london experience

Diverse culture

London, it is said, has the most diverse cultural mix in the world.

In this regard it is the model for all future cities. It even boasts some famous expatriate Americans: Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna to name but two. students outside a roman pillar building

All the word’s religions and cultures are represented with forty per cent of the population of the metropolis now not from these shores. The result is a rich, vibrant and sometimes troubled city where ethnic diversity means that you can eat, dress or be entertained in any language you choose.

London schools are fifty per cent mixed with a host of languages from Punjabi and Urdu to Kurdish and Greek found in the playground. Since their first arrival in the late 1940s, ethnic groups (of whom Muslims make up the largest sector, with Hindus next) make up 2.5 million people, the equivalent of the population of Wales and 500,000 new arrivals from the European Union (especially Poland) make up the new faces.

See how many languages you spot next time you walk around the capital.