London hated the French long before Brexit
Being French in London could make you unpopular long before Brexit when in the 18th century there was widespread xenophobia and abuse
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First a church then a synagogue and now a mosque
Here’s a picture of the Brick Lane Mosque – which was built as a protestant church in 1743 for the French Huguenot community and then became a synagogue in the 19th century before its current incarnation as a mosque. Proof, as if it was needed, that London has always been a very mixed up and…