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East End acid murder case to be re-opened after 124 years

02.06.11
Historians are to reopen the case of a Jewish umbrella salesman hanged for murdering a woman by forcing acid down her throat 124 years ago... more

After hours: some places you just don't strip

12.04.11
If any modern burlesque dancer wants to feel like a bona fide showgirl there is one place she should perform... ... more

Killer revealed 35 years later: Woman bludgeoned to death was not Yorkshire Ripper victim

09.02.11
The killer of a 26-year-old woman whose murder was linked to the Yorkshire Ripper has finally been revealed more than 35 years later... more

TfL in deep trouble over giant puddle

13.01.11
Row breaks out over a two-year old giant puddle next to Spitalfields market... more

TV Review: Whitechapel is entertainment to die for

12.10.10
The first in this new three-part series of Whitechapel was bliss — the sort of high-gloss, sinister-silly crime caper that you want to settle down with of a Monday evening.... more

Issy, Lee and me: How I came to see the demons behind the genius of McQueen

25.02.10
"I have an idea,” Isabella Blow told me over lunch a few years ago. “I think you should interview Alexander McQueen.” It was 2004 and we were both working at Tatler. “But first,” she said, “you have to impress him. He is very intelligent. We have to make him think the interview is his idea.” If anyone could persuade him to do anything it was Isabella. She was his best friend, his conspirator, his inspiration... more

Steampunk rockers: the trend for tweed

01.02.10
Tweedy types are everywhere, inspired by Sherlock Holmes and all things Victorian. Jenny Hall wonders what they’re really about... more

Elementary but splendidly droll in Sherlock Holmes, my dear Mr Ritchie

15.12.09
Gorblimey. Guy Ritchie's larky go at Britain's greatest detective Sherlock Holmes really isn't bad.... more

My London - Dinos Chapman

04.12.09
After enrolling at the Royal College of Art, Dinos became an assistant to the artists Gilbert and George, before collaborating with his brother Jake... more

Give the kids a scream at London Dungeon and Chelsea FC

27.10.09
Fancy a fun day out with the kids that won't break the bank? Chelsea Football Club and the London Dungeon are offering a two-for-one deal.... more

London's most haunted venues

20.10.09
From sinister squares to pubs with poltergeists, we discover where you should hunt for a ghoul or a ghost this Halloween.... more

David Bailey captures Londoners alive at night

18.08.09
David Bailey recently spent a night taking pictures of ordinary people doing sometimes extraordinary things in the East End with a camera phone ... more

Lulu's sorrows of a somnambulist

05.06.09
Berg’s opera Lulu is no stranger to controversy. Today, the moral issues are posed differently.... more

Yard could open doors of gruesome 'Black Museum'

06.05.09
Scotland Yard could be about to let the public visit its "Black Museum" which catalogues artefacts from the capital's most gruesome crimes... more

Look what they’ve done to the Whitechapel

24.03.09
Two weeks before it reopens, our critic takes the first look at the East End gallery’s impressive £13.5 million expansion ... more

Halloween activities for the family

20.10.08
With Halloween falling on the last Friday of half-term, there are plenty of ghoulish activities to spook the family. So be afraid - be very afraid.... more

Whitechapel Ripper will die in prison for killings

06.10.08
The double killer who planned to emulate Jack the Ripper was jailed for a minimum of 30 years but refuses to reveal where he dumped his victims... more

Analysis: Increasing doubts in the corridors of power

04.09.08
There is an increasing sense at the Yard and in senior police circles that time is running out for Sir Ian Blair... more

A ripping read: book on London's worst street of crime

21.08.08
London's most crimeridden street is chronicled in a new book... more

Great Days out: A-I

22.07.08
From a trip on Star Over London to a butterfly house visit here is your A-Z guide of great things to do in London.... more

A monster of his prurient time

16.05.08
New exhibition Jack the Ripper and the East End tempers press and police material with videos of contemporary talking heads discussing prostitution, poverty and murder.... more

Jack the Ripper strikes again

02.05.08
Poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell is the latest to add his four penn'rth on Jack the Ripper in the stylistically elegant The Only Girl in the World.... more

Museum to show impact of Jack the Ripper murders on the East End

29.02.08
The Museum in Docklands is returning to the scene of London’s most infamous crimes with a Jack the Ripper exhibition... more

Utterly compelling paintings

31.10.07
Walter Sickert's Camden Town Nudes exhibition reveals an artist fascinated by violence and the urban underbelly.... more

'Jack the Ripper' nudes go on show

24.10.07
Paintings of nudes that prompted crime writer Patricia Cornwell to name artist Walter Sickert as Jack the Ripper are to go on show in London.... more

Searching for signs of the Zodiac

17.05.07
If you have the patience David Fincher's Zodiac, a meticulously made thriller about the serial kiiller who terrified San Francisco in the Sixties and Seventies, should provide ample reward.... more


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