Martin Davies offers a Christmas guide to not-quite classic fiction Christmas! Dreary outside, cosy inside – what better than to curl up with a good read? And if you’re in the mood for something reassuringly familiar, something rich but not entirely strange, what better than a tale firmly rooted in […]
Tag: Sherlock Holmes
10 Great Conan Doyle Books That Don’t Feature Sherlock Holmes
The best Conan Doyle novels that don’t feature the great sleuth but are still definitely worth reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle often resented the fact that Sherlock Holmes overshadowed his other fiction, and to an extent he was right to do so. He was also a talented author of historical novels, science […]
Five Fascinating Facts about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In honour of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday (he was born on 22 May 1859 – fans of The Smiths may be interested to learn that this was exactly 100 years to the day before Morrissey’s birth), we’re here with five of our favourite fascinating facts about the man who […]