The subject of Prime Video’s new show My Lady Jane is England’s ‘nine day queen’. What do we know about her story?
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The division between ‘pro-sex’ and ‘anti-porn’ feminists hasn’t done much to keep women safe from exploitation via porn – both real and AI-generated.
Cultural historian Clair Wills reflects on the secret cousin born in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, which at one point had a morality rate of 75% – and her family’s complicity in a national tragedy.
Figurines of warriors and hunters dedicated to Aphrodite at her temples indicate that she had a widespread following among military men.
Centuries ago, women could “plead the belly” - argue they were pregnant to avoid the death penalty. It gave rise to the female jurors in Australian courtrooms.
Our roads are full of potholes but at least they don’t smell of horse pee.
Gunpowder warfare kicked off a new era of invasive surgery and prosthetic technology in Western medicine.
Even before writing was invented, oral stories had to be constantly told and retold to be passed down through hundreds of generations.
Amid rising unemployment, inflation and poverty in the 1830s, Philadelphia taxpayers believed welfare scammers were bleeding coffers dry. Poor lists from 1829 show they were wrong.
At the heart of the Maya civilisation were sacred sites where ritual sacrifices took place. A new DNA analysis reveals more about this practice and Maya genetic legacy.
In the Regency period there was advice for women of all sizes.
Charming and irreverent as they were, The Beatles themselves were only part of the reason the tour was so memorable.
Despite its name, this sandstone slab is not a simple stone. It was once part of a monument, an ancient epigraph measuring three by three metres carrying about 50 lines of text.
Human bondage was big business in the antebellum US, and men weren’t the only ones cashing in.
King Cnut has the dubious honour of being the first person recorded in English history to have been disturbed by something frustratingly urgent just as he was about to enjoy a bath.
The story of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is no longer one of annihilation; it also includes the people who managed to escape the city.
Silk muffs were often made at home and offered women a blank canvas for sartorial self-expression.
From neolithic stone balls to Roman cosmetic grinders, here are five finds that have baffled archaeologists.
Zweig’s optimistic vision of a Europe without borders has stood the test of time, and still has much to teach us today.
‘Gemstones are the earth’s creation, but they are a human fascination.’
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