Join sex historian Kate Lister on Betwixt the Sheets as she gets intimate with the stories that woul
Anne Boleyn was smart, sophisticated and had SO much charisma.She kept Henry VIII waiting for SEVEN
Why were nudes so significant in Victorian England? What role did painting them play in wider social
What would it have really been like to visit a Victorian freak show? Were "freak performers" exploit
Why did the Victorians dress up their dead relatives for photo shoots?What are the origins of embalm
18th century London was a haven for kinky connoisseurs, and flagellation houses were at the heart of
With the House of the Dragon featuring *that* incest scene, we thought we'd look into the real histo
What does it mean to be 'woke'? What did the bluesman Leadbelly mean when he coined the phrase? And
Boudica. Elizabeth I. Ed Sheeran. The history of the redhead goes back thousands of years, and it fl
In the wake of the Second World War, a moral panic swept through Britain around a rise in homosexual
What happens at a Roman emperor's dinner party? Why would you be lucky to get out alive? And how are
With the UK election a mere few days away (at time of release), what better time to look back at som
Whose idea was the patriarchy? How long has it been a part of our lives? And how do we even define i
From recent research we know that the great boy king Tutankhamun was a result of incest.How did it e
When we think of Henry VIII we think of a big, blood thirsty tyrant.But was there more to this caric
*SPOILER ALERT: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS OF SEASON 3 OF BRIDGERTON*With the second part of seas
Throughout history, it's mostly been queer men who were persecuted under the historical sodomy laws,
Mary Queen of Scots had a life that resembled a Game of Thrones plot: she had awful taste in men, an
What were condoms like in Tudor times? Before you were able to pop to the supermarket to pick some u
What's the worst thing you could accuse someone of in Ancient Rome? There are a few strong candidate
The third season of Bridgerton is out and we are back in sexy scandalous Georgian society. But while
