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The second bauble-adorned, cracker-pulling, brussels sprout-avoiding, super-duper Christmassy edition of Mrs Hudson arrives tomorrow evening!* It'll be the last adventure for Mrs H until the new year, because quite frankly my fingers will be too fat after over-indulging on mince pies for a fortnight straight to even pick up a pen before then...
(The first Christmas adventure is here, in case you missed it.)
*assuming that the Tumblr app doesn't eat my queue again, as it seems to have done this evening...
Ah yes, the traditional Victorian Christmas feast of beans on toast…
(The goose was released into the wilds of Regents Park on Boxing Day. Some say it can still be seen to this day, confusing tourists by disguising itself as a swan.)
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope it’s a good’un, however you celebrate it (and if you don’t celebrate it, have an excellent day in any case, you deserve it). Make sure you wear a silly hat. Watch out for the brussel sprouts.
Mrs Hudson will return in the new year…
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"BEST. BIRTHDAY. EVER!"
Happy birthday, Sherlock Holmes! You don't look a day over 160...
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It was really only a matter of time before I drew Monsieur Poirot and Captain 'Astings...
There's been a grizzly murder, and as usual Holmes is the only one pleased about it.
(I got lots of lovely art supplies for Christmas, nom nom nom. It was like being 5 again...)
OK, not strictly an update, but - new banner for the app version! I was always bothered by how rubbishy the old one was, so I've spruced it up a wee bit and added a touch of colour.
(Sorry for the lack of new Mrs Hudsons of late. Real Life Stuff is somewhat sapping me of jolliness of late and as a result I've just not been up to it. But please accept the above as a promise that Mrs H and friends will be returning very soon...)
(Also I'm being coerced into setting up a Facebook page for the Adventures so that non-Tumblrers can join in, too - more details when I've actually got it all sorted out.)
"Oh, alright, you can have one sweetie. But only a green one. I don’t like the green ones.”
Watson + food = my OTP.
Just a quick reminder that you can now find the Adventures of Mrs Hudson over on Facebook, should you feel so inclined.
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New adventure arrives this week, just as soon as BT solves the Case of the Missing Internet Connection...
"Right - I’ll distract him, you make a run for it! Save yourself!"
New adventures coming soon! In the meantime, here’s the obligatory reminder that the Adventures of Mrs Hudson are also available in all-new Facebook flavour.
"... And that spatula's coming out of your damage deposit, too."
You can recreate Mr. Holmes' Very Convincing Waxwork Dummy using your landlady's knitting wool, a spatula that nobody was using anyway probably, a bit of old broom and Dr. Watson's favourite waistcoat.*
(Thanks to the bakerstreetbabes, whose last podcast unwittingly inspired me to finally get around to finishing this one...)
New adventures coming soon!
*Disclaimer: may be completely useless at fooling murderous assassins
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"… And that spatula’s coming out of your damage deposit, too."
You can recreate Mr. Holmes’ Very Convincing Waxwork Dummy using your landlady’s knitting wool, a spatula that nobody was using anyway probably, a bit of old broom and Dr. Watson’s favourite waistcoat.*
(Thanks to the bakerstreetbabes, whose last podcast unwittingly inspired me to finally get around to finishing this one…)
New adventures coming soon!
*Disclaimer: may be completely useless at fooling murderous assassins
Sorry folks ... it looks like it might be a while before I can actually sit down to draw any new adventures; so in the meantime, here's an oldie. Enjoy!
"BEST. BIRTHDAY. EVER!"
Happy birthday, Sherlock Holmes! You don’t look a day over 160…
gardnerhill replied to your post: But does Boswell have a magnificent moustache? I don’t think so!
Well, it’s funny you should say that, because sometimes, he does…
“What do you mean she’s put the rent up, Boswell? We rehearsed this!”
Lost without his Boswell…
(My headcanons tend towards the … silly.)
Go on, follow the Adventures of Mrs Hudson on Facebook.
(I realised that I’ve gained a few followers recently who might not have seen the earlier adventures of Mrs H, so I thought I’d do a few quick character guides to help out...)
“I thought you were retiring, Holmes?”
“What? Never mind that now, Watson - there’s a murder!”
More soon! Meanwhile, the obligatory periodic reminder that Mrs Hudson and pals are now on Facebook, if you like that sort of thing...
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Holmes really doesn’t take kindly to sharing the limelight.
(Companion piece to this one.)
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find Mrs H on Facebook
We all know what happened the last time Holmes went to a party.
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find Mrs H on Facebook
We all know what happened the last time Holmes went to a party.
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find Mrs H on Facebook
Need to rant for a second - does anyone else go feral about Granada Holmes's character development in season one??! Like:
Dancing Men
"He doesn't come to me for sympathy." In the beginning he's more interested in the cypher than anything.
Being generally disinterested in Hilton Cubitt's backstory "then explain - and come to the point!"
Watson having to whisper in his ear to ask the cook to sit down.
Vs Norwood Builder, where
He's restraining himself from offering his client reassurance because Lestrade is there. From the first moment, he is absolutely there to HELP his client, not just to solve a mystery.
In fact WHEEDLES MORE TIME out of Lestrade so he can hear the full story before MacFarlane is arrested.
Immediately asks the housekeeper to sit down and is wrong-footed when she point-blank refuses
Even his reaction to failure! In Dancing Men, when it's clear they're too late he goes cold with anger and does his utmost to, at the very least, prove the widow innocent. In Norwood Builder, when the evidence keeps going against him, he sinks into full despair, and needs Watson to pull him out of it!
Just... *gnashes teeth, shake fist* BRETT!! I've seen discourse before on Watson's growing confidence in his deductions and sort-of-apprenticeship with Holmes, but like. I love Holmes's journey too!
Granada Holmes enjoyers do yourselves the favor of listening and reading this play. It's a treat, I tell you, a real treat!
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes play with Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke, 1988/1989
audio bootleg on SoundCloud, restored by Alison Carter (Act 1) (Act 2)
the play script (x) (x)
the program (x)
info about cast, crew, tour dates, pictures, etc. on The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia (x)
fan site with lots of links (x)
Finding out that this play existed was one of the best days ever. I can't believe this is a thing that actually happened, I literally think about it daily, what a cool thing. This one is up at the top of my time machine list (the one where I discover time travel and only use it to go see shows and concerts in the past) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Just thinking about Jeremy Brett's voice (as Holmes !) booming across a theater that I am sitting in gives me chills.
I know I'm not the first person to post about this play, but if even one Granada Holmes fan sees this post and gets to discover this play, I think that would be pretty neat.
New phone bg. Take it if you are also unwell about Jeremy Brett's Holmes
SO I DREW A LIL PRIDE SHERLOCK <3
Based on this post!!
(click for better quality as usual)
Got a lil emotional making this ngl,, I like how it came out
More pride flags under the cut!!
