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. When he wrote his first book on the 1904-08 Namibian genocide, he went to mass graves where he saw bones sticking out of the ground. 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. 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. A woman who seemed to have it all was forced to rent out her home after her husband died from cholera. Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It is a story that some of Olusogas critics would prefer was forgotten. Labour MP David Lammy, who was critical to bringing the matter to light, called it a "watershed moment". But that upbeat note has begun to feel inaccurate an artefact of a more optimistic time. Picture is last one of Abraham Lincoln while alive. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Pressroom on Twitter. 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. Lockdown hits nephew's 11,000-mile war grave trip. The adverts were aimed at young men - not families or men who were attached. Nothing about this can be said to be truly revelatory. History is just history. He studied. Its not to make people feel good.. How on earth does an athlete manage with hypothyroidism? My experience is nothing so bad but before I was diagnosed I had a miserable time. I care about them. A House Through Time BBC2 9pm Thursday is well worth watching. He said it was a travesty that men who served the British Empire were not commemorated properly, but welcomed the report. Ill give it another try, thanks for posting! But they are what draws us to the archives and set us off on early morning trips across overgrown cemeteries. The series is a history of unsung heroes and forgotten pioneers whose incredible stories deserve to be better known.". Best-selling author Steven Johnson (The Ghost Map, HOW WE GOT TO NOW) and historian and broadcaster David Olusoga (CIVILIZATIONS, "Black & British: A Forgotten History") combine expertise to . TSH110 It sounds as if you've had a really rough ride. We all know that until the 20th century billions died of diseases for which cures now exist. Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. 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. TSH110 Many thanks for the link to The Guardian. I was right. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. I live in Liverpool, so enjoyed that. 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. A few days after reading the 1880s death certificate of Esther Lublin I found myself alone in my office, on the top floor of my house, reading old diaries, remembering how painful it had been. Elizabeth placed adverts in the local paper to rent out rooms in her home as she had no other means of earning money. 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. History doesnt exist to make us feel good, special, exceptional or magical. 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. Thats my job to care about them. In the 1880s, Elizabeth Bowes had moved out of Falkner Street and it became the number we know it as today - 62. But this movement for racial justice has been met with a severe backlash. I also feel for those who do not regain full health even on medication - that is a cruel outcome. It was silent about our shared, inner and domestic histories, the stories of the rest of us, the ungreat, who live quietly and privately in anonymous terraced houses. Read about our approach to external linking. For Olusoga, 51, this hostility can in part be explained by ignorance. Interesting list! 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'? She must have known that, sooner or later, the condition would kill her. But he has always had a third identity. To view profiles and participate in discussions please. David, who returns to our screens in the BBC series A House Through . Funny to think of the house not being in town as it's right in the centre. 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. "If you were taught a history that the first black person to put his foot on English soil was stepping off the Windrush in. 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. Please send a private message to helvella if you find anything wrong, or have suggestions of people to add include a link if you have one. I watched it last week but found it a bit slow, so didnt watch this week. My Father and his sister had scarlet fever and they were both in isolation. Video, 00:01:18Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, One-minute World News. If walls could talk it would be our homes not our grand public buildings that would have all the best stories. "The events of a century ago were wrong then and are wrong now," it said. The prime minister offered an "unreserved apology" over the findings of the review by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This is a simple list of well-known people who suffer (or have suffered) from thyroid disorders. 2023 BBC. Read about our approach to external linking. Wow! So many and as Carolyn said, a lot of politicians , particuarily. This may be worth watching channel 5 tonight at 9pm. 2023 BBC. Role = a very simplistic why is she/he famous, Type = summary of disease type, sometimes does not make much sense, ? Read about our approach to external linking. Both survived and that side of the family had the good genes so were lucky. By way of an excuse, and by chance, I spent four years living with the same disease. He remains committed to one goal: to uncover the stories of those who have long been deemed unimportant. 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 . An inquiry has found at least 116,000 mostly African and Middle Eastern casualties from World War One "were not commemorated by name or . Read about our approach to external linking. 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. It was a gruesome experience but I appreciate how lucky I am to be living in modern times cheating my true destiny with medication and getting some pretty good extra years - a real bonus! EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER is a multiplatform collaboration. Episode Three:Data looks at how the emergence of fact-based research, data mapping and analysis has improved public health. There are hundreds like it in Liverpool and many thousands more across the country. Part of the aim of A House is to answer the question that everyone who has ever lived in an old house has at some time or another asked themselves. ", War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history' Video, 00:01:59War Graves Commission 'dragged into admitting its history', Up Next. Six million soldiers from the British Empire served in WW1. History, to me, is all about those shiver-down-the-spine moments. "The events of a century ago were wrong then and are wrong now," it said. 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. 62 Falkner Street, the subject of the BBC documentary. 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. It also cited racist comments such as the governor of a British colony saying in 1923 that: "The average native would not understand or appreciate a headstone. I lived, she died because we were born in different centuries. Sewnsew the bit on Graves was very short so I dont want to build up your expectations. Video, 00:00:42Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race. Presented by historian David Olusoga, the episode, which was a repeat, focused on a number of women attempting to overturn Victorian social norms. Yet apologists for empire, in particular, like to dismiss him as a woke historian in an attempt to politicise his work or flatly deny the realities that he points out. 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. I suspect I have forgotten dozens of people who I know should be included, let alone the untold number I do not know about. I have been surprised at my capacity to feel sympathy and empathy for people I only know from patchy evidence. My Grandmother lived in the house she was born in. 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