Surprising History of Redheads: From Prehistoric Gingers to Ed Sheeran

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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Boudica. Elizabeth I. Ed Sheeran. The history of the redhead goes back thousands of years, and it fluctuates from prejudice in medieval Europe, to the height of fashion in Protestant England.

2% of the global population are redheads, so if you are one, you're one of a special few.

Jacky Colliss Harvey, author of Red: A History of the Redhead, joins Kate Betwixt the Sheets to explore red hair throughout the ages, debunking myths and analysing its place in society.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy, the producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Spexaver's guide to the perfect kiss.
0:04.0	When you and your crush finally, lock lips, you don't want anything in the way.
0:09.0	Especially as Spex. It happens.
0:12.0	We're passionate about making sure your moment of passion
0:14.7	has no kiss clash and all the fireworks. Which is why even though we love glasses
0:21.8	some things are easier with contact lenses.
0:25.0	Book a free trial at Spexavas.
0:26.5	UK.
0:27.5	Tees and C supply, fireworks not included.
0:30.0	Hello my lovely betwixters it's me Kate Lister I am here with your fair dues
0:38.8	warning to make sure that fair dues you know what is coming your way. This is an adult
0:43.6	podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adulty things in an adult's
0:46.7	way covering a range of adult subjects and you should be an adult too and if you
0:50.8	are of a sensitive disposition this is your opportunity to just
0:54.4	fk off now and leave the rest of us to it. But before you do fk off, before that,
0:59.5	whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, come back, come back, back,
1:01.1	back, maybe he could vote for us for the Listeners Choice Awards
1:04.0	at this year's British Podcast Awards,
1:05.6	and you can do that by simply going to the website
1:07.7	W.W. dot British Podcast Awards.
1:10.0	com forward slash voting
1:11.6	and clicking on betwixt the sheets.
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