London, Oct 16, 2025 (AFP) - Oscar Wilde grandson to collect reissued British Library pass

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2025-10-16

The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay. In 1895 the storied London library's trustees banned Wilde -- one of the greatest playwrights and all-round wits of that century -- after he had been imprisoned for "gross indecency". Same-sex relationships were a criminal offence at the time. The libra......

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