As taboos go, sex between two consenting adults should not be up there as one of them.And yet! When we... more

From tip-off letters about the gun powder plot to village quarrels that lead to jail time - today we’re going... more

Holywell Street, just off London's Fleet Street, was the hidden epicentre of Victorian pornography.The Daily Telegraph described it as "the... more

Why did Cleopatra soak the sails of her ship in jasmine? How did Queen Elizabeth smell? And why was perfume... more

When sex between two humans can be many things, how do we define bestiality - that is, sex between a... more

Today we’re looking into self sacrifice in ancient India. Why did people do it? How did people think about death... more

Many people claim sex work to be the oldest profession, but we can likely put that down to being midwifery... more

What scares you? Some of humankind’s most common fears and phobias include fear of heights, flying, spiders, snakes, injections, germs,... more

Berlin in the early 1930s was a place of incredible liberation for its queer community. There were over 100 gay clubs,... more

Many of them pre-date modern religions and defy what science tells us about the world - from saluting magpies, to... more