We are fifty! By we I mean the magazine, of course. To reach this number for a specialised magazine in a harsh publishing world is, I think, something of an achievement. It was started just over eleven years ago by Liz Wiggins. I wrote for the magazine from the start and assumed the role of editor when Peter Harkness took over. I first sat in the Editorial chair six years ago with issue 17, and I’ve been at it ever since.

But this year I finally got my wish - to call the magazine SHERLOCK. It’s a title suggesting our homage to Mr Holmes but also using thename generically as a symbol for all detecitves and exciting crime fiction. There are more thoughts on our half century in the magazine... 

Contents

1. THE SHERLOCKS 
   A report from the Sherlock awards at the National Film Theatre
2. ENCOUNTERS WITH EVIL 
   Paul M Chapman investigates Sherlock Holmes and his opponents
3. CARRY ON SLEUTHING 
   Natasha Cooper considers the problem of the series character
4. FROM SILVER BLAZE TO MAYONNAISE 
   Mark Palmer drops in on Holmes pubs and restaurants around the world
5. SHERLOCK 
   Gavin Collinson reviews the latest Holmes movie starring James D’Arcy and Cincent D’Onofrio
6. BODY OF EVIDENCE 
   Calum McCleod walks the streets with John Baker, creator of a distinctly English PI Sam Turner
7. SHERLOCK ON SCREEN 
   Gavin Collinson reviews the screen presentations of Holmes’ drug habit
8. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
   Roger Forsdyke gets in on the Acts as he looks at legislation and law in Victorian times
9. AN INTERVIEW WITH... 
   Mark Campbell talks to Michael Connelly, author of The Black Echo
10. THE RIDDLE OF THE VISITING ANGEL 
    A Luther Darke story by A L Blake
11. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    M J Elliott meets the mysterious Ellery Queen, a celebrated mystery author and solver of impossible crimes
12. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    Our regular review of new detective and crime fiction
13. TELLY ’TECS 
    Chris Senior finds the countryside dead interesting when he wanders around Midsomer Murders
14. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
    A look at The Devil’s Foot, which first appearade in the Strand in December 1910
15. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley gets on his high horse about thrillers
16. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    Pat Ward with the latest from the USA
17. FIFTY - NOT OUT
    David Stuart Davies reminisces
18. SOCIETIES FORUM 
    Conducted by Roger Johnson, with Michael E Bragg on The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn
19. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS