Dr Fern Riddell is a cultural historian, and an expert in sex, suffrage and entertainment in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Host of The History Channel's Podcast series #NotWhatYouThought and Presenter of BBC 4's 'A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain', Her first book, The Victorian Guide To Sex, tackled the myths of Victorian prudishness.
Death In Ten Minutes is an explosive account of the Suffragette bomber and birth control activist, Kitty Marion. Fern's unique research into the suffragettes, taken from Death In Ten Minutes, was used in the BAFTA Nominated documentary 'Suffragettes with Lucy Worseley'. Her next book, ‘Sex: Lessons From History’, is an exploration of the attitudes and identities western society has had towards sex.
Historical Consultant for the BAFTA award-winning BBC and Amazon drama Ripper Street, she has advised on dramas for both the BBC and ITV2. As an on screen expert, she has appeared on documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky Arts, Smithsonian, BBC Radio 3 and 4, and has appeared as an expert historian for radio and television across the world, working with both Audible and Spotify.
She writes for The Guardian, Huffington Post, Times Higher Education, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, History Today and BBC History Magazine. Her work has also appeared in THE DAILY MAIL, Penthouse and Time.COM.
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