PC Gamer (US Edition)

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There are lots of things I want to do in a Sherlock Holmes game. I want to recline indolently in an opioid haze; to steeple my fingers and examine shirt cuffs. What I never want, however, is to stop being Holmes and instead control a reeking urchin t

Woman

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David Tennant stars as Phileas Fogg in this new adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel. Phileas is joined on his voyage by sidekick Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma) and journalist Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch).  The cookery show returned earlier this year afte

WHO

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In the raunchy period drama about King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Dormer was first to get the chop as Anne Boleyn. As Margaery Tyrell in the fantasy epic, she had Cersei (Lena Headey) on her toes for a while before meeting an explosive end

Time Magazine International Edition

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WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SELL A SCRIPT, THE NAME Sherlock Holmes evidently helps. Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Ian McKellen and Jonny Lee Miller have all played versions of the character in the past decade, and last year’s Netflix hit Enola

Country Life

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Planning a Dickens dinner party is an enjoyable mental game. John Jarndyce and Miss Betsey Trotwood would be excellent hosts. Could Mr Fezziwig lighten the heart of ‘the lone lorn creetur' Mrs Gummidge with his jollity? Sydney Carton would be a good

PC Gamer

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The great dry spell continues this month – big budget releases remain few and far between, with the handful that were scheduled already frantically delayed to later in the year and beyond. But as with last issue, it certainly doesn’t mean there’s not

Total Film

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SHERLOCK AT THIS! MORI-ARTFUL ARTH-DECENT SEE WATSON ELSEWHERE SIGN OF THE BORE MOVIE OF THE MONTH WHY MILLIE BOBBY BROWN’S ENOLA IS A TRUE DETECTIVE

Pretoria News Weekend

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MILLIE Bobby Brown makes a high-spirited leading-role movie debut in Enola Holmes, which on paper might sound like a starchy exercise in feminist revisionism, but winds up executing that agenda with wit, pacey storytelling and an overarching mood of

SFX

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UK/US Netflix, streaming from 26 March ▶ Creator Tom Bidwell ▶ Cast Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw, Jojo Macari, McKell David, Harrison Osterfield, Royce Pierreson EPISODES 1.01-1.08 “Sherlock Holmes is a wanker!” It’s not the sort of line you usually he

NPR

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This bright and breezy Netflix adaptation of a YA novel finds Millie Bobbie Brown starring as the brilliant, fourth-wall-busting little sister of Sherlock Holmes.

TIME

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WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SELL A SCRIPT, THE NAME Sherlock Holmes evidently helps. Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Ian McKellen and Jonny Lee Miller have all played versions of the character in the past decade, and last year’s Netflix hit Enola

Total Girl

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Catch Millie as Enola Holmes in a fun mystery-adventure set in 1884. You’re probably thinking, ‘Hmmm, Holmes sounds very familiar’, and that’s because Enola is the young sister of Sherlock Holmes, the world famous detective. Looks like Sherlock is up

People

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You costarred in Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. Now you’re Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Any other famous duos you’d like to portray? FERRELL The Wright brothers. It’s always a solid idea. REILLY Yes, Orville and Wilbur Wright. You want

Empire Australasia

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OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT M / 123 MINS DIRECTOR Harry Bradbeer CAST Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill Well-intentioned if sometimes simplistic, Millie Bobby Brown’s feminist spin on Sherlock Holmes is often sweet, family fun. The Stranger Things s

The Atlantic

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The BBC show seems to have difficulty fitting female characters into its universe. But it isn’t Arthur Conan Doyle’s fault.

History Revealed

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In the 1870s, postal workers in the Belgian city of Liege attempted to train 37 cats to deliver the mail (fastened around their necks in waterproof bags). The experiment was not a success: the cats just wandered off. In 1903, Sherlock Holmes creator

Who Do You Think You Are?

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a 221b Baker Street, London NW1 6XE t 020 7224 3688 w sherlock-holmes.co.uk Find out more about the world’s most famous detective at his home, which includes a real-life version of the study described in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. ■

PC Gamer

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There are lots of things I want to do in a Sherlock Holmes game. I want to recline indolently in an opioid haze; to steeple my fingers and examine shirt cuffs. What I never want, however, is to stop being Holmes and instead control a reeking urchin t

BBC History Magazine

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I co-wrote Ruling the World as Black Lives Matter protesters were highlighting the British empire’s racism. I wanted to see what the ideals of the men who actually governed the empire were. Alan tells the story of the men who ran the British empire o

Chat

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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet opens with a street scuffle that leads to a duel between Benvolio and which member of the Capulet family? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded sq

The Atlantic

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This article contains spoilers through the most recent episode of Sherlock, “The Lying Detective.” Last week, writing about the first episode of the fourth season of Sherlock, “The Six Thatchers,” I complained about the treatment of women in Steven M

World Coin News

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The Royal Mint will be commemorating 160 years since the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with a coin dedicated to his most famous creation – the detective Sherlock Holmes. The sleuth’s profile, complete with pipe and deerstalker will appear on a 50p

Saturday Star

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MILLIE Bobby Brown makes a high-spirited leading-role movie debut in Enola Holmes, which on paper might sound like a starchy exercise in feminist revisionism, but winds up executing that agenda with wit, pacey storytelling and an overarching mood of

SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Titan Comics Writer Lavie Tidhar Artist Paul McCaffrey ISSUES 1-3 Bringing to mind a “League Of Extraordinary Gentlewomen”, Adler’s cast of classic, mostly Victorian characters means it explores a well-worn furrow, but Lav

Chat

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Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston return as AC-12 regulars Superintendent Ted Hastings, DI Kate Fleming and DS Steve Arnott in the much-anticipated sixth series of the police corruption drama. The seven-parter also stars Trainspotting

Los Angeles Times

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In the rare moments when the mystery spoof "Holmes & Watson" clicks, the movie is like a cross between a raunchy '80s comedy and a Daffy Duck cartoon. As super-detective Sherlock Holmes, Will Ferrell is just like Daffy, the overconfident hero, bluste

History Revealed

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The family name was originally ‘Brunty’, but Patrick assumed ‘Brontë’ (meaning thunder in Greek) while studying at the University of Cambridge – potentially as a nod to Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronté To make ends meet while in Brussels, Emily gave three

Womankind

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When Patrick Brontë died at age 84, he outlived his wife and six children by decades. Born ‘Brunty’, Patrick changed his surname in adulthood to the more intriguing ‘Brontë’ complete with the diaeresis over the letter ‘e’. The motivation, thought his

Stamp Collector

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Perhaps the most well known fictional detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes was created by physician-turned-author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Since then, the character’s crime stories have been told countless times, in books, on stage, televisi

Los Angeles Times

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A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell and she's going to win the Iron Throne. Throughout "Game of Thrones," Arya (Maisie Williams) has shown zero interest in ruling Westeros or the games people play in the name of gaining political power. Instead, her f