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R v Penguin Books Ltd

Index R v Penguin Books Ltd

R v Penguin Books Ltd was the public prosecution in the UK at the Old Bailey of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. [1]

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Alexis Lykiard

Alexis Lykiard (born 1940) is a British writer of Greek heritage, who began his prolific career as novelist and poet in the 1960s.

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Artistic merit

Artistic merit is the perceived artistic quality or value of any given work of art, music, film, literature, sculpture or painting.

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Bernardine Bishop

Bernardine Anna Livia Mary Bishop (née Wall; 16 August 1939 – 4 July 2013) was an English novelist, teacher and psychotherapist.

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities.

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Cunt

Cunt is a vulgar word for the vulva or vagina and is also used as a term of disparagement.

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Dick Milford

Theodore Richard "Dick" Milford (10 June 1895 – 19 January 1987) was an English clergyman, educator and philanthropist, who was involved in the founding of Oxfam.

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Gareth Powell

Gareth Powell (26 May 1934 – 16 September 2016) was a Welsh-born publisher, journalist, author, and editor.

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Gilbert Frankau

Gilbert Frankau (21 April 1884 – 4 November 1952) was a popular British novelist.

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Irving v Penguin Books Ltd

David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt is a case in English law against American author Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher Penguin Books, filed in an English court by the British author David Irving in 1996, asserting that Lipstadt had libelled him in her book Denying the Holocaust.

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Joan Bennett (literary scholar)

Joan Bennett (1896–1986), also known as Joan Frankau and born Aline Frankau, was a Cambridge literary scholar and critic.

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John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor.

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John Robinson (bishop of Woolwich)

John Arthur Thomas Robinson (16 May 1919 – 5 December 1983) was an English New Testament scholar, author and the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich.

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Julia Frankau

Julia Frankau, née Julia Davis (30 July 1859-17 March 1916) was a successful novelist who wrote under the name Frank Danby.

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Kenneth Tynan

Kenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published privately in 1928 in Italy, and in 1929 in France and Australia.

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Laurence Byrne

Sir Lawrence Byrne (17 September 1896 – 1 November 1965) was a barrister and High Court judge.

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List of years in literature

This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events.

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Mervyn Griffith-Jones

John Mervyn Guthrie Griffith-Jones, CBE MC (1 July 1909 – 13 July 1979) was a British judge and former barrister.

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Michael Rubinstein

Michael Bernard Rubinstein (6 November 1920 – 12 January 2001) was a solicitor who specialised in representing authors and publisher.

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November 2

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Obscene Publications Act 1959

The Obscene Publications Act 1959 (c. 66) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament that significantly reformed the law related to obscenity in England and Wales.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha

Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

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Profanity

Profanity is socially offensive language, which may also be called swear words, curse words, cuss words, bad language, strong language, offensive language, crude language, coarse language, foul language, bad words, oaths, blasphemous language, vulgar language, lewd language, choice words, or expletives.

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Richard Hoggart

Herbert Richard Hoggart FRSL (24 September 1918 – 10 April 2014) was a British academic whose career covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with emphasis on British popular culture.

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Ronald Frankau

Ronald Hugh Wyndham Frankau (22 February 1894 – 11 September 1951) was an English comedian who started in cabaret and made his way to radio and films.

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Social history of the United Kingdom (1945–present)

The social history of the United Kingdom from 1945 began with the aftermath of the Second World War.

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The Abolition of Britain

The Abolition of Britain: From Lady Chatterley to Tony Blair (US subtitle: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana) is the first book by British conservative journalist Peter Hitchens, published in 1999.

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William Grant, Lord Grant

William Grant, Lord Grant, (19 June 1909 – 19 November 1972) was a Scottish advocate, a Unionist politician, and a judge.

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1960 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1960.

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1999 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1999.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Penguin_Books_Ltd

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