Issue one of the New Independent Review is now out and features a "Pair of Jacks: the Saga of Melville Mcnaghten" by Jonathan Hainsworth; "Bachert of Berner Street" by Tom Wescott and a pair of short essays by David M. Gates on fixed point policing in 1888 and just how violent was Jack. There is also "According to Adam," a column by Adam Went and "Book 'em!" a column on detective fiction by Don Souden.
The issue is available free for download at http://newindependentreview.com/
Remember that the magazine is most eaily read in "Full Screen Mode." Use Escape to return to normal.
Enjoy this latest experience in magazines.
Don Souden.
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"To expose [the Senator] is rather like performing acts of charity among the deserving poor; it needs to be done and it makes one feel good, but it does nothing to end the problem."
I can't believe the readership is quite so blase, so I'll try again. A new magazine with major articles is available FREE
at http://newindependentreview.com/
Articles by Jonathan Hainsworth, Tom Wescott. Dave Gates and Adam Went -- FREE!
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"To expose [the Senator] is rather like performing acts of charity among the deserving poor; it needs to be done and it makes one feel good, but it does nothing to end the problem."
Issue one of the New Independent Review is now out and features a "Pair of Jacks: the Saga of Melville Mcnaghten" by Jonathan Hainsworth; "Bachert of Berner Street" by Tom Wescott and a pair of short essays by David M. Gates on fixed point policing in 1888 and just how violent was Jack. There is also "According to Adam," a column by Adam Went and "Book 'em!" a column on detective fiction by Don Souden.
The issue is available free for download at http://newindependentreview.com/
Remember that the magazine is most eaily read in "Full Screen Mode." Use Escape to return to normal.
Enjoy this latest experience in magazines.
Don Souden.
There are some folks on here who will never be able to return to normal.
There are some folks on here who will never be able to return to normal.
That supposes that at one time they were normal . . . which in some cases is dubious at best.
Don.
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"To expose [the Senator] is rather like performing acts of charity among the deserving poor; it needs to be done and it makes one feel good, but it does nothing to end the problem."
Congratulations Don, and thanks for all your hard work on the Review.
I particularly enjoyed Tom's article on Albert Bachert. I've long thought him an intriguing character (umm- Bachert, not Tom ) and it's very difficult to know what to make of him.
Hi Archaic, thank you for that. What sparked the article was my observation that Bachert, like Le Grand, first appeared on the Ripper scene immediately after the double event, and also like Le Grand, promoted a suspect that seemed completely fictitious. While pondering Bachert's place in the Ripper mystery, I realized that he described a man very much like Fanny Mortimer's (who subsequently turned out to be Leon Goldstein), who carried a black bag. I knew that the chatty Mortimer was talking up what she saw on the pavement of Berner Street, and I wondered if maybe Bachert didn't hear it there. I already knew that he had a beef with the Berner Street boys, so I built the article around that. Even though I don't personally think Bachert killed anybody, I think if that article had been published in the mid-90's, when Ripperology was not jaded at all, he would have grown into a full-blown suspect by now.
I've long thought him an intriguing character (umm- Bachert, not Tom)
Tom is quite intriguing himself. Indeed, there is much mystery attached to him (a picture of Tom ranks just behind those of MJK in life and Aberline among Ripperologists) and that coupled with his seeming endless cranking out of articles has created a rumor that "Tom Wescott" is actually a consortium of three men, a woman and a wonder horse operating out of an abandoned Air Force base in Oklahoma.
Don.
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"To expose [the Senator] is rather like performing acts of charity among the deserving poor; it needs to be done and it makes one feel good, but it does nothing to end the problem."