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The Wimbledon Studio Theatre boasts a great bill this week, writes Yvonne Gordon. Roger Llewellyn (pictured) stars in Sherlock Holmes The Last Act. Dramatised extracts from the detectives ...
The shop sells cigars, pipe tobacco,cigarettes and books (including ones about its namesake, the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes). But mostly it specializes in pipes, including high-end ones ...
His familiar tweed cape and deerstalker hat have been consigned to the wardrobe of history. Now, Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr Watson dress in 21st century smart-casual clothes. The ...
With his long slender features visible under a deerstalker hat and a smoking pipe in hand, actor Basil Rathbone is as synonymous with Sherlock Holmes as Baker street. One of Britain’s first ...
Whether it’s the pipe-smoking sleuth or his loyal friend Watson, these stories never get old. I love diving into the ranked list of Holmes adaptations because each one brings something fresh.
The trademark Meerschaum pipe - on which Holmes would puff while pondering the intricacies of his latest case - has succumbed to the anti-smoking campaigners.