Manchester’s former Chief Constable and moral puritan James Anderton has died.
Tag: obscenity
Police Raids In The Last Days Of Obscenity
A personal memoir of falling foul of Manchester’s over-zealous Obscene Publications Squad – and fighting back.
Printed Poison – Mid-Sixties Moral Panic From The Citizens For Decent Literature
More 1960s anti-smut hysteria from notorious fraudster Charles Keating.
Motherfu…ing Stupidity: The BBFC And ‘Implied Language’
The British censor’s curious decision to treat ‘implied’ swearing no differently than if the actual word had been used.
Larry Flynt 1942 – 2021
Remembering the revolutionary, rebellious and defiant publisher of Hustler, free speech icon and thorn in the side of religious and political hypocrites.
Gestapo’s Last Orgy Is Still Too Outrageous For Britain’s Censors
The British film censors are still confusing offensiveness for dangerousness as they ban yet another former Video Nasty.
No More Fucking In Austria
The small village with a rude name has had enough of sniggering tourists.
If You Go Down In The Woods Today… Walerian Borowczyk’s La Bête
Walerian Borowczyk’s satirical fairy tale remains one of the most outrageous films ever made.
Talk Dirty To Me – Looking Back At The Telephone Book
Sitting at the intersection of underground filmmaking and commercial sexploitation, Nelson Lyon’s film is a unique slice of cult cinema.
The PMRC Hearings With Frank Zappa, Dee Snider And John Denver
The battle against music censorship in America during the 1980s.
Screwed Into The Ground: Al Goldstein’s Death Magazine
The notorious Screw Magazine publisher’s ill-fated attempt to do for death what he’d done for sex.
Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know – P.J. Proby’s Savoy Years
The last rock ‘n’ roll rebel and his lost years recording obscene, outrageous and inspired cover versions for Britain’s most infamous publishing house.