10 November 1977: Punk record is a load of legal trouble

Nicholas de Jongh reports on the record shop rebels displaying the new album from the Sex PistolsThe Guardian had no qualms about displaying the disputed word on the front page in 1977.The record was ruled not indecent after a successful defence by John Mortimer. The QC, who appeared for the defence in the Lady Chatterley case, brought on an English professor to explain the development of the word bollocks as a colloquialism for nonsense.NewspapersNational newspapersSex PistolsJohn MortimerGuard...

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