The week of the "riots" in London and across the country, we reached out for and met with our neighbours of many communities - asking how were people being affected, and how could we bring our neighbourhood together for justice and peace.

During Mino's visit this August, we are also very much enjoying a visit by the Kondo family (also from Aichi, Japan) - while Pooja has recently moved on from Beijing to Shanghai, in China.

We took this opportunity to host an East Asia Friendship event today - celebrating cultures, food and languages of East Asia, and taking a FolesHillfields look at racism directed at Chinese and Japanese people in particular.

Martin Luther King

Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day in the USA - when Dr King's role in the struggle for civil rights is remembered in school classrooms, libraries and homes across the US.

Often less well remembered are King's wider concerns about the society in which he and many others worked so hard against racism.