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A New World City Credits

For the first time in its modern history, London is a city of immigrants, who are changing forever the notion of what it means to be "English."

Join us as we explore these different Londons, full of the characters and voices of this World City.

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Kurdish men

Kurdish Community Center
"People here are different. I don't know if it is because of the weather or because of the culture, but they are colder."

- Kawa Tural, Kurdish Refugee

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Iain Sinclair

A Stroll with author Iain Sinclair
"You go up the road - it's Kurdish one minute, it's Afro-Caribbean the next, then it's Hasidic Jewish and then it's Irish and then it's no-man's land."

- Iain Sinclair author of "Lights Out for the Territory"

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Lux Gallery

Hoxton and the White Cube Gallery
"The last three years has undergone a period of accelerated culture on a standard that would register anywhere in the world."

- Greg Muir, Lux Gallery

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bank building

The City of London Financial Center
"London has become a kind of sibling of a North American city."

- Will Hutton, Chairman of the Industrial Society

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Cultural Fusion at the Asian Festival
"I don't really understand what British culture is and I don't think the British know what British culture is."

- Aki, Asian Rapper

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