Homosexuality decriminalised

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Boult from the bluesRenowned classical conductor Sir Adrian Boult was born on this day in 1889, and exactly 80 years later a recorded tribute was paid by musicians of a very different kind.

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Tebbit proposes cricket test for immigrantsOn this day in 1990, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, in which he questioned the loyalties of Asian immigrants to the United Kingdom.

Royal Assent was given to the Sexual Offences Act on this day in 1967, effectively decriminalising private homosexual acts between consenting adults over 21 years of age. Read on...

Dirk Bogarde (right) played a homosexual victim of blackmail