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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Amira Hashish

Why I live in Notting Hill: haircare queen Charlotte Mensah on the glitzy London enclave where community ties run deep

I have lived in Notting Hill for nearly 30 years. I have been blessed to travel the world, but never have I come across a place as cosmopolitan as Notting Hill.

I love its history, specifically the post-war period and the arrival of the majority black population via HM Windrush. I love the variation in housing, from the colourful Victorian houses to the brutalist architecture that has come to represent the legacy of social housing in London and even the world.

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