How did a working class illiterate woman become King Charles II's favourite mistress?Nell Gwyn was an incredibly talented comedy actor... more

Have you ever heard of the Emperor who made his horse a senator? Seems like a top bloke, right? Today... more

Today, it is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. But when was the hysterectomy, the removal of the uterus,... more

How 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' was Lord Byron really?We know the Romantic poet had a bit of a... more

Possibly the first recorded sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhoea is still one of the most common.We're back on the itchier side... more

For better or (mostly) worse, Jiang Qing left her mark on the 20th century.Even before she was married to Chairman... more

When the music hall dancer, Belle Ellmore, disappeared in January 1910, it was her performing colleagues who raised the alarm.Her... more

Nadezhda Alliluyeva was born into a revolutionary family, but was it always her fate to marry Joseph Stalin?She was independent,... more

In this episode, we're well and truly going down a rabbit hole. To unpick the controversies surrounding the author of... more

What was life like as Adolf Hitler's other half?Although their marriage came (very) late in their lives, Eva Braun was... more