Banned Books in the UK

9th January 2008 with 2 Comments

Several books on terrorism have been banned in the UK, either published and then removed from the shelves or refused publication altogether. In some instances, the books were thrown into pulping machines so that all evidence of their existence was destroyed.
According to Spiked Magazine books by British, American and French authors have suffered this fate. [...]

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