“Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.” Agatha Christie – Five Little Pigs As nebulous as my thesis is at the moment, I have some idea of the different aspects of detective fiction I want to focus on. The main suspect in terms of primary texts… Read more: Reviewing the Facts

“Communism was just a red herring.” Wadsworth – Clue (1985) Our MA programmes were tasked with creating and maintaining a scholarly blog in early October, which would ultimately culminate with this post, a portfolio of sorts tracking the progress of my writing and my development as a scholar of sorts. Now, there is nothing stopping… Read more: Every Good Mystery Has A Satisfying Conclusion

“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person” Sherlock Holmes – The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes I had my reservations about the mini-conference when I first heard of it all those months ago. Prior to doing my Higher Diploma in English last year, I had never really properly presented my… Read more: Reflections on: Textualities Mini-Conference 2023

“Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary” P.G. Wodehouse – Psmith, Journalist As part of my research into Holmes literature, I have frequently come across pastiches of the character as well as more humorous parodies that have been written since Doyle’s time. Rather than trying to dissect the various elements that make up the parodies and what… Read more: Some Parodies of Holmes

Murder and cigarettes. That about summed him up Anthony Horowitz – The Twist of a Knife There is plenty to be said about the usage of the character of Sherlock Holmes in contemporary fiction, decades after the final “official” story that Conan Doyle wrote. In my research on the Sherlock Holmes character I have encountered… Read more: Neo-Holmesian Fiction