BBC Arts has unveiled two new shows exploring the rich legacy of author Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle came to hate Holmes and killed him off in print only to ...

There are few characters from literature that take on a life of their own but Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyles fictional detective is definitely one of them From his first appearance in 1887 in ...

Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story? Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his most famous creation, consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, after just six years. In ...

Today, nearly seventy years after his death, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is universally associated with his most popular literary creation, Sherlock Holmes. In fact, the hyper-rational detective is such an ...