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Censorship of Southend UK art installation points to rising suppression of art and critical thought The censorship and forced removal of an art installation in Essex, following complaints and threats by Conservative councillors, marks an ominous escalation of attacks on democratic rights and artistic expression in Britain. An English Garden, by Gabriella Hirst, was a rose garden installation at Shoeburyness, near Southend on the Essex coast, reflecting on “the violent legacies and historical traumas of atomic armament” as they play out in domestic settings. It was attacked by Conservative councillors as a “direct far left wing attack on our History, our People and our Democratically Elected Government”. ....