April Ashley: Paris Showgirl, Vogue Model & Trans Trailblazer
As the UK’s second person to go through gender reassignment surgery, April Ashley was a trans trailblazer, breaking new ground fearlessly and with humour and grace.She wowed the crowds of Le Carrousel...
4 Jul 202342min
Women Warriors: From Boudicca to Ukrainian Snipers
From Boudicca to Ukrainian snipers, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women.Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets by Sarah Percy to get to the bottom of why women were allowe...
30 Jun 202344min
Stonewall Uprising: Liberation & Mafia Exploitation
In 1969 America, it was illegal to be gay in 49 out of 50 states. You could be fired from your job and evicted by your landlord if you were found out to be gay. Whilst protests from the gay community ...
27 Jun 202350min
History of Camp: From Oscar Wilde to James Bond
As the old adage goes, attitude is everything. And if there’s one attitude that stands proud above the rest it’s the utterly fabulous, camp. Whether it’s embodied in Disney villains or Oscar Wilde, th...
23 Jun 202344min
Dick Pics: The History
Depictions of dicks have been an obsession in art for as long as art has been around, but the act of sending a real life image of ones penis is a cultural phenomenon all of its own. Additionally, the ...
20 Jun 202347min
Shakespeare's Sex Life
The Bard’s work featured many references to sex and sexuality - some more obvious than others. But what does the work reveal about the sexuality of Shakespeare himself? Despite being married with thre...
16 Jun 202348min
Anne Lister: The First Modern Lesbian?
It’s a rare thing to hear first hand the experiences of marginalised people in history. So often their voices are silenced, and their histories erased. Which is why Anne Lister’s diaries, which tell u...
13 Jun 202337min
Victorian Pregnancy & Childbirth: The Untold History
Why did Victorian doctors recommend women to lie still in solitary confinement for days after giving birth? What was the 'sit up and cough' method of contraception? (not the most reliable) And what wa...
9 Jun 202342min
