Independent Bookshops
When culture warriors attack, independent bookshops offer welcome respite

When culture warriors attack, independent bookshops offer welcome respite
Robin Ince travels the country for Independent Bookshop Week while a social media storm is brewing in the background
The UK’s best independent bookshops

The UK’s best independent bookshops
For Independent Bookshop Week we asked a host of authors and illustrators to share their favourite UK indies – and added a few extra picks of our own
Bookshops help us understand humanity’s complexities

Bookshops help us understand humanity’s complexities
Robin Ince finds empathy and understanding as he visits various bookshops round the UK
Robin Ince: The forgotten story about how forgotten author Jean Rhys was rediscovered
Robin Ince: The forgotten story about how forgotten author Jean Rhys was rediscovered
Robin Ince: Independent bookshop people are the best people
Robin Ince: Independent bookshop people are the best people
The independent bookshops that launched in a pandemic

The independent bookshops that launched in a pandemic
Independent Bookshop Week: ‘People often called for a chat as much as a book’

Independent Bookshop Week: ‘People often called for a chat as much as a book’
Independent Bookshop Week: ‘We dropped off groceries and grieved with people’

Independent Bookshop Week: ‘We dropped off groceries and grieved with people’
Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers

Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers
John Bird: Bookshops are a social necessity that can’t be allowed to die
