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  • Oct 2 2008:

    Alastair Harper: As we mourn the demise of the bookshop, I can't help but feel nostalgic for my adolescent trips to WH Smith

  • Apr 9 2008:

    Is this the world's finest bookshop? Jonathan Glancey on a new life for an old church

  • Jan 11 2008:

    Sean Dodson introduces 10 bookshops from around the world - still thriving in the age of Amazon - which he considers to be the best, and the most beautiful

  • Mar 1 2007:

    Smaller booksellers are hatching plans to compete for the coming Harry Potter sales bonanza by means other than massive discounting

  • Jul 12 2006:

    Independent bookshops are supposedly on their knees - so what would drive a lawyer with no retail experience to open one? Introducting a regular blog on the trials and tribulations of the book trade, Nic Bottomley, proud co-proprietor of Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, explains his decision

  • May 22 2006:

    Is there any future for independent bookshops? When Stephen Moss toured the country to visit this 'dying breed', he found a group convinced it can fight back. A G2 special report.

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  • Mar 17 2005:

    As recommendations for our database of the UK's finest independent bookshops came flooding in, one name stood out: Wenlock Books in Much Wenlock in Shropshire. Sarah Crown visited the shop to find out what all the fuss was about and emerged full of tea, cake ... and the highest praise.

  • Jan 19 2005:

    They may not offer glitzy three-for-two deals or in-store coffee bars, but, says Andrew Stilwell, manager of the London Review Bookshop, while intelligence and passion still matter to book buyers, the little shops have their place in the market

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