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. ET on PBS, and stream via pbs.org and the PBS Video app. Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Written by TSH110 To view profiles and participate in discussions please or . They hold on to the belief that the UK was a white country until the past few decades and refuse to accept evidence that shows the presence of black people goes back centuries. Those triggers remind us that the buildings we confidently call ours once belonged to others; many and multiple others. I care deeply about people who were mistreated in the past. The report said Mr Browne's response showed "what he may have considered foresight, but one that was explicitly framed by contemporary racial prejudice". If you have been told a version of your history and that is part of your identity, its very difficult when people like me come along and say: There are these chapters [that you need to know about]. People feel wrongly in my view that their history is being undermined by my history. He has a simple response: that he has been trying to get a programme made about it for his entire career and it is finally happening. But John died not long after starting his new life on Falkner Street. istorys purpose isnt to comfort us, says. The extremes of Liverpools story are reflected in the lives of the occupants of 62 Falkner Street. Video, 00:01:00, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. 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. Video, 00:01:14Trumpeter heads to rooftop to remember dead, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. I had feared that Graves disease would waste years of my life, before modern treatments could bring it under control. 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. 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. Yes me too. ll old houses are haunted. I still suffer with awful anxiety and heart pains but feel hugely better. Now more than ever, we need powerful storytelling that captures and explains the achievements in public health and medicine over the past few centuries, said Johnson. Outside Europe, however, the commission enacted a policy of extreme discrimination, categorising the fallen as "white", "Indians" or what it called "natives". So many and as Carolyn said, a lot of politicians , particuarily. David Olusoga on Commonwealth War Graves Commission apology, War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history' Video, 00:01:59, War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history', Up Next. Read about our approach to external linking. Only a kangaroo court in a one-party state would pass judgment on the basis of such flimsy evidence. He also studied at the University of Liverpool and so benefits from slavery as much as anyone else. You have to have a real tenure in the country to play your ancestors a recreation of the Empire Windrush at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012. lusoga 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. TSH110 Many thanks for the link to The Guardian. Historians who dont get that tend to be the ones who struggle to get anyone to care about their work. How on earth does an athlete manage with hypothyroidism? 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 adverts were aimed at young men - not families or men who were attached. The company, which was founded in 2008 by Jane Root, former President of Discovery Channel US and Controller of BBC2, and co-founder of Wall to Wall TV, has become synonymous with creating high-quality, notable content for buyers that include Netflix, Disney+, CNN, National Geographic, BBC, PBS, HBO Max and A+E Networks. It is at home, with our partners, parents and children, that we are genuinely ourselves. Luckily they did manage to get it under control but she clearly continued to suffer with the consequences both emotional and physical. Another one to add to your list is historian David Olusoga. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Because to live in an old house is to share your most intimate space with the dead. 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. History is just history. The lives of all of the people whose stories make up the links in that chain run through the house, because, for each of them, walking through that front door meant that they were home. David Olusoga on Commonwealth War Graves Commission apology, War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history' Video, 00:01:59, War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history', Up Next. They span the social spectrum, from the well-to-do Victorian gentlemen to the families who huddled together in single rooms during the decades after the second world war when the house degenerated into a tenement slum. Could explain a lot! His scholarship has been widely recognised: in 2019, he was awarded an OBE and made a professor at the University of Manchester. Its director general, Claire Horton, said: "We recognise the wrongs of the past and are deeply sorry and will be acting immediately to correct them.". But Edward got into financial trouble and reached an agreement with his creditors before the Great Depression lead to him taking more financial risks until being declared bankrupt in 1865. 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. Suitable for Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, GCSE . It is not there as a place of greater safety.. It has now got to the point where some of the statements being made are so easily refutable, so verifiably and unquestionably false, that you have to presume that the people writing them know that. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. And he said there were examples of officials employing an "overarching imperial ideology connected to racial and religious differences" in order to "divide the dead and treat them unequally in ways that were impossible in Europe". A House Through Time is well worth watching. 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. The practice evolved out of the 19th century science of epidemiology and cholera mortality reports in the 1840s, where the now ubiquitous curve of an epidemicwas first documented. 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. I lived, she died because we were born in different centuries. Video, 00:01:00One-minute World News, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. The house selected is a Georgian-style terrace in what is now called the Georgian Quarter of Liverpool. I am wondering who is treating her, it would be good to know that. EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER is a multiplatform collaboration. 11:08 - Source: CNN. No other city has been more buffeted by the cycles of boom and bust and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the place that once proudly saw itself as the second city of empire suffered more than any other when that empire suddenly evaporated. There is no official register of historians. Although a number of disorders may result in hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease is a common cause. The Robinsons then moved next door, to number 64. It short-circuits an idea of British exceptionalism. I was right. 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. 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. Ive looked at this history because its just exciting to be part of a long story. He studied. The professor and broadcaster discusses writing black Britishness back into history, the backlash this provokes and why hes so proud of his heritage, Historys purpose isnt to comfort us, says David Olusoga, although many in the UK seem to think it is. Im perfectly comfortable in my identity. ", In response, commission employee Arthur Browne said: "In perhaps two or three hundred years' time, when the native population had reached a higher stage of civilisation, they might then be glad to see that headstones had been erected on the native graves and that the native soldiers had received precisely the same treatment as their white comrades.". I'm hypo now but it was a grim time before my Graves was diagnosed so I really feel for the lady. History, to me, is all about those shiver-down-the-spine moments. Nothing about this can be said to be truly revelatory. Next door in a scruffy field is where their African comrades are buried - no names, just a general memorial. So he calls himself a Geordie. 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! We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Sewnsew the bit on Graves was very short so I dont want to build up your expectations. Each month, PBS reaches over 120 million people through television and 26 million people online, inviting them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature and public affairs; to hear diverse viewpoints; and to take front row seats to world-class drama and performances. Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. I struggle to think of a better phrase to describe this place. Presenter David revealed residents weren't aware the disease was being transmitted through drinking water. Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. While the series features many leading public health authorities and scientists on the front lines of the current pandemic, EXTRA LIFE examines the bigger picture and sparks a global conversation about how weve learned to save lives. Tonight's episode focused on the relationships of the people who lived at the property. . All old houses are haunted. 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. He said there were cases where the commission "deliberately overlooked evidence" that would have allowed it to find the names of the dead. 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. Interesting list! We're being criticised for using the word apartheid to describe Voi Cemetery in Kenya. This may be worth watching channel 5 tonight at 9pm. Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The thought usually comes late at night or early in the morning, when our eye is caught by what estate agents like to call an original feature, or a patch of peeling wallpaper or flaking paint reveals what lies beneath. Houses live longer than people and the harsh fact is that we are just passing through. Video, 00:01:00, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. Tonights episode was particularly interesting and pertinent as it brought home about thyroid disease being a death sentence before treatment became available, as the death certificate of Jewish woman who lived in the house revealed she died young of Graves disease. He is doing a great series using residents through time of a house in Liverpool to illuminate major changes in history through their lives - excellent viewing, as has been all his history programes I have seen. 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. By way of an excuse, and by chance, I spent four years living with the same disease. suprising to see a few athletes with graves, I'm finding walking up the road leaves me breathless.. Historian Prof David Olusoga, whose TV company produced Unremembered, told BBC Breakfast that apologies were not enough and resources would need to be committed if the commission was serious about . 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. It is not meant to be anything more you can go off and find much more information about the people elsewhere. EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER, a new four-part series from Nutopia that examines the science and medical innovations that conquered some of the worlds deadliest diseases and doubled life expectancies for many across the globe, will air Tuesdays, May 11-June 1 at 8:00 p.m. David Olusoga on Commonwealth War Graves Commission apology. 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.. But my history isnt a threat to your history. It was rare for divorce papers to be filed at that time and was an extraordinarily difficult thing to do, with proceedings only able to be heard at the forbidding Central Criminal Court in London. Edward and Esther separated, which was unusual for a couple to do at the time. Lots of them. 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. David Olusoga on Commonwealth War Graves Commission apology. 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. Historian David Olusoga, presenter of A House Through Time, outside 62 Falkner Street, Liverpool. Video, 00:01:28The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. 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. Some troops were commemorated collectively or their names were recorded in registers, while their white counterparts had headstones. 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. EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER is a production of Nutopia for PBS. 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. 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. I have been surprised at my capacity to feel sympathy and empathy for people I only know from patchy evidence. This is a simple list of well-known people who suffer (or have suffered) from thyroid disorders. "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 . 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. His early experience of education was also distressing. Delivery charges may apply. Now he can expect more flak, thanks to the new edition of his book Black and British: A Forgotten History. 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. Video, 00:01:20WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other' Video, 00:00:36EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other', The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives. What his more extreme critics fail to understand, he adds, is that he is loyal to history and not a political agent. Oh, I didn't know it was him doing it.Thanks for the reminder, I'll watch it on catch-up. Olusoga recalls his family being driven out of his childhood home by the National Front (no plaque) The visit of Kings Khama III, Sebele I and Bathoen I to England in 1895, leading to the foundation of Botswana (at the Botswanan Embassy in London) Charles Wotten, a victim of the 1919 Liverpool Race Riots (at Queen's Dock, Port of Liverpool) Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them. 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. Everyone moans about the NHS but so many diseases are now gone not only because of modern medicine but hygiene clean water etc and drainage. 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. 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. Photograph: Olumedia/The Guardian. The war graves commission was founded with a remit to remember every individual who had died in World War One, regardless of rank, class, religion or race. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Please share your story by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. *A House Through Time aired on BBC2 on Saturday evening at 6.15pm, The documentary also tells the story of Esther, an 'extraordinary woman' with a connection to the house. A close encounter between historian and subject. Black Londoners dressed up as their ancestors for the opening ceremony, with long, baggy suits, holding their suitcases, says Olusoga. grannydoug interesting what you say, I used to feel so alone with my thyroid disorder when I was still very poorly but under the care of an endocrinologist and being optimised. 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. "Underpinning all these decisions, however, were the entrenched prejudices, preconceptions and pervasive racism of contemporary imperial attitudes," it added. 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. Not by ghosts but by the lives of others. David Adetayo Olusoga OBE (born January 1970 [1]) is a British historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker. The couple living at 62 Falkner Street in the late 1800s, which at the time was number 58, was John and Elizabeth Bowes. ", War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history' Video, 00:01:59War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history', Up Next. Olusoga is often accused of pursuing a political agenda. ? indicates questionable. mstp he had the actual death certificate and read from it the lady died of a heart attack as a complication of Graves disease and I remember seeing Graves written on it in perfect copperplate handwriting . Melissa Porter ( hypothyroidism) claims that it was her illness that helped her to get the job of her dreams!!! He died of cholera, which was associated with those living in poverty - an unexpected death for a resident of such an upmarket area. 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. A woman who seemed to have it all was forced to rent out her home after her husband died from cholera. The information has been collected from many internet sites. My Grandmother lived in the house she was born in. I watched it last week but found it a bit slow, so didnt watch this week. I experienced racism from teachers in ways that are shocking if I tell them to young people at school now, says Olusoga. What was the role of British Empire soldiers in WW1? 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. I live in Liverpool, so enjoyed that. But, after months of investigations, what the researchers who began this project discovered was that it was possible, in the case of 62 Falkner Street, to form a chain of human stories stretching from then to now, from the first resident to the current owner. Video, 00:00:36Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Im also black British and that had no history, no recognition. Studying the past of one terraced Liverpool home for BBC2's A House Through Time has brought Britain's real history to life Historian David Olusoga, presenter of A House Through Time, outside. I declare a bit of a bias against some of the more air-headed end of Z-list slebs wondered why Lincoln didn't grow a moustache with his beard, eyebrows look ok tho'? The series is executive produced by Jane Root, Nicola Moody, Fiona Caldwell and Steven Johnson, and directed by Duncan Singh, Helen Sage, Tristan Quinn, David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg. One of the residents was a Jewish woman who died of Graves disease in 19 century prior to effective treatment. This adds to the evidence that thousands of black people were brought to Britain, enslaved as well as free. An updated edition of Black and British: A Forgotten History, with a new chapter, is published on 10 June (Picador, 12.99). The fact that we have doubled life expectancy may well be the single most important development in modern history., "The revolution in medicine and public health that has taken place over the past three centuries is one of the greatest achievements of all time, said Olusoga. Though of course I don't feel so alone on this website either! Decades of research confirms that PBSs premier childrens media service, PBS KIDS, helps children build critical literacy, math and social-emotional skills, enabling them to find success in school and life. 2023 BBC. How are they able to get energy up?. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 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. 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. I care deeply about people who were mistreated in the past David Olusoga in Bristol. Mr Wallace said: "On behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the government both of the time and today, I want to apologise for the failures to live up to their founding principles all those years ago and express deep regret that it has taken so long to rectify the situation. When the book was published in 2016, it ended on a hopeful note. They able to get the job of her dreams!!!!!!!!!. Were brought to Britain, enslaved as well as free a place of greater safety my history isnt threat! 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