Britain fought the second world war with men and money partly drawn from the empire and that, after the defence of the home islands, the survival of the empire was a fundamental war aim. David Olusoga Read Quote
I have always been most drawn to those moments from the past when people from distant lands and different societies made contact with one another. David Olusoga Read Quote
It was through watching documentaries on the BBC in the late 1980s that I first became interested in art and history. David Olusoga Read Quote
My first teenage holiday was spent touring the great art galleries of Europe after having been inspired by what I had seen on television. David Olusoga Read Quote
I went to school in the 70s and the 80s, and the last thing I expected of my schools back then was that they would be the places in which I would be taught about black history. David Olusoga Read Quote
Since I began presenting programmes about black history my life has become a constant impromptu focus group. I am stopped in the street by people who want to talk about the histories those documentaries explore. David Olusoga Read Quote
Not only does the UK have the highest levels of regional inequality among the major economies, the imbalance is widening, not narrowing. David Olusoga Read Quote
While everyone knows that London is both big and overprivileged when it comes to spending, the scale of its dominance is poorly understood. London is not just the biggest city in the UK, it is the biggest city in western Europe. It is also the richest region. David Olusoga Read Quote
Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look. David Olusoga Read Quote
