"You think when you're starting out that being an artist means wearing lots of ripped-up clothes, living a funky life with paint all over the place -- the Bohemian life, " he says.

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Ever since the protests began, there were suspicions that Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury in earlier life a brainy academic with a liberal, bohemian streak quietly sympathised with the protesters.

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And the area as a whole still relishes its ethnic, multicultural, bohemian, seedy-chic image a hotch potch of quaint antique shops, market stalls and vibrant street life.

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