Colin Murphy: Lessons for today’s conflict over free speech in long-ago attempt to 'cancel' Ulysses

The now largely forgotten figure of John Munro Woolsey was instrumental in getting one of literature’s greatest ever works into publication in the US

As the centenary of James Joyce’s Ulysses approaches, it is worth reflecting on what lessons the legal battle over its publication might hold for today. Picture: Sipa/Shutterstock