Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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This upbeat, funny, thought-provoking and fascinating history podcast never fails to light up my day and teach me something new. 110% recommend!
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Aug 13, 2023
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Nell Gwyn: Celebrity Mistress of King Charles II
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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History's Worst F*ckboys: Emperor Caligula
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Hysterectomies: 2000 Years of Care & Coercion
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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History's Worst F*ckboys: Lord Byron
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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The Horrible History of Gonorrhoea
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Real Wives of Dictators | Jiang Qing, Chairman Mao's Wife
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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The Murder That Shook Edwardian Britain
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Real Wives of Dictators | Nadya Alliluyeva, Stalin's Wife
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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The Truth About Alice in Wonderland
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Real Wives of Dictators | Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's Wife
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The Dark History of London’s Drug World
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Real Wives of Dictators | Börte, wife of Genghis Khan
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Beauty & Ugliness in the Ancient World
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Sex Life of Michelangelo
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Sex & Scandal in 1920s Soho
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Inside Europe's Biggest Red Light District
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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The Dark History of BMI & Fatphobia
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Inside the Magdalene Laundries
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Valentine's Day in Ancient Rome
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Goat Testicle Transplants: The Bizarre History
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Sex Lives of Spartans
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Genghis Khan's Sex Life
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Who Was Lilith? The Semen-Stealing First Wife Of Adam
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Sex Lives of Dinosaurs
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Erotic Letters of Ancient Rome
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Medieval Lesbians
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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History of Red Lipstick
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Inside the Brothel of Pompeii
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Ancient Eroticism, Pagan Workouts & Body Ideals: History of the Gym
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Medieval Sex Myths
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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When Was The First Boob Job?
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Did Ancient People Have Sex Toys?
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Sex Life & Scandal of Charles Dickens
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Kateryn Parr | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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How Did People Smell in Medieval Times?
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Catherine Howard | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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History (and Future) of Dating
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Anne of Cleves | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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History of Celibacy
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Jane Seymour | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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History of Pubic Hair
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Anne Boleyn | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Gladiator Women of Ancient Rome
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Catherine of Aragon | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Gladiators' Sex Lives
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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The Real Sylvia Plath
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Sex Lives of Presidents
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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What Made You Ugly In The Ancient World?
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Inside the Witch Trials: Salem | Fear In A New World
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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18th Century Dating: From Booty Calls to 'Bundling'
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Inside the Witch Trials: Iceland | The Men Who Burned As Witches
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Nefertiti: The Greatest Ancient Egyptian Queen?
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Inside the Witch Trials: Pendle | The Child Who Condemned Her Family
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Orgasms & Skincare According to a Medieval Nun
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Sex & Scandal in Catherine of Aragon's Court
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Illegitimacy: Sex & Secrecy in the 18th Century
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Medieval Chastity Belts: History Unlocked
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Sex in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Underwear: Codpieces, Loin Cloths & Thongs
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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What Did The Vikings Really Look Like?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Cruising & Cottaging: Sex in Public Places
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ancient Goddesses: Rebellion, Magic & Sexual Liberation
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Pagan Ritual Nudity
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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What The Ancient Greeks Got Wrong About The Female Body
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Medieval Life During Plague & War
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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The Real Princess Diana
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Life Lessons From Historical Women
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Renaissance Beauty: Snails, Cat Poo & Fatal Make-Up
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Sex Work in 18th Century Paris
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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The Real Cleopatra
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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The Curious History of Beds
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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The Real Anne Boleyn: Sex, Scandal & Betrayal
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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How Nudes Changed Britain
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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The Dark History of Bearded Ladies & the Victorian Freak Show
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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History of Grief: Sky Burials & Victorian Death Photos
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Flagellation Brothels: Georgian Spanking Houses
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Incest & Royalty: House of the Dragon & Beyond
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Gaslighting to Woke: Origins of Modern Buzzwords
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Surprising History of Redheads: From Prehistoric Gingers to Ed Sheeran
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Queer London & The Post-War Moral Panic
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Emperors & Scandals in Ancient Rome with Mary Beard
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Sex & Scandal in UK Politics
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Origins of the Patriarchy
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Incest in Ancient Egypt
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Sex Life of Henry VIII
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The REAL Bridgerton: Historians React To Season 3
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Tudor Lesbians
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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The Betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Tudor Origins of the Condom
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Incest in Ancient Rome
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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The REAL Bridgerton: Georgian Drugs & Alcohol
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May 31, 2024 |
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Sex Work in Colonial Australia
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May 28, 2024 |
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The REAL Bridgerton: Queen Charlotte, Lord Byron & Georgian Celebrity
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May 24, 2024 |
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History of Monogamy
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May 21, 2024 |
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The REAL Bridgerton: Georgian Sex
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May 17, 2024 |
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Medieval Torture & Execution
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May 14, 2024 |
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Menopause: History, ‘Hysteria’ & Hormone Revolutions
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May 10, 2024 |
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Sex & Scandal in Charles II's Court
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May 07, 2024 |
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History of Geishas
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May 03, 2024 |
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Drunk Victorians: Moral Panic & Meat Wine
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Elvis Presley's Sex Life
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Ancient Greek Sexual Health: Wandering Wombs & Headless Beetles
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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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 Queens
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Apr 11, 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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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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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 |