Arthur Conan Doyle

Faithful photographic reproduction of Edvard Munch's painting, "Self-Portrait with Spanish Flu."

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The influence of the 1918 flu pandemic is an undercurrent that runs through many works of the period.

A Sip of Sherlock

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British show runner describes thought process behind hit reboot of Sherlock Holmes

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The evolution of Sherlock Holmes

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Robert Downey Jr., who stars in the new movie “Sherlock Holmes,” takes on the iconic role — how he compares to other great Holmes of the past.

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Julian Barnes: The Sense of an Ending

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Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending follows the thoughts of an unreliable narrator in his 60s trying to reconstruct events and feelings from his youth.

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The Curious Incident of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the British writer who created the detective Sherlock Holmes. Charles Rzepka, a Professor of English at Boston University joins The Takeaway.