David Olusoga

David Olusoga

The Guardian

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The Little Britain affair is a reminder of the UK’s long and toxic love affair with blacking up

Piled up in the archives of British broadcasters are boxes of tapes and canisters of film that contain television shows that will never be broadcast...

David Olusoga

New Statesman

40 17.06.2020

The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history

The slave trader’s figure loomed over Bristol for 125 years. Now a multiracial protest has achieved what past campaigns couldn’t, says historian...

David Olusoga

The Guardian

4500 08.06.2020

Britain is not America. But we too are disfigured by deep and pervasive racism

Yes, it would be foolish to see only parallels in the US and UK experience. But to downplay our own problems would be shameful

David Olusoga

The Guardian

1000 07.06.2020

Our TVs have brought us together again. But how I miss the world outside

Last summer I was filming in my hometown of Bristol. The finished series now looks like an artefact from another age

David Olusoga

The Guardian

50 17.05.2020

Britain’s imbalance is centuries old. It will take more than shaking the money tree to correct it

The infrastructure plans in the budget are just the beginning if we want to solve our inequalities

David Olusoga

The Guardian

50 15.03.2020

As the world loses faith in democracy, leaders of vision are desperately needed

A huge global study finds ample evidence of a worrying ‘democratic recession’ since 1973 – leaving ever greater opportunities for populists

David Olusoga

The Guardian

50 02.02.2020