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Sunday, 4 December 2011

Reading Room

Most book shops don't encourage reading before you buy but the Victoria and Albert Museum bookshop in Thurloe Place combined with a wine bar encourages you to read the quality books with glass of wine or cup of coffee in the intimate rooms with high ceilings and floor to ceiling bookshelves.

17 comments:

  1. alestedemadridDecember 04, 2011

    A perfect mix!

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  2. Jenny WoolfDecember 04, 2011

    oh that must be new! what a good idea. Thurloe place here I come (well, when I get back from Munich) :)

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  3. biebkriebelsDecember 04, 2011

    I love those bookshops with a coffee corner, but wine is even better.

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  4. Luis GomezDecember 04, 2011

    Wonderful!

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  5. SharonDecember 04, 2011

    Oh, this sounds like my kind of place. A glass of wine and a good book to browse through sounds like perfect entertainment.

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  6. WayneDecember 04, 2011

    When is the Wine-Stained Book Sale?

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  7. RedPatDecember 04, 2011

    I hope people buy and don't just read!

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  8. GemelDecember 04, 2011

    Now that is my kind of bookshop.

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  9. GemelDecember 04, 2011

    Now that is my kind of bookshop.

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  10. imajoebobDecember 04, 2011

    This has been a staple of book shops in the States for 15 or 20 years. While not pioneered by them, it was popularised by the giant chains who built coffee shops into the stores.

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  11. WitnessDecember 05, 2011

    so cool!

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  12. PerthDailyPhotoDecember 05, 2011

    That really is different Mo! Most bookshops definitely don't encourage that, they do need the business though with so many people using those computer reading things now!

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  13. AdullamiteDecember 05, 2011

    Hmmm you must by when wine splashed on expensive books.

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  14. EmmDecember 06, 2011

    We were there just the other day! I lvoed that place and will certainly return!

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  15. UnknownDecember 06, 2011

    Although Starbucks and Waterstones have joined forces in some locations, they don't come close to this!

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  16. UnknownDecember 06, 2011

    Um, I think I meant Costa Coffee. Either way, both chains lack the intimacy of this bookshop. And wine is much better!

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  17. Dani MiddletonDecember 15, 2011

    This is definitely a place to visit in the future. Coffee + books? Brilliant!!!!

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