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Sweetness and Desire: A Short History of Sugar

Slaves to Sweetness

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Jan 2018, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 23^rd Oct 2019, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Since earliest times, slaves have toiled to satisfy our craving for sugar. Bee Wilson explores how it was Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries that industrialised the horror.

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Sweetness and Desire: A Short History of Sugar

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