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Doyly Planet - 27 June 2026 Subscriber access

Scholar School - lesson 1What is Holmesology?by Benoit Guilielmo 

Quiz 2026 - No. 32 • The “Interprète grec” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Jean Leckie (Conan Doyle)

Doyly Planet - 26 June 2026 Subscriber access

Sherlock Live 2026The Sixth Wavean escape game on Lake Geneva

TheatreWho WantsSherlock Holmes Dead?From July 4 to 25at the Théâtre des Brunes in Avignon • Short storyBernard Quiriny and Sherlock Holmes • Quiz 2026 - No. 31 • The “Interprète grec” puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Wishbone • Ernest Torrence • Alexis Barquin

Doyly Planet - 25 June 2026 Subscriber access

GamesEskape on newsstandsA Sherlockian escape game on paper

Sherlock Holmes arrivesin Clue/Cluedo! • Quiz 2026 - No. 30 • The “Interprète grec” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Sadi Carnot • Plaque at Meiringen • Athole Stewart • Faith Kent

Doyly Planet - 24 June 2026 Subscriber access

Reading Challenge 30The Greek InterpreterThe Granada adaptationreviewed by Monique Claisse (part 2)

Quiz 2026 - No. 29 • The “Interprète grec” puzzle2 points for each correct answer and -3 for each wrong answer. • The Conan Doyle family • Statue in Edinburgh • Plaque in Plymouth • Eli Wallach • James Grout • Henry Ward Beecher • Paul Winchell

Doyly Planet - 23 June 2026 Subscriber access

Reading Challenge 30The Greek InterpreterThe Granada adaptationreviewed by Monique Claisse (part 1)

Quiz 2026 - No. 28 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Nigel Stock • Patrick Macnee • Peter Falk

Doyly Planet - 22 June 2026 Subscriber access

Billy Wilder

TV game showEveryone Wants to Take Their Place on France 2Six questions about Sherlock Holmes • Theatre in Englandat Bingley Little Theatre, near BradfordThe Valley of Fear • June Reading Challenge postponedIt will take place on July 1 • Quiz 2026 - No. 27 • The “Father’s Day” puzzle2 points for each correct answer.

Doyly Planet - 21 June 2026 Subscriber access

Father's DayDaddy Sherlock!Did the detective have children?

Quiz 2026 - No. 26 • The “Father’s Day” puzzle10 points for the correct answer. • Maggie Jones • Ivor Salter

Doyly Planet - 20 June 2026 Subscriber access

TheatreHis Girl WatsonWhen Dr Watson leads the investigation

GameNew Unlock! Short AdventureThe Way of the Sword • Quiz 2026 - No. 25 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Cami • Ronald Hines

Doyly Planet - 19 June 2026 Subscriber access

“Cult” filmThe Hound of the Baskervillesby Terence Fisherby Gérard Mangin

The president’s fine stories...Dr Watson’s bookScenes of Bohemian Life • Quiz 2026 - No. 24 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for each correct answer. • Sir James Matthew Barrie • Harry Arthur Saintsbury • Plaque at Riffelalp, Zermatt, Switzerland

Doyly Planet - 18 June 2026 Subscriber access

June 18, 1815The Battle of Waterlooin Conan Doyle's work

The comic in which Napoleon won!Waterloo 1911When Sherlock Holmes encounters the ghosts of the British Empire • Quiz 2026 - No. 23 • The “Greek Interpreter” puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Terence Fisher • Nick Tate • Michael Sheard • Da Fonseca • Ethel Barrymore • Roger Delgado • Kim Dickens • Carleton Hobbs

Doyly Planet - 17 June 2026 Subscriber access

GameHearth & HolmesYou manage Sherlock Holmeslike a Tamagotchi

Quiz 2026 - No. 22 • The "Greek Interpreter" puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Carlyle Blackwell • Alwin Neuss • George Edalji

Doyly Planet - 16 June 2026 Subscriber access

Russian musical showElementary, Hudson!The Case of the Hound B.

Quiz 2026 - No. 21 • The "du Prez" puzzle3 points for the correct answer. • Stan Laurel • Michael Culver • Simon Williams • Reginald Denny • Norman Jones • Ian Buchanan • John Westbrook • Paxton Whitehead

Doyly Planet - 15 June 2026 Subscriber access

Heritage in South NorwoodThe property development threateningConan Doyle's former home is rejected

AuctionThe forgotten archives of Conan Doyle's Spiritualist bookshop • Conan Doyle and Spiritualism:A passion of his later years • Quiz 2026 - No. 20 • The "Rathbone" puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • Léonce Burret • Piet Bambergen • Sally Travers

Doyly Planet - 14 June 2026 Subscriber access

Jorge Luis Borges

Born June 14, 1956Elena Safonovaby Oksana Shishkina-Korolenko • Quiz 2026 - No. 19 • The Sunday puzzle2 points for the correct answer. • G. K. Chesterton • Clare Greet • Henry Mancini • Jerome K. Jerome • Paul Klinger • Roland de Lassus

Doyly Planet - 13 June 2026 Subscriber access

Born June 13, 1892Basil Rathboneby Stephen Almaseanu

Born June 13, 1893Dorothy L. Sayersby Stephen Almaseanu • Quiz 2026 - No. 18 • The "Red-Headed League" puzzle3 points for each correct answer. • Malcolm McDowell • Jonathan Adams • Simon Callow • Arnulf Schröder • Aaron Johnson • Ian Hunter • Juris Strenga

Doyly Planet - 12 June 2026 Subscriber access

Musical“Elementary, My Dear!”has had middle and high schools singing since 2018

Quiz 2026 – no. 17 • “The Red-Headed League” question2 points for a correct answer. • Peter Jones • Mary Louise Conan Doyle • Sam de Grasse • Rosalie Williams • Meg Lemonnier

Doyly Planet - 11 June 2026 Subscriber access

PasticheSarah Perry writes two Sherlock Holmes storiesThe Vanished Hand in bookshops this autumn

The Essex Serpent • Quiz 2026 – no. 16 • “The Red-Headed League” question3 points for a correct answer. • Hugh Laurie • Gene Wilder • Ron Moody • Richard Todd

Doyly Planet - 10 June 2026 Subscriber access

DialetheismCrime is common. Logic is rare. (COPP)by Benoit Guilielmo

Quiz 2026 – no. 15 • “The Red-Headed League” question3 points for each correct answer. • Шерлокъ Хольмсъ 1907 • Tenniel Evans • Eddie Marsan • George Scott

Doyly Planet - 9 June 2026 Subscriber access

StudyConan Doyle and the Scottish Arctic whalerby Juliette Pochelu

June 9, 1971They Might Be Giantswas released in the United States • Quiz 2026 – no. 14 • “The Red-Headed League” question2 points for the correct answer. • High Moorland Visitor Centre • Johnny Depp • Alan Adair • Eddie Marsan • Patrick Monckton

Doyly Planet - 8 June 2026 Subscriber access

HeritageSir Arthur's house under threatat 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood

Quiz 2026 – no. 13 • “The Red-Headed League” question3 points for the correct answer. • Colin Baker • George Sand • Edward Greathed • Connie Doyle Hornung