David Olusoga

🧵 Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged! Apparently the BBC is akin to a “North Korean re-education camp” for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers👍🏻

Hello UK friends! A heads-up that there’s another chance to catch my Ottoman Empire by Train series on @channel4.bsky.social at 7pm tonight. Then stay tuned for my wonderful friend @bettanyhughes.bsky.social with her BRAND NEW Secrets of a Viking Ship!

When we say “no more foreign wars.” do we mean… A. A few more foreign wars B. One more foreign war C. An endless military excursion that we pretend isn’t a war. D. NO MORE FOREIGN WARS. If you answered A,B or C, we regret to inform you that you are probably Jim Risch. Link to retire Risch in bio.

I have watched a vampire go to Baby Shark Hospital, caught a train to London, read a bit, had a coffee with a brilliant sports writer, got a really good haircut, submitted 130 (?!!) edits I've been working on all week for my book, and eaten some chicken. Not even 4pm. What shall nightfall bring.

Today we remember the 144 people, including 116 children, who died during the tragedy of the Aberfan disaster 60 years ago ❤️ On the morning of 21 October 1966, the colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed, sending a vast slurry down the hill towards Pantglas Junior School.

‘I’ve been looking for this all my life’: interview with David Harewood His astonishing range as an actor has seen him play everyone from Othello to Martin Luther King. But the central role in a UK TV drama has always eluded him. ✍️ Stuart McGurk, Helen Seamons https://bit.ly/4sj7lwq

#IrishBookWeek | Day 3: Share an Irish debut book Today, we’re highlighting ‘Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals’ (@wearefootnote.bsky.social) by @mauricejcasey.com, joint winner of the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction.

With Trump's removal of Starlink, Russians are now hunting cars full of people in Kyiv, using jet drones for which Ukraine's interceptors no longer function to stop. Three people murdered an hour ago in southern Kyiv, with six others injured, three of which are children.

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So they're at it again 🙄 Torturing valid HMRC data to create wildly misleading headlines, designed to invoke fear and anger about immigrants. Same old, same old... (and you'll see just how old shortly!) 🧵1/28

It's officially here. Winterbeard 2026. Feel free to join in with the annual Winterbeard festival that I've just literally made up now, by growing a beard for the winter if you're able. Or if you already have a beard, grow an even bigger beard. A Winterbeard. #Winterbeard2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

FFS!

Go behind the book. Watch @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social read an exclusive extract of 'Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction', one of this year's standout history books. 🎧 You can read more on our website. ⬇️ bit.ly/47otGPo

Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...

We are so excited to be in the UK and Ireland next week. Come hear us talk about the politicians, religious leaders, and tech oligarchs who want us to believe they can bring about the end of the world.

We’ll be in conversation with @nosheeniqbal.bsky.social, @davidolusoga.bsky.social, Ash Sarkar from and @sallyhayd.bsky.social. Appreciation to our hosts @theguardian.com, @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & @novaramedia.com There are still a few tickets available -- find them at naomiklein.org/events.

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's End Times Fascism explores the religious fanatics and tech billionaires who see catastrophe as an opportunity ✏️ @rostaylor.bsky.social

Canongate has acquired L’Avventura, the first novel in 17 years by award-winning author Geoff Dyer. Canongate will publish in hardback in May 2027. 👇

To be eligible to apply for Elevate, first join the BA's ECRN. It's free and not complicated to join: you simply need to be a UK-based, postdoc within 10 years of your PhD (or equivalent, excluding career breaks) in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career...

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2026 shortlist is announced tomorrow! ⏰ Be sure to follow @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social to see the announcement as soon as it goes live.

Next month I'll be speaking about the Norman Conquest at the Mortimer History Society autumn conference. mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/events/event...

Rogue swarms in 6-12 months; 10% chance of AI killing all humans in the next etc. It looks like a nightmare is around the corner 1/5

If you enjoyed Chris Packham's Evolution series - you'll love this! 4 billion years of evolution in one evening - I'm live on tour across the UK this November... www.alice-roberts.co.uk/tour

It's a Pushkin Press pop-up paradise – Japanese crime fiction, and exclusive merch at Covent Garden, this week only substack.com/profile/5168... @pushkinpress.com

Happy Pub Day to these wonderful authors! Erin Somers & @damianbarr.bsky.social Paperback editions of THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR and THE TWO ROBERTS are out now, available in your favourite local bookshop & online: uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

“The books of my life” Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Catch me on tour with my new novel! linktr.ee/thegoddessqu...

If last night's programme piqued your interest about your own house in Edinburgh, why not delve into the records of Edinburgh’s Dean of Guild Court, 1700 to 1824? oldedinburghclub.org.uk/.../building... The planning and building control records of their day

The new series of A House Through Time - on at 9pm tonight - on BBC Two.

A House Through Time returns tonight! Series 6, presented by @davidolusoga.bsky.social begins at 9pm on BBC Two. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Happy Publication Day! A massive congratulations to all our authors publishing today: Melissa Hogenboom, Natsuo Kirino, Gemma Cairney, Anna Holmes, @alycia.bsky.social & Jess Kidd! Order your copies now at your fav local bookshop, or online! uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

As always, LOVE do @ppfideas.bsky.social and this is one of those topics that requires unpacking carefully. Genealogy is not inherently a bad idea: it’s a great way to study history; when personal ancestry becomes identity, here our troubles begin.

I've spent 16 years in my day jobs working to get press coverage for other people and organisations. I am the behind the scenes woman. So yeah. This is f**king nuts, I'm sorry?!? 🫪 What am I doing on a HOMEPAGE. Solar eclipse! Strictly Come Dancing! Sarah Elizabeth Cox! Ridiculous 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ #VoteBinface

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My latest article, on the new series of A House Through Time, staring tomorrow on BBC Two at 9m. Set in the amazing, beautiful, gothic city of Edinburgh.

TONIGHT !

A peaceful protest. A violent charge. One man's fight for justice. A Family History of Peterloo: Britain's Forgotten Massacre tells the story of weaver William Cheatham and the events that changed his life forever. 🎙️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

It's less than a week now till the Clacton byelection, so catch up with Count Binface's classical policies here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfMv...

"Nine Famous White Britons Who Won't Pass Rupert Lowe's 'White Briton Test'" Ridiculously, the right-wing Restore Britain leader has refused to say that the King is a white Briton. Who else would he struggle to accept? From Zeteo UK: zeteo.uk/p/nine-famou...

A bit of news: me and the brilliant Jess Fostescue will be taking the reins of the Infinite Monkey Cage for the next series. Wait. Do cages have reins? www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Major funding secured! 🏛️💛 We’re thrilled to share that the @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social has committed £600,000 as a Founding Partner to help make our new permanent home in the City of London a reality. We're one step closer to bringing the UK’s missing museum to life in Spring 2028! 🧵👇 📸 Unknown Works

Next month I'll be chatting about the Bayeux Tapestry with Michael Lewis, curator of the British Museum's exhibition, at the Queen's Park Book Festival. queensparkbookfestival.co.uk/collections/...

PUBLISHING JOB! We're hiring a Publishing Operations Assistant to play a supporting role in our ops team, based out of our Edinburgh office full time - if you're highly organised, detail-orientated and passionate about books take a look!: canongate.co.uk/about/jobs/

What was the moment you realised you were into family history? 🤔

“Who is above the law? If the answer is ‘no one,’ congratulations, you’re free. If the answer is ‘someone’—you have a king, whatever you call him.” Sarah Churchwell asks what Thomas Paine would make of America at 250:

If you're not following Emma, why are you on Bluesky at all?