Great Fire of London, (September 2–5, 1666), the worst fire in London’s history. It destroyed a large part of the City of London, including most of the civic buildings, old St. Paul’s Cathedral, 87 parish churches, and about 13,000 houses.

On Sunday, September 2, 1666, the fire began accidentally in the house of the king’s baker in Pudding Lane near London Bridge. A violent east wind encouraged the flames, which raged during the whole of Monday and part of Tuesday. On Wednesday the fire slackened; on Thursday it was extinguished, but on the evening of that day the flames again burst forth at The Temple. Some houses were at once blown up by gunpowder, and thus the fire was finally mastered. Many interesting details of the fire are given in Samuel Pepys’s Diary. The river swarmed with vessels filled with persons carrying away as many of their goods as they were able to save. Some fled to the hills of Hampstead and Highgate, but Moorfields was the chief refuge of the houseless Londoners.

This is the story of Day 3.

“Oh the miserable and calamitous spectacle!” wrote John Evelyn in 1666, “mine eyes … now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame.” The conflagration he witnessed from 2-5 September destroyed much of the medieval metropolis, swallowing 400 streets, 13,200 houses, 87 churches, and 44 livery halls.

Many of the City of London’s most iconic buildings were consumed: St Paul’s Cathedral, the Royal Exchange, Newgate Prison, Christ’s Hospital, even Whittington’s Longhouse, one of the biggest public toilets in Europe, in the Vintry. Evelyn was aghast at the destruction of so much of the medieval centre: “London was, but is no more”.

This is the story of Day 2 of the Great Fire of London.

“Oh the miserable and calamitous spectacle!” wrote John Evelyn in 1666, “mine eyes … now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame.” The conflagration he witnessed from 2-5 September destroyed much of the medieval metropolis, swallowing 400 streets, 13,200 houses, 87 churches, and 44 livery halls.

Many of the City of London’s most iconic buildings were consumed: St Paul’s Cathedral, the Royal Exchange, Newgate Prison, Christ’s Hospital, even Whittington’s Longhouse, one of the biggest public toilets in Europe, in the Vintry. Evelyn was aghast at the destruction of so much of the medieval centre: “London was, but is no more”.

This is the story of Day 1 of the Great Fire of London.

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States of America. He was the second youngest ever, at the time he took office, as well as the first one to be born in the 20th Century.

Episode 15 takes a took at his limited presidency and assassination.

This episode focuses on the early life of former American President John F. Kennedy. We follow his life right through his childhood, into his time in the navy and his early election successes.

The final episode in this Vietnam War series focuses on how President Richard Nixon handled it during his time in office through his bombing of Cambodia and then his winding down of the whole event.

Part 6 of this series looks at the Anti-War Movement that developed as the Vietnam War got steadily more unpopular as it went on.

Vietnam was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths.

In this episode, we look at the events of the Vietnam War as it starts to escalate - resulting in such events as the Tet Offensive.

The podcast is presented by Ben Fox - a graduate of History from the University of Exeter.

Vietnam was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths.

After the death of JFK, it wasn't long before his successor to the presidency of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, started to escalate the conflict to full-scale war.

The podcast is hosted by Ben Fox - a Masters in History graduate from the University of Exeter.

Vietnam was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths.

Episode 9 tells the story of how the war started to escalate under the presidency of John F. Kennedy.

The podcast is hosted by Ben Fox - a Masters in History graduate from the University of Exeter.