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As the Artist Might have Drawn it by H. L. OakleySilhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley, showing two opposing views of the Great War - as the artist might have drawn it, and how the censor would certainly prefer it
Sir Stanley Buckmaster, Solicitor-General, WW1Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster (1861-1934), British lawyer and Liberal politician, seen here at the time he served as Solicitor-General under Asquith (1913-1915)
Wartime news satire, WW1A page which at first glance appears to be full of wartime news, but which on more detailed examination turns out to be a satire on press censorship during the First World War
F E Smith MP in uniform, WW1Frederick Edwin Smith (1872-1930), Conservative MP and lawyer, formerly Chief of the wartime Press Bureau, now in uniform
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley VII of 612 Squadron takes off from Iceland. A censor has painted out the wing and fuselage ASV aerials
CATO The Elder or The Censor, Marcus Porcius (234-149 BC). Roman politician. Engraving
A British prisoner-of-war writing home about his conditions" The Language of Diplomacy" Caption: Tommy (writing home from a prison camp): " Dear Maria, everythink ere is luvvly: cumfurtable quarters; fine clothes; a ome from ome
Chief Censor, C. V. Usborne, 1939Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne who was in charge of the government department censoring press activities in Britain during World War II
Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle
Censorship during World War II, 1939Squadron-Leader Elsdon on the left, censoring photographs at Senate House, London University during the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939
The Rathaus, Basel, SwitzerlandThe Rathaus (Town Hall), Basel, Switzerland, showing the statue of Lucius Munatius Plancus - a Roman commander, consul and censor. Date: circa 1910s
Scottish Highlander writing homeA Scottish Highlander writing home to his beloved. The postcard carries the byline: " Oh! Hang the Censor." Date: 1917
That Queer CensationThe staff of a Fleet Street newspaper or magazine, feel the pressure of work as the spectre of a censor brandishing scissors looms over them during World War One
Sensible of the CensorA sailor writes a letter home during World War One, with very little news to tell, since nothing of interest was ever allowed to reach those at home in the interests of security of course
French CensorLE CENSEUR
Roman CensorA Roman CENSOR - a public magistrate - adjudicates in a dispute
