Kray

In recent years, we've had the worst gangsters in London called The Kray Twins.

Mike Ragogna: Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor Mike Ragogna 2011

In recent years, we've had the worst gangsters in London called The Kray Twins.

Mike Ragogna: Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor Mike Ragogna 2011

I'm reminded by her bravery of the famous 1960s Private Eye article which named the Kray Twins as the people behind a series of tabloid headlines about the 'reign of fear' in London's gangland.

Archive 2004-09-05 Laban 2004

"Kray," said he, "will attack the left -- the Russians the center -- Melas the right."

The Empire of Russia 1841

Dressed in black on black on black on black with a dull copper tie, Mr. Tosches looks like a pit boss or one of the Kray brothers, or perhaps more accurately, Doug Pirhana.

Binky Philips: Nick Tosches Saves The Last Dance For Satan Binky Philips 2011

Dressed in black on black on black on black with a dull copper tie, Mr. Tosches looks like a pit boss or one of the Kray brothers, or perhaps more accurately, Doug Pirhana.

Binky Philips: Nick Tosches Saves The Last Dance For Satan Binky Philips 2011

After a rocky second series in which the Kray twins were cloned, Whitechapel has gone back to its 19th-century roots with a recreation of the Ratcliff Highway mUurders.

TV review: Whitechapel; Protecting Our Children; Spartacus: Vengeance 2012

The brutal Creagh is she, by chance, related to the Kray brothers? called it "another all-singing, all-dancing disaster by the worst performing department" in Whitehall and dismissed Defra's circus licensing option as pathetic.

Farmer Jim hounded over circus animals 2011

We were asked to believe that while in prison, Ronnie Kray had donated his sperm to a woman – who happened to be a dead ringer for Violet Kray, his mother – who had subsequently given birth to two more Kray twins, Jimmy and Johnny.

TV review: Whitechapel, Horizon and A History of Horror With Mark Gatiss John Crace 2010

The first series with its vaguely noirish, paranormal overtones had a kind of novelty value, but the second feels like a formulaic repeat – the only difference being that this time round DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) et al are chasing copycat Kray twins around the East End rather than a copycat Jack the Ripper.

TV review: Whitechapel, Horizon and A History of Horror With Mark Gatiss John Crace 2010