Since its inception London has been built and shaped by people who travelled to the city to make it their home, for work, to work, to take or make an opportunity. London is all things simultaneously; too big, too small, overcrowded, underpopulated, its spaces exploited or wasted. It is a city averaging a populace upwards of 7 million yet it can seem an overwhelming, lonely place. But it is also somewhere that offers cross pollination, ethnicity, difference. By definition, to be a Londoner is to be a crucial cog in a massive multiculture. In this podcast we celebrate anyone who took to the road with a view to getting here.
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Since its inception London has been built and shaped by people who travelled to the city to make it their home, for work, to work, to take or make an opportunity. London is all things simultaneously; too big, too small, overcrowded, underpopulated, its spaces exploited or wasted. It is a city averaging a populace upwards of 7 million yet it can seem an overwhelming, lonely place. But it is also somewhere that offers cross pollination, ethnicity, difference. By definition, to be a Londoner is to be a crucial cog in a massive multiculture. In this podcast we celebrate anyone who took to the road with a view to getting here.
Meet Bahadur. He came to London in 2003 from Kabul. A broadcast journalist on the front line in Afghanistan, he made the decision to leave after some of his colleagues 'disappeared', when the Government of the time took issue with their reportage. Listen to him describe the way in which constant war led to huge expansion in Kabul, how some Taliban policies have led to real pain for the population and how much he misses homegrown Afghan produce and food. A Black Cab driver here in London, he likes his job but being a father and grandfather, there's one associated element that causes him constant anxiety; the task of shepherding inebriated young Londoners.
I came to London
Since its inception London has been built and shaped by people who travelled to the city to make it their home, for work, to work, to take or make an opportunity. London is all things simultaneously; too big, too small, overcrowded, underpopulated, its spaces exploited or wasted. It is a city averaging a populace upwards of 7 million yet it can seem an overwhelming, lonely place. But it is also somewhere that offers cross pollination, ethnicity, difference. By definition, to be a Londoner is to be a crucial cog in a massive multiculture. In this podcast we celebrate anyone who took to the road with a view to getting here.
