The sixty Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are the keystone of a vast Sherlockian world which continues to grow today, and which provides many avenues for exploration and enjoyment far beyond the stories themselves.

In our sessions, we will of course have fun reading and discussing some of the best original stories. And we will also delve into other segments of the Sherlockian world: plays and films, especially early historic ones, as well as the enormous Sherlockian literature. This includes companion books such as annotated editions and encyclopedias, pastiches written in the style of Doyle, and ‘Writings about the Writings’ – Sherlockian ‘scholarship’ from good writers with good minds who often like to have fun with them.

My aim is to expose participants to enough of this garden of delights that they might see some flowers they would like to pick for themselves.