Sex: An Unnatural History

Its hard to imagine that just over 50 years ago sex outside of marriage was a social taboo, homosexuality was illegal, masturbation was frowned upon, to view pornography you had to sneak into a seedy cinema in a back lane.

Why do people cry out "oh God!" during sex? Is it because sex transcends our mind and bodies? Religion has been getting between the sheets since it became organised, but it was the sexual revolution of the 60s and birth control that brought matters to a head.

A three course meal that comes in a pill, jetpacks, time travel, space colonies, and the robot housemaid - these were just some of the predictions futurists made about what life would be like in 2011.