Growing up in East London as a young African, Brit, what would you say--
Growing up in East London , as a young African Brit, what would you say, how did Africa come into your life?
I grew up in East London , which had a big sort of Afro-Caribbean community, lots of West Indians.
Roger grew up in East London , born into a musical family, and studied art and design.
And this originated around Hackney in North East London .
So this is down in Shadwell in East London , on the Thames.
suspicious books book shops and forced gate east London were part of
Sam is a doctor in East London , one of the poorest parts of East London actually where I lived for many years.
They were inner city people from East London .
But it wasn't very welcoming to Africans in East London .
but it wasn't very welcoming to Africans in East London .
the book there's a chase scene in shortage in the East London the Hackney region of London where they're chasing somebody and I'd been there before but I
talked about the charity that he founded in East London , in Newham, which is called "Community Links", and which he started, I think, about 25 years ago in his mom's front room when
Yeah, I grew up in East London , which has had a big sort of Afro-Caribbean community, lots of West Indians.
So explicit curation, that is people in East London with kind of cool glasses and galleries, kind of getting-- doing--
I grew up in East London in kind of post-Victorian times, most homes had a piano.
that was used as a term to describe white people moving from East London to get away from increasing immigration and moving as far east as they could go.
They cannot get enough volunteers to come and help them with their work in East London to help people in real need.
So for instance, I don't know whether anybody here remembers the mural in East London where the wonderful Muslim mayor of Tower Hamlets
And as you were asking the question, I was thinking about East London , but I was also thinking about Egypt, the largest
of people directors and cast and and crew it was it was a really really fun six weeks shooting in East London which
And then a few weeks later, I was giving a talk in the White Building in East London , which is an art venue near the Olympic Park.
I think the buzz around England and around London, especially around East London , where obviously, I was brought up, it's exciting.
And you can say a bit of East London 's East End as well.
So actually, if anyone does want to come along to "An Evening of Unnecessary Detail", it's once a month in East London .
So from, I guess, when I was a kid when I moved to London to East London --
We're going to be opening to academies in 2019, working in conjunction with Aspirations Academy's Trust, one in Bournemouth and one in East London .
And also, those photographs you talk about, we saw some really amazing photos of these laundries in East London .
You can see I'm based at Queen Mary University of London, which is a university in East London .
And there was an incident, six or seven months ago, a young man, Ollie Helmer in East London who was attacked with a broken bottle
Otherwise, it would just continue to be these very stimulating conversations in cafes in East London , and it actually wouldn't move