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OPINION - Oxford Street is so bad now: we should fix it — and ban dangerous pedicabs to start

I’m not being funny but… do you remember when Oxford Street was one of the greatest in the world? That wasn’t even too long ago. Walking down it these days, you’re either blinded by the atrocious candy shops on every corner or being too cautious about getting run over by…

Evening Standard

My big move: as a young gay man in the 60s, Darlinghurst was my safe haven – now it is my home

For decades Sydney’s Oxford Street and surrounds were the backdrop to my most formative years. When I finally moved there, my life changed again.

The Guardian - AU

The big picture: layers of nostalgia on London’s Oxford Street

Snow, a bowler hat and an old-fashioned HMV storefront combine to create a yearning for the past in street photographer Stephen Leslie’s 2018 shot

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Construction work on £90m Oxford Street revamp due to start in Autumn

Improvements planned will see wider pavements, redesigned crossings and more trees

Evening Standard

In demand: How Oxford Street started to get its groove back in 2023

Long known as one of Europe's busiest retail destinations, Oxford Street has traditionally been a magnet for fashion fans, tourists and office workers. But in recent years, the street that stretches for more than a mile in length has faced a wave of challenges, from the pandemic seriously denting footfall,…

Evening Standard

Shoppers hit the high street for Boxing Day sales

Queues formed outside stores on Oxford Street in London in the early hours of Tuesday

Evening Standard

Labour to crack down on ‘dodgy’ candy stores in push to revive high streets

Party says American-style sweetshops – some under investigation for tax evasion – are ripping off public

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Last minute Christmas rush as shoppers flood London high streets

Dozens of people queued outside Selfridges on Oxford Street before it opened on Sunday

Evening Standard

London protest calls for Gaza ceasefire and boycott of ‘Israel-linked’ brands

Demonstrators in and around Oxford Street campaign against retailers including Puma, Hewlett-Packard and Axa

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Palestine activists bring traffic to standstill during march on Oxford Street

Pro-Palestinian activists urged shoppers to boycott “Israeli-linked” brands as they brought traffic to a standstill during a march on Oxford Street.

Evening Standard

HMV is back on Oxford Street bringing the old-school music experience to a new generation

“What musicians want,” said composer Sir Edward Elgar as he inaugurated the first HMV shop in London in 1921, “is more listeners, and the dissemination of good music by the gramophone will give us a new public which will … listen to it with true appreciation.”

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Westminster Council pushes ahead with plans to pedestrianise roads near Oxford Street

The project is expected to cost £16.3 million and under the plans a pedestrianised zone with seating and trees will be created on Davies Street near Bond Street station

Evening Standard

Kebhouze: Britain's 'biggest kebab shop' to open on Oxford Street

The kebab chain already has two dozen sites across Italy and Spain, and its owner is an Instagram star

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Jingle bells: Singing postbox on Oxford Street to bring festive cheer in run-up to Christmas

The special postboxes respond to post with festive tunes such as Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Deck The Halls

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OPINION - Nowhere is better than London for Christmas, not even New York

I’m not sure there’s a better place to be at Christmas than London. When I was young, festive West End shopping trips were the things you looked forward to all year, whether it was seeing the Oxford Street lights (in the years before they started to be sponsored by the…

The Guardian - UK

HMV reopens on London’s Oxford Street after four-year absence

Retailer returns to site of its first store and lauds revival in sales of physical music formats such as CDs

Evening Standard

HMV promises to reach for stars as curtain goes up on reopened Oxford Street flagship store

HMV shut the store in 2019 after the retail chain tumbled into administration and was forced to axe stores and jobs

The Independent UK

HMV returns to historic Oxford Street shop

HMV shut the store in 2019 after the retail chain tumbled into administration and was forced to axe stores and jobs.

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HMV Reopening Raises Revival Hopes For London's Oxford Street

British music retailer HMV returns to the iconic site of its former flagship store in central London on Friday, in a much-needed boost to the flagging fortunes of the capital's premier shopping street.

Evening Standard

Could Tottenham Court Road become London’s nightlife epicentre again?

After more than a decade gutted by Crossrail, our favourite late-night haunt down the far end of Oxford Street is back, and has had quite the facelift, says Emily Phillips

Evening Standard

As Selfridges updates on ownership, new forecast shows retailer appetite for Oxford Street looks solid

Momentum on Oxford Street has been given a boost with a forecast anticipating that empty store numbers will fall over the next year, and a new majority ownership update for long-term occupier Selfridges.

Evening Standard

London's Christmas lights 2023 and switch-on dates, from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

The capital's best festive lights? This is illuminating stuff, says Mike Daw

Evening Standard

Property giants join campaign for Hunt to restore VAT-shopping

While the number of visitors from the Gulf to Bond Street, Regent’s Street and Oxford Street is up 1% compared with 2022 their spending is down 17%

Evening Standard

London neighbourhood is UK's most overcrowded area

It isn't a tourism hotspot or in the centre of Oxford Street — but a suburban area you wouldn't expect

Evening Standard

Which shops are coming back? Paperchase in Tesco and HMV reopens in Oxford Street

After a four-year hiatus, HMV will reopen its former flagship location on London's Oxford Street

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