SOCIETAL ILLS

Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman examine how class and wealth affected your chance of survival during the plague

- BY SARA WALLIS

ROB Rinder and historian Ruth Goodman uncover secret plague burials, strange cures and some surprising theories in this look at history’s most dramatic events.

They dive into three life-changing moments - the plague, the Great Fire of London, and the Blitz - looking at each of them through the eyes of both the rich and the poor.