Sherlock Holmes Society of London: The British Museum, well-known to Sherlock Holmes and Henry Baker (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Philip Porter, an unidentified gentleman, Jeffery Thrift and Roger Johnson have admired Robert Smirke's splendid neo-classical building. Now it's time to cross the road (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Opposite the Museum is the hostelry named after it: the Museum Tavern (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Many believe that the Museum Tavern, whose sign bears a portrait of Sir Hans Sloane, is the pub called "the Alpha Inn" in "The Blue Carbuncle" (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Once in the bar of the Museum Tavern, the first essential is a drink (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: In the bar at the Museum Tavern, Heather Owen reads an entertaining paper (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Like the rest of Heather Owen's listeners, this unidentified lady, Jessie & Derek Hinrich, and Fraser Smith are all attention (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Heather Owen's witty talk is greatly appreciated (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Heather Owen's listeners agree that she's a tough act to follow (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: If anyone can follow Heather's talk, David Stuart Davies can, with his one-man performance of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Tom Stix loves this rendition of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", while Philip Porter wonders how David Stuart Davies will manage to fit it all in (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Roger Johnson is impressed: "The Hound of the Baskervilles in - how many minutes? Amazing!" (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: David Stuart Davies is rushing along on the trail of the Hound! (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: His listeners' expressions tell us that David Stuart Davies's performance of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' isn't a wholly serious one (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" has been dramatised for ever smaller casts, but no one can beat David Stuart Davies's version, for a cast of one! (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Michael Whelan is enthralled by David Stuart Davies's minimalist "Hound" (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: Of course, the phantom hound must howl! David Stuart Davies demonstrates (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: After lunch at the Museum Tavern, some of us take a stroll along Montague Street, where the younger Sherlock Holmes had lodgings (photo by Jean Upton)
Sherlock Holmes Society of London: It was in Montague Street, near the British Museum, that Holmes lived after leaving university - but in which house? (photo by Jean Upton)