Ysenda Maxtone Graham

The glamour and romance of London’s vanished department stores

The loss of so many buildings whose dazzling interiors once captivated the public makes for heartrending reading

D.H. Evans in 1924. [Getty Images] 
issue 15 October 2022
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  • London’s Lost Department Stores: A Vanished World of Dazzle and Dreams

    Tessa Boase

    Safe Haven Books, pp. 192, £16

There are two journeys I’ll need to make after reading Tessa Boase’s heartbreakingly poignant book about London’s lost department stores. First, to Mile End, to see the tiny Georgian building bang in the middle of the pillared façade of what used to be Wickhams and is now Tesco and Sports Direct.

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