Settlers scarf An illustration of Limehouse Dock

An illustration of Limehouse Dock from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré

The 89-year-old philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell

was re-erected in 1960 but the church was never fully restored

Another craft sails by and on the right a barge bears the City Corporation arms and fires a salute

January 1684

Settlers scarf An illustration of Limehouse DockThis is a story that begins with post 1960s arrivals from Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Somalia. Today their descendants have unleashed a tidal wave of British creativity from Lambeth to Lagos, Islington to the Ivory Coast. Jimi Famurewa writes with humour, style and sensitivity about the extraordinary world of Black African London. He also uncovers a history of racial discrimination, examines the legacy of transracial private fostering, and reveals