Thursday, 8 May 2008

Change (and why it's bad)

Unsworths opposite the British Library has changed hands; it's very unclear what is in fact going on, their website no longer lists it, and there is the suggestion here that it went in March. It has been replaced by a vile cheap remaindering bookshop. No longer will I be able to browse for obscure treasures after doing a hard day's (well, afternoon's - till 5, because of their absurd opening times) work in the BL on a Saturday. It is especially irritating as they doubtless had a clearance sale that I failed to attend.

On the plus side, the Hellenic bookservice is moving, which is about time; the old premises were dire, but I remember it fondly - I bought a very nice Greek Septuagint (here, for the uninitiated)there once.

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