The Defence of the Realm Act 1914 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 8 August 1914, four days after the country entered the First World War. It was added to as the war progre
Example of censorship under the act of comments about Zeppelin raids in mail
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, and social reformer.
Defence of the Realm Act 1914
…among any of His Majesty's forces or among the civilian population" Anti-war activists, including John MacLean, Willie Gallacher, John William Muir, and Bertrand Russell, were sent to prison. The film, The Dop Doctor, was prohibited under the act by the South African government with the justification that its portrayal…
Russell in 1936
Russell as a 4-year-old
Childhood home, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, London
Russell at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1891