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Perfume
Episode 110
What did Napoleon smell like? How many pairs of scented gloves did Marie Antoinette get through a month? And how did the study of perfume become the …
3 years, 5 months ago
Coronation Fashion: Crowns, Orbs & Pubic Wigs
Episode 109
From significantly sized cod-pieces to revenge dresses, the Royal family have used clothes to send a message to the public for centuries, and a coron…
3 years, 5 months ago
Incest
Episode 108
Incest. It’s not the lightest topic of conversation, we wouldn’t recommend bringing it up as an icebreaker on a date, or when you’re trying to impres…
3 years, 5 months ago
Pop's Golden Era: Success & Scandal
Episode 107
What made the decade between 1996 and 2006 a pop breeding ground? And what was this time like for the pop stars involved?
From the Spice Girls to Girl…
3 years, 5 months ago
Human Emotion
Episode 106
Happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear... we all know what these emotions feel like, right?
But what is emotion? Do we all feel the same t…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Pirates' Code
Episode 105
How common was it for a pirates to walk the plank? Was there a lot of rum? And were relationships allowed on ships?
Kate is joined by Rebecca Simon, a…
3 years, 5 months ago
Heirs, Affairs & Exiles: The Powderham Scandal
Episode 104
Why would a man embroil his own nephew in a sex scandal? What was it like for a Georgian man to have his affair with another man shared in the papers…
3 years, 6 months ago
Victorian Wardrobe Secrets
Episode 103
If someone from the future looked inside your wardrobe, what could they find out about your life? That you like going out to parties? Maybe your work…
3 years, 6 months ago
Bond Girls
Episode 102
‘Bond girl’ is quite a loaded term. Why aren’t they women? What makes them part of this homologous team? And what does it mean if they have red hair?…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sports Bra
Episode 101
REAL LIFE INVENTOR ALERT!!!
Two jockstraps cleverly sewn together. That was how the very first sports bra was made in 1977. The product built out from…
3 years, 6 months ago