Keeping the holmes fires burning

HE is, arguably, the most famous amateur sleuth ever created. Clad in an Inverness cape and deerstalker hat, and with calabash pipe in hand, his distinctive look is instantly recognisable to fans all

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Living opposite Hitler In 1929, Edgar Feuchtwanger was ...

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. first burst onto UK television screens 60 years ago this month. Although we loved its wit and flair, the show was plagued with problems from the start

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

On the face of it, the character of John Steed, played by Patrick Macnee in the ITV series The Avengers, was an unlikely icon for the swinging 60s. In a decade obsessed with youth, modernity and worki