Doings of Doyle

The fantastic @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social is recording a show on Arthur Conan Doyle on 20 August with Harriet Gilbert, @valmcdermid.bsky.social and our very own @drmjones.bsky.social. Tickets are required but free! Come along if you can!

Always great to talk to @jfmachin.bsky.social, this time about 'Stark Munro'. A very entertaining novel, but definitely something of a curate's egg. Looking forward to digging into his new anthology of Buchan's Strange Stories for @blpublishing.bsky.social which arrived yesterday.

NOW ON YOUTUBE: The Stark Munro Letters (1895), with James Machin, editor of the new Edinburgh University Press edition.

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NEW EPISODE: The Stark Munro Letters (1895), with @jfmachin.bsky.social, editor of the new Edinburgh University Press edition. Chat about: reading the book for the first time, Cullingworth-Budd, controversy and the original ending. Plus Buchan's weird tales. www.doingsofdoyle.com/2025/07/65-s...

Thank you!

WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - All four excellent lectures from this year's Worldwide Doyle series from Portsmouth City Libraries are now live at our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle #ACD #ArthurConanDoyle

NOW ON YOUTUBE: The Story of the Brown Hand (1898) - Dr Hardacre investigates an apparition that is pushing his uncle, a brave Indian army veteran, to his grave... www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5sB...

NEW EPISODE: The Story of the Brown Hand (1898) - #ArthurConanDoyle's unconventional ghost story. Chat about Hound prototypes, Pashtuns, Sir Anthony Dickson Home, Shadwell and disembodied hands... bit.ly/DOD064sn

WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - TONIGHT

#3/4 - 25 June 2025 7pm - Dr Jonathan Cranfield: “Conan Doyle: Marriage and Divorce”

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WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - The annual online lecture series from Portsmouth City Libraries

#4/4 - 3 July 2025 7pm -Sheldon Goldfarb: “Conan Doyle, Misquoter”

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Our very own @drmjones.bsky.social has been doing a thing.

WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - TONIGHT

#2/4 - 11 June 2025 7pm - Clifford Goldfarb: “If Arthur Conan Doyle Met Charles Dickens”

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WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - The annual online lecture series from Portsmouth City Libraries

#3/4 - 25 June 2025 7pm - Dr Jonathan Cranfield: “Conan Doyle: Marriage and Divorce”

wegottickets.com/event/660554

WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - #1/4 TONIGHT

05 June 2025 7pm - Burt Wolder: “Conan Doyle: Adventurous Life, Enduring Memories“

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WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - The annual online lecture series, courtesy of Portsmouth City Council

#2/4 - 11 June 2025 7pm - Clifford Goldfarb: “If Arthur Conan Doyle Met Charles Dickens”

wegottickets.com/event/660553

WORLDWIDE DOYLE 2025 - You can now book for the annual online lecture series provided by Portsmouth City Council.

#1/4 - 05 June 2025 7pm - Burt Wolder: “Conan Doyle: Adventurous Life, Enduring Memories“

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NEW EPISODE: 'The Man from Archangel' (1885). John McVittie is interrupted when two strangers are shipwrecked near his remote coastal estate... Chat about: misanthropes, unreliable narrators, nihilists, whether this really was ACD's favourite, and gun maintenance. bit.ly/DODoyle; bit.ly/DOD063sn

NOW ON YOUTUBE: The Man from Archangel (1885), ACD's tale of a misanthropic lawyer who retreats to the Scottish coast, only to have his solitude shattered by two castaways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=akcn... Show notes: bit.ly/DOD063sn

Good point. Very underrated this one

Born OTD in 1859, doctor, author, campaigner, sportsman, spiritualist, wannabe Viking -
#ArthurConanDoyle. What a life and legacy!

So timely for a story issued in May. But, hey, it’s not unknown for a British Spring!

ACD basically added “he said” to the play dialogue to create the story. Lazy stuff. Not his finest hour.

OTD in 1921, the Coliseum in London held a performance of #ACD's 'The Crown Diamond,' a Sherlock Holmes play he later adapted as 'The Mazarin Stone.' www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

OTD in 1912, the battle of letters between #GeorgeBernardShaw and #ArthurConanDoyle over the Titanic continued to rage. We alluded to the exchanges in Episode 4. www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

This month in 1892, the Strand Magazine first published #ACD's 'The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,' which features some trademark sleuthing about footprints in the snow. www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

OTD in 1884, Cassell's Saturday Journal published #ACD's short story 'The Cabman's Story.' www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

This month in 1897, Pearson's Magazine first published #ACD's 'The Voyage of Copley Banks,' the third of Sharkey tales as featured in Episode 7. www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

OTD in 1899, the Daily Chronicle featured a letter from #ACD criticising the publication of reviews by the same author on the same book in multiple journals. What would he have made of Amazon I wonder… www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

OTD in 1892, the Indianapolis News first published #ACD's 'A Regimental Scandal,' about a Major who is caught cheating at cards. www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...

Jane Annie; or, The Good Conduct Prize - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia Jane Annie; or, the Good Conduct Prize is a play written by J. M. Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle published by Chappell & Co. in may 1893 and premiered at the Savoy Theater on 13 may 1893, until 1st…

OTD in 1893, 'Jane Annie: Or, The Good Conduct Prize,' a comic play by #ACD and J. M Barrie, premiered at the Savoy. George Bernard Shaw said it was the most foolish thing any two individuals could do in public... #notafan www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...