It has always been a feature of Sherlock Holmes that, so vivid is the character, many people mistakenly believe he really lived. When Arthur Conan Doyle wrote ‘The Final Problem’, which seems to culminate in Holmes’s death struggle with his arch nemesis Moriarty, the great British public went into mourning – many seen wearing black arm bands!
But no one could have brought the great consulting detective back to life with greater panache than Stephen Fry. His brilliant narration of ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection’ for Audible has been a complete joy.
London is littered with Sherlockian locations. None is more famous than Holmes’s old home, 221B Baker Street, which is complete with a blue plaque like any other famous resident! Now a museum, you can almost believe that, in the armchair by the fireplace, the great detective his just put down his pipe…
