Australian Rules: The Persecution Of The Witch Of Kings Cross
What comes through loud and clear in the story of artist and alleged witch Rosaleen Norton is the ferocity of Australian censorship in the 1950s and 60s.
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Foregone Conclusions In Search Of Evidence: Yet Another British Government Moral Panic
The head of the newly-announced ‘review’ into the effects of adult entertainment sounds suspiciously as though she has already made her mind up on the subject.
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Britain’s New Moral Panic Part Two: ‘Reviewing’ The Censorship Laws
Britain has a plethora of laws relating to pornography and sex – yet is still determined to find room for more.
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The Pope Does Not Approve Of Porn
Priests and nuns have been watching porn on their phones, and The Pope is not at all amused.
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The Double Life Of Oliver Frey
The artist responsible for some of the most iconic magazine cover art of the 1980s was also a prolific illustrator of sexually explicit comic strips.
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Swirling About In A Human Cesspit Of His Own Making: Goodbye To God’s Cop
Manchester’s former Chief Constable and moral puritan James Anderton has died.
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Police Raids In The Last Days Of Obscenity
A personal memoir of falling foul of Manchester’s over-zealous Obscene Publications Squad – and fighting back.
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Printed Poison – Mid-Sixties Moral Panic From The Citizens For Decent Literature
More 1960s anti-smut hysteria from notorious fraudster Charles Keating.
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Motherfu…ing Stupidity: The BBFC And ‘Implied Language’
The British censor’s curious decision to treat ‘implied’ swearing no differently than if the actual word had been used.
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Larry Flynt 1942 – 2021
Remembering the revolutionary, rebellious and defiant publisher of Hustler, free speech icon and thorn in the side of religious and political hypocrites.
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Gestapo’s Last Orgy Is Still Too Outrageous For Britain’s Censors
The British film censors are still confusing offensiveness for dangerousness as they ban yet another former Video Nasty.
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No More Fucking In Austria
The small village with a rude name has had enough of sniggering tourists.
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