David Olusoga

David Olusoga is the author of <em>Black and British: A Forgotten History</em> (Macmillan, 2016), <em>The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism</em> (Faber and Faber, 2010) and <em>The World’s War</em> (Head of Zeus, 2014). He has written the foreword for a new edition of <em>The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano</em>, out now from Hodder & Stoughton. Brought up in the north-east of England, Olusoga is also an award-winning broadcaster and film-maker, and the presenter of multiple BBC series including <em>A House Through Time</em>.

The title page and frontispiece of Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative, a first-hand account of his experience in slavery and how he seized his freedom. (Image by Getty Images)

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David Olusoga on the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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David Olusoga“The Victorians constructed a great empire of abstinence”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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David Olusoga“Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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David Olusoga"Half a million cats and dogs were put to death in 1939 – for no good reason". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of slaves picking cotton on a plantation. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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David Olusoga"Black history affects all of us – it is British history". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An 1826 illustration from 'The Black Man's Lament

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David Olusoga"Thousands of Britons opposed abolition – because they owned slaves". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ramshackle homes in a Newcastle slum, c1880

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From riches to rags: David Olusoga reveals how Britain's grand houses descended into Victorian slums. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Falkner Street, Liverpool in the 1960s. A house on this road was the star of a 2018 BBC series. Image by Nick Hedges

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David Olusoga on house histories: "Our homes are often the sites of great dramas and tragedies". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mona Baptiste, a Trinidad-born blues singer

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“London is the place for me”: David Olusoga on the Windrush generation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.