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We pay a visit to Gosh Comics in Bloomsbury.

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops There’s a little corner of W11 that’s bibliophile heaven. Blenheim Crescent, off Portobello Road, is home to Books for Cooks, The Travel Bookshop and Blenheim Books and now, just round the corner, is Lutyens & Rubinstein. Opened about …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops Foyles may be known for its massive Charing Cross Road branch, but they’ve sneaked the brand into One New Change with a little baby store. (They’re calling it a ‘Booktique’. Um.) Tucked away on the first floor, next …

  Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops This may be our first bookshop visit where we’re more interested in what lies beneath. The Bookbox is a great bookshop, doing a lot with a very small space, but in its basement is an unexpected treasure: …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops We’ve been to Daunt before, but this newest arm of their burgeoning empire marks a new episode for bookselling in the City. Other than Waterstone’s, we’re not aware of any other bookshops in the Square Mile (though we’re …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops A new bookshop has appeared in the corner of Bermondsey Square. It’s a beautiful, calm environment where you can sip a drink and nibble on a Konditor and Cook cake and admire the latest exhibition, but none of …

View Biblio-Text in a larger map Our amble around London’s independent bookshops Over the last nearly-a-year we’ve visited 35 of the capital’s best independent bookshops – and we’ve barely scratched the surface. Not ones for being undaunted (we’re booky people; we spend winter hibernating surrounded …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops Black Gull Books is a bit of an institution in Camden Market; owner Chris has been there as a stallholder from the market’s birth. His second hand and antiquarian books have a more all-weather home these days and …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops Opposite Highgate tube station is a tiny little treasure trove. Although it’s got a bit of a reputation for being a children’s bookshop, Ripping Yarns actually carries a wide range of fiction, magazines (old copies of Shoot or …

Continuing our amble around London’s independent bookshops Stoke Newington Bookshop is another of London’s independent stalwarts, having been going strong for 20-something years. Its TARDIS-like interior – so much bigger than it looks from the outside, plus it’s blue – contains a great children’s section …