Doyle’s childhood home becomes special-needs school

From The Herald:
The childhood home of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle has been rescued and transformed to house children with special needs.
The neglected cottage and garden adjacent to the Cameron Toll shopping centre in Edinburgh, where the author reputedly saw his first fairies, will be home to Dunedin School for educationally fragile children.
The cottage, [...]

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Texas Radio Theatre offers up “Red-Headed League” for download

The Texas Radio Theatre Company is gearing up for a new production of “The Final Problem,” and it has spawned some real generosity on their part – they’re gradually releasing recordings of their previous Holmes productions in MP3 format. Here’s their 2002 performance of “The Red-Headed League.” It’s a full-cast recording, in front of a [...]

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