SOME 230 years after the body of a hanged highway robber was turned into a sculpture, an intriguing pair of exhibitions aim to shed light on his identity and the history of anatomical art, discovers ...
DR THOMAS Neil Cream was hanged for the murder of four London prostitutes in November 1892. His final words, "I am Jack" uttered before dancing the Tyburn jig, were ominous. Did you know with a ...
Sarah Middleton witnesses her husband’s final journey from Newgate to the gallows at Tyburn Tree, but the sight provokes some surprising emotions in The Tyburn Jig. Author Katy Darby studied English ...
Are you ready to swing with a Georgian king? Can you see eye to eye with Admiral Nelson? Does the Duke of Wellington get the boot? Dare you dance the Tyburn jig? Will you be saved by Florence ...
British history is full of barmy people who did nasty things to each other. With blood, battles, murder and mayhem Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain explores stories from Roman, Tudor, Stuart, ...
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Dead Rat Orchestra, Lisa Knapp and filmmaker James Holcombe to bring hanging back to Norwich Arts Centre for live film-soundtrack event involving rare folk ballads, six projectors and local stories.