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

Until the 19th century in Britain, a woman killing her husband was guilty of worse than murder, she was guilty of petty treason.

So what is petty treason? What is its very harsh punishment? And why was women killing their husbands so terrifying?

Kate is joined by Rose Wallis, a social historian of crime, criminal justice and social protest at the Unive...

Lord Nelson is remembered as one of history's greatest military commanders. His victories at the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Copenhagen and the Battle of Trafalgar cemented his legendary status, as did his dramatic death mid-battle.

But there's another side to Nelson's story: his extraordinary love affair with Emma Hamilton. Today, Kate explores the scandalo...

As if the Tudor world wasn't mad enough, in 1528 a mystic nun showed up demanding an audience with Henry VIII.

Elizabeth Barton stood in front of him and told him that his controversial marriage to Anne Boleyn would make God strike him down.

Did Barton survive this? Well, what do you think. As the only nun executed in English history, what was her orig...

The samurai are some of the most mythologised people in history, so let's do some myth busting!

Kate is joined by Joe Nickols, who co-curated the British Museum's samurai exhibition, to dive into the real lives of the samurai. How much fighting did they actually do? Could women be samurais? And what did they use for lube?

Voting is now open for the Lis...

This is the wild story of a 12th century French philosopher, Abelard, who fell in love with his student, Heloise.

There are a lot of problematic issues going on. Not least their age gap, the resulting power dynamic, and, oh yes—Abelard was castrated.

So why does this love story endure?

Joining Kate today is the fantastic Dr Eleanor Janega, ...