“I chose to study biomedicine because I wanted to understand how the human body works. I am a curious person; and studying at Oxford has allowed me to view the body as a puzzle, one which we can approach using many different scientific techniques, with the eventual aim of treating diseases”. 
- Eleanor Tovey, Biomedical Sciences

If you want to find out more about controversial literature, Eleanor recommends:

My parents didn’t have any kind of rules about what I couldn’t read by Neil Gaiman

In this Guardian article, Neil Gaiman writes about the importance of freedom of speech and how this is threatened by the banning and censorship of controversial books.  

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

In this dystopian novel, a future American society has decided to simply burn books rather than allow conflicting opinions. It follows the story of a ‘fireman’, who is asked to burn any books he finds. 

Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016

Think books aren't banned today? Think again. This video lists the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016, compiled by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF).

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