S2 Ep4: A Woman You Should Not Marry
Choosing a marriage partner is no easy feat, even less so when it’s the 1920s and divorces are still uncommon. Unsure gentlemen could have used guidebooks like the one we’re reading in this episode - ...
17 Apr 202529min
S2 Ep3: Supporting (18th Century) Women's Wrongs
If you thought the types of crimes women throughout history commited were minor thefts and disobeying their husbands, think again! Coin forgers, highwaywomen, murderers and all sorts of fascinating fe...
3 Apr 202530min
S2 Ep2: Travel Fifty-Two Miles Merely To See a Man
What fate awaited an unmarried, disgraced 15-year-old in the Regency era? Well, a life of success and climbing the social ladder if you were smart about it! Our text for this episode is the Memoirs of...
20 Mar 202535min
S2 Ep1: The Coming of The Fairies
How do fairies benefit the planet? How do they procreate? Do fairy horses exist? These are genuine questions none other than sir Arthur Conan Doyle asked himself in 1922. In this episode we’re reading...
6 Mar 202533min
S1 Ep21: And Tomorrow I Shall Again Wear Diamonds and Dance
Two castles, a husband-prince, longest string of pearls in the world - what more could a girl wish for? In this episode we’re reading the diaries of Princess Daisy of Pless, revealing a life full of t...
21 Nov 20241h 8min
S1 Ep20: “Give Me a Kiss” - Chopin’s Gay (?) Letters
In this November episode – the month of Polish Independence Day - we’re dissecting Fryderyk Chopin’s private correspondence (rude!). Romantic era homo-erotic content, bxtching, flirting – all of that ...
7 Nov 202445min
S1 Ep19: The Wicked, The Godly and Some of The Best
Why are women more likely to be witches? And what are witches actually capable of? People asked themselves these questions daily in 1597, when King James’ “Daemonologie” was first published. In the te...
24 Okt 202437min
S1 Ep18: Witches of Guernsey
Black powder, dogs walking on hind legs and flying women - what was going on in Guernsey in the 17th century? In this episode we’re reading confessions of three women accused of witchcraft on the isla...
10 Okt 202439min
