EXCLUSIVE: Rathbone - celebrated by many as the 'real' Holmes - has told how Sherlock was a curse that ruined his credibility as an actor ...

Sherlock Holmes can be old-school, punk, steampunk, or just a boor with great cheekbones. He’s survived silent films, ...

Sherlock Holmes’s extraordinary deductions would be impossible without the optical technologies of the 19th century Jimmy Stamp Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson (image ...

"I can't bear books about Sherlock Holmes," Ronald Knox said. He was wearily rejecting a request from a publisher 30 years after he had written an essay called "Studies in the Literature of ...

Basil Rathbone, left, starred as Sherlock Holmes in 14 movies, always with Nigel Bruce, right, playing the faithful Dr. Watson.

The Royal Mint has designed a new Sherlock Holmes 50p coin which features lettering so small it requires a magnifying glass to read it.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa , to British parents.

A Manhattan divorce lawyer took a page right out of Sherlock Holmes in court Wednesday, when he pulled out a large magnifying glass and used it to blow a hole in his opponent’s case.

Basil Rathbone (1892-1967): Thanks to the greater reach of movies and radio, he took over as the actor most identified with Holmes in the 1930s and '40s.

EXCLUSIVE: Rathbone - celebrated by many as the 'real' Holmes - has told how Sherlock was a curse that ruined his credibility as an actor British actor Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes The Hound ...