"It was a huge relief to take off the burqa and walk around in my western clothes again.

"My burqa feature certainly got our readers talking, and they've been using our letters pages to discuss this issue.

"We received many positive letters supporting what I did and expressing shock and shame at the abuse I suffered while dressed as a Muslim on the streets of Bristol.

"Only one reader wrote in calling the idea behind my feature patronising and insensitive."

After the initial story was published, Sarah took a call from a Muslim woman who had lived in Bristol all her life, and wanted to congratulate the Post on its courage.

Sarah said: "She thanked me for going undercover and writing the feature, and said that what I endured for an afternoon she has to endure every time she steps outside her front door.

"I interviewed her and put together a detailed account of her experiences walking around her home city wearing a burqa since the London bombings, as well as the racist bullying suffered by her eight children. It was a fascinating and extremely rare insight.

Western Sarah