Category: Shop

Algerian Coffee Stores, Old Compton Street

I think this might be the finest smelling shop in London. Like its neighbour I Camisa & Son it is a tiny establishment in Old Compton Street, but…

I Camisa & Son, Old Compton Street

I work around the corner from Old Compton Street and am partial to a Friday portion of fish and chips from the fabulous Poppies restaurant on that street….

Arthur Beale

Is this the most bizarre shop in land-locked Central London? Arthur Beale sounds like a character from Eastenders but is in fact an ancient Ships Chandlers, located on…

Lock & Co

(This is another entry in my series on London’s shops.) It is an extraordinary front door. Gnarled and chipped, seemingly much-repaired, but also smartly painted in a business-like…

Paxton & Whitfield

This is the first of a series of blog entries about shops. The never-ending shift to buying things online combined with the restrictions imposed by the government in…