When Magma shut its doors on Oldham street almost two years ago, after serving Manchester’s creatives, students and book lovers for almost 20 years, many felt as if a part of the city’s heart had been lost. Tim Bell managed the shop from 2008 and he tells me about the challenges the independent magazine industry…
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Manchester’s independent bookshop renaissance
When Magma shut its doors on Oldham street almost two years ago, after serving Manchester’s creatives, students and book lovers for almost 20 years, many felt as if a part of the city’s heart had been lost. Tim Bell managed the shop from 2008 and he tells me about the challenges the independent magazine industry…
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