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‘We live in a complicated country’: David Olusoga on the UK’s contested union, then and now

The historian’s new TV series, Union, exposes the contradictions and conflicting identities that have beset the United Kingdom from its earliest alliances to our present divisions

The Guardian - UK

Too often learning 'British history' means learning 'English history' – but overburdened schoolteachers are not to blame

How much do you really know about the history of the United Kingdom? What passes for “British history” is, all too often, merely the history of England with bits of the histories of Scotland, Wales and Ireland tacked on when they affected events in England.

The Conversation

Top TV historian calls for UK schools to teach all four nations' histories

A TOP historian has called for schools in the UK to teach the history of all four nations.

The National (Scotland)

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UK schools should teach all four nations’ histories, says David Olusoga

Historian says ignorance and indifference between UK nations could pose biggest threat to future of union

The Guardian - UK

Our politicians are cowards on the environment

We cannot afford for both Conservatives and Labour to renege on international commitments to implement net zero

The Guardian - UK

David Harewood on Blackface review – a shocking, deeply moving piece of television

In a personal look at the shocking origins of minstrelsy, the actor speaks truth to power on the same channel that showed blackface in his living room when he was growing up

The Guardian - UK

Should we confront the toxic legacy of blackface … or just forget it?

Racist 19th-century minstrelsy survived into 1970s Britain. David Olusoga has developed a TV show on its long, shameful history but wonders if he should have

The Guardian - UK

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Windrush at 75: books that shaped the black British experience

David Olusoga, Bernardine Evaristo and David Lammy are among the leading writers, artists, politicians and broadcasters who have chosen 75 books to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush

The Guardian - UK

FORWARDS 2023: David Olusoga and Munroe Bergdorf among speakers at festival this summer

The agenda-setting stage concept is also heading to Glastonbury this year

Bristol Post

National Trust working on policy on return of colonial loot, chair says

René Olivieri tells Hay festival the charity is in process of deciding what to do about stolen objects in its properties

The Guardian - UK

Meera Syal calls for more diversity in TV industry as she wins Bafta award

Star of Goodness Gracious Me thanked Bafta for ‘seeing us’ as she accepted lifetime achievement award

The Guardian - UK

BAFTAs 2023: Bristol's David Olusoga OBE awarded Special Award for outstanding contribution to TV

The award is one of the BAFTAs highest honours and recognises an outstanding contribution to film, games or television

Bristol Post

Diverse coronation represents new era in British history, guest says

For many the day showed how much Britain has changed in the years since the late Queen was crowned in 1953.

The Independent UK

David Olusoga to get Bafta Special Award for ‘outstanding’ TV contributions

He will receive the award at a ceremony in London later this month

Bristol Post

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The Guardian - UK

David Olusoga to receive Bafta special award for contribution to TV

Historian and broadcaster has made ‘an outstanding contribution’ to society and culture as well as television, says Bafta CEO

The Guardian - UK

Unravelling the threads that link us to the slave-owning past

Letters: Readers respond to David Olusoga’s article focusing on how slavery shaped the Guardian, Britain and the world

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the legacies of slavery: a reckoning with our past must shape our future

The Guardian’s research into its links to transatlantic slavery has made us aware of our broader responsibilities

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: a mystery, a reckoning and my favourite trial

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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The Guardian - UK

Cotton Capital: inside the 31 March Guardian Weekly

The Guardian’s history in the context of Britain’s historical links with enslavement

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The real origins of the money that helped found the Guardian

In today’s newsletter: The Guardian’s owner has apologised for the newspaper’s historic links to the trade of enslaved people – this is why

The Guardian - UK

How our founders’ links to slavery change the Guardian today

The Guardian is facing up to, and apologising for, the fact that its first editor drew his wealth from a practice that was a crime against humanity

The Independent UK

Government urged to ‘pay victims’ as Britain marks Windrush 75th anniversary

Labour MP David Lammy urged politicians to pressure the government over failings in the compensation scheme

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Oh, to be royal, without the obligations! Have Harry and Meghan figured out how?

Here's the good news about the new six-part docuseries about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex: If you already have Netflix, you don't have to pay anything extra for it. And if you don't, you can always find someone else's password to use.

The Guardian - UK

A white lens sees Harry and Meghan as villains – through a Black one, they’ve done Britain a favour

The Sussexes’ marriage offered the UK a golden opportunity. Reaction to their Netflix series shows it hasn’t been taken, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

The Guardian - UK

‘A full house of the prince’s public indiscretions!’ What we learned from the Harry & Meghan documentary

From drugs to the Nazi uniform, the prince reveals too much, while Meghan reveals almost nothing – save for the fact that she’s a terrible poet. Largely, though, this is a three-hour teary snoozefest

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