I must admit that I never thought I would be featuring and article by a punk rocker in this magazine. But Shane Baldwin’s confessions about his love of Sherlock Holmes serve to underline the thruth that Holmes reaches those parts that other characters fail to reach.

A recent personal experience further confirmed this fact to me... it struck me that here were three strangers from different cultures and backgrounds conversing as though we were old friends, bonded by Arthur Conan Doyle’s magical character... 

Contents

1. I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE 
   The News and Views Column
2. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES 
   The Young Sherlock Holmes film, reviewed by David Stuart Davies
3. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
   Roger Forsdyke tells a ghastly tale of Victorian crime and criminals
4. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
   The Greek Interpreter
5. A STUDY IN CELLULOID 
   Producer of Granada Television’s Sherlock Holmes series continues his fascinating behind-the-scenes story
6. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
   Martin Edwards analyses the cool and collected Adam Dalgleish
7. WATSON’S JOTTINGS 
   John Hall bids farewell to Watson in the last instalment of his look at the life and character of Sherlock Holmes’ trusted friend and chronicler
8. HUME AND AWAY 
   Roger Johnson takes a look at author Fergus Hume, whose first novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was the best-selling crime story of the 19th century
9. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
   Pat Ward with the latest from the USA
10. SHERLOCK IN SUSSEX 
    News of the forthcoming Crowborough Festival
11. THE PUZZLE OF THE INNOCENT 
    Another mystery from The Darke Chronicles by A L Blake 
12. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The Review Section
13. SHERLOCK HOLMES - PRINCE OF DETECTIVES? 
    Paul M Chapman raises a controversial question
14. SCARLET THREADS 
    Gaynor Coules reads Frances Fyfield’s Murder Most Legal in her regular look at contemporary crime writers
15. CONFESSIONS OF A SHERLOCKIAN PUNK ROCKER 
    Shane Baldwin confesses to his love of Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation
16. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley considers some classic crimes
17. SOCIETIES FORUM 
    Conducted by Roger Johnson with Simon Smyth on The Fratton Lodgers
18. LISTEN TO THE CLUES
    Professor Jeffrey Richards on the radio detectives
19. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS