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17 October, 2017

Polish concert

12,000 young Poles filled Wembley Arena in September 2008 for London Live, a Polish music festival.

“I chose a photo of this event as, never having been to Poland, this is the most Polish people I’ve ever seen in one place at one time, having such a good time!”

20 July, 2017

Len Garrison

Lenford (Kwesi) Garrison (1943–2003) was an educationalist and historian whose life’s work was to catalogue the development of the black British identity and its history and promote the works of young black writers.

He was born in St Thomas, Jamaica. His father and mother migrated to Britain in 1952 and 1953 respectively, and Len joined them there in west London in 1954.

19 July, 2017

The sari shop, the Golden Mile, Leicester

Sales assistants at a sari shop on the Golden Mile. Refugees from East Africa were housed here when they first came in 1972. It was a dilapidated neighbourhood called Belgrave. Forty years after the settlement, Belgrave was recently renamed the Golden Mile, as it boasts the achievements and entrepreneurial skills of this proud and successful community. It is now a bustling shopping district. During Diwali, the festival of light, Belgrave attracts the largest crowd, outside of India.