Yearly archives: 2014

Thanks to the recent Big Finish sale, I’ve been listening to the first series of Jago & Litefoot over recent evenings.  There have been 10 series of Jago & Litefoot now (each series being a box-set of four adventures, with the 10th due out in October 2015).  Sadly, at £30/£35 […]

Jago & Litefoot, series 1

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At first glance, the catchily-named A10JQ would seem to be the ultimate mobile writer’s tool from the past.  In the days when 5″ smartphones were hideously expensive and tablets hadn’t yet become mainstream, the humble little A10JQ came onto the market. Originally called the “Mobile Internet Device”, it was indeed […]

The Writer’s Toolkit, part 3 : A10JQ

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Before smartphones were quite so, well, smart, there was the PDA.  The Personal Digital Assistant, often mocked as a digital filofax, was the most pocketable of mobile computing platforms before the advent of Smartphones. Many top manufacturers had their own range.  While HP expanded the Jornada brand, Dell’s range was […]

The Writer’s Toolkit, part 2 : The Age before Smartphones

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Before the tablet there was the netbook.  Before the netbook there was the Handheld PC, epitomised as it was by the HP Jornada range. Beginning life as the HP Jornada 680 in 1998, this clamshell portable computer went through a number of slight modifications before its final incarnation, the 728, […]

The Writer’s Toolkit : Yesterday’s Ultimate Mobile Computing

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Prior to Sherlock, the BBC dabbled with producing Sherlock Holmes back in 2002 and 2004 (one every other year – so only slightly less frequently than Sherlock).  I previously reviewed their 2002 The Hound of the Baskervilles starring Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart.  Just recently, cable channel “Drama” showed the […]

The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

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Back in 2002 and 2004, the BBC commissioned two Sherlock Holmes adventures featuring Ian Hart as Dr Watson.  The first, an adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 2002 starring Richard Roxburgh.  The second, The Case of the Silk Stocking in 2004 starring Rupert Everett.  I’m not sure why […]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

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