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omnia revelat time reveals all history, imagination and a touch of magic from Leicestershire in the English East Midlands |
History,
heritage and creativity in images and words on six distinctive websites Website design and content © Stephen Butt 2011 07982 845112 info@stephenbutt.co.uk |
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Research |
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This is a representative selection of my published research which is available on line. Please click on an image or bold title to go to the relevant website |
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The
Psychic Hunt for Jack the Ripper presented to The Whitechapel Society London, October 2005 An analysis of the evidence available to support the claims that the Victorian medium Robert James Lees assisted the police in their investigations into the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 |
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Georgiana
Eagle - Queen Victoria's clairvoyant revealed The first published account of the life of the elusive Georgiana Eagle. Other researchers have claimed she never existed. With references to original source material, this article proves that she was a very real person, the daughter of travelling magician George Barnardo Eagle |
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Music,
Bricks and Mortar The Guildhall, Leicester Friday 28 August 2009 Music for the Kings and Queens of England, presented as part of the 2009 Castle Park Festival. Stephen Butt and the Longslade Consort directed by John Bence, with some reflections on the historic buildings of the Leicester Guildhall area and Royal Music from the times of Richard III to George II |
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Robert
James Lees, Queen Victoria and Jack the Ripper –myth and reality The Theosophical History Conference London 2-3 July 2005 Details of the conference programme at which the above talk was presented to the Foundation for Theosophical Studies |
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Robert James Lees and the Revd Thomas Ashcroft in Psypioneer Vol 5, No 12. Published December 2009 An account of the public dispute between two young men regarding Spiritualism and Christianity in the North of England in the mid 19th Century. This link is to Woodland Way which provides an archive of all previous Psypioneer journals which can be download free of charge as PDF files. |
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Highcross
Leicester The history beneath Leicester's newest shopping centre and mall, published on the centre's website. Material derived from Leicester Chronicler |
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Some further published articles
The Newsletter of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society (download the last issues edited by Stephen Butt) |
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