Union with David Olusoga
Historian David Olusoga traces the events, the people and the forces that transformed four separate nations into a single state - the United Kingdom. In today’s rapidly changing world, can this historic union endure?
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Historian David Olusoga traces the events, the people and the forces that transformed four separate nations into a single state - the United Kingdom. In today’s rapidly changing world, can this historic union endure?
David tells the story of Union from the 1600s - a century defined by religious and cultural divisions - to 1707, when...
In the face of threats from overseas and rebellion in Scotland, a new sense of Britishness emerges and a national hero...
The Union seems secure, but beneath the surface run deep divisions, leading to the emergence of a new working-class...
The 20th century sees Ireland divided by Partition and the Union threatened by war. New ideas unify the four nations...