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Posted on February 5, 2021

S4 E5 Original Sin: Spark ‘The Bachelors’ (1960)

An entertaining and elegant look at singledom in London that challenged censor’s ideas on sex and conception.

The novel opens with the single lads doing their shopping – the cover captures Spark’s wit
Posted on July 3, 2020December 13, 2020

S2 E4 Evil Contraception: Marie Stopes, ‘Married Love’ (1918)

Marie Stopes’ advocacy of contraception was radial in 1918 but it was 1980 before the Irish public could read her sex manual.

It’s a classic, with an introduction by a big-name historian
Posted on May 27, 2020December 13, 2020

S1 E9 Huxley, ‘Point Counter Point’ (1928): amoral sex

One of the first books banned by the censor, this modernist classic is full of indecent and obscene ideas about sex.

Posted on May 5, 2020December 13, 2020

S1 E6 Sex in Suburbia: Richard Yates, ‘Revolutionary Road’ (1961)

This classic American novel critiques marriage, gender roles and masculinity. So was it the sex or the reproductive choices that attracted the ire of the censor?

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

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