The murder itself took place outside a London pub called The Magdala, where the team behind ITV's A Cruel Love: The Ruth ...

On 10 April 1955, she fatally shot Blakely, 25, outside of a Hampstead pub after suspecting him of being unfaithful. Ellis was arrested and found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey before being ...

Her death, coming after she shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub two months before, sparked a wave of public opprobrium and likely contributed to the outlawing of the death penalty a decade ...

Part of our Best Pubs in London microsite ... Needless to say, the place is usually busy with the Hampstead locals and any tourists who've done their homework. We even saw Liam Gallagher in ...

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story features Bohemian Rhapsody star Lucy Boynton as the nightclub manager who shot her lover David Blakely dead outside Hampstead's Magdala pub in 1955.

These are the best pubs in the area as nominated by Londonist readers, plus our own favourites. We've temporarily included one place from nearby Queen's Park, but we'll probably split this off as ...

A new ITV drama is set to reignite interest in the famous execution that shook post-war England and advanced the abolition of the death penalty ...