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If you’re feeling emotional or life is a little bit of a struggle - my advice is do not decide to watch Hamnet - even if you’ve seen it before. Seriously take my advice.

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I really love the new M R James manuscript volume from @crumpledlinenpress.com so I wrote about it. Amazing work from @drmjones.bsky.social and Paul Chapman. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/09/new-...

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Crumpled Linen Press @crumpledlinenpress.com · 29/09/2026

Thanks so much for the very kind review @221bcooee.bsky.social !

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I really love the new M R James manuscript volume from @crumpledlinenpress.com so I wrote about it. Amazing work from @drmjones.bsky.social and Paul Chapman. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/09/new-...

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Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today

Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in the bookstore scene in 1946’s The Big Sleep

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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BOTD 29 September 1930 – Colin Dexter, who shared a birthday with his creation Endeavour Morse. The first of the Inspector Morse novels, LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK (1975), opens on this date.

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tonight before the Six Napoleons 80th Anniversary dinner I visited Edgar Allen Poe's grave - a nod to a fine Naps tradition. #sherlock #baltimore

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tonight before the Six Napoleons 80th Anniversary dinner I visited Edgar Allen Poe's grave - a nod to a fine Naps tradition. #sherlock #baltimore

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who was the editor who recommended Study in Scarlet for publication? George Bettany at Ward, Lock & Co. But we also owe a debt to his wife Jeanie Gwynne Bettany who actually read the book first! 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/09/pers...

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 24/09/2026

In Re: Sherlock Holmes by August Derleth

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Mr Sherlock Holmes @mrsherlockholmes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

oh dream of dreams

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m on a plane to Boston and they just asked if there is a doctor on board I swear 25 people stood up

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

New article on Nem Hawkins, Arthur Conan Doyle's sister-in-law, and her side demise in 1916 at the hands of chlorodyne (opioid) addiction. The article is in Anna Behrens' Monadnock anthology. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/09/nem-...

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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Have a fabulous weekend! ✨️

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hem hem. ‘An excellent new biography by Darryl Jones. … A very good book about a very interesting man’ unherd.com/2026/09/mr-j...

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MR James still haunts England

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The main Doyle things I collect are books with dust jackets - they don’t need to be in perfect shape (I can’t afford that) but I love seeing all the designs and interpretations. I just bought this French version of Poison Belt b/c it gives TinTin vibes!

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Mr Sherlock Holmes @mrsherlockholmes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh joy of joys, look what arrived with the day's mail - of course my Sherlock Holmes Magazine is currently AWOL

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Doings of Doyle @doingsofdoyle.com · 09/09/2026

NEW CONAN DOYLE LECTURES: The Lausanne Conan Doyle Collection, with Laurence Pernet: youtu.be/xyWQnOeHv_I Jean Leckie: From Mistress to Medium, with Anna Behrens: youtu.be/pIpCd_YgB1s Doyle and Cricket: A Passion for the Game, with Ollie Randall: youtu.be/awQwze5l-4k

Title card for The Baker Street Broadcast showing Castle Lucens in Switzerland, from the air

Title card for the Worldwide Doyle lecture by Anna Behrens

Title card for the Worldwide Doyle lecture by Ollie Randall

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hey Bruce Partington, have you got any plans tonight?

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Hey Bruce Partington, have you got any plans tonight?

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Mister Phillby @mrphillby.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Reposting this again because I dearly want to manifest a reality where Muppet Sherlock holmes gets greenlit.

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Curtis Armstrong @curtisisbooger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I saw Coyote Vs. Acme today and I haven't enjoyed a movie that much since Barbie. (To date, I've seen Barbie 5 times, 3 of those in a theatre). My next viewing of Coyote Vs. Acme will be this weekend and I imagine it won't be my last. Don't miss it!

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

New post on my fifth biography of Australians who Conan Doyle met in Australia when he visited in 1920/21. Edgar Ravenswood Waite - written w/ Fran Zilio from South Australian Museum. 'Bonus' - diary of a 1890s diver under Sydney Harbour. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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Erin O'Neill @erinvam.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

All of Matt’s articles in this series are fascinating, but I personally really enjoyed this one.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists

Contents

Introduction - vii

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition - xi

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - 1

Notes - 607

Index - 637

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I reviewed the new biography of M.R. James by @profdarryljones.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com today…

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Embedded in this post is a wonderful talk by Kem White - co-founder of WTB - that I recorded this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eres...

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The Early Years of Watson's Tin Box of Ellicott City - Kem White

YouTube video by Matt Hall

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"There are no lesser Sherlockians" The most important and valuable Sherlockian activity happens in our local groups. I've been doing some work on the history of Watson's Tin Box of (formed in 1989) - story discussion, laughs, traditions. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2026/08/some...

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Arrived today, hopefully it looks good when it’s framed. #Sherlock

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Sherlock Holmes Magazine @sherlockholmesmag.co.uk · 30/08/2026

Here it is! The new issue of Sherlock Holmes Magazine is out now. Our cover stars this time are the legendary Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke #CoverReveal #sherlockholmes #JeremyBrett sherlockholmesmag.co.uk/product-page...

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Arrived today, hopefully it looks good when it’s framed. #Sherlock

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Margie Deck @margiedeck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Still a day to go for the new #sherlockholmes story collection. “A dive into the depths of human deception...in a series of canonical but pleasingly unstuffy exploits. Satisfying and highly readable.” John Linwood Grant, author of ‘The Assassin’s Coin’ www.kickstarter.com/projects/bel...

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The Secrets of Private Families, stories of SHERLOCK HOLMES

A collection of all new Sherlock Holmes adventures from award winning author Margie Deck

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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

[Accurate]

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I just want to congratulate @crumpledlinenpress.com on nailing the most frustrating part of buying beautiful books - the packaging meant this M R James book arrived absolutely mint.

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP the great British actor Tim Curry. He narrated Stephen King’s Sherlock Holmes pastiche short story, “The Doctor's Case”.

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Matt Hall @221bcooee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I just want to congratulate @crumpledlinenpress.com on nailing the most frustrating part of buying beautiful books - the packaging meant this M R James book arrived absolutely mint.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026

The VCR was one of the fastest-adopted technologies in the history of the world, and it was *disruptive*. The fact that you could record shows to watch later, skip the ads, build a library of your favorites, even loan your tapes around - it drove the studios and broadcasters *nuts*. 3/

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