTUBE: We talk to Roger Luckhurst about Round the Red Lamp (1894), Conan Doyle's eclectic anthology of medical realism and Gothic tales. Closed captioning now available: https://buff.ly/3W3UPCj. Show notes: buff.ly/3zpzHh5

30/06/2024

NEW EPISODE: Round the Red Lamp (1894) with Roger Luckhurst. We talk to Roger about Conan Doyle's eclectic mix of Gothic and realism. Includes: medical Gothic, Bloomsbury radicals, 1890s decadence, Arthur Machen and more. buff.ly/32Di2ip; buff.ly/3zpzHh5.

25/06/2024

WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2024: Tickets for the 2024 series (https://buff.ly/3XyEN4I) are now available at www.wegottickets.com. Search for 'Conan Doyle' and the results are near the top.

23/06/2024

Get your diaries out for this year's “Worldwide Doyle” online lecture series. This year:

Tuesday 2 July 2024 at 7pm (UK time), 2pm (US Eastern time) — Professor Christine Ferguson (University of Stirling): “Towards the Centenary of The Land of Mist: Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism, and Scandal in 1920s Britain”

Monday 8 July 2024 at 7pm (UK time), 2pm (US Eastern time) — Paul Chapman, Ross Davies, and Mark Jones: “The Adventure of the Imaginary Pedaler: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Army on Manoeuvres”

Tuesday 9 July 2024 at 7pm (UK time), 2pm (US Eastern time) — Mattias Boström: “Was Killing Sherlock Holmes a Stroke of Genius? A Contemporary Perspective on Conan Doyle and His Creation in the Mid 1890s”

Monday 15 July 2024 at 7pm (UK time), 2pm (US Eastern time) — Douglas Kerr: “1909: Arthur Conan Doyle goes to the theatre”

See and learn more here: https://buff.ly/3XGzU9X

31/05/2024

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Episode #51 - The Nightmare Room (1921), Conan Doyle's post-war melodrama with a twist in the tail. https://buff.ly/3V22ZcY. Show notes here: buff.ly/4dYr255.

30/05/2024

NEW EPISODE: The Nightmare Room (1921) - Conan Doyle's peculiar short story with a twist in the tail. Chat about post-war angst, femme fatales, Wilde's Salome, illustators and Eille Norwood's Sherlock Holmes. buff.ly/32Di2ip; buff.ly/4dYr255

22/05/2024

Happy birthday, dear boy! buff.ly/44PPfXd

04/05/2024

NEW POST: Global Conan Doyle - A report on the official launch of the Edinburgh Editions of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle on 25/26 April 2024. Speakers: Douglas Kerr, Jonathan Cranfield, Roger Luckhurst, Christine Ferguson, Isil Bas, Antonija Primorac, Brian Wang, Shafquat Towheed, Rosario Arias, James Machin, Emily Alder, Anne Schwan, Cliff Goldfarb and Simon James.

Brian Wang presents on early Chinese pastiches at the symposium (Photo by Anne Schwan) On 25th April 2024, the Edinburgh Edition of the Work...

29/04/2024

NEW EPISODE: The Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1890) - We dive into a deeply personal story that draws on the sad case of ACD's father. Redactions, dreamy rooms, the Foreign Legion, fairy art, and dodgy lodgers. buff.ly/32Di2ip; buff.ly/3UDMIfa

16/04/2024

SHERLOCK MONDAYS: The 'Doings of Doyle' boys are delighted to be joining Edward G. Petitt of the Rosenbach to discuss 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' on his Sherlock Mondays show. We're up first on May 6th, rambling on about Chapters 1 and 2 (so we get the juicy curse!). Register here: https://buff.ly/4d0yD2v

01/04/2024

NOW ON YOUTUBE: The Pot of Caviare (1908). Conan Doyle's bleak tale set during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Available to view with closed captions. https://buff.ly/3xc7SaU

31/03/2024

NEW EPISODE: The Pot of Caviare (1908). Conan Doyle's bleak tale about a band of Westerners besieged during the Boxer Rebellion. The Siege of Peking, Innes Doyle on manouvres, Chinaphobia, defeatism and selling it to the ladies. buff.ly/32Di2ip buff.ly/3TEenLo

01/03/2024

NEW EPISODE - The Great Shadow (1892). We follow Jock Calder on his journey from the Scottish borders to the Battle of Waterloo. Stevenson's Pavilion on the Links, ACD's first love, Napoleonic heroes, POV horror and crimson footballs... buff.ly/32Di2ip; buff.ly/48zW8fy

01/02/2024

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Episode #47 - ACD 2023: The Year in Review. Paul and Mark revisit their highlights of the Doylean year 2023. https://buff.ly/3SnVonz Shownotes and links to everything mentioned can be found at https://buff.ly/4baAG34

31/01/2024

NEW EPISODE: ACD 2023 - The Year in Review. This month, we break from our usual format to review our highlights of last year in the Doylean universe. Chat about the Edinburgh and Oxford editions, alpine walks, Lucy Worsley, books we didn't buy at auction and rampaging mummies. https://buff.ly/32Di2ip https://buff.ly/4baAG34

30/01/2024

The recording of the Literary Agents' Annual Meeting 2024 is now available at our YouTube channel. Closed captions will follow in the next few hours. Thanks to all our participants. Enjoy!

The Literary Agents' Annual Meeting 2024 12 January 2024Our theme for our fourth meeting was the Devilish Doctor Doyle - musings on Conan Doyle as physician ...

08/01/2024

ZOOM EVENTS:

ACD Society Doylean Honors and Wessex Cup - Thurs 11 Jan, 11:15am EST - https://buff.ly/3vvI5Kc

Literary Agents' Annual Meeting - Friday 12 Jan, 10:30am EST - https://buff.ly/3TT6AuW

Book now to avoid disappointment!

28/12/2023

Friday 12 Jan 2024 10:30-11:30am EST: Join THE LITERARY AGENTS on Zoom for "The Devilish Dr Doyle" - Conan Doyle as medic discussed by a panel of Doylean doctors and ROUND THE RED LAMP with Roger Luckhurst! Register here: https://buff.ly/41KTemo

24/12/2023

Mark and Paul wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for your company through 2023!

24/12/2023

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Selecting a Ghost: The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange (1883) in which Argentine D'Odd auditions ghosts to haunt his mansion. https://buff.ly/3TCiJnC Closed captions will follow in a few hours. Show notes here: https://buff.ly/3tFctRs.

24/12/2023

NEW EPISODE: Selecting a Ghost: The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange (1883). Conan Doyle's comic tale of a nouveau riche grocer seeking a resident ghost. James Hogg and London Society, heraldry, J. Kendrick Bangs, and Rentaghost. https://buff.ly/32Di2ip; https://buff.ly/3tFctRs

07/12/2023

The wonderful Belanger Books have a Kickstarter going for the excellent 'Steel True, Blade Straight' annual. Sign up now to avoid disappointment! https://buff.ly/3uTPtym

01/12/2023

NEW EPISODE: 'The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe' (c.1877) is now on our YouTube channel (https://buff.ly/4a3N2ta). Find the episode here: https://buff.ly/47DnIbV. Don't forget to subscribe for regular updates. Shownotes here: http://t.co/7X9lDtz7tC

30/11/2023

NEW EPISODE: The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (c.1877). We discuss what is believed to be the first story Conan Doyle submitted to a publisher - and his first rejection. Topics include: Bulwer-Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', the evolving ghost story, and The House that Dripped Blood! https://buff.ly/32Di2ip; https://buff.ly/4123Hta.

26/11/2023

FREE PRIZE DRAW: The lovely Jonathan Cranfield, who we interviewed on Episode 30, has provided us with copies of the Edinburgh Edition's Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes to give away to patrons! To enter, simply join as a patron for as little as £1 per month and email your interest by 31st Dec. Details at the link: https://buff.ly/3QUy7Jg

15/11/2023

NEW EPISODE: The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, with Andrew Lycett, is now available on YouTube. Closed captions will appear over the next 24 hours. You can read the shownotes here: http://buff.ly/3sqfMM5 https://buff.ly/47fD9qv

15/11/2023

NEW EPISODE: The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, with Andrew Lycett. We talk to Andrew about his latest book, being Conan Doyle's biographer, parallels with James Bond, and plenty more. Find it now at Apple (https://buff.ly/32Di2ip) or wherever you get your podcasts. Shownotes here: buff.ly/3sqfMM5

13/11/2023

'November 13. — A most extraordinary event has happened, so extraordinary as to be almost inexplicable.' From 's 'J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement' (1884) https://buff.ly/3HkrJVZ