Tag: Censorship AudioUnfolding the court case that banned a 1920s lesbian novelMonday 11 September 2017In 1928 Radclyffe Hall wrote ‘The Well of Loneliness’, a novel that featured female characters...AudioThe last thing we need is a sequel: postwar cinema at The National ArchivesFriday 24 June 2011The National Archives’ exploration of the British government’s uneasy relationship with the film industry...AudioFictional obscenities: lesbianism and censorship in the early 20th centuryMonday 7 February 2011How was the concept of obscenity governed in the absence of specific statutes that...AudioThe National Archives goes to the moviesMonday 21 June 2010Trace the history of cinema in Britain through the collections of The National Archives....AudioKapow! Fifties Britain versus the comics menaceTuesday 17 February 2009In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion: “American...AudioWas Richard II mad?Thursday 3 July 2008Terry Jones, ‘Python’, historian, broadcaster, actor, director and comedian, has called King Richard II...