Video: Sherlockian Freeze in Trafalgar Square for Undershaw

The video for our flash mob & more! Take a look!




On April 21st we, in partnership with @ReichenBex, hosted a meet up in support of Save Undershaw (www.saveundershaw.com), which has been trying to save the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and much more. The idea was a flash mob freeze. Around 70 of us gathered onto the National Gallery terrace at 2PM, some holding signs, others in full Sherlockian gear (Victorian & modern alike!), and then froze for five minutes. Tourists and locals alike took notice, were confused, and then were enlightened.

It was an amazing.

Here is some video from the event, as well as an anecdote from two girls who flew all the way from Chicago just to come and support Undershaw. Brilliant, and very touching.

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Episode 24: The Detective and The Woman

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Our very own Amy Thomas talks to Ardy, Jenn and Sarah about her pastiche The Detective and The Woman, originally written for NaNoWriMo 2011.

A short summary: Irene Adler finds herself a widow at thirty-two, wealthy but emotionally broken. At the same time, Sherlock Holmes finds himself unable to return to England after faking his death at Reichenbach Falls and is drawn into an investigation of two men with designs on Irene Adler. The Detective and The Woman throw their lot in together to uncover a dangerous plot. In the process, they meet legendary inventor Thomas Edison and experience life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.

We want to know all! How did she come up with the idea? What was it like writing a pastiche in the cracks of the Canon? How did she go about getting it published? And did she sleep at all during November last year? There's lots of laughter, lots of love for Holmes and Watson, and Amy finally gives her answers to the BSB questions.

The novel is now available from MX Publishing—we’d appreciate it if you got it from our bookshop because that way, you get a great book and we get some pennies towards bandwidth!

In other news, we are hosting a meetup and flashmob in Trafalgar Square on April 21 in support of the Undershaw Preservation Trust—more information and link to RSVP [HERE]. This is in conjunction with AnotherBohemianSoul’s costumed walk on the same day, more about that [HERE]. We hope to see lots of you there!

Also, Wear Sherlock are inviting contributions for a photo montage to raise awareness of the cause—if you want to participate, [HERE]’s how!

The Importance of the Sherlock Fandom

 Original post is on our tumblr, which also has high-res photos: bakerstreetbabes.tumblr.com

28.01.12

To mark the anniversary of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting, brave souls ventured out into the winter winds of London. Full of laughs, smiles, and an enduring love, they gathered outside the famous door and proclaimed their support for The Great Consulting Detective

The Sherlock Holmes Anniversary Meetup 2012 in London had over 50 people who Believed in Sherlock Holmes. They also want you to Save Undershaw, the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

You can find out more about this meet up and others at sherlock-meetup.livejournal.com

Help to save Undershaw by visiting The Undershaw Preservation Trust at www.saveundershaw.com

From Ardy:

So I come home on the Sunday night after this meetup, exhausted and floating on emotions, and this photoset has a lot of notes. Like, A LOT.

I don’t even know what to say. One month ago, some friends were saying we should have another London meetup for Holmes-met-Watson Day, so I went “well, if no one else does it, I’ll just put up a post on LJ and see what happens.”

And then Curly made these cardboard letters, and this is what happened.

Thanks to all who came and made this weekend what it was. Thank you for your presence, your support, your fannish enthusiasm, your conversation, everything. It was great seeing so many happy faces and people enjoying themselves. You were fabulous.

I am moved beyond measure by the amazing response to these photos, I am just sitting here with tears in my eyes because this, this, is why I am in fandom. This is what fandom should be about: fun and friendship. Especially so if the fandom in question is centered around the greatest friendship in literature.
It was truly special and I am sure I will remember it for years to come.

From Curly:

Ardy is the one who made this meet up happen. Curly is just a dork and spray painted a bunch of boards (which nearly killed her poor flatmates).

But in all seriousness, this was an amazing moment. People who lived across the street ran down the stairs to take pictures. People stopped along the street. Everyone was smiling. To see a group of people come together with such joy and love for characters and a cause is amazing. The staggering response we’ve had to this is beautiful because this IS what fandom is all about. Sherlock has given so many of us friends, and these pictures here are real testament to that. Some of us knew each other, or had heard of each other, but we mostly didn’t. We just had one thing in common, and that is a love for Sherlock Holmes, his good doctor, and the world he lives in (regardless of the century).

We came together this weekend to celebrate these two men, these stories, and what they’ve given us. Rounding the corner to se people spilling into the streets nearly floored me. Hearing the cheers when I pulled out these boards made my poor little heart go all a flutter. This was amazing. THANK YOU to everyone who came to the meet up. THANK YOU to everyone who has liked and reblogged and even looked at these photos. PLEASE continue to like and reblog them, PLEASE continue to spread the love about #BELIEVEINSHERLOCK and especially Save Undershaw.

Thank you all. Thank you fandom.
xx Curly

PROJECT REICHENBACH: The Baker Street Babes Have Cracked

Warning: Contains large amounts of crackiness and sadness with a sprinkling of foul language and a heaping spoonful of WTF.

The Baker Street Babes have cracked.

Project Reichenbach was born as a coping technique for tomorrows episode. Provisions, shock therapy, and ultimate defeat in dealing with the fact that The Reichenbach Fall is airing at 9PM on Sunday, January 15th whether we want it to or not.

Dear Sherlockians. You are not alone. Learn what your provisions must be. Get mentally prepared. And don't let what happens to Curly, happen to you. Oh, and enjoy the hedgehog.

There are supplementary videos to this one that we will be posting along the rest of the day and tomorrow, as well as a Post-Reichenbach one. So keep an eye out.

The AMAZING Caitlin wrote a song for us for this... but fuck it was really damn sad... so we are going to play it for our Reichenbach episode.

You can find out more about the SHERLOCK Anniversary Meet Up at http://bit.ly/SHAnniversary and http://bit.ly/londonsham