Let us all hope not …

… Is this farewell to Blackwell's? - The Post. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 I suspect but cannot know that Blackwell’s may now be up for sale because of the effect of the 2020 lockdown when it was shut for months, breaking many longstanding book-buying habits. But nor can it be immune to the laziness and cheapskate money-grubbing which make too many of us browse in shops and then buy on their computers. If you won’t pay for a bookshop in your town, why expect it to survive? And how many