Hope and Fear: How Pandemics Changed The World

Explore the impact on our planet of viral diseases across the ages. Covid 19, which struck with such devastating impact in the early months of 2020, is just the latest in a long line of pandemics that have devastated, and in some cases, destroyed societies throughout time.

‘Hope and Fear’ looks at the circumstances that have caused these diseases; hygiene, poverty, overcrowding, urbanisation or the growth of cities – and how travel has impacted on their rapid transmission, resulting in pandemics.