An „embarrassment of riches“ at his request

Numbers. Numbers are great. Love numbers. The number “38”, thirty-eight, is possibly your best bet this Saturday. You’re probably familiar with the upcoming date already but let’s just give it another mention because nearly thirty eight years ago, on July 19th 1976 a “sturdy nine pounder” Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born to his very […]

Interview with the Fanpire Series 5: Dash Con and San Diego Comic Con Special with Baker St Babe

My name is Sora, I go by the pseudonym M.D Sora, I’m 25 years old and I currently live in the UK however I am a military brat (which means I’ve been everywhere) thus my native country is the US. I run with several groups, however currently I run the London Sherlockians along with my […]

Interview with the Fanpire Series 4: Sherlock and the case of the Irish Fandom

On Series 4 of Interview with the Fanpire, we at According to Benedict, travel far to a northern region of the UK Isles (if we are doing our geography correctly) to Ireland. In Ireland we find lucky charms, rocky coastal cliffs, emerald diamonds, and potatoes. But the real charm here is creator of Ireland’s first […]

Get some professional advice from Benedict Cumberbatch & Co.

Today has seen the release of this fantastic short Bafta video in which actors like James McAvoy, Hugh Dancy and Benedict Cumberbatch speak about acting and becoming an actor. And there’s some really really great stuff in there. I myself have just arrived where I always wanted to be professionally and a lot of what […]

A sexy lot of suppression witnesses

How do you eat a banana? Did you make eye contact with the man who queued at the shops earlier? Did you catch yourself looking at that girl’s nicely shaped arse on the bus this morning? There’s no shame to admit it, it happens to all of us. We decide within moments whether another human […]

Interview with the Fanpire Series 3: CumberbatchWeb CEO, Naomi Roper, explains the Birth of a Fansite and stereotyping “Swooning Cumberbitches”

Social Media Queen and Cumberbatch Guru, Naomi Roper, is one of the top females in the game. A hard working business woman by day, and a super sleuthing bloggerista by night. This internet equivalent of Super-Woman or dare I say, Beyonce, is a one woman stop and shop for all your Cumberbatch needs.  She answers over […]

Interview with the Fanpire Series 2: Sherlock and the United States of America

Welcome to our series 2 interviews with your favorite social media websites, where we at According to Benedict, try to get the inside scoop, tips, and other general inquires. This week’s subjects are the showrunners of the US Sherlockians page. Shannon and Rachel sit down and tell us exactly what it’s like to be a […]

Interview with the Fanpire Series 1: Two Benartists, Cécile and Pei, discuss Benedict, fan art and fandom

Welcome to our first segment in the interview series “Interview with the Fanpire” where we at According to Benedict have picked our followers favorite social media websites and contacted the artists and writers behind them so we  can know who exactly lies beyond the paint-brush and page. This week’s guests of honor are Cécile and Pei, […]

What can Benedict teach us?

ONE of the things – if I was ever given the chance to ask – I’d love to know more about with Benedict, was his time teaching Tibetan monks during his gap year. By all accounts he worked for a perfumer to raise the funds for his trip to Darjeeling, where he worked at a […]

Benedict Cumberbatch and Wanda Ventham reminisce, talk flowers, plants and trees at the BBC Chelsea Flower Show 2014

For those that missed the BBC Chelsea Flower Show 2014 segement containing Benedict Cumberbatch and his mother Wanda Ventham–never fear– According to Benedict website is here.