The report picked out an example from 1923 when the governor of the Gold Coast colony, now Ghana, argued for collective memorials rather than individual ones. 2. And that must lead you to another assumption, which is that they know that this is not true, but they have decided that these national myths are so important to them and their political projects, or their sense of who they are, that they dont really care about the historical truths behind them. Presenter David branded Anne "courageous and a pioneer of the divorce courts". In the new edition of Black and British, which includes a chapter on the Windrush scandal and last years Black Lives Matter protests, Olusoga describes that moment in 2012 as a mirage. I struggle to think of a better phrase to describe this place. He remains committed to one goal: to uncover the stories of those who have long been deemed unimportant. They went on to have a family together - with Anne raising the daughters of Alfred and his mistress following the mistress' death. She fully comprehended all I was going through and my feelings of total isolation completely evaporated she really helped me come to terms with my illness and to appreciate how much more awful it can be for others mine was bad but as nothing compared to her terrible suffering also I had more idea of what was wrong because others in the family had suffered with thyroid disorders but as my mother and sister both had thyroid cancer and they were very slow to do any ultrasound on me to check me for it, that greatly added to how bad I felt with the additional and unnecessary worry. 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. Give your doggie a fuss from me - they are such darlings, the affection crazy, limpet like hyperactive Italians can be a tad trying at times but they melt your heart with one loving gaze into your eyes and soul! But that upbeat note has begun to feel inaccurate an artefact of a more optimistic time. Episode One:Vaccinesexplores the history and use of vaccination, from early practices in Africa introduced to America during the slave trade and Thomas Jefferson's clinical trials, to the first anti-vax protests in the 19th century and COVID-19 today. 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. A House Through Time is well worth watching. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I had both hypo and hyper symptoms and it was truly grim before I finally got a diagnosis having the final dump of thyroxine and going completely bonkers and then being plunged into eternal hypo - the cold was indescribably awful and I felt so bad death would have been a merciful release but I got treatment in the nick of time and pulled through. I. Presented by historian David Olusoga, the episode, which was a repeat, focused on a number of women attempting to overturn Victorian social norms. "Underpinning all these decisions, however, were the entrenched prejudices, preconceptions and pervasive racism of contemporary imperial attitudes," it added. I dont feel challenged in my right to be proud to be British a statue of Edward Colston in Bristol is toppled during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. He was born in Nigeria but arrived in the UK and grew up in Newcastle. To support the Guardian, order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Video, 00:01:14, Trumpeter heads to rooftop to remember dead, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Historian David Olusoga follows the residents in the house in Liverpool from the 1850s to the 1890s to illuminate changes in history as revealed by their lives. Video, 00:01:00At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. I was right. I am having a a bit of a down after 3 years feeling really well on NDT not sure why I seem to be having a blip. Set in the context of todays COVID-19 crisis, this series explores the lessons learned from previous global pandemicsincluding smallpox, cholera, the Spanish flu and othersand reveals how scientists, doctors, self-experimenters and activists launched a public health revolution, saving millions of lives, fundamentally changing how we think about illness and ultimately paving the way for modern medicine. He was 14. Olusoga is often accused of pursuing a political agenda. Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them. I live in Liverpool, so enjoyed that. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Not by ghosts but by the lives of others. To view profiles and participate in discussions please. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. This adds to the evidence that thousands of black people were brought to Britain, enslaved as well as free. Read about our approach to external linking. Episode Three:Data looks at how the emergence of fact-based research, data mapping and analysis has improved public health. 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. Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. DKC Public Relations:extralifeDKC@dkcnews.com, Duncan Singh, Helen Sage, Tristan Quinn, David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg. I had feared that Graves disease would waste years of my life, before modern treatments could bring it under control. His exposure to Nigerian culture seems quite limited. David Olusoga in Bristol. Endocrinology Sewnsew the bit on Graves was very short so I dont want to build up your expectations. The report concluded that the failure to properly commemorate the individuals was influenced by a scarcity of information, errors inherited from other organisations and the opinions of colonial administrators. Please share your story by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. Could explain a lot! Only a kangaroo court in a one-party state would pass judgment on the basis of such flimsy evidence. Doing this post was an an achievement with one of my Italian greyhounds deliberately trying to stop me typing, using body blocking, clawing and even sitting on top of the iPad, because he wants my full attention , I imagined seeing Graves' disease on it! He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. 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. The enmity I feel towards the trader in slave-produced cotton who lived in the house, and whose personal life was lived with as much callous disregard for others as his professional life, is real and involuntary. "The events of a century ago were wrong then and are wrong now," it said. Tonight's episode focused on the relationships of the people who lived at the property. The commission, which was founded in 1917 as the Imperial War Graves Commission, said the events of a century ago were wrong then and were wrong now. Mr Wallace expressed "deep regret" in the House of Commons, as he told MPs there was "no doubt" prejudice had played a part in what happened after WWI. A House Through Time begins on BBC2 on 4 January, Studying the past of one terraced Liverpool home for BBC2s A House Through Time has brought Britains real history to life, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 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. Delivered through member stations, PBS KIDS offers high-quality educational content on TV including a 24/7 channel, online at pbskids.org, via an array of mobile apps and in communities across America. TSH110 It sounds as if you've had a really rough ride. David Olusoga Why did it take our TV documentary to push the Commonwealth War Graves Commission into righting a wrong they had long known about? Funny to think of the house not being in town as it's right in the centre. Video, 00:00:41Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission apologised after it found "pervasive racism" led to predominantly black and Asian service personnel not being formally remembered in the same way as white troops. Houses live longer than people and the harsh fact is that we are just passing through. I care about the names on slave ledgers, I care about the bones of people in Africa, in mass graves in the first world war and in riverbeds in Namibia. Im hoping the call of spring will gradually put me right again. I'm hypo now but it was a grim time before my Graves was diagnosed so I really feel for the lady. It was presented as impossible a dualism that couldnt exist, because whiteness and Britishness were the same thing when I was growing up. Another one to add to your list is historian David Olusoga. Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked. I care about them. 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). Delivery charges may apply. 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. he said. What his more extreme critics fail to understand, he adds, is that he is loyal to history and not a political agent. disease, mass transportation, crime and class. Video, 00:00:36, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. [3] Early life and education [ edit] If you were taught a history that the first black person to put his foot on English soil was stepping off the Windrush in 1948, then this can seem like a conspiracy, he says. David, who returns to our screens in the BBC series A House Through . Who is David Olusoga? Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Video, 00:01:28, The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. David Olusoga is a British Nigerian historian, broadcaster and writer. Olusoga was confident about having two identities, despite the prejudice he had encountered. She must have known that, sooner or later, the condition would kill her. ET on PBS, and stream via pbs.org and the PBS Video app. Recent projects include A World of Calm, based on the meditation and sleep app from the billion-dollar tech company Calm, Babies, exploring the key developmental years in life, and Emmy Award-nominated The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Nutopia also produced, the much-honored National Geographic series One Strange Rock; the BBC/PBS co-production Civilizations; interactive series The Great American Read; and Emmy Award-winning series How We Got to Now and America: The Story of the US. Upcoming projects include Limitless, with Chris Hemsworth, and Welcome to the Earth (working title) with Will Smith for Disney+, and Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer for PBS. "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?" The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is tasked with commemorating those who died in the two world wars, has also apologised over its findings. Not by ghosts but by the lives of others. Two people with the same disease. 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 version of history I was taught at school was largely one of great men and great deeds, a history that took place in palaces and battlefields. Across the four episodes of A House Through Time we uncover their stories, and that of the city in which they lived. This comes out of wanting to enrich life, not seeking some sort of needy validation of who I am.. He says that some of the aggression shown towards black historians who write honestly about Britains past comes from people who think this history is important because it gives black people the right to be here. Photograph: Olumedia/The Guardian. To view profiles and participate in discussions please. 'The commission profoundly failed to live up to . Video, 00:01:28The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Because to live in an old house is to share your most intimate space with the dead. But that figure could be as high as 350,000, it said. "Whilst we can't change the past, we can make amends and take action," he said. It has changed so much in the pool since I was a girl - for the better Id say. "The events of a century ago were wrong then and are wrong now," it said. Video, 00:01:28The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. The UK and US based company is credited with creating the television genre known as the mega-doc, combining epic, motion picture-quality cinematography, action-driven content and prominent Hollywood actors to produce and star in the projects. Wow! 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. Joining thyroid uk has really helped me on a pretty harsh journey towards proper recovery I agree it really helps in not feeling alone with all the problems that can occur with ones thyroid going on the blink. But knowing the historical facts and the bleak statistics is very different to reading of Esther Lublins tragic life, our shared diagnosis, her name and age younger than I am now scrawled on to her death certificate by a busy doctor. A close encounter between historian and subject. Episode Two:Medical Drugs focuses on the more recent medical inventions that combat illness directly, particularly antibiotics, and the development of antiviral drugs for HIV. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. 11:08 - Source: CNN. Olusoga was born in Lagos in 1970, to a white British mother and a Nigerian father, moving to his mothers home town, Gateshead, at an early age. Read about our approach to external linking. All old houses are haunted. We promised the victims of that genocide that we would be their voice, we would fight for them and we would tell their story and we use every skill we have to do that. First published in 2016, and made into a TV series the same year, the book charts black British history from the first meeting between the people of Britain and the people of Africa during the Roman period, to the racism Olusoga encountered during his own childhood, via Britains role in the slave trade and the scramble for Africa. He said there were cases where the commission "deliberately overlooked evidence" that would have allowed it to find the names of the dead. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from an elegant dwelling in a fashionable . Six million soldiers from the British Empire served in WW1. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. I care deeply about people who were mistreated in the past. Black Londoners dressed up as their ancestors for the opening ceremony, with long, baggy suits, holding their suitcases, says Olusoga. [2] He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contributed to The One Show and The Guardian. They have been able to convince people that their own history, being explored by their own historians and being investigated by their own children and grandchildren, is a threat to them.. 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