It's Saturday 3rd April 2021. Just over a week to go to our shop re-opening. You know how grateful we are to everyone who has ordered online from us. You can probably imagine how much we are looking forward to also having people in the shop browsing our selection of wonderful independent magazines, smelling their gorgous paper and excitedly sharing things they have seen with friends. It's been a long time.

Some things will, for a while, be very much like the last time we came out of lockdown. We'd be very grateful if you would do four things to help us when you come and visit. Please wear a mask inside our shop, use our hand sanitiser at the door, keep a reasonable distance from each other and continue to pay for your magazines only with your credit card. We are impatient for the day when we won't have to ask you to do any of these things. For now, though, one step at a time.

Our online store continues to be busy and will continue alongside the physical shop from the 12th April. We have customers to serve from across the UK and the world now. (Who would have thought when we opened our tiny shop six years ago?)

If you would like to order the magazines that you like online, we'll do everything we can to have them in the post to you within 24 hours. If you prefer to pick your mags up from our shop, one of us will be in Trafalgar Street next week on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1400 - 1600. We'll safely pass your mags to you through our double doorway. We really look forward to seeing you.

Between now and the 12th April, we'll be posting frequent updates here and on Instagram to keep everyone up to date with what is happening. Finally, because we haven't mentioned it for a while, Elsa's morning show from 0900-1100 on PlatformB radio goes from strength to strength. Elsa and her colleagues' mix of great music and discussion is the perfect mid-morning listen. I'm hooked.

Please keep safe. With our love and good wishes.

Martin, Elise, Elsa and Jean.