Sherlock Holmes is probably the worlds greatest detective, famed for his powers of observation and deduction. The stories have a good rhythm, the characters of Holmes and Watson are well developed, though now appear stereotypical through their familarity.

I'm a particular fan of the Clive Merrison and Michael Williams BBC radio versions. They performed the whole canon.

• Info on the CM and MW radio version - http://freespace.virgin.net/bert.coules/intro.htm (or if down, try archive.org at http://web.archive.org/web/20021208101353/http://freespace.virgin.net/bert.coules/intro.htm )
• Great Sherlock Holmes pages at: http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk
  • downloads of radio broadcasts linked from: http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/Radio/Introduction_to_Radio_Broadcasts.htm
• 221b Online - http://calibercomics.com/SHERLOCK/SH221B-online.htm
• The Holmes Cannon, with original illustrations - http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/index.html
• Many Holmes stories are available from Project Gutenberg
• The Annotated Sherlock Holmes sounds like a fantastic book - http://www.troynovant.com/Franson/Doyle/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes.html

Sherlock Holmes Sitting Room

In October 2004, I visited the Sherlock Holmes pub in Northumberland Street, London, which is full of Sherlockian memorabilia including a re-creation of Sherlock Holmes' sitting room. Visible features include the bust of Holmes with a gun shot, the papers on the front table are from Baskerville Hall, and some of the code from the Adventure of the Dancing Men is visible on the left.

• Sitting room in Sherlock Holmes pub, London:
  

The Sherlock Holmes pub used to be the Northumberland Hotel, which is featured in The Hound of the Baskervilles

In LA, Chuck Kovacic has build a replica of Holmes's sitting room - http://www.221bbakerstreetla.com/ , while Russ Stutler has drawn a plan of Holmes' apartment - http://www.stutler.cc/other/misc/baker_street.html