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Title | Date published | ||
Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women | 2023-09-08 | ||
Bestiality | 2023-09-05 | ||
Self Sacrifice in Ancient India | 2023-09-01 | ||
History of Sex For Sale | 2023-08-29 | ||
How Fear Shaped History | 2023-08-25 | ||
Gay Identity in Nazi Germany | 2023-08-22 | ||
Superstitions: Witch Marks, Touching Wood & Lucky Pants | 2023-08-18 | ||
Polyamory: From Mormons to 60s Counterculture | 2023-08-15 | ||
History of Kissing: Why do we lock lips? | 2023-08-11 | ||
History of Make-Up | 2023-08-08 | ||
Eleanor Aquitaine: The Life of a Medieval Badass | 2023-08-04 | ||
Lube: A Slippery History | 2023-08-01 | ||
Victorian Abortion & Birth Control | 2023-07-28 | ||
Barbie: Feminist Icon? | 2023-07-25 | ||
Scottish Kings' Sex Lives | 2023-07-21 | ||
Althea Gibson: The Wimbledon Champion Who Beat The Odds | 2023-07-18 | ||
Mozart's Sex Life | 2023-07-14 | ||
Victorian Baby Farming Killer: Amelia Dyer | 2023-07-11 | ||
History of Breastfeeding | 2023-07-07 | ||
April Ashley: Paris Showgirl, Vogue Model & Trans Trailblazer | 2023-07-04 |