A copy of D.H Lawrence's book "Lady Chatterley's Lover" that was the judge's personal version used in the infamous 1960 Chatterley trial. (AP file picture)D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is at the centre of a ban once again but this time, ironically, it is to stop a copy of the sexually explicit novel being exported out of the UK. Britain’s arts minister Michael Ellis said on Monday: “The trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover captured the public attention in 1960. Sir Hayden, the RCEWA chairman, said: “The prosecution of Penguin Books for publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover was one of the most important criminal trials of the 20th century. Lady Chatterley’s Lover was turned into a TV film in 2015 with Holliday Grainger cast as Lady Chatterley and Richard Madden (tipped by some as the next James Bond) as Mellors.

Source: The Telegraph May 14, 2019 01:41 UTC