André Saraiva on London and Graffiti

André Saraiva in Lisbon, 1990s Courtesy of André Saraiva“I first came to London in the late 80s. It was the place to come to buy good music – the record stores were so much better than the ones in Paris, especially round Portobello, places like Rough Trade, and other great stores that don’t exist any more. I would get on the train with a girlfriend, take the boat across the channel, “borrow” some records, party and maybe sleep in the park! Sometimes we’d stay in the Portobello Ho...