In May 1991, Queen shot their iconic video for These Are The Days of Our Lives. Six months later, lead frontman Freddie Mercury was dead from AIDS. In this episode we look at one of the worst disease outbreaks in modern history, and how Freddie Mercury...

Contains graphic descriptions of violenceIn 1913, a six year old Frida Kahlo contracted polio disease in Coyoacan, Mexico. The following nine months she spent pent up as a result of the illness would ignite her creativity, and begin an artistic...

In London 1918, Spanish Flu seemed a minor threat, especially compared to the pressing matter of the First World War. Living in the leafy suburb of Richmond, Virginia Woolf mocked The Times for an article comparing the flu with the Black Death. But the...