Dr Fern Riddell: Historian of sex

Season 3, Episode 4,   Feb 03, 2022, 10:23 AM

LGBT History Month PSA: We have always been here. Dr Fern Riddell shares lessons from queer history.

Dr Fern Riddell is a historian, podcaster, and the author of - among others - the brilliant book Sex: Lessons from History.

If you haven’t read it yet, its fairly revolutionary perspective is that not only have people always been obsessed with sex, but that British people in the past weren’t necessarily as narrow minded about sex, sexuality, and gender as you might think. Which I found a really hopeful message.