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Fern Riddell

Contraception, consent & erotic connection: sex through history

Tim Maltin answers listener questions about the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. (Image by Getty Images)

Titanic: everything you wanted to know

In 1910 Lydia Harvey seemed to disappear. Julia Laite delves into her story – one of exploitation, sex and the vagaries of justice – and the trial that brought it to light.

Traffickers on trial: the sensational case of Lydia Harvey

Shrabani Basu talks about a miscarriage of justice that exposed the racial tensions of Edwardian England and captured the imagination of the creator of Sherlock Holmes. (Image by Getty Images)

Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates

Fern Riddell explores some of the darker aspects of the campaign for votes for women, in this episode from our archive. (Image by Getty Images)

Editor’s pick: Were the suffragettes terrorists?

Fern Riddell.

Fern Riddell "Can we call the suffragettes terrorists? Absolutely"

Queen Victoria with her children and grandchildren

The marriages of Queen Victoria’s grandchildren: how the dynasty shaped Europe

A suffragette march

The Suffragettes: everything you wanted to know

Queen Victoria of Great Britain with her husband, Prince Albert, and their nine children. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria’s children

EEmily Davison is felled by King Edward VII’s horse, Anmer, moments after trying to grab his reins during the running of the Derby, 4 June 1913. The suffragette suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. She died four days later. (Getty)

Emily Davison: the suffragette martyr

Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett

Percy Fawcett and the search for the ‘Lost City Of Z’

Digitally restored vintage photo of the RMS Titantic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912. (Photo by John Parrot/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images)

Your history guide to RMS Titanic, plus 9 fascinating facts about the disaster

A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic? A historian’s review

PT Barnum and General Tom Thumb

The greatest show on earth? The myths of the Victorian freak show

A group of men stand at a booth whose banner reads 'Headquarters National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage,' early 1910s. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Anti-suffrage: the women who didn’t want the vote