Victorian London's Hidden Porn Trade
Holywell Street, just off London's Fleet Street, was the hidden epicentre of Victorian pornography.The Daily Telegraph described it as "the vilest street in the civilised world," so naturally, we want...
12 Sep 202343min
Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women
Why did Cleopatra soak the sails of her ship in jasmine? How did Queen Elizabeth smell? And why was perfume an essential tool of power for women across history? Whilst it’s hard to research the histor...
8 Sep 202353min
Bestiality
When sex between two humans can be many things, how do we define bestiality - that is, sex between a human and a non-human? Especially when the farming industry relies on certain sex acts on animals -...
5 Sep 202339min
Self Sacrifice in Ancient India
Today we’re looking into self sacrifice in ancient India. Why did people do it? How did people think about death and the afterlife? Who were the gods people would sacrifice themselves for? And why wou...
1 Sep 202334min
History of Sex For Sale
Many people claim sex work to be the oldest profession, but we can likely put that down to being midwifery or medical professionals of some sort.However, since money has changed hands, it has also don...
29 Aug 202334min
How Fear Shaped History
What scares you? Some of humankind’s most common fears and phobias include fear of heights, flying, spiders, snakes, injections, germs, public speaking and….death.When you think about it…fear, and the...
25 Aug 202343min
Gay Identity in Nazi Germany
Berlin in the early 1930s was a place of incredible liberation for its queer community. There were over 100 gay clubs, and Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science - the first sexology researc...
22 Aug 202344min
Superstitions: Witch Marks, Touching Wood & Lucky Pants
Many of them pre-date modern religions and defy what science tells us about the world - from saluting magpies, to wearing lucky pants. Yet why do superstitions still have such a strong hold on our liv...
18 Aug 202340min
