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A History of the C-Word
Episode 100
WARNING: This episode includes adult content and explicit language. As offensive terms go, you are entering a hard hat area.
It’s one of the most tabo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Early Modern Murder
Episode 99
What was the early modern version of CSI? Why might whole pubs have been singing an executed person’s final words? And was the crime of murder differ…
3 years, 6 months ago
Pestle or Sex Toy? The Roman 'Dildo'
Episode 98
You may have seen the news that archaeologists have been reassessing a phallic object from Vindolanda Roman Fort in the north of Britain.
How does the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sordid Soho
Episode 97
From the Chevalier de Saint-Georges to the Merry Monarch to Madame Jojo and Madame Trenti, the district of Soho in London has played host to many of …
3 years, 6 months ago
Lord Byron: Incest, Adultery & Daddy Issues
Episode 96
How debaucherous do you have to be to be remembered as the original bad boy? How mad, bad and dangerous to know was Lord Byron? And how much of it di…
3 years, 6 months ago
Female Nudity & Modesty
Episode 95
Why is the naked body of a life model more respected than a glamour model? Why has there been a resurgence in virtue policing? And why was Kate compl…
3 years, 7 months ago
Medieval Women: Beauty, Work & Pubic Hair
Episode 94
How would a medieval woman achieve a Brazilian bikini line? Why can’t you trust a nun in the night time? And what were women doing at Medieval univer…
3 years, 7 months ago
Drag Queens
Episode 93
RuPaul. Lily Savage. Bianca Del Rio. Dame Edna Everage. These iconic drag queens are household names, but have you ever heard about Princess Seraphin…
3 years, 7 months ago
Women Rebels: The Spanish Civil War
Episode 92
From aristocratic rebels to Civil Rights activists, tens of thousands of people travelled to Spain during the Civil War - and not all of them were me…
3 years, 7 months ago
From Eve to Austen: Women in Literature
Episode 91
Why might a woman have willingly confined herself to a cell for the rest of her life? Why have so many female authors in history published under alia…
3 years, 7 months ago