Selfridges - one of Time Out's favourite department stores - celebrated its centenary in 2009. With its concession boutiques, store-wide themed events and...

Forget the idea of car boot sales being fusty and dusty, the Princess May draws an uber trendy Stoke Newington crowd at its lively sale for vintage and...

One of London's most famous car boots, this sale has been growing rapidly since starting out in 1996 and now attracts a trendy crowd of Portobello passers...

St Mary's is run by the London Car Boot co who host the prolific Princess May and nearby St Augustine sales, as well as a monthly one off collectables fair,...

Harrods' distinctive terracotta façade with dark-green awnings stirs up mixed emotions. For every tourist who yearns for a Harrods teddy, there's a Londoner...

Although something of a London institution, Covent Garden Market is too commercial and generally too crowded to provide a particularly characterful retail...

The 'city within a city', Westfield's £1.45 billion retail behemoth snakes through the Olympic site, with 300 retail units - the cornerstones of which are...

Ever dreamt of owning a bath towel, napkin or lunchbox emblazoned with a Moomin? No? We can scarcely believe it, but there's apparently sufficient demand to...

This intriguing store is part of the Ministry of Stories - an inititive that sees professional writers mentor young people in the art of story writing. Set...