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. EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER is a multiplatform collaboration. 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. "I'm just really, really pleased that the dignity that these men deserved - who were dragged from their villages and commandeered to work for the British Empire - that dignity that they deserve in death can be granted to them," he said. As one of a handful of mixed-race families on the council estate where they lived, they were regularly terrorised by the far right. [2] He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contributed to The One Show and The Guardian. Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. 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. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Pressroom on Twitter. She must have known that, sooner or later, the condition would kill her. Im perfectly comfortable in my identity. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace apologised in the Commons after a report blamed "pervasive racism". As a historian and broadcaster, Olusoga has been battling this misconception for almost two decades, as the producer or presenter of TV series including Civilisations, The Worlds War, A House Through Time and the Bafta-winning Britains Forgotten Slave Owners. Outside Europe, however, the commission enacted a policy of extreme discrimination, categorising the fallen as "white", "Indians" or what it called "natives". Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked. EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER is a production of Nutopia for PBS. Olusoga was writing just a few years after the London Olympics, in which a tantalising view of Britain emerged a country at ease with its multiculturalism, nodding with pride to the arrival of the Windrush generation in 1948. The governments recent review on racial equality concluded controversially that there was no institutional racism in areas including policing, health and education, despite all the evidence to the contrary. In 1883, couple Alfred and Anne Robinson, Liverpudlians "through and through" had taken residence in the well-known house. 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. 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. "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 . Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. The treatment goals for Graves' disease are to stop the production of thyroid hormones and to block the effect of the hormones on the body. It is at home, with our partners, parents and children, that we are genuinely ourselves. 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. How on earth does an athlete manage with hypothyroidism? The report said Mr Browne's response showed "what he may have considered foresight, but one that was explicitly framed by contemporary racial prejudice". 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. 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.. 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". Video, 00:01:00View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. His exposure to Nigerian culture seems quite limited. 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. 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. You have to have a real tenure in the country to play your ancestors. That moment, he says, was profoundly beautiful. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. Next door in a scruffy field is where their African comrades are buried - no names, just a general memorial. A House Through Time is well worth watching. 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. I found so many very short lists or stories about one person and I would like to make a much, much bigger list. All old houses are haunted. 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. *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. 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I too live in Liverpool and am finding the programme to be really interesting, especially DO's references to Graves. 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. 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. How are they able to get energy up?. For her there were few options. 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. 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. Eventually, the family had to be rehoused. Between 45,000 and 54,000 Asian and African personnel who died in the conflict were "commemorated unequally", the commission said. I've got the opposite a furry, elderly border collie lying/sitting on my foot as we sit in front of the fire. He was 14. I have been thinking about this recently because I spent last autumn engaged in a unique television experiment. Historian David Olusoga told BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was "another organisation that's had to be dragged into admitting its history. Historian David Olusoga talks about why he's campaigning to get minority communities in the UK to take the vaccine and why that hesitancy exists in Britain and beyond. 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 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. You can also get in touch in the following ways: If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Nutopia is an award-winning television production company known for creating acclaimed, non-scripted series on a global scale. They had terrible problems trying to destroy her thyroid with RAI and thought she could die, she suffered bad thryoid eye disease which might be why I opened up to her, suspecting she might have thyroid problems. The Robinsons then moved next door, to number 64. ll old houses are haunted. Please share your story by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. 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. Video, 00:01:00One-minute World News, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. I watched it last week but found it a bit slow, so didnt watch this week. We're being criticised for using the word apartheid to describe Voi Cemetery in Kenya. It is not there as a place of greater safety.. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. The adverts were aimed at young men - not families or men who were attached. We set out to discover if it was possible to take a single house and, through old newspapers, documents in the archives and whatever other clues or scraps of evidence we could find, tell the story of all the people who live there; from the day the first resident turned the key in the front door, all the way up to today. It is not meant to be anything more you can go off and find much more information about the people elsewhere. Video, 00:01:28, The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. 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! More than any other British city, Liverpools ride on the rollercoaster of national fortune has been a bumpy one. 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