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Marmite Arguments: Or Assumptions Revisited
Editorial by Paul Begg
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Newspaper Trawl
Information unearthed by Chris Scott
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I Beg to Report
All the news that’s fit to print. And sometimes not...
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On the Crimebeat
Wilf Gregg on True Crime books you simply should have on your shelf
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The Last Word: Obsessions
Words of wisdom from Christopher-Michael DiGrazia
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| FEATURES |
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The Duke of Baker Street
Jan Bondeson relates an unusual case for Chief Inspector Littlechild
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Saucy Jacky
Alan Sharp on the effect of Richard Mansfield’s performance in 1888
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Plaque unveiled in honour of Joseph Merrick
Neil Bell reports on Leicester’s tribute to The Elephant Man
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Samuel Montagu and East End Jewish Philanthropy
Chris George on the help given to Jewish new arrivals in the East End
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The Mysterious Case of M F J Sobieski
Scott Sanders on stranger at Antioch College with Ostrog parallels
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From Bereward’s Lane to Middlesex Street
Coral Kelly’s local history tour takes us to Petticoat Lane
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| REVIEWS |
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A Moment on the Edge; The Great Pretenders; East End: Four Centuries
of London Life; The London Mob; The Curious Life of Robert Hooke
...and more!
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COVER ILLUSTRATION: Richard Mansfield as Jekyll and Hyde ©Adam Wood
QUOTES OF THE MONTH:
“The last time Britain enjoyed such a sustained fall in crime was in
1898 - a decade in which, ironically, Jack the Ripper was terrorising
Whitechapel...” The Independent, 22 July 2004, reporting figures
produce by the British Crime Survey, Britain’s most authoritative crime
survey, showing that crime in Britain had fallen by 30% over the past
nine years, the biggest sustained fall since the 19th century.
“I was caught between Jack the Ripper and Apostle Paul and really had
nowhere to go.” - said by Republican Senate candidate Kirk Humphreys
who came second in a vitriolic campaign. He was referring to Oklahoma
Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony, who finished third in the race
and ran commercials accusing Humphreys of selling land to a school
board on which he had served. Humphreys said Anthony’s charges were
untrue and called him “a cut and slash guy”, but Anthony defended his
claims and said being called Jack the Ripper was “a backhanded
compliment.”
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holder; if you claim ownership of something we have published we will
be pleased to make a proper acknowledgement.
We would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance given by the
following people in the production of this issue of Ripperologist: Alex
Chisholm, David O’Flaherty, Stephen Ryder, Scott Sanders and the
Presidents and Chancellors of Antioch University, Robert Smith. Thank
you!
