Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Who had the very first boob job? And did our ancestors have their unmentionables pierced?
Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class.
Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence. The etymology of swear words, gender bias in medicine, and satanic panic and cults - there’s nothing off limits.
She'll be bed-hopping around different time periods; from ancient civilisations, to the middle ages, to renaissance and early modern...right up to now.
You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.
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Sex in the Aztec Empire
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Fetishwear: A Kinky History
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The History of Drag
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Sex & Scandal in King James' Court
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Viking Royalty: Nicknames, Love Poems & Victorian Myths
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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History of Sh*t: Aztec Poo Goblins to Viking Turds
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Scandalous Sex Lives of Royalty
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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The Dark History of Ballet
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Abraham Lincoln's Sex Life
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The Celebrity Sex Worker of Ancient Greece
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Viking Sexuality
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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18th Century Graffiti: Sex, Murder & Rebellion
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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The Real Joan of Arc
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Kink in the Renaissance
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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History of Sex Work in America
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Who Really Was Boudica?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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The Sex Life of William 'Braveheart' Wallace
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Real History of Sex Dolls
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Sex Work in the Middle Ages
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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The Surprising History of 'Karens'
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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What Was Sex Like In Medieval Times?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The REAL Charles Dickens with Miriam Margolyes
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Neanderthal Sex
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Sex in Ancient Rome
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Sex in Ancient Egypt
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Robert Burns' Sex Life
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Kamasutra: The Ancient Playboy Manual
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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The Real Outlander
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Alexander The Great Sex's Life
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Swearing: A F**king Long History
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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The Ancient Origins Of Sex
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Napoleon's Penis & Other Iconic Body Parts From History
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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The Slave Revolt That Created A Country
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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The Book That Changed Sex Forever
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Festive Fetish: Santaphilia
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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King Arthur's Sex Life
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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17th Century Sci-Fi Writer & 'It Girl': Margaret Cavendish
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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JFK Special 5. | The Kennedy Curse
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Invention of Heterosexuality
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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JFK Special 4. | How Jackie O Defined An Era
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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AIDS Epidemic: Life & Death On The Frontline
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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JFK Special 3. | The Sex Life of JFK
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Section 28: The Anti-Gay Law That Sparked A Movement
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Napoleon's Sex Life
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Ancient Goddesses of Sex and War
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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JFK Special 2. | The Kennedy Sister They Tried To Hide
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Love, Lust & Fighting in World War II
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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JFK Special 1. | The Irish Woman Who Built The Dynasty
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Victorian Sex
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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History of the Witch
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Josephine Baker: Jazz Age Superstar to WW2 Spy
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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History of Asexuality
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Hitler's Sex Life
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Spectrophilia: The Ghost Fetish
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The Black Death: the Rise of Women, Witches & the Peasant’s Revolt
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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The WW2 Witch Trial of Hellish Nell
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Age of Consent: Medieval Meaning, Victorian Scandals & Modern Relevance
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Sex: The Medieval Rules
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Julius Caesar's Sex Life
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Polari: The Secret Language of Gay Men
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Sex & Scandal in Hampton Court
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Sex In Old Age: Myths, Toys & Desire
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Hate Mail: A Scandalous History
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Victorian London's Hidden Porn Trade
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Bestiality
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Self Sacrifice in Ancient India
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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History of Sex For Sale
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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How Fear Shaped History
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Gay Identity in Nazi Germany
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Superstitions: Witch Marks, Touching Wood & Lucky Pants
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Polyamory: From Mormons to 60s Counterculture
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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History of Kissing: Why do we lock lips?
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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History of Make-Up
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Eleanor Aquitaine: The Life of a Medieval Badass
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Lube: A Slippery History
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Victorian Abortion & Birth Control
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Barbie: Feminist Icon?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Scottish Kings' Sex Lives
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Althea Gibson: The Wimbledon Champion Who Beat The Odds
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Mozart's Sex Life
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Victorian Baby Farming Killer: Amelia Dyer
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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History of Breastfeeding
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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April Ashley: Paris Showgirl, Vogue Model & Trans Trailblazer
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Women Warriors: From Boudicca to Ukrainian Snipers
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Stonewall Uprising: Liberation & Mafia Exploitation
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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History of Camp: From Oscar Wilde to James Bond
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Dick Pics: The History
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Shakespeare's Sex Life
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Anne Lister: The First Modern Lesbian?
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Victorian Pregnancy & Childbirth: The Untold History
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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The Pre-Raphaelites: Art & Sexual Liberation
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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A History of Queer Women
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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The Rise of Celebrity Culture
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May 30, 2023 |
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The Giggling Granny serial killer
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May 26, 2023 |
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The Real Queen Charlotte
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May 23, 2023 |
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Molly Houses
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May 19, 2023 |
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Murder in the Roman World
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May 16, 2023 |
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Witch Hunts of Scotland
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May 12, 2023 |
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Perfume
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May 09, 2023 |
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Coronation Fashion: Crowns, Orbs & Pubic Wigs
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May 05, 2023 |
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Incest
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May 02, 2023 |
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Pop's Golden Era: Success & Scandal
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Human Emotion
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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The Pirates' Code
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Heirs, Affairs & Exiles: The Powderham Scandal
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Victorian Wardrobe Secrets
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Bond Girls
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Sports Bra
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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A History of the C-Word
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Early Modern Murder
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Pestle or Sex Toy? The Roman 'Dildo'
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Sordid Soho
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Lord Byron: Incest, Adultery & Daddy Issues
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Female Nudity & Modesty
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Medieval Women: Beauty, Work & Pubic Hair
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Drag Queens
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Women Rebels: The Spanish Civil War
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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From Eve to Austen: Women in Literature
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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The History of Periods
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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The Real Bridgerton
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Wedding Dresses
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Cooking for Churchill: Georgina Landemare
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Hag Horror: Older Women in Film
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Agrippina: Rome's Most Powerful Empress?
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Food, Sin & Shame
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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The Real Casanova
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Marie Stopes: Birth Control & Eugenics
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Prison Plastic Surgery
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Wallis Simpson
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Eunuchs
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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A History of Porn
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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The Blues
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Royal Sibling Rifts
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Syphilis
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Teen Sex
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Paganism & Festive Traditions
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Santaphilia: Sexual Attraction to Santa
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Sex Advice in the 20th Century
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Alexander the Great's Sex Life
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Trash
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Rochester: The Restoration's Filthiest Poet with Neil Gaiman
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Banned History
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Sex Myths
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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The History of the Clitoris
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Mussolini's Favourite Daughter
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Tattoos
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Heartthrobs
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Hacks, Hitler & the Hotel Imperial
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Sex in Ancient China
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Indecent Exposure
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Gothic Fiction
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Seances
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Ghosts
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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The Grisly Deaths of Kings & Queens
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Black Georgians
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Henrietta Maria: The Most Hated Queen Consort?
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Serial Killers & Misogyny
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Phobias & Manias
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Black Victorians
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Bad King James VI & I
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Private Members’ Clubs
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Forbidden Books
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Women in Power
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Con Artists
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Divorce
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Mafia Women
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Charles II's Mistresses
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Sexual Violence
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Viking Sex
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Women & Football
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Sex Robots
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Rasputin: Myth & Manhood
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Female Pirates
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Abortion in the UK
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Virginity
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Witches
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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America's Serial Killer Family
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Sex & Shopping
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Abortion in the US
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Women of the Wild West
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Bras
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Nzinga: Warrior Queen Who Fought Colonialism
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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The Medieval Bishop's Sex Workers
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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The First Queer Activist
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Beer
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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The Museum of Sex Objects
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Fanny and Stella: The Men Who Shocked Victorian Society
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Poppers
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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The Femme Fatale & The French President
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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BDSM
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Sarah Baartman: A Life On Show
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Feminine Power: Divine to Demonic
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Corsets
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May 31, 2022 |
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Death, Dissection & Grave Robbing
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May 27, 2022 |
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Vasectomy
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May 24, 2022 |
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Medicine & Misogyny
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May 20, 2022 |
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Royal Sex
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May 17, 2022 |
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Sex Toys
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May 13, 2022 |
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Bedlam
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May 10, 2022 |
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Tudor Sex
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May 06, 2022 |
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Psychiatric Drugs
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May 03, 2022 |
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Shoes
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Boob Jobs
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Victoria: A Greedy Queen
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Voodoo & Vodou
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Medieval Sex
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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INTRODUCING Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Mar 22, 2022 |