Living Bodies, oil on linen, by Alan Stanners, presents a figure seated behind a table, upon which lies a set of deformed cutlery. These utensils, once functional, are now rendered unusable, symbolising the inadequate and rigid tools society provides to navigate identity. Stanners uses this imagery to critique the conservative bureaucracy surrounding identity politics, emphasising that all bodies are legitimate and that it is authentic to feel and identify with who you believe you are. The problem is not with people but with the narrow structures and systems that we have cultivated as a society to define ourselves. The cutlery symbolises the structures that are no longer fit for purpose and the crumbs and butter represent the physical messiness of our bodies and resistance to classification.