Ban This Filth!
Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive
$43.96
- Paperback
424 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2013
Summary
In 1964, Mary Whitehouse launched a campaign to fight what she called the ‘propaganda of disbelief, doubt and dirt’ being poured into homes through the nation’s radio and television sets. Whitehouse, senior mistress at a Shropshire secondary school, became the unlikely figurehead of a mass movement: the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association.
For almost forty years, she kept up the fight against the programme makers, politicians, pop stars and playwrights who she felt were dragg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571281510 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571281516 |
| Author: | Ben Thompson |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 127mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson is one of Britain’s most respected cultural critics. He currently contributes to the Financial Times, Mojo and the Sunday Telegraph. As well as two critically acclaimed collections of rock journalism (Seven Years of Plenty and Ways of Hearing) and a landmark history of modern British comedy (Sunshine on Putty), he has co- written memoirs with Vic Reeves (Me Moir), Phil Daniels (Class Actor), Mike Skinner (The Story of the Streets), Dizzee Rascal (The Dirtee Truth), and others who would prefer the collaborative nature of their bestselling autobiographical endeavours to remain a private matter.
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