Conference Jack the Ripper and Popular CultureThe East End has always been synonymous with Jack the Ripper. Maybe for the wrong reasons but the dimly lit labyrinthine streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields and the history of poverty and hardship suffered by so many Eastenders in the late 19th century is seen by many as the dark stage for what remain to be some of the most infamous unsolved murders in the world. This conference, chaired by historian and author Clive Bloom, will explore the reasons why Jack the Ripper still has such a strong and lasting hold on popular imagination, inspiring hundreds of books, films, plays and graphic novels 120 years on, and why this one unknown figure has become so iconic and so much a part of London. Speakers will include Sir Christopher Fraying who will be showing his BBC documentary ‘Shadow of the Ripper’ as well as authors who have written extensively on the capital’s most infamous son. / Sophie Khan
where
Museum in Docklands, West India Quay, E14 4AL0844 980 2151
when
10am-5.15pm
how much
£3.50-£7
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