How sexism blighted history of sex: The Romans entombed errant Virgins and Victorians feared cycling

BOOK OF THE WEEK A HISTORY OF SEX by Kate Lister (Unbound £25, 384pp) What a miracle it is that the human race manages to keep reproducing itself, generation upon generation, since attempts to stamp out sexual activity down the ages have been relentless. As Kate Lister, author of this colourful study, makes plain, people … Read more