Blackwell bookshop window: Audrey is still popular here.
In Oxford there are two well-known bookstores. One is Oxford University Press and the other is Blackwell. This bookshop was founded by the Blackwell family in 1879, and it is nearly 130 years old. Blackwell is one of the most famous publishing companies in the world. It sells a variety of academic books and journals. Blackwell Publishing was owned by the Blackwell family until recently, but it was acquired by the American company, John Wiley & Sons in 2007.
The bookshop still stands at the original place on Broad Street near Bodleian Library and Trinity College. The shop is a small three-story house, but it is spacious inside with an underground room called the Norrington Room, named after Sir Arthur Norrington, the president of Trinity College (founded in 1554). There is a coffee shop inside, which is always crowded with people who enjoy reading and talking over coffee. This is an extra study room to college students, who sit there for a few hours reading books or writing papers.
The photograph above is the window of another Blackwell shop opposite the original shop. Calendars are now sold at £3. Audrey Hepburn is still popular here.
For further information, visit www.blackwell.co.uk
Reference: Wikipedia
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