As Netflix's latest hit, Enola Holmes, charms audiences worldwide with the story of Sherlock and Mycroft's adventurous little sister who has inherited her elder brothers' powers of deduction and penchant for danger, this latest addition to the Sherlock stable plays perfectly into our enduring fascination with the gentleman detective.
With Strangers Things's Millie Bobby Brown in the titular role, Enola Holmes also stars British actor Henry Cavill as the latest actor pulling on the deerstalker to portray Holmes, alongside The Hunger Games's Sam Claflin as their uptight older brother, Mycroft. And this latest outing cements the beloved detective's appearance in the Guinness World Records as the most portrayed character in film and television history.
Created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, and Doyle himself admitted he had based his character on Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, for his ability to draw conclusions from the smallest of details. However, Bell later wrote to Doyle telling him, "You are yourself Sherlock Holmes and well you know it."
With more than 25,000 television shows, films, radio plays and stage adaptations based on the adventures of the legendary detective, we look back at 10 actors who’ve taken on the role and made it their own.
1. Henry Cavill
Bringing his signature square-jawed charm to the role, 37-year-old Cavill is a far more good-natured and indulgent Sherlock than the manic version portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch on TV. Measured and thoughtful, Cavill’s Holmes doesn’t mind in the least being outmanoeuvred by his little sister as she races to solve the mystery of their mother’s disappearance and earn her big brother’s respect.
“He’s still this eccentric, odd, weird, aloof genius detective, as far as the outside world – as far as anyone else – is concerned,” says Cavill of his take on the role, “but his relationship with Enola is very specific and very unique.”
2. Robert Downey Jr
The American actor played Holmes in two Guy Ritchie-directed films, 2009's Sherlock Holmes and 2011's A Game of Shadows, alongside Jude Law as Dr Watson. Showing off his super-lean physique during a bare knuckle fight scene, we have Coldplay's Chris Martin to thank for encouraging 55-year-old Downey Jr to get into shape for the role, with the actor revealing: "He's a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. He said to me before we began, 'You've got to be gaunt. You've got to be a skinny as you possibly can to play Holmes.'"
3. Benedict Cumberbatch
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, 44, won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Holmes set in modern-day London in the beloved BBC adaptation, which spanned 13 episodes across four seasons.
"Benedict was the only person we offered Sherlock to," writer and co-creator Mark Gatiss told The Sunday Times. And Cumberbatch himself has admitted the rabid fandom has gotten a little strange at times.
“There is weird fan fiction out there – weird,” he says. “They write stories and do manga cartoons of what they think you get up to behind closed doors.”
4. Jonny Lee Miller
The British actor took Holmes to New York, with Charlie's Angels actress Lucy Liu starring as Watson in the TV show Elementary. And the actor, 47, who was once married to Angelina Jolie, had the support of a fellow Holmes, revealing that his close friend Benedict Cumberbatch loved the show. "He sent me some messages, when he'd first seen the show, and it was really, really nice," said Miller. "He's been very supportive, the whole way."
5. Michael Caine
The legendary British actor took Holmes down the comedy route in 1998's Without a Clue, which also starred Sir Ben Kingsley as Watson. In the film, Caine portrayed an actor who is hired by Watson to play the role of the famous detective, with the pair eventually going on to solve a real-life crime.
6. James D’Arcy
If you don't know his face, you would certainly know his velvet voice, because the 45-year-old British actor plays Howard Stark's butler Edwin Jarvis in Agent Carter and Avengers: Endgame. D'Arcy played a youthful version of Holmes in 2002's Sherlock: Case of Evil, which also starred film and stage veteran, Richard E Grant, as Mycroft.
7. Rupert Everett
The actor, 61, starred as Sherlock in the BBC's 2004 film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. And fittingly for an actor who left school and moved to London at 16 to study at the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama before being kicked out for insubordination, Everett says he was keen to explore the "darker" side of the world-famous detective.
“He’s very difficult to control, a law unto himself. He’s just not used to anyone telling him how to behave,” he says of the character. “He thinks he’s right about everything.”
8. Roger Moore
In the middle of his career playing super-spy James Bond, the late British actor took time out from saving the world from Spectre to star as Holmes in 1976's Sherlock Holmes in New York. In the made-for-TV movie, which Moore fitted in between filming The Man With the Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me, Holmes finds himself in the Big Apple hunting down the kidnapped son of Irene Adler, who has been taken by the enduringly evil Moriarty. "What I most like about playing Holmes," he said, "is that there is more dialogue than I ever had in 120 Saint episodes and two Bond films."
9. John Cleese
The Monty Python star took on the role of Holmes in the 1977 comedy, The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It. The film also starred Connie Booth, Cleese's then-wife, who also played the role of Polly Sherman opposite him in Fawlty Towers, which she co-wrote. The couple divorced in 1978, a year after the film came out.
10. Ian McKellan
The popular thespian portrayed Sherlock in his later years as a 93-year-old man in 2015's Mr Holmes. Still a super-sleuth, the older Holmes has to deal with seeing his legendary powers of deduction and famously sharp mind fade with age as he desperately tries to recall incidents from his final case, The Adventure of the Dove Grey Glove, in order to discover why it led to him retiring from the detective business.
“The intriguing part is that although Holmes is a role so many other actors have successfully played, this was a story that none of them had done before,” said 81-year-old McKellan. “And part of that newness is that Sherlock Holmes has become a very old man.”
Email sent to Uber team from chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi
From: Dara
To: Team@
Date: March 25, 2019 at 11:45pm PT
Subj: Accelerating in the Middle East
Five years ago, Uber launched in the Middle East. It was the start of an incredible journey, with millions of riders and drivers finding new ways to move and work in a dynamic region that’s become so important to Uber. Now Pakistan is one of our fastest-growing markets in the world, women are driving with Uber across Saudi Arabia, and we chose Cairo to launch our first Uber Bus product late last year.
Today we are taking the next step in this journey—well, it’s more like a leap, and a big one: in a few minutes, we’ll announce that we’ve agreed to acquire Careem. Importantly, we intend to operate Careem independently, under the leadership of co-founder and current CEO Mudassir Sheikha. I’ve gotten to know both co-founders, Mudassir and Magnus Olsson, and what they have built is truly extraordinary. They are first-class entrepreneurs who share our platform vision and, like us, have launched a wide range of products—from digital payments to food delivery—to serve consumers.
I expect many of you will ask how we arrived at this structure, meaning allowing Careem to maintain an independent brand and operate separately. After careful consideration, we decided that this framework has the advantage of letting us build new products and try new ideas across not one, but two, strong brands, with strong operators within each. Over time, by integrating parts of our networks, we can operate more efficiently, achieve even lower wait times, expand new products like high-capacity vehicles and payments, and quicken the already remarkable pace of innovation in the region.
This acquisition is subject to regulatory approval in various countries, which we don’t expect before Q1 2020. Until then, nothing changes. And since both companies will continue to largely operate separately after the acquisition, very little will change in either teams’ day-to-day operations post-close. Today’s news is a testament to the incredible business our team has worked so hard to build.
It’s a great day for the Middle East, for the region’s thriving tech sector, for Careem, and for Uber.
Uber on,
Dara
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Other acts on the Jazz Garden bill
Sharrie Williams
The American singer is hugely respected in blues circles due to her passionate vocals and songwriting. Born and raised in Michigan, Williams began recording and touring as a teenage gospel singer. Her career took off with the blues band The Wiseguys. Such was the acclaim of their live shows that they toured throughout Europe and in Africa. As a solo artist, Williams has also collaborated with the likes of the late Dizzy Gillespie, Van Morrison and Mavis Staples.
Lin Rountree
An accomplished smooth jazz artist who blends his chilled approach with R‘n’B. Trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, Rountree formed his own band in 2004. He has also recorded with the likes of Kem, Dwele and Conya Doss. He comes to Dubai on the back of his new single Pass The Groove, from his forthcoming 2018 album Stronger Still, which may follow his five previous solo albums in cracking the top 10 of the US jazz charts.
Anita Williams
Dubai-based singer Anita Williams will open the night with a set of covers and swing, jazz and blues standards that made her an in-demand singer across the emirate. The Irish singer has been performing in Dubai since 2008 at venues such as MusicHall and Voda Bar. Her Jazz Garden appearance is career highlight as she will use the event to perform the original song Big Blue Eyes, the single from her debut solo album, due for release soon.
HIJRA
Starring: Lamar Faden, Khairiah Nathmy, Nawaf Al-Dhufairy
Director: Shahad Ameen
Rating: 3/5
The specs
Engine: 2.9-litre, V6 twin-turbo
Transmission: seven-speed PDK dual clutch automatic
Power: 375bhp
Torque: 520Nm
Price: Dh332,800
On sale: now
Who's who in Yemen conflict
Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government
Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council
Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south
Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory
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Film: In Syria
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Diamand Bo Abboud, Mohsen Abbas and Juliette Navis
Verdict: Four stars
Museum of the Future in numbers
- 78 metres is the height of the museum
- 30,000 square metres is its total area
- 17,000 square metres is the length of the stainless steel facade
- 14 kilometres is the length of LED lights used on the facade
- 1,024 individual pieces make up the exterior
- 7 floors in all, with one for administrative offices
- 2,400 diagonally intersecting steel members frame the torus shape
- 100 species of trees and plants dot the gardens
- Dh145 is the price of a ticket
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MATCH INFO
Real Madrid 2
Vinicius Junior (71') Mariano (90 2')
Barcelona 0
The Buckingham Murders
Starring: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ash Tandon, Prabhleen Sandhu
Director: Hansal Mehta
Rating: 4 / 5
Zimbabwe v UAE, ODI series
All matches at the Harare Sports Club:
1st ODI, Wednesday, April 10
2nd ODI, Friday, April 12
3rd ODI, Sunday, April 14
4th ODI, Tuesday, April 16
UAE squad: Mohammed Naveed (captain), Rohan Mustafa, Ashfaq Ahmed, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammed Usman, CP Rizwan, Chirag Suri, Mohammed Boota, Ghulam Shabber, Sultan Ahmed, Imran Haider, Amir Hayat, Zahoor Khan, Qadeer Ahmed
Brief scores:
Arsenal 4
Xhaka 25', Lacazette 55', Ramsey 79', Aubameyang 83'
Fulham 1
Kamara 69'
Sui Dhaaga: Made in India
Director: Sharat Katariya
Starring: Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma, Raghubir Yadav
3.5/5
The Lost Letters of William Woolf
Helen Cullen, Graydon House
The Little Things
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto
Four stars
TICKETS
Tickets start at Dh100 for adults, while children can enter free on the opening day. For more information, visit www.mubadalawtc.com.
Company profile
Date started: Founded in May 2017 and operational since April 2018
Founders: co-founder and chief executive, Doaa Aref; Dr Rasha Rady, co-founder and chief operating officer.
Based: Cairo, Egypt
Sector: Health-tech
Size: 22 employees
Funding: Seed funding
Investors: Flat6labs, 500 Falcons, three angel investors
How Beautiful this world is!
The specs: 2019 Haval H6
Price, base: Dh69,900
Engine: 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder
Transmission: Seven-speed automatic
Power: 197hp @ 5,500rpm
Torque: 315Nm @ 2,000rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 7.0L / 100km
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Odessa Young, Jeremy Strong
Rating: 4/5
Red Joan
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tereza Srbova
Rating: 3/5 stars
LAST-16 FIXTURES
Sunday, January 20
3pm: Jordan v Vietnam at Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
6pm: Thailand v China at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
9pm: Iran v Oman at Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Monday, January 21
3pm: Japan v Saudi Arabia at Sharjah Stadium
6pm: Australia v Uzbekistan at Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
9pm: UAE v Kyrgyzstan at Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Tuesday, January 22
5pm: South Korea v Bahrain at Rashid Stadium, Dubai
8pm: Qatar v Iraq at Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
