This is what he said in the Guardian: I discovered that one late-Victorian resident of the house had died of heart failure, caused by years living under the shadow of a thyroid condition known as Graves disease, I was astonished by how emotional rather than objective and professional was my response to her story. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. He is 49 years old. Did anyone read the symptoms on the death certificate? Only a kangaroo court in a one-party state would pass judgment on the basis of such flimsy evidence. An updated edition of Black and British: A Forgotten History, with a new chapter, is published on 10 June (Picador, 12.99). As one of a handful of mixed-race families on the council estate where they lived, they were regularly terrorised by the far right. 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 have been equally surprised at my capacity to feel sympathy and empathy for the sufferings of people whom I only know from patchy documentary evidence. 2. Read about our approach to external linking. She must have known that, sooner or later, the condition would kill her. 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. Video, 00:01:00, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. Yes me too. In southern Kenya, white soldiers lie beneath named memorials in a well-tended cemetery. Black Londoners dressed up as their ancestors for the opening ceremony, with long, baggy suits, holding their suitcases, says Olusoga. 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. Lots of them. Very moving and somehow making me feel not so alone with my thyroid condition. grannydoug How civilised , hes fast asleep on the sofa unaware the rest of us - bar Big Jack greyhound who is also in the sitting room snoozing by the radiator - have gone to bed, 2 are under the duvet, one on top, and one is on the dog bed - all very cosy! Another one to add to your list is historian David Olusoga. In the 1880s, Elizabeth Bowes had moved out of Falkner Street and it became the number we know it as today - 62. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace apologised in the Commons after a report blamed "pervasive racism". Olusoga was confident about having two identities, despite the prejudice he had encountered. Tonight's episode focused on the relationships of the people who lived at the property. The house selected is a Georgian-style terrace in what is now called the Georgian Quarter of Liverpool. When I discovered that one late-Victorian resident of the house had died of heart failure, caused by years living under the shadow of a thyroid condition known as Graves disease, I was astonished by how emotional rather than objective and professional was my response to her story. I watched it last week but found it a bit slow, so didnt watch this week. Episode Three:Data looks at how the emergence of fact-based research, data mapping and analysis has improved public health. 62 Falkner Street, the subject of the BBC documentary. Video, 00:01:28, The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. 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. His early experience of education was also distressing. One woman was left alone in the Georgian terrace after her husband's unexpected death, while another tried to file for divorce at an incredibly difficult time. An inquiry by the commission was set up following a 2019 Channel 4 documentary, called Unremembered, which was presented by Mr Lammy. 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. After John's sudden death, Elizabeth was left alone on Falkner Street. ET on PBS, and stream via pbs.org and the PBS Video app. All old houses are haunted. Video, 00:00:41Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Our homes, the most acutely personal places in our lives, come to us secondhand, and invisibly link us to people we have never met, people to whom we have no association other than a single shared connection to place. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. He studied. History, to me, is all about those shiver-down-the-spine moments. I think about them when I read the letters, when I look at their photographs and their faces. The other outrage is that the Commonwealth War Graves commission knew about this for years . U.S presidents! This is a simple list of well-known people who suffer (or have suffered) from thyroid disorders. As one of a handful of mixed-race families on the council estate where they lived, they were regularly terrorised by the far right. David Olusoga in Bristol. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. 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. When you hold in your hands an object created hundreds of years before your birth and feel the vague presence of the hands that held it in the past. He remains committed to one goal: to uncover the stories of those who have long been deemed unimportant. I live in Liverpool, so enjoyed that. 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! Part of that is achieved by being open to at least trying to feel something of what they felt. Not by ghosts but by the lives of others. Although large, elegant and, in the early 21st century, extremely desirable, it is not unique. As part of the commission's work to search for unnamed war dead and those who are potentially not commemorated, it will also look at those who died in World War Two, although it is not thought that inequalities seen in WW1 were as widespread then. . Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. His exposure to Nigerian culture seems quite limited. Now he can expect more flak, thanks to the new edition of his book Black and British: A Forgotten History. I had feared that Graves disease would waste years of my life, before modern treatments could bring it under control. [2] He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contributed to The One Show and The Guardian. TSH110 Many thanks for the link to The Guardian. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. You have to have a real tenure in the country to play your ancestors. That moment, he says, was profoundly beautiful. 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". The report found that at least 116,000 casualties from WW1, most of whom were of African, Indian or Egyptian origin, "were not commemorated by name or possibly not commemorated at all". More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org websites on the internet, or by following PBS on Twitter, Facebook or through our apps for mobile and connected devices. Presented by historian David Olusoga, the episode, which was a repeat, focused on a number of women attempting to overturn Victorian social norms. Nutopia is an award-winning television production company known for creating acclaimed, non-scripted series on a global scale. 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. . 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. Video, 00:00:36, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. She must have known that, sooner or later, the condition would kill her. To view profiles and participate in discussions please. 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 restorative justice. A statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol; a Guardian analysis suggests about 70 monuments to slavers and colonialists have been removed, or are in the process of being removed, across the UK. 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. Two people with the same disease. The summer afterwards, vans bearing the message Go home or face arrest were driven around London as part of Theresa Mays notorious hostile environment strategy, aiming to make the UK inhospitable for undocumented migrants. 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. I still love it there and hope one day I will live there again - so good for cycling too. 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