#patrick mullins

Trials of Portnoy: when Penguin fought for literature and liberty

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Patrick Mullins, University of Canberra

One grey morning in October 1970, in a crowded, tizzy-pink courtroom on the corner of Melbourne’s Russell and La Trobe Streets, crown prosecutor Leonard Flanagan began denouncing a novel in terms that were strident and ringing.

“When taken as a whole, it is lewd,” he declared. “As to a large part of it, it is absolutely disgusting both in the…

Arsenal fans react to Donald Trump’s son being one of them

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more embarrassing being an Arsenal fan this season, it turns out that Donald Trump’s son, Barron, is a Gooner. Barron is 11 Pictured during 139th Easter Egg Roll in full Arsenal kit Said to be knowledgeable about football The 11-year-old was pictured roaming around on the White House lawn in a full Arsenal kit, casually kicking a ball about, probably with…