The man who invented the phrase "elementary my dear"

Afternoon all, Never mind Benedict Cumberbatch. When it comes to Sherlock, one man changed the way we see the sleuth forever. And we bet you haven’t heard of him. The actor William Gillette introduced the phrase “elementary, my dear fellow” – later changed to “elementary my dear Watson” - a phrase which never appeared in Conan Doyle's books.

The actor also patented a noise to imitate the sound of a galloping horse. OK, so that has nothing to do with his contribution to the Sherlock character. But you can’t not mention it. William Gillette: Five ways he transformed how Sherlock Holmes looks and talks Recently we published an article on how the Brownie camera brought about the family snapshot. Victor Morgan got in touch to show us one of the pictures he took with a Brownie he bought in 1946 in Bombay for six rupees. This picture was taken when he was a regular soldier station in India.

He was sent to Razmak in Waziristan (now Pakistan) near the border with Afghanistan. He described it as "sort of frontier territory” (we suspect that's sort of an understatement). He goes on to say, “We were cut off and they put the big guns up there, the infantry guarded the road for us to go through in our vehicles - they'd open it up once a fortnight.” The camera that captured readers' lives Check out this fashion statement. India's prime minister Narendra Modi wore this suit to meet Barack Obama.

But look closer.

Yep, the pinstripes spell out Modi’s name. India: Prime Minister Modi wears pinstripe 'name suit'

In case you missed it... ...Here are some articles we published over the weekend The islanders who don't want a bridge to the mainland Where do the wealthiest 1% live? The hazards of too much stuff

Meanwhile... The Le Pen family has been arguing over a controversial anti-Muslim video A fake bank was set up to look just like a real one and stole £21m A man spent nearly two decades requesting declassified information on UFOs

That's it from us today.