Lifestyle | The Guardian USTrump, tech barons and a title-less Andrew: how well do you remember 2025? – quiz https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/20/trump-tech-barons-and-a-title-less-andrew-2025-quiz #AndrewMountbatten-Windsor #Quizandtriviagames #AnthonyAlbanese #Lifeandstyle #OzzyOsbourne #DonaldTrump #TaylorSwift #GaryLineker #MarkCarney #DickCheney #Culture #Chelsea #WHSmith #China
James TinmouthI see #whsmith close-down-the-high-street strategy was because it's much more profitable to gouge customers at transport locations.
EditorSwansea pensioner’s death after falling on an escalator in WH Smith a tragic accident
A woman tragically lost her life after a fall on an escalator at a shopping centre caused catastrophic bleeding.
The inquest, held at Swansea’s Guildhall yesterday, heard that retired administrator Ms Harris, who lived on Miers Street in St Thomas, died from external bleeding caused by traumatic lacerations to her right leg.
Her bleeding was reportedly exacerbated by two common medications she was taking, apixaban and aspirin.
No faults were found with the escalator or its surrounding environment. Senior coroner Aled Gruffydd returned a conclusion of accidental death.
[Lead image: John Myers]
stripeboy
Jonathan Emmesedi>>We mentioned the case of the bookseller in a branch of WH Smith who was asked if there was any Chaucer in stock (April 25). ("I'm sorry", was the reply, "we don't have a crockery department.") But the customer isn't always so very right himself, you know. Rupert Marlow writes from Turnastone in Herefordshire with word of an incident at Hatchards: one day a man, presumably given a shopping list by his wife, walked in and asked for a copy of Night Cream by Elizabeth Arden ...<<
"Public facing." TLS. Times Literary Supplement, June 6th, 2025.
#Books #BookSelling #Bookshop #Bookstore #WHSmith #Hatchards
Lichfield Live®Familiar retail name set to disappear from Lichfield shopping scene as plans for new branding are drawn up
ALLi Blog (unofficial)Former Book Retailer of the Year Disappears from High Street: Self-Publishing with ALLi featuring Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-high-street/ #AI-driventranslations #Taylor&Francis #bookretail #highstreet #backlash #Podcast #WHSmith
Peter HenryUK gets dix points in jeux avec frontières and Starmer is nice and wears a suit. EU is nasty, nasty (and eats dogs)
The truth is the pundits have absolutely no idea on the impact of MAGA tax. You are better off asking Jeremy Clarkson for a reasoned opinion than reading the Press -They are still reeling from the shock closure of #whsmith
You are just left wondering why the 6th largest economy in the World can't get a ******ing pothole fixed
The Toy DetectiveWH Smith name to disappear from High Street after sale (BBC News)
The new owner has said it will keep the Toys "R" Us concessions and the 195 Post Office counters, but will rebrand the High Street chain as TGJones
Steve Dustcircle 🌹