No-one can deny that from the squalid deprivation and prostitution of the 19th Century to the second world war bombings and Kray-inspired gang wars, Shoreditch was historically an unlikely contender to be Londons coolest district.

But the 80s migration of artists seeking cheap and edgy working space (and the inevitable explosion some years later of cutting edge bars, clubs and galleries) has rendered the existing members of this deprived community all but invisible, a situation now being addressed by a new theatre experience and walking tour called Hoxton Story.

Created by the Red Room theatre group the aim is to look beyond the areas hip persona and examine the impact of re-generation from the perspective of the original, predominantly low-income, residents.

And whatever your thoughts on the gentrification of deprived London boroughs, the undeniable creation of a have-and-have-not Hoxton community should be a sobering thought for all of us.