Max Décharné

A glimpse of lost London – before the yuppie invasion

Michael Bracewell vividly evokes the grit and individuality of the capital before its relentless gentrification in the 1990s

Tina from Ealing at Batcave, in Soho, in 1984. [Getty Images] 
issue 28 August 2021
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