What’s the last book you read? “Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, by Christopher Sandford. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is my favorite author of all time. I ...

Portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, c.1925 © Conan Doyle is most famous as the inventor of Sherlock Holmes, but he had a varied career as a writer, journalist and ...

“It’s elementary, my dear Watson.” Those words by Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved character, are ingrained in the literary conscience, right up there with “April is the cruelest ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 125 years ago to this week, dismissed Dr WG Grace. Most of us do not write a poem about the favourite wicket we have taken, but the inventor of Sherlock Holmes can be forgiven ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1923 U.S. tour was devoted entirely to promoting spiritualism and communication with the dead. Cincinnatians sold out the Emery Theatre to hear the famous author. “Yes, it was ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a British writer and physician. He is the brilliant mind behind the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle birth anniversary is celebrated on May 22 each ...

In 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first full-length detective mystery novel, "A Study in Scarlet," in London's paperback magazine, Beeton's Christmas Annual. In it, he introduced readers ...

On January 25, 1925, a prisoner was released from Peterhead jail in Scotland. Concealed beneath his dentures, so the prison authorities could not find it, was an urgent note from a fellow convict. It ...

Sherlock Holmes, a character created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his 23 book collection, is probably one of the most well known fictional characters of all time, portrayed in movie re-makes by ...

Like many of his fans, Lucy Worsley has always had a bit of a crush on Sherlock Holmes. Bookish, fiendishly clever, bohemian, a bit antisocial, what's not to love? But she has never been so keen on ...

On Wednesday, it was revealed that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate is suing Netflix for copyright infringement over the Enola Holmes film, set to premiere on the streaming service this September.

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 ...