E17: Historys Missing Chapters - David Olusoga - Richmond School

Richmond School & Sixth Form College DL10 7BQ
7.30pm
25
refreshments
bookstall
disabled access

In a brand-new talk for 2025 David examines some of historys missing chapters to uncover how and why some events and some people are remembered and others forgotten. Taking examples from the World Wars, the Industrial Revolution and other pivotal moments in global history David uncovers historys missing persons.

David Olusoga is the author or co-author of eight books including Black & British: A Forgotten History, The Worlds War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire, Black & British: A Short Essential History, The Cult of Progress, The Kaisers Holocaust: Germanys Forgotten Genocide and The Colonial Roots of Nazism.

David's recent television programs include Union with David Olusoga and upcoming in 2025, Empire with David Olusoga. He also writes and presents the long-running BBC history series, A House Through Time. Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, and a columnist for The Observer, David also writes for The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine.