The "New Order" era Sexton Blake writers' guide as issued by W. Howard Baker.
From Edwardian gentleman to WWI spy-catcher, saviour of the upper-classes to 1930's gang-buster, working man's hero to swinging sixties super-sleuth, Sexton Blake always moved with the times. His stories chronicle the changing face of Britain as the Empire crumbled, the class system broke down, and new technologies changed the social landscape. No wonder he became, according to Dorothy L. Sayers, "the nearest approach to a 20th Century national folklore." The articles on this page explore some of the many aspects of the Sexton Blake saga.
The "New Order" era Sexton Blake writers' guide as issued by W. Howard Baker.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famously got involved with the Oscar Slater case ... what is less commonly known is that Sexton Blake did, too!
Many of Sexton Blake's friends and enemies featured in separate stories, outside of the Blake canon. Here is presented an ongoing and incomplete project to list those adventures.
In which lesser known information about the great detective is brought to light.
An insight into Sexton Blake's Baker Street home, which is, of course, overseen by the redoubtable Mrs Bardell.
How Sexton Blake inspired an author!
How a super-villain inspired an author!
Sexton Blake was seventy-four years old and about to appear in VALIANT comic ... sounds like an excuse for a party!
Sexton Blake in the press!
Items of information, extracts, obituaries, reminiscences and comments that don't fit anywhere else on Blakiana.