Ban This Filth!: Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive by Ben Thompson – review | Books | The Guardian:
This is worth a read. Mary Whitehouse single-handedly held British tv back 30 years or more with her incessant and irritating deluge of letters aimed at those who ran the media in the UK.
She didn't like sex, violence or swearing. As soon as she died we could all say "fuck" on telly as much as we liked. Never has anyone's death provoked such an instant, obviously positive benefit.
This is my main blog - it's been going since 2004. It was originally my personal diary but has expanded to something more sophisticated, thanks to Blogger. Most articles on this site are unfinished and remain so. I am trying very very hard to change this! I have a sidebar on the right - please scroll down - full great web sites, articles, podcasts, etc. The tone of this blog is mostly unfocussed, and long may it remain so...
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