Time Out

Zak Brophy blogs on 4 May in London's much-read mag.

'We have to befriend them, and we have to risk sometimes,' said Angela, an elderly, white, Anglican lady at the march. 'If you’re kind to somebody, it brings out kindness.' As she joined the thousands in singing 'God Save The Queen' she stood arm in arm with some newly made friends from Ghana. The song, flag and symbols of British patriotism – all too often hijacked by the far right – were being reclaimed by the multiethnic communities of modern Britain