Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

‘Who wants a girl with a personality?’ Historically, not the royals.

Queen Caroline of Brunswick became Queen Consort of the United Kingdom in 1820, when her husband became King George IV. She was incredibly popular with the public, but unfortunately not so much with her husband, who had hated her from the start (the feeling was mutual).

Today, Kate is joined by Ann Foster to tease apart all of the wild parties, pranks, adultery, accusations of adultery and actual mob violence involved in the life of this amazing woman.

Ann is the author of 'Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain’s Queen Without a Crown' and host of the podcast 'Vulgar History'.

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This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.

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Poor Catherine Howard. She was smart, intelligent and undeniably beautiful, but ultimately no match for the vicious Henry VIII.

She was certainly a victim but was she totally blameless?

Joining Kate today is the always-fabulous historian Gareth Russell, author of Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII, to help us find out more about this short-lived Queen of England.

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This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.

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Pablo Picasso's impact on the art world was sensational, but what impact did he have on the people around him?

His relationship history contains some problematic moments, to say the least, so we are asking if you can - or even if you should - separate the art from the artist.

Joining Kate today is author and Harvard professor, Suzanne Blier, to help us navigate this and find out more about Pablo Picasso.

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After the Russian Revolution in 1917, sex work was a prime example of what capitalism did to society.

Under communism, sex work would no longer need to exist in society.

Spoiler: it very much still existed.

How were sex workers treated in Soviet Russia? Why were they glamourised? And what's the sex industry like in Russia today?

Joining Kate today is expert on all of this and more, Professor Emily Schuckman Matthews, to take us back to Soviet Russia.

This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.

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Beautiful women are always causing trouble in history, and perhaps none more so than Helen of Troy.

She's the daughter of Zeus and a human mother, after all.

With the new film Odyssey hitting the big screen, find out all about the formidable Helen of Troy who was supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world and caused the Trojan War.

Joining Kate today is Ruby Blondell, Professor of Classics at University of Washington and author of two books on Helen of Troy.

This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.

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