Aug 11
How India changed the English language
Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in Links
For hundreds of years, words have flowed along the routes of trade and empire. Rahul Verma follows some of their remarkable journeys.
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Jan 26
William Gillette: Five ways he transformed how Sherlock Holmes looks and talks
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2015 in Fandomlinks, Literature
A 1916 silent movie featuring Sherlock Holmes – long presumed lost – is due to have its premiere in Paris. It stars a man who changed the way we see Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth forever.
He was the first great Sherlock Holmes. But few will have heard of US actor William Gillette.
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