Heritage groups try to save decaying modernist studio in Scottish Borders Studio built for textile designer Bernat Klein by Peter Womersley put up for auction despite hopes of private sale The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025
10 Retail Stores Millennials Forgot Existed Millennials grew up during a time of rapid change. Shopping malls were once the place to be, but now many of those stores are gone or fading fast. Some names you might remember from childhood are now just memories. These stores shaped how people shopped, dressed, and even spent weekends.… Grocery Coupon Guide · Jul 20, 2025
10 Retail Stores Millennials Forgot Existed For Millennials, who came of age during the peak of 1990s and 2000s mall culture, certain retail stores were more than just places to shop—they were essential social hubs and formative parts of their youth. The mention of their names can trigger a flood of memories, from buying a first… Grocery Coupon Guide · Jul 9, 2025
Scottish Borders school with only one pupil set to be mothballed A Borders village school with only one pupil is set to be closed. The National (Scotland) · Jun 20, 2025
10 Retail Stores That Only People Born in the 20th Century Will Remember If you’re of a certain age, these names bring waves of nostalgia—wandering mall aisles, flipping through racks, or browsing dusty LP bins. These stores may be gone, but their impact lingers in personal and cultural memories. The world of retail has changed, but remembering these staples helps us understand shopping’s… Grocery Coupon Guide · Jun 9, 2025
Revealed: The Scottish councils now using Elon Musk’s Starlink internet technology SEVERAL Scottish councils are using Starlink across multiple sites including primary schools and visitor centres, a National investigation has found The National (Scotland) · May 26, 2025
MAGA melts down over ‘WOKE MARXIST POPE’ who is a ‘Never Trumper liberal’ Laura Loomer lamented that the new pope ‘is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis,’ adding that it’s ‘GROSS’ that he now leads the Catholic Church The Independent UK · May 8, 2025
MAGA Far-Right Activist And Trump Ally Slams U.S. Pope Over His Values: 'Another Marxist Puppet' Far right activist and Trump ally Laura Loomer slammed the new pope, who is American, over some of his social media publications Latin Times · May 8, 2025
64 Times People Got Fired So Fast They Didn’t Realize What Hit Them At the end of the day, our jobs lie within our bosses' hands; the choice to terminate us is theirs to make. The post 64 Times People Got Fired So Fast They Didn’t Realize What Hit Them first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Mar 4, 2025
New B&Q store to open in Scottish village following shop closure A new B&Q store is set to open in the Borders next month following the closure of a previous store. The National (Scotland) · Jan 29, 2025
Trump Announces Immigration Official Tom Homan As 'Border Czar' US president-elect Donald Trump said late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the country's borders in the incoming administration. International Business Times · Nov 11, 2024
Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83 Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2024
‘Well-placed for growth’: Booktopia has been saved by an online electronics store – which plans to invest millions Australian online retailer Booktopia has been sold to Australian online electronics store digiDirect – saving the business whose sales made up 54.7% of Australia’s online bookselling market. (Booktopia’s closest competitor, Amazon, made up 11.1%.) The Conversation · Aug 19, 2024
Baillie Gifford will no longer sponsor Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals Investment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023 OPINION - Dylan Jones: Oxford Street must change or die, because right now it’s dying Oxford Street was built for lunchtime. At least it was for me. When I worked in the West End, if I wasn’t having a fancy lunch, at one o’clock I’d nip out from my office and spend the best part of an hour wandering up and down it, dipping into…
The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2023 Major retailer closes doors in blow to Scottish Borders THE only New Look branch in the Borders is set to close its doors this weekend
Manchester Evening News · Jan 8, 2023 15 things you could do in 00s Manchester that you can't do now A lot has changed in the last two decades
Manchester Evening News · Aug 17, 2022 The lost bookshop chain we'd browse in for hours It had something for everybody
Liverpool Echo · Aug 16, 2022 Lost shop that was a bookworm browser's dream It had something for everybody
Glasgow Live · Jul 19, 2022 Glasgow set for Lush flagship store at old Borders building The building, which last housed luxury retailer All Saints, extends over the basement, ground and three upper floors, totalling approximately 20,000 square feet, with Lush planning to open next year.
The Canberra Times · Jun 24, 2022 Best book city? That's the word on the street Despite decades of adversity, bookshops of all kinds are still thriving in the capital.