Empire: World History · 2025-07-24 · 12 min · 2,335 words

The Great Fire of London

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Hello and welcome to Empire Kinder, Sorda, Kinder, with me, Anita Arnan. And me, William Derumpel. Yeah, I mean we are definitely us, uh, but this is a little bit special uh at the top of the programme because we're going to tell you about another goal hanger podcast, Journey Through Time, which is hosted by historians David Olashoger and Sarah Churchwell, both very good friends. And they're brilliant.

And it tells the story of, well, not story really, it's history from the bottom up, if I can put it that way. An attempt to understand pivotal moments through the eyes of those who lived through them. And David's here with us to discuss the podcast. And the new series on the Great Fire of London. Can I tell you something, David?

I, with these hands and a small child and some Pritztick, have created a Tudor house with flames coming out of the windows and upon his insistence, stick figures going, Ah, I'm burning. Um so, you know, I feel like I'm an expert too. Frankly. So you know what are we going to learn? Listeners of podcasts may not uh realize that Anita actually has a talent for these things.

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