He has come from Mexico, raised a family and for the last year, has run a restaurant in Brixton. He believes that the arrival of more Mexican immigrants to London will strengthen their community. It is his skin colour, his moustache and his accent in particular, that give him […]
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The core of the Big Apple: The soulful heart of the big City
When we think of New York, we are immediately enveloped in a discourse of skyscrapers, bright lights and cosmopolitans. It’s the city that never sleeps, electricity pumping through its veins. But is there something that lies beneath all the expense, gluttony, and excess? Georgina Campbell When most people […]
Whitechapel, the heart of the East
During the final years of the 19th Century it was the scene of the crimes of Jack the Ripper. It has since become a peaceful and picturesque area inhabited, mostly, by the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities of London. Benjamin Serra Anyone who takes the District or Hammersmith & […]
English writer Tom Feiling: “We are ignorant of Colombia”
A new book by an English writer and film-maker describes how his early experience of the country led to a desire to overcome its distorted image in the UK press. He wants to show readers the social and historical context of violence, and the political changes required for lasting peace. […]
Burkas to bikinis
Roaming around the National Mosque in a burka in Kuala Lumpur I began to feel a similar sensation to what I had just felt on the beach in Langkawi Island in the Andaman Sea a few days earlier. Faryal Iqbal It was a liberating feeling that I felt […]















