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Now playing Next Culture news Actors, activists and artists sign petition against US book bans Big names in the entertainment and art industries are raising the alarm on a sharp increase in book bans in the US, asking creatives to leverage their voices to stop the bans. 20/09/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news The freedom to show your breasts: Why does Amaral's gesture matter? Several Spanish artists are bringing to the stage a "revolution" for women's freedom in the face of constant sexist attacks and censorship. 18/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Algeria joins Lebanon and Kuwait in banning 'Barbie' Algeria has banned the hit film 'Barbie' three weeks after its release in the mainly Muslim North African nation. 15/08/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news 'The Kerala Story': Islamic State film triggers bans in India 'The Kerala Story', released on 5 May, has been banned in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, with even calls for the film producer to be “hanged in public”. 09/05/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russia scrubs Kyiv and Ukraine from school textbooks, reports Some Russian textbooks have allegedly removed references to Kyiv and Ukraine, with analysts claiming Moscow is "rewriting history". 20/04/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news Are the edits to Agatha Christie's novels historical revisionism? The British writer's classic work has been rewritten to avoid "offending" contemporary readers, with the adventures of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot to be rewritten and edited by Harper Collins to remove any language that might be seen as offensive. 29/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Screening of Winnie-the-Pooh slasher film cancelled in Hong Kong The (agressively mediocre) slasher film 'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' has been cancelled in Hong Kong for “technical” reasons. In reality, it's yet another display of censorship obsessed with the startling likeness between Xi Jinping and Pooh 21/03/2023
Now playing Next no comment Banned books from all over the world displayed in Tallinn museum The Banned Books Museum offers an insight into the history of literary censorship through a hundred works that have been or continue to be banned in countries including China, Russia and Estonia. 14/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Rewriting 007: 'A form of censorship' says Ian Fleming biographer Euronews Culture spoke to Ian Fleming biographer Andrew Lycett to get his opinion on whether planned rewrites to the 007 books are the adequate way to celebrate the publication of Fleming's oeuvre 03/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Shaken and stirred: Why are the James Bond books being re-edited? The news follows increased scrutiny in the publishing industry, especially after the Roald Dahl series recently underwent a similar review. 01/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news France says "non" to UK changes to Roald Dahl children's books While changes to the language of Roald Dahl's children's books in the UK have stirred controversy in the UK, French publishers have taken a different tact. 23/02/2023