thenorwoodbuilder:

Sherlock Holmes in stamps.

bakerstreetbabes:

holmesosis:

Inspired by Sarah’s icon: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s moustache.  

Let’s be honest:

The man knows how to rock a ‘stache.

afrogeekgoddess:

CW for mentions of blood and gore.

sophistory:

“But Sherlock Holmes never hates it when he’s right!”

• Without a word Holmes hurried to a carriage, and during the long seven miles’ drive he never opened his mouth. Seldom have I seen him so utterly despondent. He had been uneasy during all our journey from town, and I had observed that he had turned over the morning papers with anxious attention, but now this sudden realization of his worst fears left him in a blank melancholy. He leaned back in his seat, lost in gloomy speculation.

  — The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Holmes upon being proven right about the case by way of the death of his client.

“But Watson would never flinch at a grisly scene!”

• “That’s better!” said he. “And now, Doctor, perhaps you would kindly attend to my thumb, or rather to the place where my thumb used to be.”
  
  He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand. It gave even my hardened nerves a shudder to look at it. There were four protruding fingers and a horrid red, spongy surface where the thumb should have been. It had been hacked or torn right out from the roots.
  
  “Good heavens!” I cried, “this is a terrible injury. It must have bled considerably.”

  — The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb

• The key being turned, however, the hole was not entirely closed. Sherlock Holmes bent down to it and instantly rose again with a sharp intaking of the breath.
  
  “There is something devilish in this, Watson,” said he, more moved than I had ever before seen him. “What do you make of it?”
  
  I stooped to the hole and recoiled in horror. Moonlight was streaming into the room, and it was bright with a vague and shifty radiance. Looking straight at me and suspended, as it were, in the air, for all beneath was in shadow, there hung a face — the very face of our companion Thaddeus. There was the same high, shining head, the same circular bristle of red hair, the same bloodless countenance.

  — The Sign of Four

“But Johnny Lee Miller’s English accent is so fake!”

• 

“But LONDON - !!”

• Cases in ACD canon that take place in London: 31
• Cases in ACD canon that take place outside London: 29

ok? ok.

ghostbees:

Doyle was also rather good at solving real life mysteries.

holmesosis:

thenorwoodbuilder:

“I’m a bit of a single-stick expert, as you know. I took most of them on my guard. It was the second man that was too much for me.”

Arthur Conan Doyle, The adventure of the illustrious client

Single-stick fighting DOES exist!

‘Speak softly and carry a big stick,’ has new meaning for me now. 

ppworkspace:

meeting for ACD books Holmes&Watson

brothermycroft:

Tomorrow is the day of the Judicial Review to see whether Undershaw (the former home of Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes) can be saved.

We desperately need all the support we can get.

You can help by:

1) Checking out the website: www.saveundershaw.com

2) ‘Liking’ us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saveundershaw

3) Following us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/Save_Undershaw (There are lots of things to retweet, and we’re trying to get #SaveUndershaw trending, too.)

4) Watching and ‘liking’ the campaign video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIXNyL7tng0&feature=player_embedded

5) Reblogging this message!

Thank you in advance for your support. We will try our very best.

(Apologies for the ridiculous amount of tags, but it’s the only way to spread the message widely across Tumblr.)

ghostbees:

Nobody hates Holmes like Sir Arthur hates Holmes.

findingsherlock:

From the Bruce-Partington Plans:

“The cunning dog has covered his tracks,” said he. “He has left nothing to incriminate him. His dangerous correspondence has been destroyed or removed. This is our last chance.”

It was a small tin cash-box which stood upon the writing-desk. Holmes pried it open with his chisel. Several rolls of paper were within, covered with figures and calculations, without any note to show to what they referred. The recurring words, “water pressure” and “pressure to the square inch” suggested some possible relation to a submarine. Holmes tossed them all impatiently aside. There only remained an envelope with some small newspaper slips inside it. He shook them out on the table, and at once I saw by his eager face that his hopes had been raised.

“What’s this, Watson? Eh? What’s this? Record of a series of messages in the advertisements of a paper. Daily Telegraph agony column by the print and paper. Right-hand top corner of a page. No dates—but messages arrange themselves. 

Um … .  worst covering of tracks ever.

sigtryggr:

So I started reading The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (which is narrated by Holmes) and this happened.

I had to.

One of these days I’ll draw something that’s either a) good or b) not stupid fanart. 

duod:

More sketches,

special dedication to ohhhmanchester.

elina-elsu:

kuuttamo:

kuuttamo:

Dr. Watson’s inner monologue by elina-elsu and HarrietKaarre

These are parts 3,9,12,19,24 and 29, my favourites, thought it was really hard to pick. THERE’S MORE! Please take a moment to view the rest of these lovely things at HarrietKaarre’s gallery.

Reblogging because I love this to bits!

Aw, thanks for the comments :3 Katri and I think it’s awesome people still link this around.

elina-elsu:

tubbsen:

Belated happy birthday wishes to Elina!! ♥ I stole Holmes’s floppy hair from you and Katri’s drawings, hope you don’t mind.

I—-I….aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwghhhh11111!!

I love it ;___________;

Thank you Tubbs, uhuhuhuhuhu <3333333333

elina-elsu:

A picture inspired by the end of Charles Augustus Milverton

kovalaris:

Raymond Massey (1931), Douglas Wilmer (1964), Vasily Livanov (1979), Jeremy Brett (1984) vs “the speckled band”