Sherlock Holmes
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“Smog” is a turn-of-the-century portmanteau word mashing together “smoke” and “fog” to describe the sooty, sulfurous air of the London of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The eight-episode series is Ritchie's second time bringing the detective to life on-screen, after directing the 2009 Robert Downey Jr film, Sherlock Holmes.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
“Like a Sherlock Holmes sleuth,” he said, “you’ve got to crack it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
When faced with a particularly puzzling case and not much evidence to go on, Sherlock Holmes once said, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Penelope had never heard of Sherlock Holmes, of course, for in a fictional sense he had not been born yet, but she was a clever girl and no stranger to logic herself.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
