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Chapter 34: Milk of London

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Bad Young People Today

Words: Chris Salewicz
Photos: Zoltar

Duane* knows the runnings. Like, where he can get a drink in bars and pubs in his section of Clapham Junction after the official closing time - even though, at 17-years-old, he is below the legal drinking age. Why can he buy drinks so late? Because barmen in those joints work for him, peddling smack and crack to interested customers. His occupation earns him a steady cash wage of £800 a week, and this snappily dressed young Black man is paid respect as a ranking face. He is also part of the statistics behind the egregious outburst of gun and knife killings that have rent asunder London’s Black community, 70 dead in the last 18 months.

 
 

Getting Away With It

Words: Ian Allison
Photos: Zoltar

This life propels us forward, but we can only understand it in reverse.

 
 
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The Ranters

Words: Mark Saunders
Photos: British Library

Booze, blasphemy and fornication were all in a day’s work for them. Mark Saunders introduces us to the religion of the rant.

 
 

Bowls

Words: Howard Marks
Photos: Mary Harrsch, Prakope, Vote Prime

During the mid-1980s, Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and 25 companies trading throughout the world.

Bars, recording studios, offshore banks: all were money-laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.