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Review | High Street: How our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis

By 2023-08-30T04:20:00

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A new book on high streets invites us to see the retail crisis in a different light, and seek out innovative ways to reinvent our urban centres, writes Jennie Savage

High Street weaves a complex tapestry of stories. It traces personal endeavour, recalling the lives of entrepreneurs who took risks and put skin in the game, who were celebrated locally and whose legacy made town centres unique. These rich narratives are laid out alongside affect, identifying how policy and centralised decision making have manifested through the lens of the local.

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