It seems these days that anniversaries are around every corner. In this issue we celebrate two. Gavin Collinson in his in-depth feature for Sherlock on Screen pays tribute to Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror the first of the Universal modernised Holmes movies of the forties starring Basil Rathbone. 

He reminds us that this somewhat englected treasure is celebrating its diamond anniversary this summer.In connection with that film and more particularly its start, I was reminded that 13 June sees the anniversary of the birth of Basil Rathbone. One hundred and ten years ago, this most potent of Sherlockian actors and icons was born. Certainly he was the man who brought me to Sherlock Holmes... 

Contents

1. CREATION OF A LEGEND 
   Paul M Chapman examines the many guieses of Sherlock Holmes
2. THE SHERLOCKS 
   Mike Ripley spills the beans on the nominees for this year’s prestigious detective fiction awards
3. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
   Roger Forsdyke gets very naughty in his analysis of morality in Victorian times
4. BODY OF EVIDENCE 
   Calum McLeod looks at the gothic horror novels of John Connolly
5. SHERLOCK ON SCREEN 
   Gavin Collinson tunes in to The Voice of Terror starring Basil Rathbone
6. CUSHING’S TREASURES 
   Tony Earnshaw and Paul M Chapman open up the chest of Peter Cushing’s Sherlock gems
7. MONSIEUR ZENITH THE ALBINO 
   Jess Nevins on the master criminal who is whiter than white
8. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
   A look at The Bruce-Partington Plans which first appeared in the Strand in December 1908
9. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MEDICANT’S FACE 
   A new Sherlock Holmes mystery by M J Elliott
10. TELLY ’TECS 
    Roger Forsdyke goes undercover to expose NCS Manhunt, starring David Suchet as Detective Inspector Borne
11. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The review section
12. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley gets familiar with the great detectives
13. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    Martin Edwards introduces Inspector Stephen Ramsay, the creation of crime novelist Ann Cleeves
14. NEWS DESK
15. MYSTERY: CAUGHT IN THE NET 
    Surfing the Web for detective and crime sites with Bob Byrne
16. SOCIETIES FORUM 
    Conducted by Roger Johnson with The Watsonians illuminated by Susan Z Diamond
17. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS