The character grew tremendously in popularity with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with A Scandal in Bohemia in 1891 ; further series of short stories and two novels published in serial form appeared between then and 1927.

In " A Scandal in Bohemia ", he is paid the staggering sum of one thousand pounds ( 300 in gold and 700 in notes ) as advance payment for " present expenses ".

Holmes also tells Watson, in " A Case of Identity ", of a golden snuff box received from the King of Bohemia after " A Scandal in Bohemia " and a fabulous ring from the Dutch royal family ; in " The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans ", Holmes receives an emerald tie-pin from Queen Victoria.

Other mementos of Holmes's cases are a gold sovereign from Irene Adler (" A Scandal in Bohemia ") and an autographed letter of thanks from the French President and a Legion of Honour for tracking down an assassin named Huret (" The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez ").

Irene Adler was an American opera singer / actress who appeared in " A Scandal in Bohemia ".

In " A Scandal in Bohemia " Holmes deduces that Watson had got very wet lately and that he had " a most clumsy and careless servant girl ".

In several stories, he adopts disguises to gather evidence while ' under cover ' so convincing that even Watson fails to penetrate them, such as in " The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton ", " The Man with the Twisted Lip ", " The Adventure of the Empty House " and " A Scandal in Bohemia ".

In other adventures, Holmes feigns being wounded or ill to give effect to his case, or to incriminate those involved, as in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective " and " A Scandal in Bohemia ".

* Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, fictional King of Bohemia in " A Scandal in Bohemia " ( Sherlock Holmes adventure )

* Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story " A Scandal in Bohemia "

* Irene Adler lives there ( in Briony Lodge on Serpentine Avenue ) in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story " A Scandal in Bohemia ".

Irene Adler is a fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story " A Scandal in Bohemia " by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in July 1891.

According to " A Scandal in Bohemia ," Adler was born in New Jersey in 1858.

Since " The Five Orange Pips " is set in September 1887, before " A Scandal in Bohemia ", which is set in March 1888, Holmes could not be referring to the specific appearance of Irene Adler during " A Scandal in Bohemia " if the chronology is correct.

The beginning of " A Scandal in Bohemia " describes the high regard in which Holmes held Adler:

In the 1946 film Dressed to Kill, Adler is mentioned early in the film when Holmes and Watson discuss the events of " A Scandal in Bohemia ".

In the 1984 Granada Television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett, the first episode, " A Scandal in Bohemia ", Adler is played by Gayle Hunnicutt.

On radio, Sarah Badel portrayed Irene Adler in the 7 November 1990 BBC Radio broadcast of " A Scandal in Bohemia " opposite Clive Merrison's Holmes.

In an episode of the PBS Kids show Wishbone actress Sally Nystuen Vahle portrays Irene Adler for the adaptation of " A Scandal in Bohemia " entitled " A Dogged Espose ".

Combining elements from several of Doyle's stories, he mainly utilized the plots " A Scandal in Bohemia " and " The Final Problem ".

We couldn't be seen together, for the tongue of Scandal was ever ready to link our names, and the tongue of Scandal finds but one thing to say of the association of a man with a girl, no matter how innocent.

The 1919 World Series, however, was marred by the Black Sox Scandal, in which several prominent members of the White Sox ( including Cicotte and Jackson ) were accused of conspiring with gamblers to purposefully lose games.

The School for Scandal ( 1930 ) was the second all-talking feature to be filmed entirely in colour.

Macdonald was designated as the first Prime Minister of the new nation, and served in that capacity for most of the remainder of his life, losing office for five years in the 1870s over the Pacific Scandal ( corruption in the financing of the Canadian Pacific Railway ).

The Pacific Scandal was a political scandal in Canada involving allegations of bribes being accepted by the Conservative government in the attempts of private interests to influence the bidding for a national rail contract.

Leigh next sought the role of Blanche DuBois in the West End stage production of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and was cast after Williams and the play's producer Irene Mayer Selznick saw her in The School for Scandal and Antigone ; Olivier was contracted to direct.

The doubt over the Yankees ' lasting power was amplified by baseball's sagging popularity after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, in which eight Chicago White Sox players were expelled for conspiring with gamblers to fix that year's World Series.

The Schön Scandal was not limited to Nature.

In 1891, Edward was embroiled in the Royal Baccarat Scandal, when it was revealed he had played an illegal card game for money the previous year.

In 1777 he played Moses in The School for Scandal, which came to be the role with which he was most associated.

A sufferer of epilepsy, he was taken ill on 19 November 1794 while preparing to play Moses in The School for Scandal and he died the following day.

Glenn was one of the five U. S. senators caught up in the Lincoln Savings and Keating Five Scandal after accepting a $ 200, 000 contribution from Charles Keating.

One particularly interesting subject was the installments of Press Your Luck in which Michael Larson won more than $ 100, 000 in cash and prizes by memorizing the sequences of the board then used, which was the subject of Big Bucks: The " Press Your Luck " Scandal.

He was accused of inappropriate behaviour in the Sponsorship Scandal, although he has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

Scandal rocked the royal family again in 1976 when it was revealed that Prince Bernhard had accepted a $ 1. 1 million bribe from U. S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Corporation to influence the Dutch government's purchase of fighter aircraft.

The script of A Royal Scandal ( 1945 ) was written and prepared under Ernst Lubitsch, and he was the original director of this film, and directed the rehearsals.

The Cassette Scandal of 2000 was one of the turning points in post-independence history of the country.

The Defence Minister George Fernandes was forced to resign following the Barak Missile Deal Scandal, another scandal involving the botched supplies of coffins for the soldiers killed in Kargil, and the finding of an inquiry commission that the Government could have prevented the Kargil invasion.

Edward Doheny was preparing for his criminal trial for bribery in the Teapot Dome Scandal, and on February 16, 1929, Ned Doheny and, Hugh Plunkett, his friend and secretary, who were to testify in the trial, were killed in a murder that still remains unsolved.

In the 1980s, US television featured the light espionage programmes Airwolf ( 1984 – 87 ) and MacGyver ( 1985 – 92 ), each rooted in the Cold War yet reflecting American citizens ' distrust of their government, after the crimes of the Nixon Government ( the internal, political espionage of the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War ) were exposed.

The area is featured in the 2006 film Notes on a Scandal and was one of the locations for the Kelis video Scream

" Funky Kingston " was also featured in the video game, Scarface: The World Is Yours ; in the film, Notes on a Scandal ; and in 2004's Broken Lizard production, Club Dread ( which also had " Broadway Jungle ").

* Irene Adler, fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story " A Scandal in Bohemia " by Arthur Conan Doyle

The September 5, 2008, issue featured Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on the cover with the headline " Babies, Lies & Scandal ", while the June 19, 2008, issue featured U. S. Senator from Illinois Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama with the headline " Why Barack Loves Her ".

A second album A Scandal in Bohemia featured guest appearances from David J and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus.