The Ted Goodman Prudery Archive
Compiled And Annotated By Alexander Baron

SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE., advertisement/notice of meeting, published in THE SUN, June 7, 1802, page 1. [Note: Vice Society]
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE. CAUTION published in THE Sussex Weekly Advertiser; or, Lewes Journal, October 11, 1802, page 1.
Reports on the cases of Baptista Bertazzi and Ann Aitkin, published in the HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE, February 28, 1803, page 2 (unnumbered).
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Advertisement for a meeting of the Society For The Suppression Of Vice, published in The British Press OR MORNING LITERARY ADVERTISER, July 2, 1803, page 1.
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in The British Press, May 7, 1804, page 3.
(A modern reprint of) PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE, July 9-November 12, 1804.
Notices/correspondence re SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE, published in The Sun, April 12, 1805, page 1.
Re the above, this file and this one is the same (overlapping column).
Advertisement for a public address by the Society For The Suppression Of Vice, published in The Sun, April 11, 1806, page 2.
Brothel Scene In The Port Of Wapping In London, 1807 is a painting by Thomas Rowlandson, May 6, 1807.
DISORDERLY HOUSE. published in The Daily Advertiser, Oracle, and True Briton, September 14, 1808, page 3 (unnumbered).
MISS TAYLOR published in The Morning Post., March 17, 1809, page 3.
POLICE. published in The British Mercury; Or, WEDNESDAY EVENING POST., July 11, 1810, page 223. [Note: The Vere Street Club]
ATHERTON V. WILLSHEN, a law report, published in The Morning Post., August 4, 1810, page 3.
DISORDERLY HOUSE. published in The Globe., September 18, 1811, page 4 (unnumbered).
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in THE OXFORD...City Herald..., DECEMBER 12. 1812, page 4 (unnumbered).
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WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. published in THE NEWS., October 31, 1813, page 350 (sixth page).
KING V. WATSON. and KING V. FRANCES COLLINS. from LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS, published in The Leeds Mercury., October 29, 1814, page 4.
THE KING V. EMMETT. from the LAW REPORT. published in The London Chronicle., June 20, 1815, page 588.
PUBLIC PROSTITUTES. is a missive signed COMMON DECENCY, published in THE SUNDAY MONITOR., June 9, 1816, page 2 (unnumbered).
POLICE. published in The Times, August 8, 1816, page 3. (Scroll down for report on Joseph and Susan Green indecent prints case).
Extract from WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCT. 23. published in THE MORNING POST., October 24, 1817, page 1.
SURREY SESSIONS. (partial report), published in The Times, January 27, 1818, page 3.
PRINCIPLES OF NATURE... by Elihu Palmer is published. [Note: Elihu Palmer]
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in The Public Ledger, AND PUBLIC ADVERTISER, December 23, 1819, page 1.
Extract from local law report published in The Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury., April 14, 1820, page 3 (unnumbered).
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE, Committee Room, June, 1821. published in The Globe, June 5, 1821, page 1.
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in The British Press., September 22, 1821, page 1.
SUPPRESSION OF VICE... published in The Morning Post., January 31, 1822, page 4.
BLASPHEMY. published in The LONDON PACKET, And Lloyd’s Evening Post., From FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, to MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1822., page 3 (unnumbered).
Report on Robert and Mary Campbell from LONDON SESSIONS. published Wooler’s British Gazette, SEPTEMBER 14, 1823, page 118 (sixth page).
Extract from MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—TUESDAY. published in The Statesman, February 18, 1824, page 4 (unnumbered).
An Act for the Punishment of idle and disorderly Persons... dated June 21, 1824. [Note: Obscene publications and vagrancy acts]
BLASPHEMOUS AND OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS. published in The Morning Post, January 20, 1825, page 2 (unnumbered). [Note: Elihu Palmer]
THE VICE SOCIETY. published in THE NEWS (London), FEBRUARY 21, 1825, page 64 (eighth page of this issue).
BOW-STREET. published in PIERCE EGAN’S LIFE IN LONDON..., January 29, 1826, page 424.
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UNION-HALL.     THE BROTHELS. published in The Trades’ Free Press., September 16, 1827, page 63.
The Punishment of Adultery. published in the NOTTINGHAM REVIEW, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER FOR THE MIDLAND COUNTIES., February 29, 1828, page 4 (unnumbered).
THE KING v. JAMES AND HIS WIFE. published in The Standard., May 6, 1829, page 4 (unnumbered).
DISORDERLY HOUSE AT RUGBY... published in the LEAMINGTON SPA COURIER, January 16, 1830, page 1.
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CHELTENHAM POLICE REPORT. published in Cheltenham Journal, AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE FASHIONABLE WEEKLY GAZETTE., AUGUST 22, 1831, page 2 (unnumbered).
SEDUCTION.—ROPER V. LITTLE. published in the Weekly Times., March 4, 1832, page 4 (unnumbered).
THE LATE DISGUSTING OFFENCE.—FLIGHT OF THE REV. JOHN DOYLE. published in The Freeman’s Journal. AND DAILY COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER., September 12, 1832, page 4 (unnumbered). [Note: homosexuality]
To the Editor of the Cambridge Chronicle. (letter by George Fryme), published in the Huntingdon, Bedford, & Peterborough Gazette..., March 2, 1833, page 3 (unnumbered).
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PLYMOUTH QUARTER SESSIONS. published in Woolmer’s Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, April 19, 1834, page 3.
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NEW BEER-SHOP NUISANCE. published in the Morning Advertiser, August 1, 1834, page 4.
SARAH WEBSTER (news report) published in The York Herald, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER., October 18, 1834, page 2.
Acquittal of Anne Glover reported under MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. published in THE BELL’S NEW WEEKLY MESSENGER., November 8, 1835, page 716.
Report on the trial and conviction of Mary M’Clade published in The Carlisle Journal, October 22, 1836.
Report on Mrs Lazarus from POLICE. — BOW STREET. published in The Public Ledger, AND DAILY ADVERTISER., APRIL 3, 1837, page 4 (unnumbered).
Extract from POLICE. published in THE Glamorgan...Gazette..., JUNE 10, 1837, page 3 (unnumbered).
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DISORDERLY HOUSE.—John Whittaker from BLACKBURN PETIT SESSION, FRIDAY., published in THE BLACKBURN STANDARD., JUNE 28, 1837, page 2 (unnumbered).
Extract from CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—SATURDAY. published in The Morning Herald., OCTOBER 29, 1838, page 4 (unnumbered).
Stockdale v Hansard is decided, May 31, 1839.
CIGAR DIVAN BROTHELS. published in THE STATESMAN. The Weekly True Sun., November 29, 1840, page 13.
Conviction of Phoebe Levy for brothel keeping, from the Old Bailey proceedings, June 21, 1841.
BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL. published in The Kendal Mercury, AND NORTHERN ADVERTISER, July 10, 1841, page 1.
OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS. (letter to the Editor with reply) published in THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY, AND LANCASHIRE GENERAL ADVERTISER., July 8, 1842, page 220.
THE QUEEN V. LAWSON..., a law column in The Illustrated London News, January 14, 1843, page 30.
INDECENT BOOKS OR PICTURES...PROSTITUTES. published in The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, July 27, 1844, page 2.
Alfred Carlile indecent prints case from the Old Bailey Proceedings, September 15, 1845.
Henry Barnes case from the Old Bailey proceedings, February 2, 1846 (bottom of page).
LUCRETIA: OR, THE CHILDREN OF NIGHT. BY SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART. published in The Times, December 17, 1846, page 7.
PROCTORS AND PROSTITUTES. published in the Nottingham Review, December 18, 1846, page 4.
THE MUSIC-HALL NUISANCE AGAIN from a law report published in the Liverpool Mercury, August 17, 1847, page 5.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.       JUDGMENT. published in BELL’S WEEKLY MESSENGER, For the Week ending, Saturday, December 23, 1848, page 419 (seventh page).
Trial of Thomas Johnson for brothel keeping, from the Old Bailey proceedings, February 2, 1849. [Note: trials for brothel keeping, 1849]
PREVENTION OF SUNDAY TRAINING. published in The Essex Standard (SECOND EDITION), June 29, 1849, page 3 (unnumbered).
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Trials of three women for brothel keeping, from the Old Bailey proceedings, August 20, 1849. [Note: trials for brothel keeping, 1849]
SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in The Era, January 27, 1850, page 9.
PENNY THEATRES. published in The Weekly Chronicle., March 9, 1851, page 78.
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...OBSCENE PRINTED MATTER—PUBLIC-HOUSES NOT PUBLIC PLACES IN LAW... published in LLOYD’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, June 20, 1852, page 12.
THE QUEEN V. DUNCOMBE & THE QUEEN V. CANNON published in The Globe AND TRAVELLER., December 8, 1853, page 4.
Extract from ALLOA POLICE COURT. published in The Alloa Advertiser, May, 27, 1854, page 3.
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SELLING OBSCENE BOOKS. published in The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent., March 31, 1855, page 6.
Police Intelligence... (local court reports) published in the BRIDGNORTH JOURNAL AND SOUTH SHROPSHIRE ADVERTISER., December 6, 1856, page 8.
An act for more effectually preventing the Sale of Obscene Books... dated August 25, 1857. [Note: Obscene publications and vagrancy acts]
THE STATUE OF ACHILLES — HYDE PARK published in The Westmorland Gazette, AND KENDAL ADVERTISER., March 20, 1858, page 6. [Note: Statue of Achilles]
BEER-SHOPS AND PUBLIC MORALS. published in The Morning Post, March 27, 1858, page 6.
POOR LAW MEETING...THE PROSTITUTE APPLICANTS. published in The Carlow Post, December 11, 1858, page 3 (unnumbered).
PROSTITUTION CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO ITS CAUSE AND CURE. (Second Edition), by James Miller, 1859. [Note: this book and its author]
SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in the Kentish Mercury And Home Counties Advertiser, June 23, 1860, page 7.
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Report on a brothel keeping case from MARLBOROUGH-STREET. published in The Daily News., October 3, 1861, page 6.
EAST LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND IMMORALITY. published in the East London Observer AND TOWER HAMLETS CHRONICLE, November 22, 1862, page 2.
Disorderly House published in THE WEST MIDDLESEX ADVERTISER., November 28, 1863, page 3.
A WEALTHY BROTHEL KEEPER. published in the Northwich & Winsford Guardian..., December 17, 1864, page 6.
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Report on a brothel keeping case from A PRETTY SORT OF PREACHER. published in Reynolds’s Newspaper, January 15, 1865, page 2.
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OBSCENE VALENTINES. (letter from B.C.) published in The Morning Post., February 13, 1866, page 6.
Pearce v Brooks is decided, April 17, 1866. [Note: this case]
DISORDERLY HOUSE AND REFUSING TO ADMIT THE POLICE. (from the law report) published in The Shields Daily News., May 7, 1867, page 2 (unnumbered).
THE CONFESSIONAL UNMASKED. published in the SALISBURY AND WINCHESTER JOURNAL, May 2, 1868, page 6.
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A DISORDERLY HOUSE. published in The Leicester Mail., July 4, 1868, page 6.
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A report on the conviction of Sarah Fears for brothel keeping from the CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. column published in The Cardiff Times, October 16, 1869, page 3.
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THE EXCISE AND BROTHEL KEEPERS. published in The Sheffield Daily Telegraph., February 24, 1870, page 4 (unnumbered).
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. published in the Stroud Journal, March 4, 1871, page 2.
THE POST-CARD. published in The City Press, July 8, 1871, page 4.
THE CHARGE OF SELLING OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS AT ROTHERHAM. published in The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent., January 26, 1872, page 4.
Trial of John Davidson John Dennison and Henry Romilly from the Old Bailey proceedings, February 4, 1873. [Note: viewing this file]
PARISH PROSECUTIONS. published in The Globe AND TRAVELLER., September 19, 1874, page 5.
POLICE. (report on the prosecution of Herbert Judge) published in The Times, January 14, 1875, page 12.
BROTHEL KEEPING IN SUNDERLAND. published in the SUNDERLAND DAILY ECHO AND SHIPPING GAZETTE., March 24, 1876, page 2.
GREAT SEIZURE OF OBSCENE PRINTS IN BIRMINGHAM... published in The Birmingham Daily Gazette, April 5, 1877, page 8.
ARREST OF MR CARLES BRADLAUGH published in The Sussex Advertiser, April 10, 1877, page 3.
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THE BRADLAUGH AND BESANT TRIAL. published in The Chelmsford Chronicle, June 22, 1877, page 7.
THE QUEEN v. CHARLES BRADLAUGH AND ANNIE BESANT, (Queen’s Bench judgment), June 28, 1877.
KEEPING A BROTHEL. from LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. published in The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer., November 15, 1877, page 7.
A RAID ON BROTHEL KEEPERS. published in the SUNDERLAND DAILY ECHO AND SHIPPING GAZETTE., November 17, 1877, page 4.
CHARLES BRADLAUGH AND ANNIE BESANT v. THE QUEEN, (Court Of Appeal judgment), February 12, 1878.
CHARGE OF SELLING AN OBSCENE BOOK., published in The Northern Warder And Bi-Weekly Courier And Argus, October 21, 1879.
SEIZURE OF OBSCENE PRINTS. — CHARGE AGAINST A LOCAL TRADESMAN published in The Beverley Weekly Recorder And General Advertiser, May 22, 1880.
THE CONFERENCE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE. published in The Derbyshire Times, June 22, 1881, page 3.
ALLEGED BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL. published in The Globe, July 7, 1882, page 7.
THE BLASPHEMY PROSECUTION. — MR BRADLAUGH’S DEFENCE. published in The Hull Packet AND EAST RIDING TIMES., April 2, 1883, page 6.
THE SOCIAL EVIL. published in The Shields Daily News., October 8, 1884, page 4 (unnumbered)
BROTHEL KEEPING. published in The Shields Daily News., December 24, 1884, page 4 (unnumbered)
THE CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT — SOUTH SHIELDS BROTHEL KEEPERS SENT TO PRISON. published in The Shields Daily News, November 13, 1885, page 4 (unnumbered).
A BROTHEL KEEPER SENT TO GAOL. published in the Sunderland DAILY Echo AND SHIPPING GAZETTE, February 10, 1886, page 3 (apparently unnumbered – page torn).
BROTHEL KEEPING IN SUNDERLAND. published in the Sunderland DAILY Echo AND SHIPPING GAZETTE, March 22, 1887, page 3.
BROTHEL KEEPING. published in the Northern Daily Mail, March 12, 1888, page 3.
REG. V. RAFFLES. (from the law reports) published in The Times, February 2, 1889, page 4.
A BURY LANDLORD FINED. — ALLEGED LETTING A HOUSE FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES. published in The Bury and Norwich Post, And Suffolk Standard., April 9, 1889, page 6.
COUNTY OF LONDON SESSIONS... (partial report) published in The Times, February 20, 1890, page 3.
INDECENT POST-CARDS. published in The Dundee Courier AND ARGUS, April 1, 1890, page 2.
SENDING OBNOXIOUS POST-CARDS. published in The Derby Daily Telegraph, July 15, 1890, page 4.
THE FALSE CHARGE AGAINST A WOMAN AT ALDERSHOT. published in The Daily Free Press (Aberdeen), July 1, 1891, page 5.
BROTHEL KEEPING AT PORTSMOUTH. — HEAVY PENALTY. published in the Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle, October 31, 1891, page 3.
MR. OSCAR WILDE... published in The Standard, June 30, 1892, page 5.
BROTHEL KEEPING IN SWANSEA. — DEFENDANT COMMITTED TO PRISON. published in the South Wales Daily Post, July 17, 1893, page 3 (unnumbered).
RECENT NOVELS. published in The Times, October 25, 1894, page 14.
A BOOKSELLER FINED. published in The Devon Evening Express, November 22, 1894, page 3.
BURY ST. EDMUND’S. is a partial court report published in the Ipswich newspaper The Evening Star. (FOURTH EDITION), August 2, 1895, page 3 (unnumbered).
ALLEGED BROTHEL-KEEPING AT PENARTH. published in the Barry Dock News, February 18, 1896, page 6 (unnumbered).
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BROTHEL KEEPING AT CARDIFF published in The Cardiff Times. AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS., March 13, 1897, page 6.
F.M. BROWNE SENDS MORE OBSCENE POSTCARDS... published in The Essex County Chronicle, July 22, 1898, page 6.
AN ANARCHIST GETS NINE MONTHS FOR SENDING INDECENT POSTCARDS. published in The Illustrated Police News, October 29, 1898, page 11.
BROTHEL-KEEPING. published in the South Wales Echo. (SPECIAL EDITION), January 17, 1899, page 3 (unnumbered).
SENDING OFFENSIVE POSTCARDS. MANUFACTURER HEAVILY FINED. published in the Yorkshire Telegraph And Star, Wednesday Evening, September 27, 1899, page 4.
POST OFFICE PROSECUTION AT MAGHERAFELT. published in The Constitution, February 3, 1900, page 5.
Taste in Posters. published in the YORKSHIRE Telegraph & Star, January 11, 1901, page 4.
CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN... published in The Cornish Telegraph, January 16, 1901, page 2.
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POLICE. (report on a case heard at Bow Street) published in the Times, January 16, 1902, page 14.
SUNDAY TRADING PROSECUTION. published in THE ST. JAMES’S GAZETTE (FIFTH EDN), August 25, 1902, page 7.
ALLEGED OBSCENE LITERATURE. published in The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, February 27, 1903, page 3.
ALLEGED INDECENT POSTCARDS. published in the Woolwich Gazette, July 29, 1904.
Borough Prosecution. NOTORIOUS BROTHEL. published in THE Shoreditch Observer, October 15, 1904, page 6.
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BROTHEL KEEPER FINED. published in the Pontypool Free Press, October 20, 1905, page 6.
CHARGE AGAINST A STATIONER: SIX MONTHS’SENTENCE. published in Eastern Daily Press, April 3, 1906, page 9
BOW STREET.—SATURDAY. ALLEGED OBSCENE PHOTOS SOLD AT KILBURN.— published in The Kilburn Times Hampstead And North-Western Press, December 7, 1906, page 6 (unnumbered).
ALLEGED IMMORAL TRADING. A NEWCASTLE PROSECUTION. published in the Yorkshire Telegraph And Star, December 29, 1906, page 3.
Obscene Photographs. A SHOWMAN FINED AT WALLSEND. published in Jarrow Express And Tyneside Advertiser, February 15, 1907, page 3.
INDECENT POSTCARDS. — HARD LABOUR FOR TWO STREET HAWKERS AT BLACKPOOL published in The Lancashire Daily Post, August 21, 1907, page 2.
Trial of Esther Bowen for keeping a brothel, September 18, 1907. [Note: Old Bailey proceedings and this case]
POSTING OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS. NOTTINGHAM MAN FINED. published in The Nottingham Evening Post, May 19, 1908, page 5.
ANOTHER PLAY BANNED. published in The Daily News, November 7, 1908, page 6.
SALOME DANCE BANNED AT SALFORD. published in The Yorkshire Evening Post (LATEST BUFF POST), April 19, 1909, page 6.
Untitled article published in The Manchester Courier, April 24, 1909, page 9.
The above reports Preston stationer Robert Dougal was fined for offering an obscene postcard for sale.
THE CENSOR’S REVENGE. published in the Times, June 26, 1909, page 10.
The above letter by the playwright George Bernard Shaw was republished in the Times, June 26, 1989.
ANOTHER SHAW PLAY BANNED. published in THE Christchurch Times, RINGWOOD AND BOURNEMOUTH ADVERTISER, July 3, 1909, page 6.
THE DRAMATIC CENSORSHIP. (report on Parliamentary proceedings) published in the Times, August 21, 1909, page 9.
Obscene Photographs and Postcards. published in Sheffield Daily Telegraph, May 27, 1910, page 7.
MR L. HOUSMAN AND THE CENSOR... published in the Times, September 28, 1910, page 10.
Upfill v Wright, King’s Bench Division, December 16-7, 1910.
Another Chesterfield Brothel...Woman Fined £20 published in The Derbyshire Courier, May 30, 1911, page 2.
ANOTHER PLAY BANNED. STORY OF A SOCIALIST KING. published in The Manchester Courier, January 25, 1912, page 7.
CENSORSHIP OF CINEMA FILMS. — MR REDFORD’S NEW OFFICE. published in the Times, January 2, 1913, page 2.
CENSORSHIP OF POST-CARDS., a letter by H.D. Rawnsley, published in the Times, January 7, 1913, page 10. [Note: correspondence, 1913]
POSTCARD CENSOR? — SUGGESTED REMEDY FOR OFFENSIVE PRINTS... published in the Pall Mall Gazette, January 8, 1913, page 3.
A POST-CARD CENSORSHIP. by H.D. Rawnsley, published in the Times, January 14, 1913, page 9.
BANNED NOVEL...“THE DEVIL’S GARDEN” published in The Pall Mall Gazette (Extra Late), September 8, 1913, page 1.
ALLEGED OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS. POLICE PROSECUTION. published in the Ballymena Observer, May 22, 1914, page 9.
SALE OF PHOTOGRAPHS. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS AT BURNLEY... published in The Burnley News, July 11, 1914, page 14.
...MATINEE PLAY WITHDRAWN. published in the Times, November 19, 1915, page 11. [Note: The Theatre Of The Soul]
“THE THEATRE OF THE SOUL.” — BANNED PLAY AT A CHARITY MATINEE published in The Times. Late War Edition), December 4, 1915, page 11.
BAN ON SHAW PLAY REMOVED published in The Globe AND TRAVELLER (NIGHT EDITION), March 14, 1916, page 5.
AN OBSCENE SONG... published in The Mansfield Reporter And Sutton Times, May 18, 1917.
OFFICER IN THE DOCK. OBSCENE POSTCARDS TO YOUNG LADIES. published in The Derby Daily Telegraph, May 28, 1918, page 3.
SHOCKING REVELATIONS AT CAMBORNE. — BROTHEL RAIDED: TWO WOMEN SENT TO PRISON. published in THE CORNISHMAN January 1, 1919, page 3.
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KEEPING A BROTHEL. — A Monkwearmouth Case. published in the Sunderland Daily Echo AND SHIPPING GAZETTE (SIX O’CLOCK EDN), September 25, 1919, page 4.
LANDLORD AND TENANT’S MORALS. — “NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE.” published in the Times, December 23, 1920, page 7.
A SWEARING GHOST. — WOMAN’S COMPLAINT TO A MAGISTRATE. published in the Times, January 6, 1921, page 7.
ALLEGED OBSCENE BOOK. published in the Sheffield Independent (EXTRA) (EXPRESS EDITION), March 19, 1921, page 9.
A BANNED FILM. “AM I FIT TO MARRY?” published in the Times, October 7, 1921, page 8.
BLASPHEMER SENT TO PRISON. — INTERRUPTER FINED BY JUDGE published in the Times, December 10, 1921, page 7. [Note: John William Gott]
GROSS CONTEMPT OF COURT. £5 Fine for Exclamation in Blasphemy Trial. published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, December 10, 1921, page 3.
A FILM POSTER BANNED. published in the Times, February 16, 1922, page 8.
WEST-END PLAY BANNED. — OBJECTION TO A BEDROOM SCENE... published in the Pall Mall Gazette, June 1, 1922, page 9.
PLAY BANNED BY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. published in the Aberdeen Daily Journal (SECOND EDITION), June 3, 1922, page 8.
Birth Control Banned. published in Freedom, January 1923, page 1.
OBSCENE BOOKS. — FRENCH AND ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS. published in the Times, September 4, 1923, page 7.
MORALS IN SOUTHWARK. — SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST LANDLORDS. published in the Times, March 26, 1924, page 16.
OBSCENE POST CARDS — Efforts to Trace Their Origin in America published in the Dublin EVENING HERALD (FINAL 6·30), March 20, 1925, page 1.
LICENSING OF PLAYS. — CHURCHMEN’S PETITION TO THE PRIME MINISTER. published in the Times, July 20, 1925, page 10.
THE CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS. published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, June 12, 1926, page 6.
OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS. published in the Kent & Sussex Courier, February 11, 1927, page 4.
BANNED PLAY PRODUCED. — ANOTHER COWARD SEX COMEDY. published in the Westminster Gazette, January 13, 1928, page 7.
INVERNESS AND THE BANNED PLAY — Cannot Be Staged Unless Censor Relents published in the Dundee Courier AND Advertiser (2^nd Edition), April 24, 1928, page 9.
THE CHAMBERLAIN’S MANY DUTIES... published in the Evening Telegraph and Post (LATE EXTRA), May 1, 1928, page 2.
Advertisement for The Well Of Loneliness published in The Yorkshire Post, July 18, 1928, page 4.
The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall is published by Jonathan Cape, July 27, 1928. [Note: The Well Of Loneliness]
THE MASCULINE WOMAN. [A review of The Well Of Loneliness], published in Aberdeen Press and Journal (SECOND EDITION), August 16, 1928, page 2.
A BOOK THAT MUST BE SUPPRESSED..., editorial published in the Sunday Express, August 19, 1928, page 10.
The Stunters and the Hunted by Arnold Dawson, published in the Daily Herald (LATE LONDON EDITION), August 20, 1928, page 4. [Note: The Well Of Loneliness]
Official letter re The Well Of Loneliness (apparently by Home Secretary William Joynson-Hicks), August 21, 1928.
A NOVEL STOPPED. — Home Secretary’s Request to Publishers. published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph (6A.M.), August 23, 1928, page 5.
BAN ON NOVEL OF SEX PERVERSION...AUTHORESS GIVES HER VIEWS. published in The Leeds Mercury, August 24, 1928, page 5.
NOVEL STOPPED. — Home Secretary’s Request After Public Outcry. published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph (6A.M.), August 24, 1928, page 6.
THE END OF “WELLS OF LONELINESS.” published in The Western Times, August 24, 1928, page 16.
POLICE SEIZE “WELL OF LONELINESS.”...WOMAN WRITER HEARS CASE published in the Derby Daily Telegraph (FINAL ED.), November 9, 1928, page 7.
“WELL OF LONELINESS.” published in The Essex Newsman, November 10, 1928, page 1.
“OBSCENE LIBEL.” — Magistrate and “The Well of Loneliness.”... published in the Northern Daily Mail (Six O’clock Edition), November 16, 1928, page 12. [Note: The Well Of Loneliness]
CENSURE ON A BOOK...AUTHOR REBUKED FOR PROTEST. published in the Western Mail & South Wales News, November 17, 1928, page 5. [Note: The Well Of Loneliness]
“WELL OF LONELINESS” published in The Daily Herald, November 19, 1928, page 3. [Note: The Well Of Loneliness]
BANNED BOOK APPEAL. — Miss Radclyffe Hall One of the Sureties. published in the Northern Daily Mail, November 23, 1928, page 7. [Note: The Well Of Loneliness]
BANNED NOVEL published in The Daily Herald, February 28, 1929, page 3.
WOMEN’S OBSCENE BOOK... published in the Western Mail and South Wales News (FOURTH EDITION), March 5, 1929, page 5.
SHOCKING AN AUDIENCE... published in The Liverpool Echo, September 12, 1929, page 5.
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DUNDEE ARCADE STALLHOLDER FINED. published in the (Dundee) Evening Telegraph and Post (SIXTH EDITION), February 12, 1930, page 5.
THREATENED BAN ON R.A.’s PICTURE. Protesters Against Nudity Who “Ought to Wear Paper Bags.” published in the Western Daily Press (Bristol), May 13, 1930, page 6.
“WELL OF LONELINESS.” — AUTHORESS NOT CONNECTED WITH STAGE VERSION. published in The Nottingham Evening Post, September 2, 1930, page 7.
Winter v Woolfe, King’s Bench judgment, December 1, 1930.
OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS. NEWTON PROSECUTION. published in The Devon And Exeter Gazette, December 9, 1930, page 3.
BRISTOL PLAY BANNED “Rasputin the Rascal” Rejected published in The Era, July 15, 1931, page 14.
Ban on Salome Removed After 40 Years published in the Birmingham Gazette (6 a.m. EDITION.), September 17, 1931, page 1.
BARE-BACK-BAN AT DUDLEY. — Objection Taken to Men’s Bathing Costumes. published in the Birmingham Gazette (6 a.m. EDITION.), September 17, 1931, page 1.
OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAL FAILS. published in The West London Observer, December 11, 1931, page 18.
“DEAR SLAVE” NOTE LEFT UNREAD... published in the Daily Herald, February 9, 1932, page 7.
And on the same page as the above, Cloaked poet sent to jail...
“POET” TO GO TO GAOL... published in The Shields Daily News (EXTRA SPECIAL), February 9, 1932, page 3.
Ban on ‘Improper’Swimming Gala Costumes. published in The Leeds Mercury, February 15, 1932, page 5.
Censorship To Be More Drastic... published in The Bioscope, February 17, 1932, page 11.
SONG TRIBUTE TO BANNED AUTHOR published in the Daily Herald, March 17, 1932, page 3.
NEW PLAY BANNED published in The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, June 15, 1932, page 6.
OBSCENE PRINTS. SHOP MANAGER SENTENCED. published in The Illustrated Police News, September 8, 1932, page 2.
DIRTY PICTURES. a letter by A.T. published in the Hastings And St. Leonards Observer, September 29, 1932, page 10.
BANNED MUSIC HALL JOKE — TWO COMEDIANS WHO WERE DISMISSED published in The Citizen (Gloucester), June 15, 1933, page 11.
“SIGN OF THE CROSS” FILM BANNED... published in the Taunton Courier, August 23, 1933, page 5.
For the full, prolix title of the above newspaper, click here.
“SALOME” BANNED AT OXFORD     WILDE PLAY RECENTLY GIVEN IN LEEDS published in The Yorkshire Post, September 27, 1933, page 3.
Our Freedom from “Immoral” Films... published in The Sunderland Echo And Shipping Gazette, July 7, 1934.
“FILMS THAT GLORIFY ADULTERY” — Irish Archbishop’s Denunciation published in The Sunderland Echo And Shipping Gazette, July 7, 1934, page 7.
SONG ABOUT HARROW BANNED — Lord Chamberlain’s Objection published in The Sunderland Echo And Shipping Gazette, July 26, 1934, page 7.
OBSCENE BOOK — Judge Corrects His Sentence in Harrogate Case published in the North-Eastern Daily Gazette, December 5, 1934, page 1.
INDECENT BOOK WITHDRAWN — PUBLISHERS FINED published in THE TIMES, April 11, 1935, page 4. [Note: Bessie Cotter]
U.S. FILM BANNED — Producer and Action of British Board published in the Belfast News-Letter, May 30, 1935, page 4.
“HAD HIS LESSON” SEAHAM MAN FINED £20 IN LONDON published in the Northern Daily Mail, July 27, 1935, page 6.
Re the above, the advertisement in the middle of the article cannot have been accidental!
BOOKSELLER FINED — OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS TO BE DESTROYED published in THE ILLUSTRATED POLICE NEWS   LAW COURTS AND WEEKLY RECORD, October 3, 1935, page 4.
Correspondence relating to Bessie Cotter (and a draft obscene books bill), February 5 & 18, 1936. [Note: Bessie Cotter]
Widespread Traffic in Improper Photos CLIENTS IN “ALL WALKS OF LIFE” —COURT DISCLOSURE published in the Birmingham Gazette, March 10, 1936, page 4.
SCHOOL PLAY BANNED. DONCASTER HEADMASTER AND GALSWORTHY WORK. published in The Nottingham Evening Post, March 23, 1936, page 3.
INDECENT PHOTOS IN NEWSAGENT’S SHOP published in THE WEST LONDON OBSERVER, June 19, 1936, page 5.
OBSCENE BOOKS AND POSTCARDS Magistrate Says “Destroy That Muck” published in The Illustrated Police News, July 16, 1936, page 4.
COWARD AND LAWRENCE BANNED — “OLD LADIES OF BOURNEMOUTH” published in the Sheffield Daily Independent (LATE CITY EDITION), September 29, 1936, page 1.
PLAYS BANNED AT BOURNEMOUTH... published in The Yorkshire Post, September 29, 1936, page 5.
These Plays are “Too Modern”...NOT SUITABLE... published in The Courier And Advertiser, September 29, 1936, page 7.
REVUE BURLESQUE OF SIR JOHN REITH FORBIDDEN published in THE TIMES, November 23, 1936, page 10.
Films Seized By The Police — Accused Liverpool Man In Court published in The Liverpool Echo, April 6, 1937, page 5.
OBSCENE FILM TRAFFIC published in the Daily Mirror (LATE. LON. ED.), July 23, 1937, page 3.
OBSCENE LETTER WRITER FINED published in the (Sheffield) Daily Independent (LATE CITY EDITION), July 6, 1938, page 4.
NUDIST’S OBSCENE FILM SHOW... published in the (Sheffield) Daily Independent (LATE CITY EDITION), August 20, 1938, page 8.
CASTLEFORD BOOKSELLER FINED published in The Leeds Mercury, February 2, 1939, page 7.
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE IN THE NUDE     EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPH BANNED published in The Citizen, March 28, 1939, page 8.
BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL CHARGE published in the Aberdeen Evening Express, November 16, 1939, page 6. [Note: Arthur Woodhall]
Blasphemous Libel Charge QUESTION OF CIVIL COURTS JURISDICTION published in The Daily Mail (Hull), November 25, 1939, page 1. [Note: Arthur Woodhall]
Englishman Gaoled for “Blasphemous Libel” on Christ published in the Telegraph (Brisbane, Australia), January, 10, 1940, page 12. [Note: Arthur Woodhall]
STAGE NUDITY — Question in Parliament published in The Midland Daily Telegraph (LAST EDITION), April 3, 1940, page 1.
STAGE NUDISM: M.P.s CALL FOR ACTION... published in the Evening Despatch, April 4, 1940, page 1.
Nudism Ban Wanted published in the (Dundee) Courier AND Advertiser (2nd Edition), April 5, 1940, page 5.
CHORUS GIRLS BANNED FROM NUDITY CONFERENCE published in the Evening Despatch, April 16, 1940, page 5.
POLICE RAID A BOOK STORE — Torquay Resident Fined £30... published in The Western Morning News and Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette, April 19, 1940, page 1.
ALLEGED OBSCENE BOOKS — COURT ORDERS DESTRUCTION published in the Burnley Express and Burnley News, October 23, 1940, page 1.
CALL FOR BAN ON STAGE NUDITY... published in the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald, October 26, 1940, page 11.
EXETER THEATRE “Desire Under The Elms” published in the Devon & Exeter Gazette, August 29, 1941, page 4.
ALLEGED OBSCENE PHOTOS published in The Liverpool Echo, March 3, 1942, page 5.
OBSCENE PHOTOS PRISON FOR LIVERPOOL MAN; WIFE FINED £10 published in The Liverpool Echo, March 31, 1942, page 5.
PHOTO CASE DECISIONS published in the Evening Express (Liverpool), March 31, 1942, page 4.
ALLEGED OBSCENE BOOK — PUBLISHERS AND AUTHOR CHARGED published in THE TIMES, May 19, 1942, page 2. [Note: Darcy Glinto]
OBSCENE BOOK — PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS FINED published in THE TIMES, May 20, 1942, page 8. [Note: Darcy Glinto]
ALLEGED OBSCENE BOOK    QUESTIONS ASKED IN COMMONS published in The Birmingham Mail (6·30), June 6, 1942, page 4.
TWO POLICE RAIDS AT MARYLEBONE     Women In Court published in the Marylebone Mercury, November 20, 1943, page 2 (unnumbered)
For the full, prolix title of the above newspaper, click here.
EDITOR ACCUSED      Not Guilty Plea to Police Allegations published in the Fulham Chronicle, July 7, 1944, page 5.
CAFE APPEAL AGAINST CLOSURE published in the (Birmingham) Evening Despatch (6·30 CITY), October 31, 1944, page 4.
MAGISTRATE WOULD NOT BELIEVE HER — Police Raid Sequel published in the West London Press CHELSEA, WESTMINSTER AND PIMLICO NEWS, December 15, 1944, page 1.
List of plays banned by the Lord Chamberlain, 1945-68.
The above list was extracted from The Lord Chamberlain Regrets... by Dominic Shellard and Steve Nicholson with Miriam Handley, published by the British Library, London, (2004).
POLICE WATCH ON HOUSE Widow Fined published in the Marylebone Mercury Middlesex Independent AND WEST LONDON STAR, February 17, 1945, page 3.
An Obscene Song published in the Norfolk & Suffolk Journal and Diss Express, April 20, 1945, page 2.
Ban on curate play is lifted published in the Daily Mirror, October 25, 1945, page 3.
Police Raid Flat       Magistrate On Children’s Moral Upbringing published in the Marylebone, Mercury, November 24, 1945, page 2.
For the full, prolix title of the above newspaper, click here.
POLICE RAID AT TALBOT SQUARE   Husband and wife fined published in the Kensington Post Middlesex Independent AND WEST LONDON STAR, September 21, 1946, page 3.
19 YEARS, £20,000      A Woman’s Earnings published in the Yorkshire Evening Post (FINAL EDN.), December 9, 1946, page 6.
Egerton v Esplanade Hotels, King’s Bench judgment, May 13, 1947.
PLAY BANNED published in the Birmingham Gazette, August 26, 1947, page 2.
PANDERING TO SEX Bathing Beauty Contest And “Primitive Instincts” published in The Visitor MORECAMBE & HEYSHAM, November 19, 1947, page 4.
BENCH’S DISGUST Photographs Sold By A Billacombe Man published in The Western Morning News, December 12, 1947, page 2.
Publishers and Pornography, letter from Donald Clarke, published in Picture Post, March 6, 1948, page 4. [Note: this article]
Film Kiss Was Too Hot For Censors published in the Warwick Daily News (Queensland, Australia), March 24, 1948, page 2. [Note: No Orchids For Miss Blandish]
BAN ON BRITISH FILM published in THE TIMES, April 28, 1948, page 3. [Note: No Orchids For Miss Blandish]
BOOKS OF REDHILL FIRM SEIZED... published in the Surrey Mirror And County Post, June 4, 1948, page 2.
For the full, prolix title of the above newspaper, click here.
FOUR CHILDREN KEPT IN BROTHEL published in The Leven Mail, August 11, 1948, page 2.
Censor Barred Bible Play published in the Courier AND Advertiser 2^nd Edition, March 26, 1949, page 3.
Stage nudity is attacked by morality council published in the Birmingham Gazette, April 30, 1949, page 5.
STREET CAR NAMED—Desirable?... published in the DAILY HERALD, January 25, 1950, page 5.
“PARTY MANNERS” NOT TO BE REPEATED published in the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, October 3, 1950, page 6.
THEATRE OFFER FOR BANNED B.B.C. PLAY published in the Dundee Courier And Advertiser, October 5, 1950, page 2.
Banned B.B.C. Play: Inquiry Urged published in the Dundee Courier And Advertiser, October 6, 1950, page 2.
‘Banned’play to be staged published in the Birmingham Gazette, October 7, 1950, page 3.
Banned T.V. play going on stage published in The Northern Whig And Belfast Post, October 10, 1950, page 4.
CANCELLED TELEVISION PLAY, debate in Hansard (Lords), November 7, 1950.
PARTY MANNERS BAN WAS “MISTAKE” Lord Simon Did Not Foresee The Hurricane... published in The Courier And Advertiser, November 8, 1950, page 3.
WHAT THEY SAID ON ‘PARTY MANNERS’I took it seriously—Simon of BBC published in the Daily Herald, November 8, 1950, page 2.
77-year-old widower sent obscene postcard published in the Northumberland Gazette, December 8, 1950, page 5.

Official correspondence re the censorship of plays which include references to homosexuality and lesbianism:
To the Lord Chancellor, February 6, 1951
Reply February 7, 1951
Acknowledgment, February 9, 1951

“Bumbledom gone crazy” SEX FILM BANNED IN COUNTY BUT NOT IN COUNTY TOWN published in the Bury Free Press, February 16, 1951, page 6.
‘Ban the bikinis’, letter by Cedric Hardman, published in PICTURE POST, April 28, 1951, page 5.
Correspondence in PICTURE POST under “BAN THE ‘BIKINIS’”, May 12, 1951, page 49:
Away With Them All! by Mary Wickham
In The Autumn Of Life by Roger Stercki
Beauty And The Beast? by Mavis Ford.
ENVOY GETS SONG BANNED published in the Yorkshire Evening Post, January 26, 1952 (FINAL EDN.), page 1.
M.P. attacks a new film published in the Yorkshire Evening Post, January 26, 1952 (FINAL EDN.), page 1.
PLAY BANNED FROM TOWN HALL published in THE TIMES, September 8, 1953, page 5.
PRIMATE HITS AT NEW GOSPEL OF SEXUAL LICENCE published in The Shields HOME Evening News, September 22, 1953, page 4.
...COURT ORDERS BOOKS AND CARDS TO BE DESTROYED... published in the Morecambe Guardian and Heysham Observer, November 17, 1953, page 1.
PLAY BANNED BY VICAR published in THE TIMES, May 1, 1954, page 3.
Blackpool approved — Comic cards: Obscene says Bournemouth published in the Lancashire Evening Post, February 5, 1954, page 4.
OBSCENE BOOKS High Time They Were Stopped, Says Lord Goddard published in the Liverpool Echo, March 15, 1954, page 8.
Obscene libels on postcards alleged at Grimsby published in The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, May 27, 1954, page 1. [Note: this newspaper, this date]
Unofficial art censors pastes brown paper over poster published in The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, May 27, 1954, page 1.
NORTH-EAST MEN ACCUSED IN OBSCENE BOOKS CASE published in The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette (Six o’clock), June 29, 1954, page 1.
Judgment in R v Martin Secker Warburg Ltd And Others, June 29-July 2, 1954.
Postcards to be Destroyed published in The Evening News AND SOUTHERN DAILY MAIL (City Extra), July 8, 1954, page 11.
‘MY CUTIE IS A CORPSE’MAN IS GAOLED published in the Daily Mirror, July 29, 1954, page 16. [Note: My Cutie’s A Corpse]
‘THE DECAMERON’NOT CONSIDERED OBSCENE — Appeal Against Destruction Succeeds published in The Birmingham Post, September 16, 1954, page 9.
On the microfilm, the front page of the above newspaper is labelled 1st, EDITION; page 9 is labelled MISSION SOUTH.
“Rag” Magazine banned published in The Yorkshire Observer, October 27, 1954, page 5.
Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1955 published May 6, 1955.
Sex talks banned in their schools published in the Birmingham Gazette, October 10, 1955, page 6.
Obscene Books — Llanelly Publisher Sent to Prison published in The Birmingham Post, February 10, 1956 (1^st EDITION), page 5.
FLATS IN SOHO — JUDGE ON “GRAVE PROBLEM” published in THE TIMES, February 10, 1956, page 13.
Obscene books and pictures Man of ability gaoled published in the West London Observer, June 22, 1956, page 16.
...Cards Seized From Pier In Court published in the Bognor Regis Observer, September 14, 1956, page 1.
‘Wunnerful’ says Liberace published in the Daily Mirror, September 26, 1956, page 1. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
Yearn-Strength Five, the CASSANDRA column (libel on Liberace), published in the Daily Mirror, September 26, 1956, page 6. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
LIBERACE’S DISCIPLES, fan mail/criticism in the CASSANDRA column, published in the Daily Mirror, October 9, 1956, page 4. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
Calling all Cussers, the CASSANDRA column published in the Daily Mirror, October 18, 1956, page 6. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
BLACKMAILING GARDENER KEPT ‘MISS X’ IN FEAR FOR 2^1/2 YEARS by Ned Grant, published in the Daily Mirror, October 18, 1956, page 12.
SWEARING SHUTS A SAFE ROUTE FOR 30 CHILDREN by Rupert Morters, published in the Daily Mirror, October 18, 1956, page 17.
Liberace Issues Writ for Libel published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph (LAST EDITION), October 22, 1956, page 1. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
Liberace sues Cassandra published in the Daily Mirror, October 23, 1956, page 1. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
VICE GROWING IN STEPNEY — HOME OFFICE URGED TO ACT published in THE TIMES, July 20, 1957, page 4.
TIME FOR SEVERE PUNISHMENT — TWO MALTESE MEN SENT TO PRISON published in THE TIMES, July 20, 1957, page 4.
Evidence On Obscene Books published in The Hampshire Telegraph, August 23, 1957, page 3.
For the full, prolix title of the above newspaper, click here.
...SWEET ‘SYMPATHY’HIDES THE FACTS published in the Middlesex County Times AND West Middlesex Gazette (EALING EDITION), October 19, 1957, page 15.
2,288 Seaside Postcards to be Destroyed published in The Birmingham Post & Birmingham Gazette (1^st. EDITION), November 16, 1957, page 1.
Liverpool Bookseller Is Fined £800... published in The Liverpool Echo (LAST CITY), March 12, 1958, page 9.
Readers’Report on A Taste Of Honey by C.D. Heriot for the Lord Chamberlain, May 20, 1958.
Letter re A Taste Of Honey from Gerald C. Raffles to the Lord Chamberlain, June 11, 1958.
Correspondence from C.M. Carr published under Letters to the Editor in the Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, July 12, 1958, page 6.
Correspondence from J.A Leighton published under Letters to the Editor in the Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, July 12, 1958, page 6.
OBSCENE BOOKS: “I WON’T PAY FINE” SAYS WIDOW published in the Gloucester newspaper The Citizen (FINAL), October 28, 1958, page 1.
HEAVIER FINES IN NEW LAWS ON PROSTITUTION... published in THE TIMES, November 27, 1958, page 4.
Obscene Publications Bill – official documents dated December 15, 1958. [Note: more details]
NEW LAW ON OBSCENE BOOKS by Edgar Hartley, published in the Western Mail, December 17, 1958.
...PROSTITUTES TO HAVE TWO WARNINGS... and ...‘Driving Vice Behind the Scenes’ published in The Birmingham Post & Gazette (CITY), January 30, 1959, page 7.
GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT OBSCENE FILM TRADE by Edgar Hartley, published in the Western Mail, June 3, 1959, page 3.
Liberace v. Cassandra...LIBERACE AT HOME... by Donald Zec, published in the Daily Mirror, June 16, 1959, page 11. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
Liberace v. Cassandra... published in the Daily Mirror, June 16, 1959, pages 12 & 13. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
£8,000 LIBEL AWARD TO MR. LIBERACE... published in THE TIMES [THE QUEEN IN CANADA (SUPPLEMENT)], June 18, 1959, page 10. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
LIBERACE WINS: £8,000 published in the Law Report of THE TIMES [THE QUEEN IN CANADA (SUPPLEMENT)], June 18, 1959, page 14. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
Obscene Publications Act, 1959, original text, July 29, 1959. [Note: Obscene publications and vagrancy acts]
THE STREET OFFENCES ACT, 1959 by J.E. Hall Williams, published in The Modern Law Review, March 1960.
BAN THIS SONG OF DEATH, HE SAYS, published in Daily Mirror, September 10, 1960, page 7.
‘Lady Chatterley’Trial Opens at The Old Bailey published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph (COVENTRY EDITION), October 20, 1960, page 1. [Note: Lady Chatterley’s Lover]
‘LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER’ published in the Daily Mirror, November 5, 1960, page 1.
STATEMENT — THE “LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER” CASE from Hansard (Lords), November 7, 1960.
Publisher of ‘Lady C.’waits for Ulster ruling published in the Belfast Telegraph, November 10, 1960, page 15.
DOES PORNOGRAPHY MATTER?, Edited by C.H. Rolph, published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1961). [See notes/comment]
M’Bain v. Crichton, judgment by the High Court Of Judiciary, Scotland, February 3, 1961.
SHAW v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, Law Report published in THE TIMES, March 23, 1961, page 5.
A FILTHY MAGAZINE     REGINA v. CLIFFORD (law report), published in THE TIMES, April 18, 1961, page 15.
Shaw v D.P.P. (House of Lords), May 4, 1961.
Many Children of 14 ‘Well Acquainted’ With ‘X’ Films published in The Birmingham Post & Birmingham Gazette (County Edition), June 24, 1961, page 9.
County Council Backs Film Censorship published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, November 22, 1961, page 16.
POSTER NUDES SHOCKED 60 GIRLS published in the Daily Mirror, February 12, 1962, page 7.
£10 Fine for Obscene Book Offence published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), February 23, 1962, page 7. [Note: comment re this entry]
‘SEX HYSTERIA OF POP SONGS’ published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND SOUTH), April 25, 1962, page 5.
‘CHANGE MEANING OF OBSCENITY’- NOVELIST published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), October 5, 1962, page 8.
ARTIST WHO MADE MILLIONS LAUGH by Ray Lenzer, published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, October 26, 1962, page 31.
EARNINGS OF PROSTITUTION, law report for Regina v. Broad, published in THE TIMES, February 19, 1963, page 3.
Is this the end for the words on the wall? by Audrey Whiting, published in the SUNDAY PICTORIAL, February 24, 1963, page 11.
Televised (partial) statement by Stephen Ward, March 22, 1963. [Note: Christine Keeler/Profumo Affair]
MR. PROFUMO IGNORANT OF WITNESS’S WHEREABOUTS... published in THE TIMES, March 23, 1963, page 8.
College bans ‘sex’ film published in the Daily Herald, April 2, 1963, page 3.
MR. PROFUMO RESIGNS: I MISLED THE HOUSE..., published in THE TIMES, June 16, 1963, page 12. [Note: Christine Keeler/Profumo Affair]
PROFUMO SCENES IN WITHDRAWN FILM, published in THE TIMES, June 13, 1963, page 6. [Note: Christine Keeler/Profumo Affair]
In the name of decency BAN THESE FILMS by Michael Knight, published in THE PEOPLE, July 14, 1963, page 6.
Report on the trial of Stephen Ward, published in THE TIMES, July 26, 1963, page 8. [Note: Christine Keeler/Profumo Affair]
Report on the trial of Stephen Ward, published in THE TIMES, July 27, 1963, page 5.
ANOTHER WARD CASE GIRL SAYS SHE LIED..., published in THE TIMES, July 27, 1963, page 8.
Lord Chamberlain censors Taunton man’s play, published in the Somerset County Herald & Taunton Courier, October 12, 1963, page 8.
BBC BAN JOE’S LITTLE UKELELE, published in Melody Maker, November 9, 1963, page 12.
Nora Buckland and Mary Whitehouse address a meeting in Birmingham, January 27, 1964. [Note: Mary Whitehouse]
DEMAND BY WOMEN TO CLEAN UP B.B.C. TELEVISION published in THE TIMES, May 6, 1964, page 12.
New Attack on Obscene Book Sales published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph (LAST EDITION), May 6, 1964, page 1.
The Censors       CUT NOW — OR PAY LATER by John Fletcher, published in The Birmingham Post & Birmingham Gazette (County Edition), June 25, 1964, page 8.
B.O.A.C. (Advertisements), James Dempsey & others under Oral Answers, published in Hansard (Commons), November 18, 1964, columns 412-3.
The first two paragraphs of The Rex North Column, published in the Daily Mirror, November 25, 1964, page 15.
APPEAL TO MINISTER OVER TV PLAY published in THE TIMES, April 29, 1965, page 8.
‘NEED FOR GOOD SENSE ON TV’— B.B.C. REMINDER TO PRODUCERS published in THE TIMES, June 23, 1965, page 8.
‘OBSCENE SHOWS CHARGE;’ published in the Marylebone Mercury, July 30, 1965, page 1.
For the full, prolix title of the above newspaper, click here.
BBC3: Kenneth Tynan swears on live TV, November 13, 1965. [Note: Kenneth Tynan]
...B.B.C. APOLOGIZE FOR 4-LETTER WORD... published in THE TIMES, November 16, 1965, page 12. [Note: Kenneth Tynan]
DISREPUTABLE STREET       Painter is fined £20 on brothel charge published in the Marylebone Mercury, December 3, 1965, page 7.
DRAMATIC VEIN GIVES TV WAR FILM ADDED EMOTION published in THE TIMES, February 9, 1966, page 5.
Stass Paraskos obscenity trial documents, from April 25, 1966: [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
ARTIST IN ROW OVER PICTURES OF NUDES published in the Daily Mirror, April 30, 1966, page 2: [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
Letter Mary Whitehouse to Prime Minister Harold Wilson re cleaning up television. [Note: Mary Whitehouse]
Harlow ‘War Game’row published in THE TIMES, August 15, 1966, page 7.
Obscene film at car factory: fines total £425 published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph (LAST), September 17, 1966, page 6.
ITV PLAY SONG BBC BANNED published in the Daily Mirror, September 23, 1966, page 3.
The song alluded to above is I Can’t Control Myself by The Troggs.
BY THE BOOKS WE BAN... published in The Illustrated London News, October 29, 1966, pages 18-9.
Cover of Dave Dee ‘Loo’ song banned published in New Musical Express, week Ending December 3, 1966, page 9. [Note: Loos Of England]
OBSCENITY RULING ANGERS PUBLISHERS published in THE TIMES, December 13, 1966, page 9.
Artist accused of showing two obscene pictures in exhibition published in the Liverpool Echo and Evening Express (LAST CITY), December 19, 1966, page 14. [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
OBSCENE ART IN LEEDS ALLEGED published in the YORKSHIRE EVENING POST (FINAL), December 19, 1966, page 1. [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
The above continues on page 5 as Obscene art at Leeds gallery alleged
Professor produces pin-up in court published in the YORKSHIRE EVENING POST (FINAL), December 20, 1966, page 1. [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
OBSCENE ART FINES—ARTIST MAY APPEAL published in the YORKSHIRE EVENING POST (FINAL), December 21, 1966, page 8. [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
Telegram Mary Whitehouse to Prime Minster Harold Wilson re bad language on television. [Note: Mary Whitehouse]
Obscenity summons is denied published in THE SHEPHERDS BUSH GAZETTE     HAMMERSMITH POST, January 26, 1967, page 1.
‘Appalling detail in book’claim published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND SOUTH), April 4, 1967, page 9. [Note: Last Exit To Brooklyn]
PAUL JONES says BANNED PICTURE IS NOT LIKE CHRIST by Andy Gray is published in NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, April 22, 1967, page 11.
Advertisement for Pictures Of Lily is published in Melody Maker, April 22, 1967, page 9. [Note: Pictures Of Lily]
Pictures Of Lily is released by The Who, April 22, 1967. [Note: Pictures Of Lily]
Pop singer accused of keeping brothel published in the Liverpool Echo and Evening Express, May 9, 1967, page 1. [Note: Janie Jones]
LILY ISN’T PORNOGRAPHIC, SAY WHO by Keith Altham is published in New Musical Express, week ending May 20, 1967, page 2. [Note: Pictures Of Lily]
CENSORED AT LAST... by William Wolff and James Wilson, published in the Daily Mirror, June 22, 1967, page 9.
‘Ulysses’banned at Solihull published in The Birmingham Post (COUNTY), July 28, 1967, page 1. [Note: Ulysses]
Satire show banned by West End by Edward Vale, published in the Daily Mirror, September 1, 1967, page 24.
‘Last Exit’ nauseated Sir Basil published in THE TIMES, November 21, 1967, page 2.
Censorship abolition is really on the way published in THE STAGE and television today, February 22, 1968, page 1.
“Last Exit” enters again by Willi Frischauer, published in The Illustrated London News, April 13, 1968, page 10.
Readers’Report on Hair by Gerome Ragni and James Rado for the Lord Chamberlain, June 10, 1968.
...These books the censor banned published in Daily Mirror, June 14, 1968, page 9.
R v Calder and Boyers Ltd, appeal judgment, July 31, 1968.
Poems will not be withdrawn published in The Birmingham Post (COUNTY EDITION), August 20, 1968, page 8.
Obscene books case—man is fined £230 published in the Belfast Telegraph (SIXTH), August 30, 1968, page 10.
Sex-film ban by man who didn’t see it published in the Daily Mirror, September 28, 1968, page 19.
Bill seeks to stop ‘kerb crawling’ published in THE TIMES, November 14, 1968, page 2.
Premiere for banned play published in The Birmingham Post, November 22, 1968, page 13. [Note: this edition of the newspaper]
Books In The Dock by C.H. Rolph is published, May 1969. [Note: sample pages]
Codes of violence on television by Julian Critchley, published in THE TIMES, April 15, 1969, page 11.
Wet Dream – a song by Max Romeo, June 3, 1969. [Note: click here for explanation]
Down comes Mick’s nude at the GPO art gallery published in the Daily Mirror, June 17, 1969, page 14.
...Obscene pictures found in raid on Tyneside bookshop published in the (Newcastle) Evening Chronicle, June 25, 1969, page 9.
BBC ban Sarstedt ‘strip’song published in Melody Maker, July 26, 1969, page 2. [Note: Take Off Your Clothes]
When Danes lost their censor by Peta Fordham, published in The Illustrated London News, September 27, 1969, page 21.
County drive to show banned film forecast published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (CITY FINAL), September 30, 1969, page 13.
KEELER BANNED BY BBC AND ITV by Clifford Davies, published in the Daily Mirror, October 4, 1969, page 1. [Note: Christine Keeler/Profumo Affair]
Glasgow bans TV bairns’sex films published in The Press and Journal (Aberdeen), November 1, 1969, page 1.
The Sun, November 17, 1969, page 3. [Note: Page 3]
Miss Austria wins as feminists chant by Prudence Glynn, published in THE TIMES, November 28, 1969, page 2.
‘Pornography a need’ published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND SOUTH), January 5, 1970, page 9. [Note: John Calder]
SEX FILM BANNED FOR PENSIONERS published in Daily Mirror, January 6, 1970, page 5.
Is freedom a four-letter word? published in The Illustrated London News, July 4, 1970, pages 10-11.
My apologies for the poor quality of the above scan which was due to circumstances beyond my control.
CENSOR SAYS ‘NO’TO KEELER FILM published in The People, July 5, 1970, page 10.
‘Blue’films man gaoled for 12 months published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND NEWS), August 12, 1970, page 1. [Note: this edition of the newspaper]
MP urges TV ‘jokers’to watch their language published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (Night Final), September 3, 1970, page 10.
Obscene films seized in Coventry raid published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (Night Final), September 9, 1970, page 14.
Correspondence re pornography published in Coventry Evening Telegraph, September 15, 1970, page 10.
The above are PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT A DANGER by Peter B. Webb and ...this play an outrage by W.J. Keene.
The mighty censor challenged published in the DAILY Mirror, September 22, 1970, page 13.
No obscenity laws inquiry, M.P. is told published in the Beckenham Journal AND KENTISH TIMES, November 13, 1970, page 1.
The Sun, November 17, 1970, page 3. [Note: Page 3]
AGENT SAYS SORRY TO FILM CENSOR published in Beckenham Journal, December 25, 1970, page 1.
Toy fair bans that ‘dicey’sex game... published in Liverpool Echo (LAST CITY), January 7, 1971, page 1.
Tyre man had dirty pictures in index file published in the EVENING CHRONICLE (LATE NIGHT FINAL), January 15, 1971, page 5.
‘OBSCENE LANGUAGE’FILM IS BANNED published in Coventry Evening Telegraph (LATE CITY), February 1, 1971, page 10.
Obscenity in banned pop show is denied by Peter Waymark, published in THE TIMES, February 9, 1971, page 4.
Full frontal obscenity by Noel Edmonds, published in record mirror, February 27, 1971, page 13.
JPs are first to ban new sex film published in The Birmingham Post, March 10, 1971, page 6.
Sex film schools ‘could be sued’ published in the Reading Evening Post, April 19, 1971, page 3.
THE DUKE BANS HOT PANTS AT ASCOT... and HAZEL, THE NON-RUNNER, published in the DAILY Mirror, April 28, 1971, page 1.
Headmaster attacks sex film as ‘disgusting filth’ published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND SOUTH), May 8, 1971, page 6.
MUNGO BANNED published in Sounds, May 29, 1971, page 2.
Will the Beeb ban a record sleeve next? published in Disc and Music Echo, June 5, 1971, page 17.
Protection from pornography by Angus Maude, published in The Illustrated London News, June 26, 1971, page 15.
Priest warns pornography critics published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (RUGBY), July 2, 1971, page 24.
Ban bare breasts is a letter from C. Ancell which was published in Melody Maker, July 10, 1971, page 19.
OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS, Denis Howell and the Attorney General, from Hansard (Commons), July 19, 1971.
‘Schoolkids’Oz’was obscene published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND EDITION), July 29, 1971, page 7.
WHY ARE PEOPLE LAUGHING AT ME? by Lord Longford, published in the Sunday Mirror, August 29, 1971, pages 1-2.
Why BBC banned TV show published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), September 7, 1971, page 9.
‘Calcutta’cast arrested published in the Liverpool Echo (LAST CITY MAGAZINE ECHO), October 9, 1971, page 1.
Judge in ‘Oz’case misdirected jury on the definition of obscenity, QC says on appeal by Geoffrey Wansell, published in THE TIMES, November 4, 1971, page 3.
‘Oz’trial a disaster, says law journal published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND SOUTH), November 12, 1971, page 9. [Note: Oh! Calcutta!]
Bid to tighten film controls published in the Liverpool Echo, November 25, 1971, page 8.
Head slams sex classes published in the Liverpool Echo, November 25, 1971, page 8.
PORNOGRAPHY SALES ‘AIDED BY LONGFORD’, published in Daily Telegraph, January 14, 1972, page 3.
How the film censor sees his own role by Peter Blacklock, published in Harrow Observer, January 28, 1972, page 11.
Play banned, published in The Birmingham Post (Midland Edition), February 4, 1972, page 1.
Irish song by McCartney banned by BBC, published in THE TIMES, February 11, 1972, page 2. [Note: Give Ireland Back To The Irish]
PAUL AND LINDA MAKE THEIR STAND, published in Sounds, February 12, 1972, page 17. [Note: Give Ireland Back To The Irish]
McCARTNEY’S MESSAGE published in Sounds, February 19, 1972, page 32. [Note: Give Ireland Back To The Irish]
why ban Paul McCartney?, a full page advertisement published in the Daily Mirror, February 21, 1972, page 9. [Note: Give Ireland Back To The Irish]
CENSORED by Laurie Henshaw, published in Melody Maker, March 11, 1972, pages 24-5. [Note: Give Ireland Back To The Irish]
Oh! Calcutta! is obscene, says councillor by Peter Hetherington, published in The Journal (Newcastle), March 15, 1972, page 3.
Call for new laws to curb pornography published in the Daily Mirro, April 24, 1972, page 4.
Pornographic magazines are found in play area published in the HERTS & ESSEX OBSERVER, AUGUST 4, 1972, page 2.
Censor hacks Ringo film published in DISC, AUGUST 26, 1972, page 3.
Porn sales ‘going up’ published in The Journal (Newcastle), September 18, 1972, page 9.
Open war on pornography — the great ‘social evil’ published in Evening Chronicle, September 20, 1972, page 12. [Note: this article]
Wider censorship is not my aim—Lord Longford and ‘Report is itself obscene’ published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND NORTH), September 21, 1972, page 9.
Longford book may rival 007 published in The Birmingham Post, September 22, 1972, page 9.
...Oz trial recalled... by Margaret Hyde, published in the Liverpool Echo, October 16, 1972, page 2.
DING-DONG!...DING-A-LING by Clifford Davis, published in the Daily Mirror, November 28, 1972, page 3. [Note: Mary Whitehouse]
Porn Act has misfired — judge published in The Birmingham Post (Midland Edition), November 28, 1972, page 9.
The above is also stamped MIDLAND NORTH.
BBC bans Paul’s sexy disc by Deborah Thomas, published in the Daily Mirror, December 1, 1972, page 5. [Note: Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi]
A MIND OF THEIR OWN? (two reader letters) published in the Daily Mirror, December 1, 1972, page 13.
Wings single — BBC ban published in Disc, December 2, 1972, page 2.
CHUCK’S DING GETS DONGED...Wings single hit by BBC’s airplay veto published in NEW Musical Express, December 2, 1972, pages 1 & 3.
BBC ban McCartney published in Record Mirror, December 2, 1972, page 4. [Note: Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi]
Bench bans ‘obscene’edition of magazine published in The Birmingham Post (Midland Edition), December 15, 1972, page 9. [Note: this edition of the newspaper]
Film is obscene — ex-Mayor published in the Kensington News and POST, December 15, 1972, page 2.
OK Calcutta published in the Liverpool Echo, January 23, 1973, page 1.
Women’s Lib fighter speaks up for comic published in The Birmingham Post (Midland Edition), January 23, 1973, page 9.
FILM BAN published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, January 24, 1973, page 4.
ITS ‘WHOA! CALCUTTA!’SAYS GLC published in the Middlesex County Times AND West Middlesex Gazette (EALING EDITION), January 26, 1973, page 15.
Soho manager jailed published in THE TIMES, February 2, 1973, page 3.
Checks on ‘living in sin’to continue published in The Birmingham Post (City Edition), March 29, 1973, page 1. [Note: living in sin]
A panel says: No! Calcutta! published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND NEWS), May 14, 1973, page 1.
Ex-stripper on vice charge published in the Daily Mirror, May 24, 1973, page 3.
Chelsea Arts Ball, a letter by Dennis Stevens, published in THE TIMES, June 23, 1973, page 13.
£10,000 bail for Norma Levy on vice charge published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), July 7, 1973, page 9.
NORMA IS FINED ON CALL-GIRL CHARGES published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (Eve Today   Night Final), July 31, 1973, page 1.
Norma Levy is fined £225 on call-girl charges published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND), August 1, 1973, page 7.
BBC bans record published in THE TIMES, August 14, 1973, page 3. [Note: A Souvenir Of London]
Curses! Here’s the bloody news by Roger Todd, published in the Daily Mirror, August 31, 1973, page 3.
RUSTY GOT £200 RENT FOR SOHO VICE FLATS published in the Daily Mirror, August 31, 1973, page 3.
Clean up television comedy, warns IBA published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), September 21, 1973, page 9.
NURSE WHO BECAME A STRIPPER published in the Croydon Advertiser and Croydon Times, September 21, 1973, page 6.
Churchmen and the Problem of Prostitution on Nineteenth-Century Scotland by Rev. Ian A. Muirhead, (1974).
Four strip clubs refused licence renewal published in THE TIMES, January 22, 1974, page 2.
Four tons of pornography found in shop published in THE TIMES, January 22, 1974, page 2.
Reading lawyer urges Exorcist ban—‘made me ill’ published in the Reading EVENING POST, May 4, 1974, page 1.
The Diamond Dogs album is released, May 12, 1974.
‘Last Tango’ makers for trial by Peter Evans, published in THE TIMES, May 22, 1974, page 1.
DPP to get report on film passed by GLC by Peter Evans, published in THE TIMES, August 3, 1974, page 2.
Man from ‘Syndicate’collected £100,000 in rents from prostitutes, Crown says published in THE TIMES, September 21, 1974, page 4.
Jury shown seven ‘blue’films in makeshift cinema published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), October 18, 1974, page 7.
SEX FILM GETS THE GO-AHEAD published in the SEVENOAKS CHRONICLE (TOWN EDITION), February 1, 1975, page 1.
TV men rap IBA censors published in the Sun, April 4, 1975, page 4.
ROW OVER POLICE WHO ‘LURE PEOPLE INTO CRIMES’ by Michael Fielder, published in the Sun, April 5, 1975, page 9.
We did report brothel —council published in the Newcastle EVENING CHRONICLE (LATE NIGHT FINAL), April 9, 1975, page 5.
Prayer for sex film ban published in the Reading EVENING POST (NIGHTLY), April 23, 1975, page 6.
SEX FILM SHOCKER BANNED published in the Daily Mirror, June 6, 1975, page 4.
No damages for pop star over cancelled show published in THE TIMES, June 11, 1975, page 3.
‘Obscene’magazine ban crazy, say newsagents published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (Lunch), August 14, 1975, page 13.
Obscenity trial of sex book by Linda Lovelace published in THE TIMES, January 20, 1976, page 4. [Note: Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat]
‘BED-LIB’CALL FOR WOMEN published in the Daily Mirror, January 24, 1976, page 7.
Publisher of ‘Linda Lovelace’not guilty by Michael Horsnell, published in THE TIMES, January 29, 1976, page 2. [Note: Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat]
Reprints planned for Lovelace book by Michael Horsnell, published in THE TIMES, January 30, 1976, page 3.
THE PORNOGRAPHY OF HATRED published in THE TIMES, January 30, 1976, page 17. [Note: concerning this file]
No sex, please, we’re British published in Sounds, January 31, 1976, page 3. [Note: this article and the song]
Lovelace ruling sounds ‘death knell for porn’ published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND), February 2, 1976, page 7.
MP calls for restrictions on obscenity-trial reports published in THE TIMES, February 2, 1976, page 3.
Provost hits at Linda Lovelace ruling published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (City — FINAL), February 4, 1976, page 12-3. [Note: Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat]
BOYCOTT THE STOCKISTS published under Letters to the Editor in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, February 9, 1976, page 6. [Note: Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat]
Ruling on ‘blue’films challenged published in The Birmingham Post (CITY), February 11, 1976.
Linda critic doesn’t have to read the book, letter by Mrs C. Day, published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, February 16, 1976, page 6.
...PORN — A THREAT OR THERAPY? by David Isaacs, published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, February 19, 1976, page 12.
Film banned published in The Birmingham Post, February 19, 1976, page 3.
BANNED—WHY? What turns censors on... published in Melody Maker, February 21, 1976, pages 32-3. [Note: Melody Maker – this article.]
It seems everything is obscene these days by Philip Howard, published in THE TIMES, February 27, 1976, page 14.
Police face porn bribe charges published in Coventry Evening Telegraph (City FINAL), February 28, 1976, page 1.
The good, the bad —and the banned, correspondence published in Melody Maker, March 6, 1976, page 21.
Pornography as a form of violence by Reverend Michael F. Hubbard, published in The Birmingham Post (MIDLAND), April 2, 1976, page 6.
Sauna raid—8 face trial published in Gay News, May 6-19, 1976, page 1. [Note: homosexuality]
CITY BANS ‘BAD TASTE’SEX FILM by Jonathan Barker, published in The Liverpool Echo, September 17, 1976, page 5.
MP urges ban on sex film maker published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, October 5, 1976, page 5.
SEX ‘ART’SHOW PROBED BY YARD published in the Liverpool Echo, October 22, 1976, page 1.
Fuss about film ‘out of all proportion’ published in the Harrow Observer, October 29, 1976, page 5.
Yard porn squad ‘riddled by corruption’ published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (NIGHT FINAL), November 9, 1976, page 1.
...Rebels blast a ban on sex film by Jack Bell, published in the Daily Mirror, November 24, 1976, page 11.
The Sex Pistols appear live on the Today programme, December 1, 1976. [Note: Sex Pistols]
BAN SEX PISTOLS BID FAILS published in the Liverpool Echo, December 8, 1976, page 3.
Students to go ahead with sexist rag mag published in Gay News, December 16, 1976-January 12, 1977, page 2.
Corrupt cops jailed BRIBERY WAS ON A ‘STAGGERING’SCALE published in the Belfast Telegraph, December 23, 1976, page 4.
‘Corruption-riddled squad’ published in The Birmingam Post, December 23, 1976, page 5.
Ex-porn squad man is bailed published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (CITY FINAL), December 23, 1976, page 1.
UNCENSORED, an advertisement/review of Uncensored, published in Index On Censorship, 1977, page 80.
Pistols are sent packing published in the Daily Mirror, January 7, 1977, page 11.
BBC drops gag after viewers complain published in Gay News, January 13-26, 1977, page 3.
Ban Amin too?, a letter by Eric Miller (of NCROPA), published in the London Evening Standard, February 23, 1977, page 24.
Cornish fury at arrests published in Gay News, NUMBER 113, February 24-March 9, 1977, page 1. [Note: homosexuality]
Yard chief’s ‘golden porn haul’JURY TOLD OF HUGE BRIBES by George Glenton, published in the Daily Mirror, March 1, 1977, page 13.
PORN BRIBES ‘WENT TO THE TOP’ by George Glenton, published in the Daily Mirror, March 2, 1977, page 11.
16 charged in Cornish witch-hunt published in Gay News Number 115, March 24, 1977, page 3. [Note: homosexuality]
The public is banned from seeing sex film BUT COUNCIL CAN SEE ‘GROWING UP’ by Paul Connew, published in the Daily Mirror, May 5, 1977, page 5.
Magistrate orders a gay book burning, published in Gay News, May 5-May 18, 1977, page 3.
TOP COP TOOK PORNO PAY-OFF by George Glenton, published in the Daily Mirror, July 7, 1977, page 11.
Gay News guilty of blasphemy by George Glenton and Chris Hampson, published in the Daily Mirror, July 12, 1977, page 1.
TOP OF THE PUNKS! BBC raise TV ban on the Sex Pistols published in the Daily Mirror, July 14, 1977, page 1.
23 a day used Earl’s Court brothel, published in the Kensington News and POST, 1977, page 5.
POP STADIUM BAN ON PUNK GROUPS published in the Daily Mirror, July 22, 1977, page 13.
Sex film show lands in court published in the Daily Mirror, August 4, 1977, page 5.
PORN KING HUMPHREYS FREED Parole ‘reward’for giving evidence in corruption trial of top police officers published in the Liverpool Echo, August 24, 1977, page 1.
Prostitute fined £10 published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (Lunch), SEPTEMBER 16, 1977, page 5.
A full page advertisement for Never Mind The Bollocks... published in Melody Maker, November 19, 1977, page 32. [Note: the album]
Record sleeve of punk rock album ruled not indecent published in THE TIMES, November 25, 1977, page 2. [Note: the album]
Police spend thousands on ‘so what’raid published in Gay News, December 1-4, 1977, page 1. [Note: homosexuality]
TV PLAY BANNED published in The Birmingham Post (6 a.. Edition), December 19, 1977, page 1.
IT’S YOUR PAPER...IT’S YOUR CHOICE published in Gay News, March 23-April 5, 1978, page 1.
Campaign to change obscenity laws published in THE TIMES, May 2, 1978, page 3.
Re the above, see also The NCROPA Virtual Archive.
Nice girls who turn to vice published in the Daily Mail, July 7, 1978, page 16.
Sex Pistols are banned published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (RUGBY), July 17, 1978, page 5.
They say the law on pornography cannot be enforced... by Norman Fowler, published in the Daily Telegraph, July 25, 1978, page 14.
Pornography in the classroom, a letter by Mary Whitehouse published in the Daily Telegraph, July 29, 1978, page 12.
‘Violence in borstal’play is deferred published in THE TIMES, August 8, 1978, page 2.
BBC ‘bad language’play banned published in THE TIMES, August 11, 1978, page 2.
NORMA Vice girl who wouldn’t live down the past by Roger Beam and Fame is the game by Roger Bence, published in the Daily Mirror, September 8, 1978, page 3. [Note: Norma Levy]
Sex film given top marks published in The Journal (Newcastle), November 1, 1978, page 3.
Blame it all on sex published in The Journal (Newcastle), December 18, 1978, page 3.
STORM AS BANNED RECORD IS PLAYED published in The Liverpool Echo, December 28, 1978, page 3.
Sex photos: arts decision delayed published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (SNOW EDITION), January 19, 1979, page 11.
Panel sacked after sex photographs row ‘Start again afresh’ published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, February 20, 1979, page 7.
Women admit brothel charges published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, February 20, 1979, page 7.
Lovedrive is released by the Scorpions, February 25, 1979. [Note: Click here for more about Lovedrive]
Brothel case: two are jailed published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, March 17, 1979, page 5.
Advertisement for Lovedrive published in Melody Maker, March 31, 1979, page 21. [Note: Click here for more about Lovedrive]
Note the awful spelling mistake in the above.
Sex shop man had ‘mail order porn business’ published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, April 4, 1979, page 4.
Censored advertisement for Lovedrive published in Melody Maker, April 14, 1979, page 13. Click here for more about Lovedrive]
(Alternative) censored advertisement for Lovedrive published in Sounds, April 28, 1979, page 11. Click here for more about Lovedrive]
Censored advertisement for Lovedrive published in Melody Maker, April 28, 1979, page 43. Click here for more about Lovedrive]
Bid to close new sex shop published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, May 10, 1979, page 15.
Sex sells music, music sells jeans... by Simon Frith is published in Melody Maker, May 26, 1979, page 14. [Note: Click here for more about Lovedrive]
Bang Bang by BA Robertson, July 29-August 4, 1979. [Note: Samples of Bang Bang]
Obscene books fine ‘inadequate’ published in The Press And Journal (Aberdeen), August 1, 1979, page 3.
Flattering to deceive by Susanne Garrett, published in Sounds, September 22, 1979, page 55. [Note: Click here for more about Lovedrive]
Report calls for a total overhaul of porn laws published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (City Final), November 28, 1979, page 4.
PUTTING ‘PORN IN ITS PLACE’, Editorial for the above, published on page 12.
CURBING PORNOGRAPHY published in the Daily Telegraph, November 29, 1979, page 18.
Re the above, see also letter by Mary Whitehouse, December 8, 1979, below.
Drink and porn ‘both lead to crime’ published in the Daily Mail, November 30, 1979, page 15.
Don’t come to terms with pornography, a letter by Mary Whitehouse published in the Daily Telegraph, December 8, 1979, page 18.
Remanded published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (City Final), December 21, 1979, page 4.
Peer and MP caught by police in a brothel published in THE TIMES, April 22, 1980, page 5.
Easing the prostitutes’problems? by Tom Utley, published in The Liverpool Echo, April 25, 1980, page 12.
Euro-MPs in sex guidebook storm by Mike Burrell, published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, November 21, 1980, page 3.
Violence at women’s demo published in THE GUARDIAN, November 29, 1980, page 4.
The fight against violence by Nicholas Davies, published in the DAILY MIRROR, December 2, 1980, page 6.
Police rapped over arrests published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus December 6, 1980, page 1.
Women vent rage on sex shops published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus December 12, 1980, page 1.
Protest storm at U.S. film about Ripper published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, December 22, 1980, page 1.
RIPPER FILM STOPPED Hollywood gives in to the fury published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (FULL TV·RADIO), December 23, 1980, page 1.
O.K. CALCUTTA! City Lord Mayor refuses to back vicar’s plea by Dan Kirby, published in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, August 4, 1981, page 3.
Four-letter TV film banned published in the Belfast Telegraph, September 11, 1981, page 13.
TV film banned published in the Newcastle EVENING CHRONICLE (LATE NIGHT FINAL), September 11, 1981, page 11.
Rampant pornography, letter by Edward Shackleton published in the Daily Telegraph, November 10, 1981, page 16.
Till Deaf Do Us Part is released by Slade, November 13, 1981. [Note: details here]
‘Living in sin’couples shown the door, published in EVENING POST (Reading), November 15, 1981, page 1.
Advertisement for Till Deaf Do Us Part, published in Sounds, December 5, 1981, page 34. [Note: details here]
Sex war on pitch hots up published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus January 9, 1982, page 1. [Note: Erica Roe]
Why we live in a rape culture by Ronald Butt, published in THE TIMES January 28, 1982, page 12.
D H Lawrence fans in for a disappointment by Gayle Rossiter, published in the Reading Chronicle, January 29, 1982, page 2.
£500 FINE FOR THE BLUE MOVIE FIREMAN published in the Reading Chronicle (TOWN) January 29, 1982, page 5.
Sex film picket by angry women published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), February 5, 1982, page 1.
Romans case ‘ridiculous’— QC published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), March 16, 1982, page 1.
Sex act trial is a hit on stage published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), March 16, 1982, page 3.
Romans trial is called off published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), March 18, 1982, page 1.
SLADE NAILED OVER ‘TIL DEAF’ ALBUM COVER published in Melody Maker , March 20, 1982, page 3. [Note: Till Deaf Do Us Part]
‘Licence the brothels’ published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), April 7, 1982, page 1.
Fined for ‘obscene’book sales published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, May 18, 1982, page 5.
Sex shop’s material is forfeited published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, May 25, 1982, page 5.
SEX SHOP BLUES Dirty book dealers launch a fight to stop clean-up bill by Simon Taylor published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, June 4, 1982, page 11.
Jury told of sauna’s ‘services’ published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, June 8, 1982, page 7.
‘Saucy sauna’fines published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, June 11, 1982, page 9.
‘We do not back sex shop’ published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, June 11, 1982, page 15.
Sex shop fire was arson published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (LAST CITY) June 14, 1982, page 1. [Note: Angry Women]
Sex shop denies children gazing in published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (LAST CITY) June 14, 1982, page 5.
Judgment in R v Cowen, Court Of Appeal (Criminal Division), June 17, 1982.
‘Porn’pub raid Police pull plug on blue films published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, July 7, 1982, page 1.
Minister slams pub sex films published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus July 9, 1982, page 3.
New sex shop attack published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), August 26, 1982, page 1.
Double sex shop fires published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), September 13, 1982, page 1.
‘Don’t kill us’plead sex bosses published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), September 14, 1982, page 1.
‘Porn at home’arson target? published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (LAST CITY), September 15, 1982, page 1.
JPs to see more sex material published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), October 14, 1982, page 5.
‘Luncheon voucher’Cynthia’s novel party published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), October 14, 1982, page 5. [Note: Cynthia Payne]
Ban on schoolgirl lifted published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (CITY), October 18, 1982, page 5.
Six banned video ‘nasties’ seized in vice squad raids published in the Leicester Mercury, October 21, 1982, page 21.
Court confiscates films published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus (LATE CITY), November 4, 1982, page 1.
Film ban angers Cryer published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, November 10, 1982, page 5.
Porn library pair fined published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, November 13, 1982, page 11.
Kelly v Purvis, Queen’s Bench judgment, December 2, 1982.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND ITS EARLY CRITICS 1802—1812 by M.J.D. Roberts, 1983. [Note: Vice Society]
JUST FINE, SAY GIRLS published in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, February 4, 1983, page 11.
Sex film club plans strippers published in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, April 7, 1983, page 9.
Questions for Earl Grey published in the Liverpool Echo (4 PM CITY), May 5, 1983, page 1.
Birth control film banned by IBA published in THE TIMES, May 11, 1983, page 3.
Prostitution law failing, top magistrate says by Frances Gibb, published in THE TIMES, May 11, 1983, page 3.
WHO WILL WATCH THE BLUE MOVIES NOW? by Ken Livingstone, published in Titbits, WEEK ENDING JULY 23, 1983, page 18.
During five days, 68 men visited their flats published in the Hackney Gazette AND NORTH LONDON ADVERTISER, September 16, 1983.
Report on vice flats may be hushed-up, fear tenants by Peter John, published in the Hackney Gazette AND NORTH LONDON ADVERTISER, September 23, 1983. pages 1 & 44.
Woman became a prostitute by accident published in the Hackney Gazette AND NORTH LONDON ADVERTISER, September 27, 1983.
RED LIGHT ESTATE REPORT MAY STAY SECRET — COUNCIL published in the HACKNEY GAZETTE AND NORTH LONDON ADVERTISER (MIDWEEK), October 4, 1983, pages 1 & 28.
VICE GIRL published in the Hackney Gazette AND NORTH LONDON ADVERTISER (WEEKEND), October 7, 1983, page 8.
VICE OFFER TO WOMAN Pc published in the Hackney Gazette AND NORTH LONDON ADVERTISER (WEEKEND), October 7, 1983, page 8.
Sex shop manager worried about jail published in The Press And Journal (Aberdeen), January 13, 1984, page 3.
Video traders criticise bid to ban porn films by Alison Gray, published in the EVENING POST (Reading), January 24, 1984, page 7.
Aberdeen goes crazy over Frankie’s banned hit by Colin Davidson, published in the Evening Express (Aberdeen), February 1, 1984, page 8. [Note: Relax – banned song]
WHY YOU CANNOT BAN SEX Even on Underground posters like this by Anne Robinson, published in the DAILY MIRROR, May 16, 1984, page 7.
Video Recordings Act, 1984, published July 12, 1984.
Desktop sex claim couple win their sacking battle published in the Paisley Daily Express, October 12, 1984, page 6.
‘Porn’ exhibits removed published in the Paisley Daily Express, October 12, 1984, page 6.
BOOK ON KILLER BRANDED OBSCENE published in the Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette, March 22, 1985, page 2.
Bid to ban new Stallone film published in the Liverpool Echo, August 5, 1985, page 13.
Secrets of ‘sexy sauna’ published in the Liverpool Echo, August 5, 1985, page 13.
Issues we should not dodge (editorial on TV violence), published in the Liverpool Echo, August 21, 1985, page 6.
Indecent Displays (Newspapers) by Clare Short & others from Hansard (Commons), March 12, 1986. [Note: Page 3]
BRITAIN: An Unfree Country by Edward Goodman and Terence DuQuesne is published, June 2, 1986. [Note: more on this book including sample pages]
TORY BOSS ARCHER PAYS OFF VICE GIRL... etc published in the News Of The World, October 26, 1986, pages 1-5 & 8. [Note: Jeffrey Archer]
POOR JEFFREY... by Tony Brooks and David Graham, published in the Daily Star, November 1, 1986, pages 1-2.
Archer to sue two newspapers published in THE TIMES, November 6, 1986, page 1.
Magazines seized in porn alert by Stewart Tendler, published in THE TIMES, November 28, 1986, page 2.
KENNEDYS CENSORED published in New Musical Express, 20^th/27^th December, 1986, page 4.
PRODUCT OF AMERICA by Paolo Hewitt, published in New Musical Express, 20^th/27^th December, 1986, pages 40-41 & 68.
Showing planned for banned TV film published in the Evening Sentinel (Staffordshire), August 38, 1987, page 7.
Hearn says no to bikinis is a letter by Ron McKenna, published in Boxing News, September 4, 1987, page 8.
Pornographic ‘hobby’ published in Bridgwater Journal (MID SOMERSET SERIES), Week ending November 7, 1987, page 2.
SEIZE THE VIDEO NASTIES! by Sheree Dodd, published in the DAILY Mirror, March 15, 1988, pages 1 & 2.
Father wins backing on ‘offensive’books by Bob Carter, published in the Press And Journal, April 13, 1988, page 3.
Sex books to be destroyed published in the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle), May 7, 1988, page 20.
Pornographic video king is jailed for two years published in the Press and Journal (GOOD MORNING ABERDEEN), August 9, 1988, page 7.
...Students set to fight mag ban by Simon Jones, published in the Reading Post, February 28, 1989, page 3.
Re the above, the title on the front page of this paper is READING POST then on a separate line SERVING THE PEOPLE OF READING, not EVENING POST as shown on page 3.
Rushdie: No change to law on blasphemy published in The Journal (Newcastle), February 28, 1989, page 3. [Note: Rushdie affair/Salman Rushdie/The Satanic Verses]
City Moslems backed published in the SANDWELL Evening Mail, March 7, 1989, page 9. [Note: Rushdie affair/Salman Rushdie/The Satanic Verses]
Brothel boss fined £7,000 published in the (Newcastle) Evening Chronicle, May 16, 1989, page 2.
Angry Women Blast Porno Shops published in off our backs, March 1989, pages 4,5 & 7. [Note: Angry Women]
THE CRAWLER TRAWLERS by C P Mansfield, published in Police Review, October 13, 1989, page 2073.
‘Drop obscenity laws to stamp out porn’ by Don Lavery, published in the Irish Independent, October 14, 1989, page 8.
Prostitute fined £60 published in the HAMMERSMITH & SHEPHERDS BUSH Gazette, October 20, 1989, page 15.
One in four viewers disgusted by scenes shown on television by Richard Evans, published in THE TIMES, November 2, 1989, page 4.
RED LIGHT FOR 1992 by Susan Edwards, published in Police Review, December 15, 1989, pages 2542-3.
Campaign to ban soft porn published in the TIMES (BROMLEY BECKENHAM CHISLEHURST), February 15, 1990, page 1.
SURVEY LINKS PORNOGRAPHY WITH JUVENILE SEX published in Police Review, February 23, 1990, page 374.
Brothel mum fined published in the Liverpool ECHO, March 30, 1990, page 15.
Trying to avoid sex on the box by Eddie Holt, published in the Irish Independent, May 19, 1990, page 15.
Porn v Erotica by Samantha Batra, published in OUTLOOK, JUNE/JULY 1990, pages 8-9.
Three articles about Geoffrey Dickens and snuff videos from the (Sandwell) Evening Mail, July 27, 1990, page 2. [Note: Geoffrey Dickens MP]
Successful attempt to shock published in the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle), October 24, 1990, page 5.
The moral sense of the majorities: indecency and vigilance in Late-Victorian music halls by Tracy C. Davis, 1991. [Note: this article]
Short television clip re prostitution in Stamford Hill, London, January 14, 1991.
Pub strip ‘obscene’ published in the Liverpool Echo, January 23, 1991, page 27.
Pub stripper fined published in the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle), January 26, 1991, page 5.
Government consider new law to curb pornography by Michael Kerr, published in the Daily Telegraph, February 21, 1991, page 4.
BBC drops film published in THE TIMES, November 2, 1991, page 2.
No sex please, we’re BT by Kate Muir, published in THE TIMES, April 28, 1992, page 35.
Censor bans explicit sex video published in the Irish Independent, May 26, 1992, page 11.
Vice girls cut off in their prime published in the Wolverhampton Express & Star (Town Final), September 9, 1992, page 11.
RHYTHM IS NOT A STRIPPER by Mark Howard, published in the News Of The World, January 3, 1993, page 17.
Big boys’ video published in The Birmingham Post (COUNTY EDITION), January 15, 1993, page 6. [Note: Big Boys Bickering]
MACCA BANNED published in the DAILY Mirror, January 30, 1993, page 4. [Note: Big Boys Bickering]
TV porn firm to defy ban published in The Sun, February 1, 1993, page 12.
MPs view porn in Commons by Jonathan Prynn, published in THE TIMES, February 25, 1993, page 5.
STORM OVER CONDOM ‘SWEETIES’... published in the ISLINGTON Gazette & Stoke Newington Observer, April 1, 1993, page 1.
‘Baby oil strippers groped by drinkers’... published in the ISLINGTON Gazette & Stoke Newington Observer, April 8, 1993, page 2.
STRIPPERS WILL CARRY ON REGARDLESS!... published in the ISLINGTON Gazette & Stoke Newington Observer, April 15, 1993, page 7.
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NAKED TRUTH BEHIND BARE BREAST POSTER... by Josie Judge, published in the ISLINGTON Gazette & Stoke Newington Observer, May 6, 1993, page 14.
Gay song banned as offensive by Rodney Kumar, published in the Amersham & Chesham ADVERTISER, July 21, 1993, page 5.
Woolies bans ‘nipples’ album published in the Evening Mail (DUDLEY, SANDWELL, WALSALL and WOLVERHAMPTON), July 22, 1993, page 22.
Prostitute fined £80 for soliciting published in the Evening Sentinel (CITY FINAL), August 13, 1993, page 13.
Alternative comedy has been the death of innuendo is a letter from Jack Seaton published in The Stage and TELEVISION TODAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1993, page 9.
Feminists call for the liberation of porn... by Jennifer Wilson, and
Experts speak out on ‘dangers’of pornography... by Simeela Khaliq, published in The Journal (Newcastle), November 20, 1993, page 9.
Victory for DAILY Mirror as sick videos are banned... by Nigel Morris, published in the DAILY Mirror, January 22, 1994, page 7.
We must never go soft on this porn by Lynda Lee-Potter, published in the Daily Mail, March 9, 1994, page 9.
April 25, 1994: Anarchy is released by Chumbawamba. [Note: Anarchy.]
Censored... by Tom Dewe Mathews is published, July 21, 1994. [Note: sample pages & comment]
EXPOSED: Police lead fetish offensive published in Capital Gay, December 2, 1994, page 1. [Note: homosexuality]
Show goes on for ‘disgusting’play by Dalya Alberge, published in THE TIMES, January 20, 1995, page 5.
The entry below is a review of Blasted, the play alluded to above.
Shocking scenes in Sloane Square (a review of the play Blasted), published in THE TIMES, January 20, 1995, page 35.
‘Living in sin’ not a sin says church published in the Liverpool Echo (CITY FINAL), June 6, 1995, page 9. [Note: living in sin]
Vice Squad targets company car punters by Keith Potter, published in Police Review, July 14, 1995, page 9.
£1 film banned published in THE TIMES, November 4, 1995, page 8.
Censors urge help for parents over violent films by Dalya Alberge, published in THE TIMES, November 15, 1995, page 2.
The poisonous side of sex by Debra Craine, published in THE TIMES, February 9, 1996, page 30.
Mother of snooker star cleared of porn plot charges by Carol Midgeley, published in THE TIMES, March 2, 1996, page 7.
Film-maker to challenge ancient blasphemy law by Alexandra Frean, published in THE TIMES, March 26, 1996, page 7.
‘Killers film should be banned’ published in the SOUTHALL Gazette, April 5, 1996, page 9.
Kids movie banned published in the Reading Evening POST, April 29, 1996, page 8.
Block on ‘teen sex’film in city cinemas published in the Liverpool Echo, May 15, 1996, page 4.
Bid to ban ‘sick’ car crash film by Lisa Reynolds, published in THE EXPRESS ON SATURDAY, November 9, 1996, page 5.
Councillors ban ‘distasteful’film... by Dalya Alberge, published in THE TIMES, November 21, 1996, page 5.
Family TV is ‘sex and violence’ published in the Press and Journal (Aberdeen), April 4, 1997, page 11.
Council bans ‘Crash’from West End cinemas by Dalya Alberge, published in THE TIMES, May 2, 1997, page 1.
Porn lines warned on rocketing complaints by Jason Burt, published in the Daily Mail, May 19, 1997, page 10.
‘We must ban this vile and pornographic film’ by Jennifer Walters, published in the Pinner Observer, June 12, 1997, page 7
Hit single for anarchist band published in Press and Journal (ABERDEEN EDITION), August 19, 1997, page 11. [Note: Anarchy.]
Hunt for photo booth lover published in the Kensington Post, June 26, 1997.
Car park sex duo guilty published in the Evening Express (Aberdeen), December 15, 1997, page 4.
The Myth of Victorian Prudery: Promoting an Image by Nina Clements, published in Articulāte, 1998, pages 12-8. [Note: this issue]
Soaps’morals are the final straw by Jaci Stephen, published in the Daily Mail, May 8, 1998, page 49.
Video release reveals flaws in censorship by Vanessa Thorpe, published in the Independent, June 14, 1998.
BAN TV WIFE SWAP SHAME SAYS BISHOP by Adrian Addison, published in the News Of The World, June 21, 1998, page 35.
MASTER OF TARTS AT IT AGAIN! by Alexander Hitchen, published in the News Of The World, December 20, 1998, page 11.
McCartney swears by Linda’s last song by Claudia Jones and Adrian Lee, published in THE TIMES, January 25, 1999, page 3. [Note: The Light Comes From Within]
PARENTS! We need your guidance published in THE TIMES, January 25, 1999, page 17. [Note: The Light Comes From Within]
MP AND THE THAI HOOKER... published in the News Of The World, March 21, 1999, pages 4-5.
Tartcard phone pests face legal crackdown by Jo Butler, published in the Daily Mirror, May 19, 1999, page 18.
Rash of porn videos ‘might endanger children’... by Helen Rumbelow, published in THE TIMES, July 28, 1999, page 5.
Rev’s outrage over ‘pornographic’film by Rebecca Keay, published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph (Lunch), October 25, 1999, page 5.
Peer and MP caught by police in raid on brothel published in THE TIMES, April 22, 2000, page 96. [Note: Cynthia Payne]
Liberace TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING IS WONDERFUL is broadcast May 23, 2000. [Note: a clip from this documentary]
Sex shop staff vow to stay put after quit order published in The Bolton News (on-line), June 16, 2000.
MISS UK DUMPED Lover’s nude snaps fury by John Askill, published in The Sun, June 24, 2000, page 35.
BOUND AND GAGGED A Secret History Of Obscenity In Britain by Alan Travis is published, September 7, 2000. [Note: this entry]
Internet porn shock by Mike Addelman, published in the NEWS SHOPPER Beckenham & Penge, May 2, 2001, page 6.
Derby pornography cases spark fears over employee privacy by Joe Plomin, published by the Guardian (on-line), June 4, 2001.
BBC report on the conviction of Jeffrey Archer, July 19, 2001. [Note: Jeffrey Archer]
15 months’jail for brothel boss by Leigh Collins, published in the News Shopper (on-line), October 23, 2001.
Crew too Solid for Trinity Ball as rappers banned published in the Dublin (Weekend) Evening Herald, April 6, 2002, page 6.
Censor’s betrayal as he passes ‘sick’ rape movie by Kate Sherry, published by Mail Online, October 22, 2002.
Force told: no wonderbra adverts by Stuart Mulraney, published in Jane’s Police Review, January 24, 2003, page 9.
Pinero’s A Wife Without a Smile, October 1904 by Samantha Ellis, published by The Guardian (on-line), June 11, 2003.
ITV pregnancy show censured by Adam Sherwin, published in THE TIMES, June 26, 2003, page 8.
Sex shop chain promises to fight on against Glasgow’s zero tolerance policy published in The Herald (Glasgow), November 6, 2003. [Note: this article]
Rebuke for MSP who used ‘f’s letter published in EDINBURGH Evening News, April 30, 2004, page 3.
No Orchids For Miss Blandish.../James Hadley Chase tribute, June 1, 2004.
The above is a page from a tribute website. [Note: No Orchids For Miss Blandish]
Medieval law has had its day by Alan Travis, published by the Guardian (on-line), October 18, 2004.
Police swoop on prostitutes published by the Enfield INDEPENDENT (on-line), November 12, 2004.
Where the streets have no shame by Helen Rumbelow, published in THE TIMES, December 4, 2004, page 18.
Posters banned published in THE TIMES, February 15, 2005, page 12.
Beyond a joke? by Richard Anthony Baker, published in THE STAGE, April 21, 2005, page 20.
AMOROUS ANTICS COULD BE FILMED Warning to couples using castle site for sex by Andrew Ffrench, published in the Oxford Mail, September 14, 2006, page 2.
...No to lap dancing club bid by Hurtej Kaur, published in the Nottingham Evening Post, September 20, 2006, page 17.
MUDDLED THINKING ON RAPE AND PORNOGRAPHY published in the Irish Independent, August 6, 2007, page 14. [Note: marital rape]
Campaign for video violence inquiry is a success published in the Leicester Mercury, September 10, 2007, page 10.
Promo for Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now, October 12, 2007-January 27, 2008 from artmap dot com.
Viewers attack BBC for foul-mouthed comedy by Adam Sherwin, published in THE TIMES, December 28, 2007, page 35.
Straw scraps reform of prostitute law to avoid prison officer strike by Richard Ford, published in THE TIMES, February 28, 2008, page 33.
Liz leads fight to end violent porn published in The Sun, March 26, 2008, page 26.
WALTHAMSTOW: Police officer had sex with prostitute published in the Bucks Free Press (on-line), April 24, 2008.
OBAMA AND THE GAY PORN BARON... by Georgina Dickinson, published in the News Of The World, October 12, 2008, page 15.
Three held in brothel raid by Fiona Dryden, published in the Gloucestershire Echo, December 19, 2008, page 2.
‘Obscene’Sex Pistols record sleeve prompted garda swoop by Fergus Black, published in the Irish Independent, December 30, 2008, page 10.
Banned poster for the film Lesbian Vampire Killers, circa March 13, 2009. [Note: details of poster ban and film]
Lambeth Council backs Newsquest’s sex advert ban, published by the SUTTON & CROYDON Guardian, April 16, 2009, (on-line version).
268 arrests in vice trade crackdown by Paul Keaveny, published in The Bolton News, May 6, 2009, page 9.
Liberace’s libel victory by Adam Trimingham, published by The Argus (on-line), June 27, 2009. [Note: Liberace v Daily Mirror]
MP’s call to shut website published in the Aberdeen Evening Express (LATE CITY Edition), October 8, 2009, page 7.
Let’s tackle these sex ads by Julie Bindel, published by the Guardian (on-line), January 30, 2010. [Note: Julie Bindel]
Censorship in the theatre... by John Nathan, published in the Daily Telegraph (on-line), April 14, 2010.
Sutton Council backs our ban on sex adverts bk Julia Kennard, published by the SUTTON & CROYDON Guardian, April 15, 2010, (on-line version).
Re the above, this includes one comment (as of January 30, 2022); see also the entry for the same newspaper, April 16, 2009 – which attracted no comments.
Marie Stopes TV advertisement broadcast by Channel 4, May 24, 2010. [Note: Marie Stopes TV advertisement]
ASA clears Marie Stopes TV ad by Mark Sweney, published by the Guardian (on-line), August 4, 2010. [Note: Marie Stopes TV advertisement]
Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children... by Caroline Davies, published by the Guardian (on-line), December 19, 2010.
The documentary Fig Leaf: The Biggest Cover-Up in History is broadcast by the BBC, February 10, 2011. [Note: video clip/details]
Gardening in nude: man to face trial & Naturist will stand trial for ‘insulting behaviour’ published in the Gloucestershire Echo, May 7, 2011, pages 1 & 2.
Balls Out, banned album cover
Re the above, see entry for January 25, 2012; please excuse the torn price label!
Nude gardener — charges dropped & Charges dropped, but nude gardener says he’ll keep his clothes on by John Hawkins, published in the Gloucestershire Echo, August 11, 2011, pages 1 & 3.
‘Miss Whiplash’gets the cane published in the Milton Keynes Citizen, May 12, 2011, page 1.
ASA Adjudication on Balls Out, January 25, 2012.
Re the above, see entry for October 2011.
Two jailed over brothels in Cambridge, Berkshire and Surrey published on the BBC website, April 3, 2012.
Lap dance club bid rejected by Warren Wilkins, published on-line by Newquay Voice, May 30, 2012.
Man’s sex plea card published in the Dumfries And Galloway Standard, September 19, 2012, page 3.
Hate song fan fined £350 published in the Dumfries And Galloway Standard, October 10, 2012, page 3.
A Clockwork Orange – BBFC case study, from their website, March 13, 2013. [Note: BBFC case studies]
‘Block cash to make porn websites protect children’... by Ben Webster, published in THE TIMES, January 26, 2013, page 8.
Straw Dogs – BBFC case study, from their website, February 21, 2013. [Note: BBFC case studies]
Dawn Of The Dead – BBFC case study, from their website, March 13, 2013. [Note: BBFC case studies]
Birmingham kerb crawlers targeted by police (YouTube upload title), clip from the BBC Midlands Today programme, June 19, 2013.
Lonely death of call girl who brought down the Government... by David Jones, published by Mail Online, December 6, 2013. [Note: Norma Levy]
£20 BET COSTS CHEEKY BOYS £605!... by Richard York, published in the Grimsby Telegraph, December 11, 2013, page 1.
Continuation of the above, also Thong pair invaded pitch ‘for a laugh’ by Sam Kinnaird and Simon Faulkner, page 2.
Streakers, was criminal sentence too severe?, letter by Frances A. Wood, published in the Grimsby Telegraph, December 28, 2013, page 16.
On This Day: The Chelsea Arts Ball – London’s most ‘scandalous’New Year’s Eve Party – is staged for last time by Julian Gavaghan, published by Yahoo! News UK, December 30, 2013.
Why did this woman storm Miss World pageant?, March 16, 2014.
The above interview with Sally Alexander was uploaded on said date to the BBC News channel, YouTube.
Call for porn websites to face charges by Alex Spence, published in THE TIMES, April 22, 2014, page 2.
More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On – 16 songs banned by the BBC published by the BBC on or slightly before July 11, 2014.
The above article and the documentary below cover the same subject.
Britain’s Most Dangerous Songs subtitled Listen To The Banned is broadcast by BBC4, July 11, 2014. [Note: this documentary]
Whores And The Law..., thesis submitted by Alexandra Ward, November 3, 2014.
Sex worker Charlotte Rose ran in the Rochester and Strood by-election by Oliver Wheaton, published by London Metro (on-line), November 21, 2014.
Two images (from Twitter) have been omitted from the above article.
Police make driver remove image of bound woman, published in THE TIMES, November 21, 2014, page 24.
Spanking aside, porn is about the bottom line... by Janice Turner, published in THE TIMES, December 13, 2014, page 27.
Lib dems whip up protest over risqué porn by James Dean, published in THE TIMES, December 13, 2014, page 41.
Tories toyed with possibility of imposing ban on sex aids by Oliver Moody, published in THE TIMES, December 30, 2014, page 13.
A Brief History of The Sun’s Controversial ‘Page 3’ by Jessica Roy, published by Intelligencer (on-line) January 20, 2015. [Note: Page 3]
A message to signers of the No More Page 3 campaign!!!! by Lucy-Anne Holmes, uploaded to YouTube, January 21, 2015. [Note: Page 3]
Abolishing the Common Law Offence of Keeping a Disorderly House by Graham S McBain, published in the Review of European Studies, May 14, 2015, pages 109-43.
Bailed after brothel arrest published in the Crawley News, April 13, 2016, page 5.
The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader by THE SPECTRE LIBRARY, published on-line, May 3, 2016. [Note: Darcy Glinto]
‘Sexist’ posters banned on Tube and bus network by Simon Harris, published by itv.com, June 13, 2016.
PORN PANIC! by Jerry Barnett is published, August 1, 2016. [Click here for details and sample pages]
‘Obscene’ art that saw artist arrested goes on show in Leeds by Gina Colley, published by Yorkshire Live/Examiner Live (on-line), August 12, 2016. [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
Sex workers ‘moving on to quieter streets’ by Ian Johnson, published in The Gazette (Middlesbrough), March 13, 2017, page 9.
Four arrested after raids on brothels in Hove and Worthing by Emily Walker, published by The Argus (on-line), September 20, 2017.
The above article from the Brighton newspaper includes reader comments.
Aili Qin & Others v Metropolitan Police & Others case stated, judgment November 3, 2017.
The Trial of Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant by Sadie Cunningham, published on-line, November 11, 2017.
Ted Goodman on the BBFC and film censorship, December 14, 2017. [Note: background here]
ASA bans Poundland’s lewd toy elf ad campaign by Mark Sweeney, published by the Guardian (on-line), February 7, 2018.
Traffickers jailed for total of 20 years for running brothel network published on the Crown Prosecution Service website, May 25, 2018. [Note: sex trafficking]
Letter Edward Goodman of CAC to DVLC re prohibited vehicle number plates, September 14, 2018.
See reply of Lewis Young, September 28, 2018, (below). The above letter is typical of Goodman: terse in the extreme!
Letter Lewis Young of DVLC in reply to Goodman, September 28, 2018.
Noel Coward’s censored plays brought to life at British Library by Gillian Trudeau, published on the Index On Censorship website, October 2, 2018.
R (on the application of CL) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (sexting case), judgment December 6, 2018.
Woman jailed for running brothels ordered to repay nearly £300,000 published on the City Of London Police website, December 18, 2018.
Go-ahead for adult entertainment at club which lost lap-dancing licence by Adam Postans, published in the Bristol Post, January 14, 2019, page 6.
Strip club’s lapdancers say: We are all feminists by Alex Shipman, published in (London) Metro, January 18, 2019, page 26.
Lap dancing ‘Family’ help venue keep hold of licence by Adam Postans, published in the Weekend Post (Bristol), FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 TO 20, 2019, page 5.
Lap-dancing club with ‘feminist’ performers granted new licence by Adam Postans, published in the Bristol Post, January 21, 2019, page 5.
When Wigan’s naughty George Formby was banned by BBC by Henry Widdas, published by Wigan Today (on-line), March 7, 2019.
Time to change sex industry, correspondence by Jan Williams, London and AG, Surrey, published in (London) Metro, March 11, 2019, page 12.
Don’t tell me what ‘rape’is, correspondence by CC, Edinburgh and A, East Midlands, published in (London) Metro, March 12, 2019, page 14.
Online Harms White Paper, published by HMSO, April 8, 2019.
The New Zealand women challenging the neoliberal narrative of ‘empowerment’in prostitution by Jo Bartosch, published by the Morning Star (on-line), April 28, 2019. [Note: this article & this author]
OUT AND PROUD Gran, 81, defies jobsworths who gave her Asbo for wearing bikini in her garden, by Thomas Burrows Ian Leonard, published in the Sun (on-line), June 21, 2019.
The above article was updated September 12, 2019.
The Truth About Pornography – a speech, July 21, 2019. [Click here for details]
Spearmint Rhino dancers turn tables on campaigners ‘to sue them over secret film’ by Anthony France, published by the Evening Standard (on-line), August 6, 2019.
Beyond the bounds of depravity: an oral history of David Cronenberg’s Crash by Matthew Thrift, published on the British Film Institute website, September 5, 2019.
Spa faces losing licence ‘after customers offered sexual services on a pay-what-you-like basis’, by Liam Coleman and Ben Morgan, published in the London Evening Standard (on-line), September 25, 2019 [Note: on this article]
UK drops plans for age verification system... by Jim Waterson, published by the Guardian (on-line), October 16, 2019.
Pair fined for having sex in Butlin’s car park in Bognor Regis published by the Bognor Regis Observer (on-line), October 18, 2019.
Brothel operation in north London shut down and group jailed by Joseph Reaidi, published by the HARROW TIMES (on-line), October 28, 2019.
Click here for two additional photographs from the above article, including of Antonio Miranda, whose given name appears to have been misspelt in the text.
Swindon brothel is closed down by magistrates after police raid by Tom Seaward, published by the Swindon Advertiser (on-line), November 15, 2019.
Directing Nudity & Simulated Sex... by Directors UK, published (apparently) November 21, 2019.
‘Fairytale of New York’banned by BBC radio presenter who called the song “chav bilge” by Matthew Neale, published by NME on-line, December 3, 2019. (The videos have been removed from this webpage).
Extreme porn law could be model for new terrorist offence by Martha Bentham, published in the Evening Standard (WEST END FINAL EXTRA), January 15, 2020, page 6.
Ilford residents fear brothel running openly on quiet street despite police investigation by Roy Chacko, published by the Ilford Recorder (on-line), February 25, 2020.
The new 20 number plates the DVLA had to ban as they were too rude by Nino Williams, published by WalesOnline, March 30, 2020.
Peter Kay’s Car Share Audio Special is broadcast, April 10, 2020. [To: audio clip, comment and aftermath]
Fury over prostitute travelling Yorkshire to offer sex in brothel on wheels during lockdown by Darren Burke, published by the Derbyshire Times (on-line), April 12, 2020.
Police in Enfield to crack down on kerb-crawling by Simon Allin, published by the Enfield INDEPENDENT (on-line), June 12, 2020.
Last Tango In Paris (a case study) published by the BBFC (on-line), August 4, 2020.
From brothel to respected pub – canalside cottage hides a varied past by Toby Neal, published by the Express & Star (on-line), October 13, 2020.
Ex-prostitute who ran brothel out of Cambridge flat ordered to pay £400K by Benjamin Turner, published by CambridgeshireLive, October 22, 2020.
The Watford Blue Movie Trial: regulating rollers in 1970s Britain by Oliver Carter, November 10, 2020. [Note: More about this article and its author]
The Victorians constructed a great empire of abstinence by David Olusoga, published by BBC HISTORY magazine, Christmas 2020, page 14.
Sexist safety ad axed by David Hughes, published in the Daily Express, January 29, 2021, page 9.
The Truth About Pornography – a recording of a speech, March 20, 2021. [Click here for details]
East Lothian church elder placed on sex offenders register over inappropriate gift by Alan McEwen & James Delaney published by edinburghlive (on-line), August 7, 2021.
The above is a truly extraordinary story; how on Earth was this guy convicted even charged with this clearly imaginary offence?
Festival Park artwork of spread legs has been removed by Catriona Stewart published by Glasgow Evening Times (on-line), August 16, 2021.
Birmingham sex park: Police catch 20 people at ‘hotspot for sex workers’ in one night by Ben Perrin, published by BirminghamLive (on-line), January 26, 2022.
How a Cypriot artist became the last victim of UK obscenity laws by Antigoni Pitta published by Cyprus Mail (on-line), January 30, 2022. [Note: Stass Paraskos and his trial]
Adidas ‘diverse breasts’ ad banned published in (London) Metro, May 11, 2022, page 13.

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