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Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The boy that emperor Nero made his ‘wife’: what the tragedy of the castrated Sporus tells us about homosexuality in ancient Rome

Portrait of King Edward VII

King Edward VII’s love chair How did Dirty Bertie’s siège d’amour actually work?

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Jason Okundaye on the Black gay community and its tensions: “The movement has always been a broad church” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Happily ever after? Love and marriage in Austen’s era . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bridgerton: the real history explained

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A 19th-century portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, Anglo-Irish aristocrat, novelist and lover of Lord Byron, by English painter Thomas Phillips (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Lady Caroline Lamb: Antonia Fraser on a rule-breaking aristocrat . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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“Mad, bad and dangerous to know”: the scandalous life of Lord Byron

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Love and lust: 7 of the most shocking romantic royal scandals from British history

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Lothar II vs Theutberga: a marriage scandal that shook the ninth century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Replica of Edward VII's love chair, manufactured by Louis Soubrier, a famed cabinetmaker of the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. (Photo courtesy of M.S. Rau, New Orleans)

From whipping horses to royal love chairs: the lewd yet luxurious history of high-end erotic furniture . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

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Happily ever after? Love and marriage in Austen’s era . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Love: a weird & wonderful history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Saint Valentine Who was the patron saint of love and lovers?