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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

How much did Britain and its allies know about the Holocaust? Could the Bengal Famine of 1943 have been helped? And was Elizabeth I really the Virgin Queen?

Lynsey Calver is a history teacher, and in this episode, she helps us to fill in some of the gaps on the history curriculum.

*WARNING There are adult themes and discussions of racism and the Holocaust in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Joseph Knight.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely betwixters, it's me Kate Lister. I am here again as I should be, as I want to be,
0:06.4	as I will be forevermore, bringing you your fair dues warning. Fair dues, everyone, this is an
0:12.1	adult podcast, we will be discussing adult themes, there'll be some swearing. I think actually
0:16.7	today we do get quite dark, we're covering the Holocaust and cannibalism as well. So to know what,
0:21.6	you just might not want to be listening to that at this exact point in which case, get out,
0:26.4	run, leave while you still count, the rest of us will do our best without you. For the rest of you
0:31.2	that are still hanging around, let's do it. Do you remember what you were taught in history classes
0:42.8	at school? I bet it was a lot of kings and queens, maybe a smattering of World War I or World
0:48.4	War II, possibly a revolution cropped up here and there, so do you, this brimback memories.
0:54.0	How about incest? Or maybe cannibalism, or perhaps the Elizabeth I, the so-called virgin queen,
1:00.8	wasn't quite as advertised? No? Well funny that, no that made that into the curriculum, did it?
1:08.1	Well today I am looking at the darker side of history and the stuff that never made it into our
1:13.3	textbooks at school. What do you have for a man? Oh, money of proofs. You're supposed to rise when
1:20.8	a doll speaks to you. I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs. I just turning the knob
1:26.4	and pushing the button. Yes, social courtesy does make a difference.
1:45.1	Hello everyone, I'm welcome back to the Twix and Shades with me, Kate Lister.
1:49.3	Joining me to Twix the Sheets today is a history teacher who decided to write a book on the history
1:55.4	that wasn't being taught at school after becoming frustrated by the curriculum. Lizzy Calvert
2:01.1	started writing the book after a trip to Auschwitz, where she was really shocked to discover that
2:05.3	the Allies knew about the Holocaust while it was happening. They certainly knew about Auschwitz
2:10.2	and they didn't target it or bomb it in their air raids. And Lindsay found out a lot of other
2:15.3	eye-opening stories while working on the book. Everything from medicinal cannibalism to the less
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