Encyclopedia entry: pornography

Article: The Arts: The porn-again minister The Rev Ted McIlvenna has ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... collection of erotica and pornography in the world. At the shabby ... San Francisco HQ to the British Museum in Great Russell Street ... acquisitions policy. So far, the British Museum has said it would be happy ... McIlvenna can persuade the British Museum to take his Super 8 ...

Article: SEX & SENSIBILITY.(collection of pornographic artifacts obtained ...
History Today;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM David Gaimster reveals ... and on our home PCs. Pornography is becoming an increasingly ... art and obscenity. The British Museum `Secretum' or `secret ... for the evolution of pornography as a distinct cultural ...

Article: Sex secrets of those not-so-prim Victorians; Including chastity ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: GLENDA COOPER HERE I am behind the scenes at the British Museum. Three oak doors are unlocked in turn and then slam ominously ... as a contraceptive. The Secretum also contains the only pornography to survive from the Renaissance: the 16th century I Modi ...

Article: Talking dirty with Sallie Tisdale Resisting PC tide, feminist ...
The Boston Globe;  November 9, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... s about her fondness for hard-core pornography. The article, a cry for personal liberation ... biblical references, and her trip through the British Museum library's collection of pornography is worth the price of admission alone ...

Article: China Focus: Treasures from British Museum bring ...
Xinhua News Agency;  March 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... China Focus: Treasures from British Museum bring enjoyment, pain to Chinese ... Africa and Egypt. While the British Museum's touring exhibit "Treasures ... Chinese artifacts collected by British Museum," Wang said. A Chinese cultural ...

Article: Forging a partnership; Links with British Museum ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  September 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... THE growing link between the British Museum and the North East was reinforced ... Seventeen trustees of the British Museum are spending two days visiting ... which brings treasures from the British Museum's collection to the region ...

Article: The BBC and British Museum announce A History of ...
M2 Presswire;  November 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 25 November 2009-BBC: The BBC and British Museum announce A History of the World - a ... COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:25112009 The BBC and the British Museum have joined forces in an original and ... narrative global history told through the British Museum's unparalleled world collection ...