PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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SUE TURNER is inspired by the example of a librarian’s struggle to confront the book-banning movement
THE GOOD FIGHT: Librarian Amanda Jones showing her article on cyberbullying at the School Library Journal Summit, December 2023
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LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
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That Librarian — The Fight Against Book-Banning in America
Amanda Jones, Bloomsbury, £18
THE first amendment to the constitution of the United States purports to protect freedom of expression, namely freedom of speech, religion and the press.
However, this freedom was flouted from the start and by the 1850s the Southern states were censoring anti-slavery material, including Uncle Tom’s Cabin which was given a public burning.
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