Our national history cannot be national if, in the near future, one in three young adults feels their stories remain untold, if… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
The nation of 2019, exponentially wealthier, appears to have a fraction of its former self-belief and little faith in its capacity to… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
The refusal to accept that the black presence in Britain has a long and deep history is not just a symptom of… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Excusing or downplaying British racism with comparisons to the US is a bad habit with a long history. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Everyone is happy for the history of slavery to be investigated so long as the investigation examines the parts in which we… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
What we're seeing is a backlash against any attempt, whether from the world of scholarship or popular culture, to paint non-white people… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I was born in Africa but brought up in the north-east of England. Most of my childhood was spent living on a council estate… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Donald Trump did not cause America's democratic crisis of faith, he rode to power on it. Once in control, he and other populists discovered… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Talking about class and identity can be as divisive as talking about race and racism. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Britain in the 19th century was two things simultaneously; the hub of the largest empire on earth and the greatest manufacturing and trading nation… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
1819 was a year of hunger, mass unemployment, political repression and murderous, state-sanctioned violence. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the war through… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I disagreed with my teachers on pretty much everything, including what grades I was going to get at A-level. I was sure I'd pass,… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
At 18, I stood in the Louvre in front of the paintings that TV had first shown me. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I have met other black and mixed-race people who were victims of racism, often far worse than anything I experienced, and who have taken… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
