Georgian Pleasures
Dr Kate Lister explores drugs, booze and celebrities of the Georgian age navigating the astronomical impact of gin in the 18th century, who was drinking it and how they were…
Dr Kate Lister: Forbidden Royal Romances
Kate climb's under the sheets and into the arms of the first Stuart King of England, James I and VI of Scotland. We’ll find out what made George Villiers stand…
This utopia has one big drawback
No Sex. Unlimited Baskets.
Sex and Christianity: 2,000 years of love and fury
What were Jesus's views on sex? Why did so many Christians choose a life of celibacy? Has the church ever been tolerant of homosexuality? These are some of the questions…
For Many Evangelical Women, Sex Comes With Pain and Anxiety
A generation of evangelical women is struggling to navigate the aftermath of purity culture Unpacking a faith you love while reconciling some of its teaching’s harms creates a natural internal…
Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex
Cultural historian Dr Fern Riddell appears regularly on tv and radio as an expert in Victorian sex and suffrage, and if anyone knows their history in this area, it’s Fern.…
Why Are Men So bad at writing sex?
Male authors dominate the Bad Sex in Fiction awards, and it’s no coincidence