Birthplace of Sherlock Holmes wants a statue
In the 1880s, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle practiced medicine from a small villa in the city of Portsmouth, and while he was there he created the Great Detective we all cherish to this day. There’s a plaque on that villa that commemorates the birth of Sherlock Holmes, but now residents of Portsmouth are (understandably) ready [...]
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