Pictures taken between 1984 and 1985 of a London of protest, youthful energy and cultural transformation: a period of Thatcherism, anti-racist struggle and a rising wave of multicultural expression across the city. From a hospital workers' strike in the East End to anti-apartheid resistance, from pub culture to the early signs of hip hop emerging along the Southbank. On the streets a generation shaped its voice, and at public gatherings the city is caught between austerity and invention.