Trifles
You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? A weekly discussion podcast about the details in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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- 13
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 15, 2026
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Episode 508 – £1000 (opens the original)
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“A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!” [BLUE]<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="394" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kv1f!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi
Episode 507 - Watson, Lomax, and the Goodly Volume (opens the original)
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“departed to my rooms with a goodly volume under my arm” [ILLU]<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1063" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PR-i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto
Episode 506 - A Study in Pink (opens the original)
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Episode 505 - I Met Harry Murcher (opens the original)
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“him who has the Holland Grove beat” [STUD]<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="402" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yf5t!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progres
Trifling Trifles #14 - Watson’s Cases (opens the original)
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Watson was involved in almost all of the 60 stories we consider part of the Sherlock Holmes canon. There was a single one in which he doesn’t make an appearance.If you had to hazard a guess as to how many cases Watson was responsible for bringing to Sherlock Holmes’s attention, what would you say that number is?The answer awaits... Get all Trifling Trifles episodes here.<a class="button primary" href="https://tr
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