Miracle on Gower Street: customer pays Waterstones for 1974 books
Take it from me, book shop customers are often a curious lot. There’s the entire-book-readers; the food leavers; spine breakers; letter writers; queue jumpers and, my personal favourite, the “take… Read more »
East London Waterstones forced to close after huge fire
This Monday, July 22, a huge fire ripped through East London. Declared a major police incident, it broke out in The Mall shopping centre in Walthamstow, which contains 66 shops.… Read more »
Short story vending machines are coming to London
Forget to grab your book on the way out the door? Fear not, commuters, a solution could be coming your way. This week, short-story vending machines are being installed at… Read more »
London’s blue plaques celebrate influential residents—but where are all the women?
If you’ve ever meandered around the historic streets of London, you may have come across a blue plaque or two adorning the sides of old buildings. These plaques proudly celebrate… Read more »
‘Holibobs Cottage’ and the child-like language of English gentrification
A crime was committed in St. Ives, Cornwall last week. Well, according to one Twitter user, anyway. It seems like a perfectly innocuous, even [whisper it] nice thing to do, right?… Read more »
All aboard the Hogwarts Express! Harry Potter is back…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the long-awaited stage play that will continue J.K. Rowling’s hugely popular, seven-book Harry Potter franchise, previewed this week at London’s Palace Theatre, and has been declared a resounding… Read more »
UK scientists positively date the oldest handwritten document in Britain
Back in 2013, while laying the foundation for Bloomberg’s new European offices in the heart of London, diggers discovered a trove of ancient Roman artifacts. It was a spectacular find: entire ancient city… Read more »
UPDATE: Protestors hope to save London’s Feminist Library
A few weeks ago, we reported on the rent hike that threatens to evict London’s Feminist Library from Westminster Bridge Road, where it’s been offering crucial literature from the Women’s… Read more »
No phones, free whiskey and literature: the future of bookselling?
Last November, we wrote about the opening of a new bookshop in London, launched by Rohan Silva and Sam Aldenton, founders of Second Home, a “utopian workspace.” The shop, which is now… Read more »
London’s Feminist Library to be evicted on first day of Women’s History Month
For 30 years, the Feminist Library has made its home at 5 Westminster Bridge Road in London, making available a large collection of literature from the Women’s Liberation Movement, as well as maintaining… Read more »