Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast

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2024-04-29

  The Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1890)

Welcome to Episode 50! This month, we look at a deeply personal work that Conan Doyle suppressed for almost thirty years before reissuing in heavily redacted form, ‘The Surgeon of Gaster Fell’ from 1890. You can the original 1890 version here: https://...
  doingsofdoyle author
2024-03-31

  The Pot of Caviare (1908)

Hello and welcome to Episode 49. This month, we look at a classic Conan Doyle short story, one the author felt was “gloomy but of [his] best” - ‘The Pot of Caviare’ from 1908. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Th...
  doingsofdoyle author
2024-02-29

  The Great Shadow (1892)

This episode, we travel to the Scottish borders at the end of the Napoleonic Wars for Conan Doyle’s 1892 novella The Great Shadow. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Great_Shadow Listen to the podcast below or...
  doingsofdoyle author
2024-01-31

  ACD 2023 - The Year in Review

This episode, we break from our usual format to take a look at the last twelve months in the Doylean universe and make some recommendations of adaptations, events, and publications you may have missed. Apologies to anyone we have left out. So much happ...
  doingsofdoyle author
2023-12-24

  Selecting a Ghost: The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange (1883)

This episode, we return to a different incarnation of Goresthorpe Grange in ‘Selecting A Ghost’ from December 1883. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Selecting_a_Ghost And read the show notes here: https://www.do...
  doingsofdoyle author
2023-11-30

  The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (c.1877)

This episode, we discuss what is believed to be the first story Conan Doyle submitted to a publisher, ‘The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe’ (c.1877). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Haunted_Grange_of_Gorestho...
  doingsofdoyle author
2023-11-15

  The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, with Andrew Lycett

This episode, we welcome to the podcast author, journalist, and biographer Andrew Lycett to talk about his latest book, The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, released in October 2023. The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes (2023) Questing was Sherlock Holmes’s busines...
  doingsofdoyle author
2023-10-29

  The Adventure of the Empty House (1903)

This episode, we return to Baker Street at the same time as Sherlock Holmes. It’s ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’ from September 1903. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Adventure_of_the_Empty_House An audi...
  doingsofdoyle author
2023-09-27

  Something of Themselves, with Sarah LeFanu

This episode, we welcome to the podcast biographer Sarah LeFanu whose wonderful book Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War was released in 2020. About Sarah LeFanu Sarah lives near Bristol in North Somerset and ...
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2023-08-27

  Lot No. 249 (1892)

This episode, we get wrapped up in Conan Doyle’s Mummytastic horror classic, ‘Lot No 249’ (1892). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Lot_No._249 An audiobook version read by Greg Wagland can be found here: https:/...
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