ABCNYHETER

A meeting this morning with Ida Hilde Mathisen (photo above), a journalist for the Norwegian online news service abcnyheter (ABC News). She's in Leicester to write some articles about integration of different cultures and media reporting on Muslim communities here. I go to the Premier Inn, where she's staying, and chat with her for an hour or so in the hotel lounge. Ida is the fifth major media contact I've dealt with in as many weeks. She's set up some interviews over a three-day period here, which should allow her to gain a decent impression of life in Leicester.