London: the world in one city
London in 2005 can lay claim to being the most diverse city ever. Leo Benedictus has spent months travelling across the capital, locating and visiting the immigrant communities that give the city its vibrancy and, more importantly, its food. Here he profiles some of the more unexpected of them
From Afghanistan to Australia via Italy, Bangladesh, Colombia and Japan
Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth
'We mostly keep to ourselves and concentrate on the work side of things'
'Two years ago, we were more isolated. Everyone was scared'
'This restaurant is a little bit of Korea brought into a very English town'
'Every Tuesday and Friday we have parties in the O'Neill's pub'
'From the day we're born till the day we die, it's the church'
'Our forefathers were very, very neat - the neatest in the world'
'There is quite a big community here, but they do not stick together'
'There won't be another place for us. We've lost a whole community'
London by religion: Analysis
London: A world in one city
Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth: part 1
Homes crisis 'is holding London back'
London by ethnicity: Analysis
Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth - part two
Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth - part three
Diversity not segregation