Last night I cycled back from Westminster to East London and just as I got over the Old Street roundabout I felt an increasingly familiar sense of "nearly home". As I turned into London Fields, Hackney, I smiled. This is my place. I have spent countless hours in the last 12 years walking its boundaries. I can guarantee I know a few people around. I know the shape of the trees and what species they are. I know where the muddy bits are, where you can pick cherries in season and where to go to get a free bit of flapjack. This is my neighbourhood. My ‘hood.
Where is your ‘hood? And as a child how far did it stretch? That is your kith. And it is important.
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