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History's Worst F*ckboys: Lord Byron
Episode 309
How 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' was Lord Byron really?
We know the Romantic poet had a bit of a reputation, but how true was it? And how unusual …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Horrible History of Gonorrhoea
Episode 308
Possibly the first recorded sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhoea is still one of the most common.
We're back on the itchier side of history today …
1 year, 6 months ago
Real Wives of Dictators | Jiang Qing, Chairman Mao's Wife
Episode 307
For better or (mostly) worse, Jiang Qing left her mark on the 20th century.
Even before she was married to Chairman Mao, Jiang was a charismatic actor…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Murder That Shook Edwardian Britain
Episode 306
When the music hall dancer, Belle Ellmore, disappeared in January 1910, it was her performing colleagues who raised the alarm.
Her murder by Dr. Cripp…
1 year, 6 months ago
Real Wives of Dictators | Nadya Alliluyeva, Stalin's Wife
Episode 305
Nadezhda Alliluyeva was born into a revolutionary family, but was it always her fate to marry Joseph Stalin?
She was independent, intelligent and high…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Truth About Alice in Wonderland
Episode 304
In this episode, we're well and truly going down a rabbit hole. To unpick the controversies surrounding the author of Alice in Wonderland, Kate is jo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Real Wives of Dictators | Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's Wife
Episode 303
What was life like as Adolf Hitler's other half?
Although their marriage came (very) late in their lives, Eva Braun was with Hitler from the earlier d…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Dark History of London’s Drug World
Episode 302
Travel back to post-WW1 London, when sex, drugs and music was exploding in Soho... causing a national moral panic.
The drugs of choice? Cocaine and mo…
1 year, 7 months ago
Real Wives of Dictators | Börte, wife of Genghis Khan
Episode 301
What was life like to be married to Genghis Khan?
In this new limited series, Real Wives of Dictators, we're finding out all about the women behind, o…
1 year, 7 months ago
Beauty & Ugliness in the Ancient World
Episode 300
When we think about Greek and Roman beauty, we think of marble statues of huge men with tiny...feet.
But what did it mean to be a beautiful woman? Wha…
1 year, 7 months ago