Many of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories examine male characters facing emotional catastrophe, betrayal and moral dilemmas.

Walking through Edinburgh’s West End, early one winter morning, I spied a familiar face. The unmistakable features of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looked down upon me from an impressive Victorian town house ...

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 ...

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 ...

Few literary characters have staying power that can match Sherlock Holmes. Since his debut in a short story over 130 years ago, tales of the detective’s almost superhuman ability to solve mysteries - ...

The tumultuous story behind the story of Sherlock Holmes is the subject of an engrossing new exhibition and catalogue produced by the Grolier Club, comprising 221 objects from the extraordinary ...

To fans of Sherlock Holmes, the setup feels familiar: A wealthy spinster is bludgeoned to death in her Glasgow dining room one foggy night while her maid is out buying the evening newspaper. The ...

Indian National Award-winning helmer Srijit Mukherji (“Chotushkone”) will direct a British-Indian co-production on Arthur Conan Doyle that blends the Sherlock Holmes creator’s real-life crusade to ...

Arthur Conan Doyle is the latest literary figure to appear to have written a “lost” manuscript. It’s certainly been a good year for them. First came the news of “Go Set a Watchman,” the first book ...

Sherlock Holmes continues to be a popular IP more than a century after the character was first published. But the best ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a discovery that absolutely deserved to be revealed in time with Sherlock's dark Season 4 ...

The author's heirs come up with a theory that's certain to be controversial to save the famous character from the public domain. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Will they or won't they?