Here's a question you won't hear posed every day of the week?
What's the link between the bloke who directed the cult film 'Withnail & I', the famous Victorian ballad song 'The Holy City', so beloved of cornet soloists at slow melody contests for generations... and 'Jack the Ripper'?
They All Love Jack
Well according to a new book called 'They All Love Jack', written by award winning screenplay writer Bruce Robinson (who directed 'Withnail & I') — a singer/composer called Michael Maybrick (above), who worked under the musical pseudonym of Stephen Adams — the man behind of 'The Holy City', written in 1892 — also happened to be the most infamous serial killer in history...
Colourful
The book has just been published by Harper Collins and has created a bit of a stir — and you can read why in a cracking (and very colourful) interview the author gives to journalist Robert Chalmers for this month's GQ magazine.
Top G finish
So the next time any budding cornet player struggles to hit the top G finish to the end of 'Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Lift up your gates and sing, Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna to your King!' their minds may be a little distracted if they read Bruce's book first...
the next time any budding cornet player struggles to hit the top G finish to the end of 'Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Lift up your gates and sing... their minds may be a little distracted4BR
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