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What The Ancient Greeks Got Wrong About The Female Body
Episode 249
Why did the Ancient Greeks depict a womb as an octopus in their textbooks?
Their writings and (mis)understandings of the female body might seem border…
2 years, 1 month ago
Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?
Episode 248
What was it really like inside a Victorian operating theatre? Did people really smoke cigars and eat oysters while they watched high risk surgery tak…
2 years, 1 month ago
Medieval Life During Plague & War
Episode 247
When so much of history is written by men, Margaret Paston's letters offer us a rare insight into the life of a woman and the world around her in 15t…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Real Princess Diana
Episode 246
However you feel about the royal family, there's no denying, there was something about Princess Diana.
From the clothes she wore to the causes she cha…
2 years, 1 month ago
Life Lessons From Historical Women
Episode 245
When women's stories aren't being flat-out ignored from the history books, they can often be sidelined.
Well not here! Joining Kate today is the comed…
2 years, 1 month ago
Renaissance Beauty: Snails, Cat Poo & Fatal Make-Up
Episode 244
Why did Renaissance women say the Lord's prayer while removing pubic hair?
If you're like us you definitely want to know the answer to this, and so mu…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sex Work in 18th Century Paris
Episode 243
Paris was a wild place in the 18th century.
It was the Age of the Enlightenment, cafe culture was exploding along with the world of ballet and opera, …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Real Cleopatra
Episode 242
Cleopatra. One of the most famous people from history, and remembered for her beauty, power and scandalous love affairs. But how accurate is her lega…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Curious History of Beds
Episode 241
Sex and beds have a long, interwoven history. Here on Betwixt we often cover sex history, but we haven’t done a deep dive into the history of where i…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Real Anne Boleyn: Sex, Scandal & Betrayal
Episode 240
Anne Boleyn was smart, sophisticated and had SO much charisma.
She kept Henry VIII waiting for SEVEN YEARS before they finally got together, and even …
2 years, 2 months ago