Who is David Olusoga? Tonight's episode focused on the relationships of the people who lived at the property. Johnson and Olusoga shed light on scientific breakthroughs and reveal how collective efforts around the world can lead to extraordinary outcomes, including doubling the human lifespan in under a century. But he has always had a third identity. I live in Liverpool, so enjoyed that. An inquiry has found at least 116,000 mostly African and Middle Eastern casualties from World War One "were not commemorated by name or possibly not commemorated at all" after they died fighting for the British Empire. [2] He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contributed to The One Show and The Guardian. Video, 00:01:14Trumpeter heads to rooftop to remember dead, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. Yet over the months my disdain for this ghost from the archives has grown, despite my attempts at professional detachment. "Underpinning all these decisions, however, were the entrenched prejudices, preconceptions and pervasive racism of contemporary imperial attitudes," it added. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "If the Commonwealth War Graves Commission had set up a committee and discovered that 100,000 white British soldiers lay in mass graves - unmarked, uncommemorated - and the documentation proved that that had been deliberate, what would they do?" Historians love to talk about how we can get closer to the people of the past, but when it happens of its own volition the effects can be unnerving. He is asked, for instance, why he doesnt speak about the Barbary slave trade of the 16th to 18th centuries, in which Europeans were captured and traded by north African pirates. The series is particularly sensitive to the cultural blind spots that influenced our approach to health, tracing the origins of inoculation back to Africa, long before the discovery of vaccination in the west, and highlighting the often-overlooked inequalities in access to health. Gaynor Evans has lived at 62 Falkner Street with her two children for nearly eight years. Black Londoners dressed up as their ancestors for the opening ceremony, with long, baggy suits, holding their suitcases, says Olusoga. What was the role of British Empire soldiers in WW1? istorys purpose isnt to comfort us, says. Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Did anyone read the symptoms on the death certificate? I suspect I have forgotten dozens of people who I know should be included, let alone the untold number I do not know about. David Olusoga's look at a forgotten history shows there's always been black in the Union Jack Black and British: A Forgotten History addresses one of the greatest silences in British historiography. Read about our approach to external linking. It likely sparked fear for the wealthy residents of the impressive Georgian terraced house, as they knew they were not protected from the horrors of contagious disease and the boom and bust years of business. Graves would be a most dreadful way to die and I often shudder to think of the millions who died from thyroid disorders before any treatment was available. Ultimately you have to care about the people you encounter through your research, if you want anyone else to. There are hundreds like it in Liverpool and many thousands more across the country. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), It is a story that some of Olusogas critics would prefer was forgotten. All the best to you both! Interesting list! Many historians I admire admit to such moments, although those admissions are to be made only in private and to other similarly afflicted historians or students. "The events of a century ago were wrong then and are wrong now," it said. Some troops were commemorated collectively or their names were recorded in registers, while their white counterparts had headstones. David Olusoga also mentioned he has suffered for the last four years with Graves disease and found her death particularly poignant and felt some of her pain, and it is only by virtue of being born in modern times that the disease can be treated and he has survived. Best-selling author Steven Johnson (The Ghost Map, HOW WE GOT TO NOW) and historian and broadcaster David Olusoga (CIVILIZATIONS, Black & British: A Forgotten History) combine expertise to guide viewers across 300 years of medical innovation, and go behind the scenes of modern medicine to meet the unsung heroes who are tackling COVID-19 and other public health threats. Timed to the series premiere, Riverhead will publish a book authored by Johnson titled EXTRA LIFE: A Short History of Living Longer (Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House; on sale May 11, 2021). He also said Commonwealth soldiers should not be "whitewashed" out of history books, while Mr Wallace said it was a "deep regret" that his own WW1 education had included "very little about the contribution from the Commonwealth countries and the wider at the time British Empire". I feel if we would only fund it better instead of always wanting a few pennies in tax cuts it could have a golden era again if we held dear to its original principles rather than allowing them to be muddied by those envisioning a carve up. It short-circuits an idea of British exceptionalism. Anne claimed her husband had been violent towards her and had also committed adultery with a woman, with indiscretions taking place at the Hanover Street hotel in Liverpool, as well as various locations across the city. And I felt quite misunderstood by my then GP and work colleagues. Video, 00:00:41Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. I watched it last week but found it a bit slow, so didnt watch this week. Its not to make people feel good.. Oh, I didn't know it was him doing it.Thanks for the reminder, I'll watch it on catch-up. I am wondering who is treating her, it would be good to know that. A woman who seemed to have it all was forced to rent out her home after her husband died from cholera. To pass judgment on anyone living or dead on the basis of a handful of letters and ledger entries is palpably unfair and arguably ridiculous, and yet, in this case, almost impossible to resist. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. For her there were few options. But it is all too easy to start caring about figures from the past if you find yourself reading the documents that record their lives while sitting in what was once their kitchen. Both survived and that side of the family had the good genes so were lucky. Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them. Hostility to his work has grown since the Brexit vote, shooting up profoundly since last summer, he says, speaking over Zoom from his office in Bristol. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Pressroom on Twitter. I was very sad when I was moving away and said my goodbyes to her, we both shed a tear and had a big hug. He also studied at the University of Liverpool and so benefits from slavery as much as anyone else. I remember telling a fellow dog walker I had always said hello to about my problems and she opened up to tell me about her awful time with graves when she was only in her late teens. He was proud of being a black Nigerian of Yoruba heritage and was perfectly happy being part of his mothers white working-class geordie tradition. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Episode Three:Data looks at how the emergence of fact-based research, data mapping and analysis has improved public health. Too close and a little too real for comfort. The series will be accompanied by an extensive education outreach component in partnership with The Pulitzer Center, which will distribute resources to schools and colleges. The issue will also feature data visualizations and articles by historians and other science writers. A generation has emerged that doesnt need history to perform that role of comfort that its parents and grandparents did, he says. Ive recently found myself grateful for this omission because of all the historical projects I have worked on, none has made it so easy to cross lines, or so tempting to overstep marks. He said there were cases where the commission "deliberately overlooked evidence" that would have allowed it to find the names of the dead. Video, 00:01:51, Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip, I look after the grave of a soldier Ive never met Video, 00:01:57, I look after the grave of a soldier Ive never met, Trumpeter heads to rooftop to remember dead. Ms Horton said the report was "sober" reading but gave the commission the ability - "now that we know the numbers and the areas to look" - to start the searches properly to "right the wrongs of the past". As one of a handful of mixed-race families on the council estate where they lived, they were regularly terrorised by the far right. Video, 00:01:28, The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Video, 00:01:00One-minute World News, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. People are in alphabetic order of their names (not surname). An inquiry has found at least 116,000 mostly African and Middle Eastern casualties from World War One "were not commemorated by name or . "If you were taught a history that the first black person to put his foot on English soil was stepping off the Windrush in. By way of an excuse, and by chance, I spent four years living with the same disease. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace apologises: "There can be no doubt prejudice played a part in some of the commission's decisions". I quite agree on the NHS, plus it has enabled a wealth of statistics to be kept and research done involving the populace that must have been impossible before its institution with individual practices working in isolation. After John's sudden death, Elizabeth was left alone on Falkner Street. She devoted herself to the education of her three daughters and she and one of them even went on to meet Queen Victoria at the opening of the Royal Holloway College for Women. My history is part of your history.. He gives another example: I have been accused literally hundreds of times of ignoring the slavery suppression squadron that the Royal Navy created after 1807. Its task was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of west Africa. Bill Gardner is the Executive in Charge for PBS.Funding for EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the New Venture Fund and PBS. The time date was about the same we have only just sold the house and I was sorry but it had to go. But this movement for racial justice has been met with a severe backlash. As one of a handful of mixed-race families on the council estate where they lived, they were regularly terrorised by the far right. Thousands of people who had lived legally in the UK for decades, often people who had arrived from the Caribbean as children, were suddenly targeted for deportation. Video, 00:01:14, Trumpeter heads to rooftop to remember dead, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. Video, 00:00:41Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Video, 00:01:18Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, One-minute World News. We're being criticised for using the word apartheid to describe Voi Cemetery in Kenya. History is about people. 62 Falkner Street, the subject of the BBC documentary. The violence culminated in a brick being thrown into the familys home, wrapped in a note demanding they be sent back. Outlining the next steps, Mr Wallace said the Commonwealth War Graves Commission will: Mr Wallace also announced a public consultation over plans to waive the visa fee for service personnel from the Commonwealth and Nepal who choose to settle in the UK in order to honour their contribution. 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