Whenever I go to church, I witness diversity. The very young and the very old, the affluent and the impoverished, people from all racial backgrounds and ethnicities. But it is one of the few places in London where I see not only diversity but also integration; the congregants do not just stay within their pews. They also interact with each other.
This is not the same everywhere in London. I see plenty of diversity whenever I am on the Tube and on the bus. But I largely socialise with other university-educated people with professional jobs. An Australian friend of mine recently moved to London and described to me her experience of walking through the streets of Dalston: she saw many black Caribbean people but the coffee shop she went to was mostly white.
