Amongst the regular articles, issue 23 contained an exclusive interview with top crime novelist PD James, in which she discusses her literary influences. It is also available in the CD-ROM archive of issues 1-40, which can be bought from our online shop.

Contents

1. I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE
   Our round-up of the most recent Sherlockian news
2. JOTTINGS FROM WATSON’S JOURNAL
   John Hall continues to look at the life and character of Doctor John H Watson
3. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES
   Sherlock Speaks! The Return of Sherlock Holmes by David Stuart Davies
4. DAME JEAN CONAN DOYLE
   A personal memoir by Tony Howlett, president of The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
5. A STUDY IN CELLULOID
   Part nine of Michael Cox’s behind-the-scenes look at Granada TV’s Sherlock Holmes series
6. IN THE BEGINNING
   The concluding part of Paul M Chapman’s examination of the early publishing history of Sherlock Holmes
7. THE OTHER DETECTIVES
   Miss Marple is profiled by John Curran
8. A TASTE FOR MURDER
   P D James in conversation with David Stuart Davies
9. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS
   More rantings from the irascible columnist
10. BAKER STREET LETTER BOX 
    We respond to your letters
11. THE ADVENTURE OF THE WHITROW INHERITANCE
    A new Sherlock Holmes story by A L Blake
12. WHAT’S NEW SHERLOCK?
    The review section edited by Kathryn White
13. SCARLET THREADS
    Gaynor Coules looks at the contemporary fiction of PD James
14. A VIEW FROM BAKER STREET
    Part two of a Musical Tour of Sherlockian London by Catherine Cooke
15. SHERLOCK HOLMES: A ROMANTIC HERO?
    By Kathryn White
16. QUIZ THE MASTERMIND
    Your questions answered by our own Sherlockian Mastermind Roger Grimshaw
17. THE DOCTOR’S PAGE
    Glimpses from the other worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle
18. SOCIETIES FORUM
    Conducted by Roger Johnson with Thom Utecht on the Montague Street Lodgers