→ Chances are, you’ve never fired a gun. According to historian David Olusoga, that might be about to change. “We don’t come into contact with guns. They aren’t part of our lives, because we are very, very lucky to live in a country with grown-up gun control laws,” Olusoga says. “But that makes us unusual, both historically and geographically. This period we’ve lived in, from 1963 – when the last generation of young British men went through conscription – to now, is a period where we’ve not had guns as part of our lives. And that period might be coming to an end.”
It’s a less-than cheery prediction. But when Big Issue speaks to the acclaimed TV historian, author, and journalist, he’s preparing for a new live show, A Gun…