When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...
When Oscar Wilde was jailed for, "gross indecency," a 19th century euphemism for gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 ...
Oscar Wilde said the only thing worse than being talked about was not being talked about. So the playwright surely would have approved of the British Library this week symbolically reissuing his ...
The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of gross indecency. On Thursday, the British Library will hand over a symbolic new card to his grandson. By Claire Moses Reporting from London ...
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