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Finally, sometimes I am afraid people use that kind of identity in a dangerous and harmful way to suggest that this is something closed-in and insular and, “We want to keep the outsiders out”. But research out this week on graves found in Updown in Kent and Worth Matravers in Dorset shows that people with west African origins were living in those villages in the 7th century, so villages have amazing, fascinating history. It is a global history, but it is attached to that sense of place and that can be really important to building communities, building identity and providing people with a sense of security and safety even in a difficult world.