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...World War I, political prisoners and those criminalised for their homosexuality all directly experienced prisons. Prisoners, like Lady Constance Lytton, who was sister-in-law to a Liberal prime minster, talked openly about the pain and unnecessary suffering of prison. A bad conscience was created among the political elite about the use of imprisonment. We need politicians...

...world. How can sugar be all of these things? The answer lies in its changing geographies. For the second part in this series head over to Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two​ Further Reading An encyclopaedic account of sugar can be found in Darra Goldstein's huge book, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets (2015). Current students may want...

...World (1970) provocatively invites us into his game of gender play. Bowie’s pose and self-touching gestures on the cover of Hunky Dory (1971) are drawn from those of Garbo, Hepburn and Dietrich. For the Aladdin Sane (1973) album cover, Bowie mutates beyond gender. He is reborn as an exquisitely androgynous, carnal alien, who plays with the alienation of being...