The Washington Post, January 11th, 2004
WHAT: Tracing the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes; his colleague and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. WHY NOW: Because as devotees of Holmes -- "the world's first and still most famous consulting detective" -- have collectively deduced, he was born Jan. 6, 1854, thus making 2004 his sesquicentennial celebration. SHERLOCKIAN SITES: The exact site of Holmes's 221B Baker St. residence remains a matter of debate. Because the entire Portman Square neighborhood in which it was located was reduced to rubble in World War II, the "modern" world of Sherlock Ho...
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