Tag Archives: Sherlock Holmes

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley On The Case Of Conan Doyle. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Most novelists will find that their creations are their greatest nemesis, they are the mirror of themselves magnified to such an extent that the reader will actively prefer to be in the company of the image built up in their mind than the author who built up a sweat framing the narrative description of the hero to whom the reader adores.

It doesn’t seem fair in many ways, that when pushed the reader will often have no clue about the writer’s own exploits, only saving their hero worship for the drawn and perfect; in a way it is almost as if the creation held a gun to the author’s head and willingly pulled on the trigger.

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley On The Case Of Conan Doyle. Television Review. full post

(594 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

Liz Hedgecock: A Spider’s Web. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Whilst Arthur Conan Doyle is rightly lauded by many as the godfather of the British detective, it can also be argued, quite intently, that because of the Victorian and Edwardian attitudes that prevailed during his writing career, his ability to write about women was poor at best, and at worst, damning.  Of course, you write what you know, and that world in which Sherlock Holmes was born into, was one forced by the rampant progression of the notion of Empire and what it meant to be British, what it meant to be a man.

Liz Hedgecock: A Spider’s Web. Book Review. full post

(478 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Liz Hedgecock: A House Of Mirrors. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To give life to a character is a privilege, to breathe existence into one who is so established by name alone is an honour, and so as all are aware of the existence and thoughts of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, so surely therefore must acknowledge that without Mrs Helen Hudson, the security of home, the quiet reassurance of stability in nature, both men might have led very different lives.

Liz Hedgecock: A House Of Mirrors. Book Review. full post

(611 words, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

The Unthinkable Mystery of The Indigo Star, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Tom Burroughs, John Doull, Gary Cain, Will Matthews.

Just who are the greatest ever fictional detectives? Or perhaps rather, who are the greatest detectives who could give the criminal element a run for their money when it comes to the game.  In The Unthinkable Mystery of The Indigo Star, written by Ed Bixter and directed by Suzy Walker, the game is, as Sherlock Holmes said, “a foot”.

Three men on a train out of Paris; all asked by their Government to investigate the death of Sherlock Holmes and the disappearance of the world famous Indigo Star jewel, surely only Hercule Poirot, Inspector Maigret and Chief Inspector Clouseau can crack the case?

The Unthinkable Mystery of The Indigo Star, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Sherlock Holmes, Game of Shadows. Film Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. December 21st 2011.L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry, Paul Anderson, Geraldine James.

Everybody has their favourite Sherlock Holmes. It’s a question that gets asked frequently alongside, “So, who is your favourite Bond?” Conversations in pubs go on for hours up and down the country as each generation extols the virtue of, to their mind, the best person to portray the great detective Sherlock Holmes. The one with the best flaws, the little defects that make the man’s mind so fascinating. Of course it could depend on what era you grew up in. To a previous generation before my own, you hear the dulcet tones of Basil Rathbone being mooted, like a fine whisky that’s been kept in a special reserve for 40 years and only opened after a long and protracted battle of wits. There can be no escaping his clutches once you open the bottle.

Sherlock Holmes, Game of Shadows. Film Review. full post

(888 words, estimated 3:33 mins reading time)