Author: Jon Lever

The fateful day is almost upon us, and we still have much to do. Nevertheless, we will be open tomorrow at 10 am, and we be closing at 3pm. Our full hours for next week are: Monday: 10 - 3 Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: 10 - 3 Thursday: Closed Friday: 10 - 3 Saturday: 10 -3 … Continue reading Reopening Monday 29th June

This is all because of my ex-father in-law, Gus. Gus is a  good egg, a fine chap, a decent bloke, and (as indeed is his daughter these days) a man's man. He likes his fiction red in tooth and claw, the bloodier the better, and, preferably spiced with a modicum of sexual deviancy. Needless to … Continue reading The horror, the horror…

Well, yes. Yes it is. A couple of weeks ago we celebrated, almost simultaneously, the second anniversary of taking over the shop and the first anniversary of our last posting on this site. There hasn't really been much excuse for this (apart from Events, dear boy, and all that sort of thing), and there's no … Continue reading Isn’t it about time you updated your website?

Bob, our moral conscience and wine-imbibing voice of reason, was out on manoeuvres this weekend. I arrived at the shop this morning to find these three bags of books, the fruits of his hunter/gathering efforts. It's only been a couple of days since we took in about 150 books on ornithology. I think it must … Continue reading Robert’s been working for the book squad

This is the Behemoth, a soul-eating radiogram. It gurgles and snarls on its mantle-piece in the shop and occasionally picks up Radio 3 or a small child. It has always been here, and probably always will be. The shop itself has been hewn out of the very web it wove about itself in the primordial … Continue reading The Behemoth

As you can see, we've just taken in a mass of maritime titles.. We've not sorted them all out yet, but this one stood out for me:  

It's been a while, but as my regular reader (hi mum!) will remember, we were encountering a little local difficulty with the company who were supplying us with card payment facilities. To avoid any embarrassment, I'll simply refer to them as "SodOff" from here on. (If you're that interested, you can read the extended correspondence … Continue reading Sod off, farewell…

Last night, ths happened: More, similar, will happen tonight.

What I've posted below is the ongoing correspondence between myself and SumUp, who provide the magical little gizmo that processes our credit/debit card payments. The system is brilliant, easy to set up, simple to use, virtually idiot proof, secure and cheap. Dealing with their support team however is like trying to nail jelly to a … Continue reading SumUp: Jumping through hoops while beating your head against a brick wall