Adaptations of Holmes stories are exploding now that the detective is in the public domain. Critics believe it should have ...

After receiving a deluge of irate responses, Wilson conceded that he had recently been reading himself to sleep with the Sherlock Holmes series, enthralled by its “fairy-tale poetry of hansom ...

Morris Chestnut stars as John Watson in a new medical drama inspired by "Sherlock Holmes." We discuss the show's upcoming debut with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans. This segment aired on January 24, 2025.

There are as many as 300 societies dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. Devotees of the detective call themselves Sherlockians or Holmesians. There is some division in their ranks as to how the terms ...

Author Bonnie MacBird's latest full-length Sherlock Holmes novel, ‘The Serpent Under' is the sixth that she has penned. It follows 2022's Christmas-themed tale ‘What Child Is This?‘.

What “Watson” wants its Watson to be is a medical-researching Sherlock Holmes, which is among the ... is so audaciously revisionist. But as a free-standing medical mystery series, it has ...

The adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes as he and his assistant, Dr. Watson--and, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling Inspector Lestrade--battle criminals in London.

Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville. A woman struck dead after hearing a haunting whistle. A series of child-like drawings scrawled throughout a country estate.

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular ...