Happy Sherlock Holmes Day!
....yeah, I didn't know either and had to look it up when I saw it elsewhere. Fyi: May 22nd was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday.
Happy #SherlockHolmesDay & birthday to #Edinburgh scribe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, still commemorated with a statue of the great detective close to his family home here our #UNESCO City of Literature, & a nearby pub named after him (the greatest honour a Scotsman can hold!)
Also, Jeremy Brett remains the finest screen incarnation of Holmes. I will brook no arguments on this point!
#Edimbourg #books #livres #SirArthurConanDoyle #JeremyBrett #SherlockHolmes #DetectiveFiction
The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,
And warmly debated the matter;
The Orthodox said that it came from the air,
And the Heretics said from the platter…
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Parable”
/fin
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46299/a-parable-56d22622a1ac9
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #poem #poetry #SherlockHolmesDay #ArthurConanDoyle
The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there, And warmly debated the matter; The Orthodox said that it came from the air, And the Heretics said from the platter. They argued it long and they argued it strong, And I hear they are arguing now; But of all the choice spirits who lived in the…