Events in June
Sunday 8 June, 2.30pm
Jack the Ripper's many film appearances are explored by Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck. Using film clips, he will give a fascinating account of Jack's screen career.
Tickets £7.50, Concessions £5
Sunday 22 June, 2.30pm
Join a fascinating panel of writers and historians for a discussion on the Jewish East End of the late nineteenth century, chaired by Jerry White, renowned social historian and author of London in the Nineteenth century. Panellists include Iain Sinclair, author of London; City of Disappearances; Rachel Lichtenstein, author of On Brick Lane, and Professor Bill Fishman, author, social historian and leading expert on the Jewish East End.
Tickets £7.50, Concessions £5
Join our Blue Badge guided walks for a look at the sensational story of Jack the Ripper in the context of contemporary life and social conditions in the Victorian East End.
Jack the Ripper and the East End
Wednesdays 25 June, 6pm
Join Denise Allen to look at the women victims, victims of circumstance, social deprivation and the Whitechapel murderer, on this guided Jack the Ripper and the East End walk.
Tickets £7.50, No concessions
The Victorian East End - Lunchtime talks series
5 June, 12 June
A series of Thursday lunchtime talks associated with the exhibition Jack the Ripper and the East End. In each session an expert speaker will explore a different aspect of the Victorian East End.
All talks free, 1.10-2pm
View details of the Lunchtime talks series
The Victorian East End lunchtime talks