A number of histories of UK police forces begin right at the beginning of policing with rich information about parish constabularies, early reform and the establishment of the Metropolitan Police. For some, by the chronological ending of the book, information tends to get thinner or peter out. The reasons for this could be three-fold. First, … Continue reading The preservation of records and the writing of police histories
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The Jack the Ripper Museum and thoughts around “Ripperology”
I have been following the debate around the opening of the new Jack the Ripper Museum at 12 Cable Street, London both on the Museum Association's LinkedIn pages, and also via the press who have interviewed irate support groups and local communities. Yet I can't help reflecting that the man at the root of it all - Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe - will be … Continue reading The Jack the Ripper Museum and thoughts around “Ripperology”
Angie Sutton-Vane 