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Sweetness and Desire: A Short History of Sugar

Food writer Bee Wilson explores Britain's relationship with sugar.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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The Lure of Sweetness
Bee Wilson explores the history of that most paradoxical of foods, sugar.
22 Jan 2018,14 mins
The Sweet-toothed Nation
Food writer Bee Wilson explores Britain's love affair with sugar.
23 Jan 2018,14 mins
Slaves to Sweetness
Bee Wilson tells the dark history of sugar and slavery.
24 Jan 2018,14 mins
Sugar Wars
Bee Wilson explores sugar's role as a cause of conflict.
25 Jan 2018,14 mins
From Medicine to Menace
Bee Wilson explores our current anxiety over sugar.
26 Jan 2018,14 mins