“Getting as near to flying as any earth-bound man can”
Taken of Conan Doyle ski-running, Switzerland 1893-94 he commented - “There is one form of sport in which I have, I think, been able to do some practical good, for I can claim to have been the first to introduce skis into the Grisons division of Switzerland, or at least to demonstrate their practical utility as a means of getting across in winter from one valley to another. ”
From Memories and Adventures by A. Conan Doyle
Great Nephew of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Richard Doyle - attended Holmes Fest 2024 in the Square Tower, Old Portsmouth, England on the evening of Sunday 18th February. He gives his review of a thoroughly well enjoyed evening and a great community gathering ...
ReadThe Conan Doyle Estate are proud to be supporting Holmes Fest 2024. An evening of fun, sketches, poetry and song celebrating the life and times of Arthur Conan Doyle in Portsmouth, and his greatest creation Sherlock Holmes will run on 18th February at the Square Tower, Old Portsmouth.
ReadThe Conan Doyle Estate is helping to sponsor a scholarly edition of Conan Doyle's writing produced by Edinburgh University Press. Three volumes have now rolled off the presses, and three more should follow in 2024.
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