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Attention, David Bowie superfans — the kind that have worn red wigs and makeup lightning bolts for several Halloweens in a row — we’ve curated the best licensed merch you’ll want to get your hands on. From blood-red tour jackets and Ziggy Stardust tees to retro lunch boxes and renditions of Clue for folks who’ve basically memorized the Labyrinth script, this Bowie-inspired list has pretty much got it all.

Bowie, Christiane F and Taxi zum Klo: these are the things that made Berlin so alluring to the British pop culture of the late 70s and early 80s. Jon Savage remembers a bewitching era

Frank Ripploh is fed up. Stuck in hospital for six weeks with some unnamed contagious sexual disease – most probably hepatitis – he receives a visit from his live-in lover. Instead of listening sympathetically to Frank's moans about the other patients, Bernd gives him a right telling-off about his promiscuity: "I hope lying here teaches you something." After Bernd leaves, a furious Frank pulls his clothes on and hails a taxi. There then follows a mad dash around various public toilets. With the meter running, he desperately searches for a quick pick-up and eventually ends up in Berlin's Tiergarten – a large public park near the centre of the city that was a notorious cruising ground at that time.