Bookshops hold a special place in the hearts of readers. With retail now open across the UK, we asked you to tell us about the bookshops you are longing to browse
“During the pandemic I have been really impressed by the team who run The Portobello Bookshop in Edinburgh. They ran an online book festival which was fun, a click-and-collect service when allowed, and moved quickly to provide an online service. I miss browsing, and the pleasure of finding new titles and authors. My husband usually goes one way, and I another and then we find each other, quickly checking we are not holding copies of the same book. The glee of children finding a book always makes me smile, and that has been missed over the last year. Above all, I miss just watching people in bookshops as they slip into that space where they are deciding ‘will I or won’t I’. Oh, what a dilemma …” Richard Whitecross, Dunbar
