It’s an intriguing part of our nightly walking tour to see just what people know about the Jack the Ripper crimes and the history of the East End of London in general. The Whitechapel Murders could easily be […]
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Jack the Ripper’s victims shared many things in common and, in a way, they reflected the shortcomings of Victorian society. Early on in the Jack the Ripper case the police were following the line of enquiry that the […]
Read ArticleThe Jack the Ripper murders impacted on Victorian society in several ways. As far as some of the wealthier citizens who lived in the west of London were concerned he was the embodiment of all the fears and […]
Read ArticleThis Sunday morning why not join Richard Jones for a tour of the London of Dickens and Shakespeare? The walk departs from outside Borough Underground Station at 11.30am and heads straight to the remains of the place that […]
Read ArticleToday, when people take Jack the Ripper tours through the East End of London they are, in fact, following in the footsteps of long ago, middle-class Victorian citizens to whom the poverty, degradation and criminality of the East […]
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