Killing Sherlock is Lucy Worsely's latest investigation on BBC2. . Lucy, who last year did a deep-dive into the life of mystery writer Agatha Christie, takes a look into Conan Doyle's troubled ...

Authors are bad judges of their work. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is an immortal creation. But Doyle thought his greatest book was The White Company — a medieval adventure into which he ...

I imagine few people know who Arthur Conan Doyle is. On the other hand, virtually everyone knows the name of the character he created. Stephen Lewis, originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., is a retired ...

BBC Arts has unveiled two new shows exploring the rich legacy of author Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle came to hate Holmes and killed him off in print only to ...

This is the story of a power struggle between two men - one fictional, and one real. In one corner is the master of crime – the greatest detective who never lived, Sherlock Holmes. In the other is ...

Why did Arthur Conan Doyle hate his fictional character, Sherlock Holmes? Sherlock Holmes is the most well-known detective in the world. He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But ...

Arthur Conan Doyle had managed to finally rid himself of Sherlock Holmes. But who was the author without Sherlock? Lucy Worsley explores Doyle’s desire to distance himself from his creation and become ...

For Lucy Worsley, a lifelong fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s perpetually perceptive detective Sherlock Holmes, the question that propels her new 3-part PBS series “Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle” was ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1923 U.S. tour was devoted entirely to promoting spiritualism and communication with the dead. Cincinnatians sold out the Emery Theatre to hear the famous author. “Yes, it was ...

Montréal’s Archaeology and History Complex in Pointe-à-Callière presents “Sherlock Holmes, Cracking the Case,” from Nov. 27, ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. Copyrights on works from 1927, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s short-story collection The Case-Book of ...

It’s no secret that Sherlock was a game-changer, but another modernization of Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective graced the airwaves several years earlier. The modern Sherlock Holmes TV show, ...