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

From magazine issue: 28 August 2021

Tina from Ealing at Batcave, in Soho, in 1984. [Getty Images]

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