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New Walk
A photograph of Victorian promenade, New Walk, which connects Victoria Park and the centre. The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, which is home to two dinosaur skeletons, an extensive Egyptian exhibition, an area dedicated wildlife from across the…
Tags: Leicester locations, museum, New Walk
'Curry craze just keeps growing'
Leicester Mercury article about the rapid rate at which Indian restaurants are opening
Tags: Leicester, multicultural food, restaurants
Jewry Wall
A photograph of the Jewry Wall, Leicester. The wall is an existing part of a Roman building and is nearly 2000 years old. The Jewry Wall Museum site includes the wall, along with artefacts from Iron Age, Roman and medieval Leicester.
Former use of London Road restuarants
Data showing the use of buildings on the section of London Road analyse, prior to them becoming restaurants
The curators
A photograph of the curators of the online exhibition. L-R: Xiaofan He, Fayola Francis and Chunghui Wang
Adam's Steakhouse, Food and Identity
A clip of Abdul Kadir, manager of Adam's SteakhouseTranscript:AK:"My brother, he chose the design [of the shop front] and he wanted it more of an American diner kind of eatery..."
Adam's Steakhouse, Interculturalism
A clip of Abdul Kadir, manager of Adam's SteakhouseTranscript:FF:"How would you describe your own ethnicity of nationality?" AK:"Asian British Bangladeshi" FF:"In that order?" AK:"Yes."
Adam's Steakhouse, Food and Identity 1
A clip of Abdul Kadir, manager of Adam's SteakhouseTranscript:AK:"Predominantly, the most customers, well, we get a mix but I think it’s mainly Gujurati Indians that come and eat in and we do get about 25% of our customers are Arab." FF:"Would you…
Oggi Simply Italian, Food and Identity
A clip of manager of Oggi Simply ItalianTranscript:"We tried to mix the olive and white wine with the mix of white and olive colours. And the logo also – the ‘o’ means the plate and if you see the ‘i’ at the end there’s a knife in there, a dining…
Oggi Simply Italian, Negative aspects of multiculturalism
A clip of manager of Oggi Simply ItalianTranscript:FF:"Would you say you’re Italian or Italian British?" MP: "Italian." FF: "Okay. Why not British Italian or Italian British?" MP: "Because I don’t have any problem coming here and going. The people…
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Leicester Caribbean Carnival
A photograph of a woman performing at Leicester Caribbean Carnival, wearing a costume that incorporates the flags of Jamaica and England. Leicester…