Volpeliere-Pierrot, Ben, pop star pictured aged 22 in 1987, slippered at UK state boarding school c. 1980

Trinidad: Samuel, Brother Michael, retiring principal of boys' school, believes a spanking can change a pupil's attitude for the better, 2002 Canada, "the machine" into which prisoners were secured for paddling in Ontario provincial institutions, 1950s (artist's impression in colour)Australia: Bensley, Mark, principal of Bundaberg Christian School, Queensland, who uses the paddle, 2009

Our Gang short subject. Wheezer is spanked by his mother, Mrs. Dean, after he accidentally flips a pancake at her. I heard her come up close behind me. She walked slowly. I remembered that she had needed a walking cane to help her walk. USA: Prince, Stella, director of Florida charter academy, defends paddling of half the students, 2004

Singapore: secondary schoolboys, caught on camera buying cigarettes and smoking, a caning offence, 2005 Set in 1964 South Carolina the protagonist Lily ( Dakota Fanning), a 14 years old girl, is regularly made to kneel on grits as punishment by her abusive father. United Kingdom, 1935 whipping frame from Wandsworth Prison, on display in a museum, together with its designer's drawings