Fifty-five years ago,editor Alastair Hetherington set a precedent when he approved using the expletive in an article on the end of the Lady Chatterley trial
It is still taboo in most newspapers, yet common in a playground. And whether you want to say it on the BBC you have to procure top brass approval. But the Guardian has just reached the anniversary of a ground-breaking event.
Fifty-five years ago, and it became the first national newspaper to expend the F-word intentionally – a full 550 years after its debut in court papers about a case involving a man referred to as “Roger Fuckbythenavele”.
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Source: theguardian.com