Kate Lister
@k8lister.bsky.social
Blonde Bombsite. Sex Historian. Author of A Curious History of Sex & Harlot, Whores, & Hackabouts. Host of Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. Consider this your fair dos warning. https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
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Tonight's the night! And as The Guardian says: 'THIS IS HOW TO DO TRUE CRIME.'
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January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Tonight's the night! And as The Guardian says: 'THIS IS HOW TO DO TRUE CRIME.'
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
I wrote 52 articles last year and I think this one is the one I am the most proud of (the one on the nipple bra runs a close second.)
“I tried to save a loved one from addiction – trust me, you can't.”
(Gifted article)
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“I tried to save a loved one from addiction – trust me, you can't.”
(Gifted article)
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I tried to save a loved one from addiction – trust me, you can't
It’s a beautiful and comforting idea, but love isn’t enough
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January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I wrote 52 articles last year and I think this one is the one I am the most proud of (the one on the nipple bra runs a close second.)
“I tried to save a loved one from addiction – trust me, you can't.”
(Gifted article)
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“I tried to save a loved one from addiction – trust me, you can't.”
(Gifted article)
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Why am I seeing people running about and posting about diets? January clearly doesn’t start until Monday.
January 2, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Why am I seeing people running about and posting about diets? January clearly doesn’t start until Monday.
“If I can give you one piece of health advice for 2026, it is this: look after your back. If I could give you a second piece of advice, it would be not to mix Jagermeister with battered cod on a night out, but mostly it would be the back thing.”
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The one piece of health advice you need for 2026 – trust me
I am sharing this story because I know there are millions out there just like me
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December 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“If I can give you one piece of health advice for 2026, it is this: look after your back. If I could give you a second piece of advice, it would be not to mix Jagermeister with battered cod on a night out, but mostly it would be the back thing.”
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Well, it finally happened. I am “I-bought-some-perishables-with-me-because-I-didn’t-want-them-to-go-off” years old.
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well, it finally happened. I am “I-bought-some-perishables-with-me-because-I-didn’t-want-them-to-go-off” years old.
A huge huge thank you for all your support over the last year. X
December 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A huge huge thank you for all your support over the last year. X
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As we approach the Winter Solstice, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century.
#WinterSolstice
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
#WinterSolstice
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As we approach the Winter Solstice, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century.
#WinterSolstice
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
#WinterSolstice
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
I’ve been your best friend for over 30 years and you’re just going to sack me off for some guy you’ve know for, what? Like a year?
Friend: for the purposes of this conversation can we just agree to call him my son?
Friend: for the purposes of this conversation can we just agree to call him my son?
December 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’ve been your best friend for over 30 years and you’re just going to sack me off for some guy you’ve know for, what? Like a year?
Friend: for the purposes of this conversation can we just agree to call him my son?
Friend: for the purposes of this conversation can we just agree to call him my son?
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, we are revisiting the awesomely erudite Sir Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch & his research on history of the Virgin Mary
PS. Tickets to the live #Betwixt show are on sale on at fane.co.uk. Edinburgh is selling fast, so don’t wait about if you want to come
on May 23rd.
PS. Tickets to the live #Betwixt show are on sale on at fane.co.uk. Edinburgh is selling fast, so don’t wait about if you want to come
on May 23rd.
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, we are revisiting the awesomely erudite Sir Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch & his research on history of the Virgin Mary
PS. Tickets to the live #Betwixt show are on sale on at fane.co.uk. Edinburgh is selling fast, so don’t wait about if you want to come
on May 23rd.
PS. Tickets to the live #Betwixt show are on sale on at fane.co.uk. Edinburgh is selling fast, so don’t wait about if you want to come
on May 23rd.
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Or 2:30am (Toronto time) for the insomniac perimenopausal ladies looking for something to do tomorrow morning
It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Or 2:30am (Toronto time) for the insomniac perimenopausal ladies looking for something to do tomorrow morning
It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
How do you know a night out was a total and unmitigated disaster.
Your English mates: “well, it was something different, anyway.”
Your English mates: “well, it was something different, anyway.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
How do you know a night out was a total and unmitigated disaster.
Your English mates: “well, it was something different, anyway.”
Your English mates: “well, it was something different, anyway.”
“I know what you’re thinking: “she’s not hurting anyone, Kate. Let her breastfeed her bulldog in peace if it makes her happy.” But the problem with many of these doting pet owners is that they often expect other people to buy into the anthropomorphic fantasy as well.”
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Gentle parent your dog away from me please
Keep your dogs on a lead, keep your cats out of my work emails, and keep them all away from my Eccles cakes
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December 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“I know what you’re thinking: “she’s not hurting anyone, Kate. Let her breastfeed her bulldog in peace if it makes her happy.” But the problem with many of these doting pet owners is that they often expect other people to buy into the anthropomorphic fantasy as well.”
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am getting on the couch with Carolyn Lawbender to do some serious analysing of the big man himself, Sigmund Freud. Who was the man behind the theories, how did he come up with them in the first place - and do we really all want to shag our mums??
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am getting on the couch with Carolyn Lawbender to do some serious analysing of the big man himself, Sigmund Freud. Who was the man behind the theories, how did he come up with them in the first place - and do we really all want to shag our mums??
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the rather magnificent Dr Michael Talbot about his research into the history of harems in the Ottoman Empire.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the rather magnificent Dr Michael Talbot about his research into the history of harems in the Ottoman Empire.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Life lesson. It doesn’t matter how much the jumpsuit cost, I will still look like an extra from Bob the Builder who has lost her wrench.
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Life lesson. It doesn’t matter how much the jumpsuit cost, I will still look like an extra from Bob the Builder who has lost her wrench.
If you have a Betwixter in your life & you’re not sure what to get them for Xmas, get them tickets to the live shows we are doing in May! One in London & one in Edinburgh. Alternately, you could keep the ticket for yourself & just tell them how great it was later. X
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December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you have a Betwixter in your life & you’re not sure what to get them for Xmas, get them tickets to the live shows we are doing in May! One in London & one in Edinburgh. Alternately, you could keep the ticket for yourself & just tell them how great it was later. X
www.fane.co.uk/betwixt-the-...
www.fane.co.uk/betwixt-the-...
Thank you! 🤩
Betwixt The Sheets is simply the best podcast. The host @k8lister.bsky.social is saucy and hilarious. I blush, and learn all sorts of interesting stuff at the same time. 11/10 definitely recommend
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Thank you! 🤩
Personally, I’d rather see a PornHub wrapped from everyone each year.
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Personally, I’d rather see a PornHub wrapped from everyone each year.
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the flippin marvellous Campbell Price about sexuality in #AncientEgypt
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the flippin marvellous Campbell Price about sexuality in #AncientEgypt
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
“Of all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”
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I'm sick of parent smugness towards people who don't have kids
Even those closest to you begin sentences with the dreaded phrase, 'as a mother'
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December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“Of all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”
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Awesome writer! "A Curious History of Sex" was great! Looking forward to this one.
Introducing my brand new book FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure. Coming May 2026. You can preorder now through the link in my bio.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Awesome writer! "A Curious History of Sex" was great! Looking forward to this one.
Introducing my brand new book FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure. Coming May 2026. You can preorder now through the link in my bio.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Introducing my brand new book FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure. Coming May 2026. You can preorder now through the link in my bio.
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A History of sex work in Merthyr 🍻
"This area was already notorious as a sex work and brothel area since the 1820s, and it was where prostitutes and their bullies (pimps) congregated."
upsetvictorians.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...
#Wales #History
"This area was already notorious as a sex work and brothel area since the 1820s, and it was where prostitutes and their bullies (pimps) congregated."
upsetvictorians.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...
#Wales #History
The True Origin of the 'China' nickname for Merthyr's Prostitute District.
China in Merthyr Tydfil was the most notorious area of prostitution and criminality in Victorian Wales. The problem is no-one knows why i...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A History of sex work in Merthyr 🍻
"This area was already notorious as a sex work and brothel area since the 1820s, and it was where prostitutes and their bullies (pimps) congregated."
upsetvictorians.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...
#Wales #History
"This area was already notorious as a sex work and brothel area since the 1820s, and it was where prostitutes and their bullies (pimps) congregated."
upsetvictorians.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...
#Wales #History