and then there's the fun stuff that cultural diversity brings,in music,food and the arts. the days of fish and chips are behind us, as a walk around the capital shows. almost every district has lebanese,chinese,thai and vietnamese restaurants. thousands of londonners visit the notting hill carnival every year to dance to steelbands, reggae, soca, calypso and jazz. our cinemas show films from india and south america and thousands of people fill our puds and clubs to listen to everything from irish dance bands to african hip-hop.welcome to new britain: a confident, tolerant country which is proud of its many cultures.