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World Service,1 min

Long live Sherlock Holmes?

The Forum

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It’s been 130 years since readers first met the eccentric fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. So why is this complex character still so popular today? Scholars Stefan Lampadius and Catherine Wynne discuss. Photo: An actor dressed as Sherlock Holmes (BBC)

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