Sherlock Holmes may be a fictional character, but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle admitted that the detective was closely based on a ...

He was the mysterious and ruthless ‘Napoleon of crime’ in the Sherlock Holmes novels by Scots author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But now a leading Scottish scholar has claimed the true identity of ...

The main character in the novel is the private detective, Sherlock Holmes. He is presented through the viewpoint of his friend, Dr John Watson, the narrator of the story. Watson describes him as a ...

Back in 2009, Guy Ritchie delighted the world with his take on Sherlock Holmes. Action-packed, slick, with a fresh ...

Anthony Horowitz:Some of these characters become so familiar to us, they seem to have existed forever, like James Bond, Robin Hood, Superman or the world's most famous detective Sherlock Holmes.