It's Sunday 16th May 2021 and, in Brighton, we have a day of Spring showers and occasional sunshine.

It's been a mix of a week. The first few days were our quietest for a long time but any worries we had (we always worry a little bit) were calmed by talking to other store owners, all of whom said the same thing. The pre-lockdown head of steam that had built up had simply escaped.

Then, on Saturday, I was in the shop for a while with Elise. At one moment, there were six or seven people in small groups browsing our magazines, quietly talking with each other, listening to our music and buying, too. I looked at Elise and said 'This is why we opened the shop in the first place - to create a space that people felt comfortable in and where we could show off some of the best independent magazines from around the world.' Just a perfect moment.

We've had another set of good magazines arrive during the week (as, usual, you can see then all below) and we are looking forward in the next few days tob the arrival of some real favourites.

This week's shout-out is to two magazines new to us. Gatekeeper goes behind the scenes of the art world and an interesting and eye-opening journey it is. fjord is the first magazine we have stocked in our six and a half years that is about dance and movement. A special mention to field, produced as a labour of love in a small print-run of just 75. It's beautiful.

A quick reminder about our current opening hours. We are open six days a week, from Tuesday - Sunday. Our opening times are 1100-1700 Tuesday - Friday, 1000 - 1700 on Saturdays and 1200 -1600 on Sundays.

We continue to be online 24/7. If you can't get to the shop to pick up your order, you can order here on our website. We'll do everything we can to have your order in the post to you within 24 hours or you can collect from us at any time we are open.

Finally, please continue to keep safe.

With our love and good wishes.

Martin, Elise, Elsa, Maddy and Jean.