The world in the one street
London is the most multicultural city in the world. On an ordinary street in north London, people from across the globe live and work side by side. Here on Stroud Green Road there are Turks, Chinese, Afghanis, Pakistanis, Vietnamese, Colombians, Polish, Kenyans, and French. What are the thoughts of the people who live here do they think of the land they now call home?
Ming Liang Chen was a doctor in China. His daughter wanted to study in England, so they moved in London in 2000.
Life for them here was impossible for the first few years becous it was hard to find work. It was also difficult to talk to people. But things got easier as his English improved. People in the West are now more interested in herbal medicine.
Chen's daughter is married and has a son and lives here. He see her every day. That is Chinese culture children and parents stay together, This is the big difference for them. In China they are surrounded by family. Here he feel like a foreigner, he miss his friends and colleagues, and his wife is very close to her family back home.
My daughter is settled here, but he think his wife and he will return to China.
Living History.
Chatsworth House has been home to the same family since 1549. In that time the house has welcomed kings and queens, prime ministers and politicians, and more recently bands and film crews.
The 12th Duke of Devonshire, Peregrine Cavendish, and his wife Amanda have lived at Chatsworth since 2006. The Duke inherited the house on the death of his father in 2004. Visitors often see him walking through the house and garden when it is open to the public.
The most beautiful house in England.
Chatsworth is situated in the hills of Derbyshire, in the Midlands. It has nearly 300 rooms and is set in 35,000 acres of land. It needs 500 staff to run. The art collection includes paintings by Raphael, van Dyck, and Rembrandt. The whole estate is worth about £ 500 million. It costs approximately £ 5m a year to run Chatsworth, so the house has open to the paying public since 1949, and in 2010 there were around 600,000 visitors. There are often art exhibitions, flower shows, horse trials, and sometimes concerts in the grounds. The house also earns money from the film industry. It is a favourite location for period films. Chatsworth was used as Mr Darcy's house in the 2005 film of Jane Austen's Pride and Prudic, and Keira Knightley also starred in The Duchess here in 2008.
A house fit for a king!
Most English country houses were built during the 17th and 18th centuries by the aristocracy. The Duke likes to explain the historical background to Chatsworth. In 1686 the first Duke built a magnificent suite for a royal visit from King William and Queen Mary Unfortunately they didn't come. However, much later Edward VII was a frequent visitor between 1901 and 1910. George V and Queen Mary visited in 1913. Many of the Cavendish family were politicians. One, William Cavendish, was Prime Minister from 1756-1757. Today, families like the Cavendishes no longer have the same political influence, but their estates are still huge.
Sons and daughters.
Is an all-boy family different from having an all-girl family? What is it like very home? To find the to be totally outnumbered by the opposite sex in your own answer, TV's Channel 4 asked Marianne and Jon Tibbett, the parents of four daughters to swap homes with Karen and Steve cafearo, who have four sons.
Marianne talks about her family.
Marianne says, that Jon and she married within sixteen months. People often ask them if they have so many children because they were trying for a boy. But this is not true. She is an only child and it was her dream to have a big family. They were delighted when Annabelle arrived and equally delighted when Francesca arrived three years later followed by Genevieve and Catherine. Jon loves having four girls, he is their superhero dad! Most of the time her daughters get on really well together.
The swap.
Marianne expected the Cafearo boys to be loud and boisterous. In fact on the first day they were very quiet and polite. Marianne says that they even took their shoes off before going upstairs. The boys were constantly on the go and wildly competitive. They raced around the garden and dived into the pool. There was a fight between one of the little boys and his big brother. She tried to make them apologize which is what Marianne do with her girls, but it just made them more angry. The little one went away by himself, cried, then forgot all about it But the biggest shock for her was the change in gentle her husband. He became more and more competitive. Thay all went go-karting. They have never done this with their family. Jon joined in with the boys and it was clear he wanted to win as much as they did. He would love to have had a son to continue the business. But now they have seen the reality of having boys. She honestly think they are much harder work than girls.