Sherlock Holmes would have unravelled the case in a heartbeat. Yet so far there is no explanation as to why the estate of the fictional detective’s creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has failed to fight a lawsuit in the US that could leave it out of pocket.
Sunday 21 July 2013
Just make sure you don't mention 'Broadchurch'
Friday 24 May 2013
The Sherlock Holmes franchise has been assiduously exploited on the written page, on stage, cinema and TV ever since A Study in Scarlet announced the arrival of the world’s greatest detective back in 1887.
Sunday 12 May 2013
Pointless host: 'Why should your background be held against you?'
Monday 15 April 2013
Endeavour, Sun, ITV / Isaac Newton: The Last, Magician, Fri, BBC2
Tuesday 12 February 2013
Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman could still be playing the successful sleuths in 20 years if the show's co-creator Mark Gatiss gets his way.
Wednesday 23 January 2013
Doctor Who and Sherlock go head to head tonight for some of the biggest prizes at the National Television Awards.
Tuesday 08 January 2013
See the nominations in full
Monday 07 January 2013
At 28, Simon Rich is the hottest property in Hollywood. Sarah Hughes meets him
Tuesday 18 December 2012
The writer says casting a new actor as Matthew Crawley would 'not be right'
Friday 23 November 2012
Spoiler alert: this column not only discloses crucial details about the denouement of Ian Rankin's latest novel. It identifies the murderer in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap - now celebrating its 60th birthday on the West End stage. So, if you genuinely care enough, au revoir and hasta la vista.
Wednesday 24 October 2012
The American remake of British drama Sherlock will be extended into a 22 episode season to be broadcast on CBS.
Wednesday 24 October 2012
An enigma has been solved in a most ingenious way – the solver cutting through the preconceptions of fuzzier minds and delivering the solution with a flourish. What was inexplicable has been unfolded and smoothed flat. Impossible knots have been deftly loosed and unravelled.
Sunday 19 August 2012
Out of America: The guardians of Raymond Chandler's estate have authorised a Booker winner to bring the author's hero back to life
Tuesday 17 July 2012
A publisher of adult fiction is giving literary classics such as Jane Eyre and Pride And Prejudice an erotic makeover.
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