Ripperologist magazine 21st Birthday Conference

[Abby Normal]

Still lots of work for us to do paitence please

thank You PM
good luck and I look forward to when you do make it public.

[pinkmoon]

darn! when I saw you posted in this thread, I was hoping that your Grampton solution was going to be in this issue!

any word on that, or was it all a big joke?

Still lots of work for us to do paitence please

[Abby Normal]

I look foward to attending one day

darn! when I saw you posted in this thread, I was hoping that your Grampton solution was going to be in this issue!

any word on that, or was it all a big joke?

[pinkmoon]

I look foward to attending one day

[AdamNeilWood]

Speaker announcement: Dr Drew Gray

We are delighted to announce DR DREW GRAY as our next speaker at the Ripperologist 21st Birthday Conference in September.

Drew is a historian of 18 and 19th century social history, specialising in the history of crime and punishment. He teaches at the university of Northampton, where he is course leader for the BA (Honours) degree. Drew is a member of the London Journal editorial board, the London Historians group and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Drew's talk, titled POLICING WHITECHAPEL: THE ROLE OF THE THAMES POLICE COURT IN THE 1880s, will look at the everyday nature of crime in the East End, and examine how the East Arbour Street court operated and the role it played in keeping order and discipline in the area.

He has published numerous articles and three books including one, "London’s Shadows; the Dark Side of the Victorian City" (Bloomsbury, 2010) which uses the Whitechapel murders of 1888 as a focus for studying crime, poverty and a number of related themes. His most recent book is an undergraduate level textbook, "Crime, Policing & Punishment in England, 1660-1914". Drew has been researching the ‘Ripper’ murders for several years and intends to offer his own ‘thesis’ in due course.

He is a Londoner and has recently returned to live in the capital. When not writing, researching or teaching he can usually be found watching the Arsenal.

Information on all the speakers appearing at the Ripperologist magazine 21st Birthday Conference can be found at www.ripconference.com

Thanks to all those who have already paid a deposit or the full amount!

[AdamNeilWood]

Conference website

We're pleased to announce that the website for the Ripperologist magazine 21st Birthday Conference is now up and running!

Information on speakers, venue and costs can be found on the site, and we'll be updating it as we announce more speakers.

Many thanks to all those who have already paid a deposit - we've been overwhelmed with the response!

https://www.ripconference.com

[AdamNeilWood]

Speaker announcement

We are delighted to announce DAVID THOMPSON as our next speaker at the Ripperologist magazine 21st birthday conference.

David is the great-grandson of PC Ernest Thompson, the constable who discovered the body of Frances Coles while on his very first beat, and who nine years later was murdered while on duty.

In his talk, David will relate the tragic career of his ancestor, including how being thought of as 'the man who let the Ripper go' played on Ernest's conscience, and what happened to the family after his death. David will also describe how he and his grandfather - Ernest's son - were invited by the Metropolitan Police in 1976 to view Ernest's grave and funerary plaque, and what has happened to them over recent years.

David is fine art trained and was formerly a magazine art editor, his passion is architecture and contemporary design. For many years he has been a Blue Badge Guide and Lecturer, being Chair of the Guild of Registered Tourist Guides, an organisation of over 800 members, between 2008-2013.

David joins PROF CLIVE EMSLEY, GLENN CHANDLER and DAVID WICKES as our speakers announced so far.

Conference MC: Richard Jones
Conference organisers: Adam Wood and Frogg Moody

Conference venue: The Wesley Hotel, Euston, London NW1

Cost: Two days of talks, lunches, teas & coffees, Saturday evening dinner and after dinner talks: £110 per person.
As above but without dinner and after dinner talks: £80 per person.

A £50 deposit can be paid by clicking on the following link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=E7WG568VKKW4W

[drstrange169]

Shaping up to be a fantastic conference. Times like this I'm sorry I live on the other side of the planet.

[AdamNeilWood]

Third speaker announcement

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: OUR NEXT SPEAKER!

We are delighted to announce that the legendary television and film writer, director and producer DAVID WICKES has been confirmed as part of the Casebook: Classic Crime "Watching the Detectives" theme at the Conference.

David has worked on numerous detective dramas including "Public Eye", "Softly Softly: Task Force", "Special Branch", "Van Der Valk", "The Sweeney", "The Professionals" and "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye".

In 1973 David took the popular Softly Softly characters Barlow and Watt and placed them in Whitechapel as they attempted to solve the Ripper murders in the acclaimed "Jack the Ripper", and in 1988 directed and co-wrote the mini-series "Jack the Ripper" starring Michael Caine.

In his talk, David will discuss his ongoing interest in the detective, and how this shaped his vision of the work of the detectives in his Ripper output.

When it comes to watching the detectives, David Wickes has certainly seen a few - it would be criminal to miss it!

David joins PROF CLIVE EMSLEY and GLENN CHANDLER as our speakers announced so far.

Conference MC: Richard Jones
Conference organisers: Adam Wood and Frogg Moody

[PaulB]

An excellent book and an important contribution to the sparse literature about the Cleveland Street scandal. I'm really looking forward to Glenn's talk. What a really good start to the speaker line-up! And if Frogg's line up of speakers for the following day is of the same quality as he's already announced then the weekend looks like one that nobody should miss.

[AdamNeilWood]

Thanks Jerry.

Yes, it's an excellent book and like you, I was pleased to finally read a biography of Jack Saul, given that he has often been seen as a semi-fictional personage.

The Cleveland Street scandal has never been discussed at a previous conference, so awe were absolutely delighted when Glenn agreed to speak at the conference.

Best wishes
Adam

[jerryd]

Excellent news, Adam!

The Sins of Jack Saul is a very good book. Anyone interested in the Cleveland Street Scandal as well as the Dublin Castle Scandal would benefit from reading his latest book. It is well written and provides a wealth of new material. He also, through his research, put a real person to Jack Saul.

I'm glad Glenn jumped on board.

[AdamNeilWood]

RIPPEROLOGIST 21st CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
OUR NEXT SPEAKER!

We are delighted to announce GLENN CHANDLER as our second speaker for the September conference, speaking on the Cleveland Street Scandal.

Glenn is best known as the creator and writer of "Taggart", which became the longest running television detective series in the world. He has also written true crime television dramas, notably those on William Palmer, the poisoner, George Joseph Smith, the Brides in the Bath killer, and John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer.

His books include "Burning Poison", a true account of a Georgian Liverpool murder mystery, and two fictional novels about Brighton detective Steve Madden, "Savage Tide" and "Dead Sight".

Glenn is also an award-winning theatre writer, producer and director.

His latest book, "The Sins of Jack Saul", reveals the truth behind one of the most notorious figures in the Cleveland Street affair. Glenn is currently working on a theatre production based on the life of the infamous Dublin-born male prostitute Jack Saul, having previously written a musical based on the Cleveland Street affair.

In his talk, Glenn will disclose the truth of what went on behind the velvet curtains of 19 Cleveland Street, explore Chief Inspector Abberline's role in the investigation and finally put to bed the rumours of Prince Albert Victor's involvement in the scandal.

Glenn joins PROF CLIVE EMSLEY as our speakers announced so far.

Conference MC: Richard Jones
Conference organisers: Adam Wood and Frogg Moody

Our next announcement will be venue and ticket price details.
And we will be posting deposit payment links!

Keep up to date with news on the conference at the event Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/936573753106575/