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Alexander C. Jung

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Holmesian (DSHG, JHWS 'Karl', SHSL, BoT, SCG '11-14-1895', TLA, ACDS), Historian and City archivist

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THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2025 IS LIVE

Three issues - a Sword & Planet special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...

The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus stories will be added to this year's issues!

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13.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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The Watsonian Weekly: November 25, 2024 -- Watson Shows Up On CBS. Watson Goes Off On Jones. A little bit of news on CBS Watson and a whole lot of reporting on Sherlock & Co. Watson and that fills an hour. Enjoy!

Another hour of John Watson chat, with many mentions of Sherlock Holmes, of course!
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25.11.2024 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Rise of the Unreal and Sherlock Holmes As a few of you might have noticed, I sometimes play around with a podcast called Sherlock Holmes Is Real . The title itself comes from the...

Times change. Sherlock Holmes . . . well, he tends to fit in regardless.
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26.11.2024 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The 5 Most Chilling Sherlock Holmes Stories That Are Not โ€˜The Hound of the Baskervillesโ€™ The moody world of Sherlock Holmes tends to exist in our minds a certain way; wrapped in a perpetual fog and gaslight of Victorian London. And yet, the most famous Sherlock Holmes book, The Hound oโ€ฆ

This is an interesting take. What do you think?

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25.11.2024 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sherlock: Every Canon Reference You May Have Missed in Bbc's Series 1-3 a book by Valerie Estelle Frankel BBC's Sherlock has brought the classic adventures into brilliant life-fans across the world are delighting in every moment. But more is hidden within the episodes for the more serious fans-nonstop hin...

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24.11.2024 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Since I sing in a shanty choir myself, I'm very interested in the topic and I collect everything I can get my hands on. Will your dissertation appear in print, and if so, is there a publication date yet?

Best regards, Alex

18.11.2024 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear Mollie,

I've been listening to the Mariner's Mirror Podcast for a long time and have been waiting just as long for another episode on the topic of shanties or an episode on Stan Hugill.
I'm halfway through the current episode and really enjoying it!

18.11.2024 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Last Shantyman: The Remarkable Maritime Life of Stan Hugill - SNR Stan Hugill was known in his lifetime as the โ€˜Last Working Shantymanโ€™ and became a guardian of the tradition of maritime music. Stan had a colourful and eventful life. He spent 23 years at sea includi...

As my inaugural post here at my new social media home on Bluesky, I thought Iโ€™d share this short podcast that has just been released.

If youโ€™d like to hear me witter on about shanties for a while, then do give it a listen!

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18.11.2024 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterday's delivery
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06.10.2024 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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15.04.2024 06:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Episode 378 โ€“ B Is for Biscuit โ€œone of biscuitsโ€ย [GLOR]ย  It's not often we find ourselves with a Muppets crossover, but after stumbling across a few trifling references in the Sherlock Holmes stories, we began to think about the Cookie Monster in Baker Street. Of course, there wereโ€ฆ
28.03.2024 05:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Holmes Fest 2024 A celebration of the life and times of Arthur Conan Doyle and his greatest creation, Sherlock Holmes in Portsmouth

As part of my celebration of Portsmouth writers, on 18th Feb I'm putting on Holmes Fest, a celebration of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, whom he created in Portsmouth. It's going to be fun, and you are welcome to come along. Please repost this and spread the word! bit.ly/HolmesFest2024

03.02.2024 10:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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It was #OTD - Dec 4, 1985 - that YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES opened in the USA, with Nicholas Rowe as Sherlock Holmes, Alan Cox as Watson, Sophie Ward as Elizabeth Hardy and Anthony Higgins as Prof Rathe. The film featured the first use of a fully CGI character in a major motion picture.

04.12.2023 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One podcast down, one to go! Masons abundant!
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27.11.2023 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Another unbelievable new episode of Sherlock Holmes Is Real has been loosed upon the world. You can't stop the signal! The Thistle Killer leaves a trail of thistles across London and Watson's cameras are on it!
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27.11.2023 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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