Landschlacht, Switzerland, 18 May 2017 In my last blogpost, Canada Slim and the Final Problem, I told of my visit to the Reichenbach Falls where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) ended the life of his detective hero. Sherlock Holmes is dead. So suggests the plaque marking the spot where Holmes and Professor Moriarty wrestled… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Bimetallic Question
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Canada Slim and the Final Problem
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 17 May 2017 They almost have lives and yet we cannot forget them, for they haunt us in the worlds of literature, film, TV, advertising and video games. Ours is a world inhabited by Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, Wonder Woman and Darth Vader, Santa Claus and Cinderella, James Bond and Harry Potter. They… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Final Problem