Adultery, assassination and Agatha Christie: the dark side of the hotel
HistoryExtra podcast
08/18/26
•35m
About
Comments
Featured In
Hotels, have perhaps surprisingly, played a large role in our history. They have found themselves in divorce papers, inspired a new genre of fiction – and even facilitated murder. Speaking to Lauren Good, Professor Eloise Moss explores some of the complex stories that have played out in the world’s lodges and guesthouses.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Previous Episode
Hedy Lamarr: life of the week
August 17
•50m
Hedy Lamarr starred in dozens of movies, but her life may have been more dramatic than any of them. She was the teenage actor who portrayed the first character to have an on-screen orgasm. The Austrian Jew whose husband sold arms to the fascists. The refugee from Nazism who became a Hollywood megastar. And the pioneering inventor whose work anticipated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. In today's episode Professor Ruth Barton, Fellow Emeritus in Film Studies at Trinity College shares Hedy's remarkable story with Rob Attar.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Next Episode
Have we got ancient women's sexuality all wrong?
August 20
•35m
You might assume that women were prevented from pursuing sexual pleasure in the classical world. However, as Dr Jean Menzies discusses with Lauren Good, this is not the case. They explore how women were active in pursuing and expressing sexual fulfilment, from erotic magic to some particularly graphic graffiti in Pompeii.
Please note that this episode features discussion of some adult topics.
-----
GO BEYOND THE PODCAST
Lauren has also spoken to Daisy Dunn on the HistoryExtra podcast in an episode that challenges common assumptions about women in antiquity. You can listen to that episode ad-free here: https://bit.ly/4fram9I
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
If you like this episode you’ll love
Promoted