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We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting two Christmas Wreath Workshops at…

Friday 1st Nov, 2019, saw a very special visitor arrive in our little village of St…

What an amazing birthday present! At an awards ceremony in the Houses of Parliament last…

What an amazing birthday present! At an awards ceremony in the Houses of Parliament last…

National Bookshop Day on 6th October seemed like the perfect moment to award our winners…

Sat 23rd June saw Mainstreet transformed into a mini street party/festival for the day, with…

Mainstreet is celebrating 10yrs this June.  As part of the birthday campaign, Rosamund and Vivian…

On a sunny day in the middle of May with Bill de la Hey… Somerset…

What feels like many moons ago I was invited to sit on a panel to…

Difficult though it is to believe, there was life prior to The Beast from the…

Twice a year our HOME team spend a few days in London at TOP DRAWER,…

I have been away from the shop floor a fair bit in January so I…

This Christmas we bring together pieces from some of our favourite makers, nestled amongst all manner…

The dust has cleared and we’ve almost finished tweaking, so here’s a taste of the…

After more than nine years, it felt like we needed an update in the Books,…

We’re getting into the spirit of (whisper it) Christmas and hosting a pop-up shop for…

The nice people at Waitrose Kitchen have written an article about Mainstreet – complete with…

We were delighted to be featured in the April issue of Country Living as their…

For the past few years Vintage Publishing have run a summer campaign to find their…

Summer 2017 marks the 20th Anniversary since first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s…

We are thrilled to say that Mainstreet is the Lifestyle feature of House & Garden…

We are thrilled to say that Mainstreet is the Lifestyle feature of House & Garden…

And so with the guidance, knowledge and expert linguistic skills of Jon Thrupp, Director of…

A couple of weeks ago Bill, Shaun and Phillippa headed off to The London Coffee Festival  in…

Welcome to Mouse Mansion…  Over the past few weeks, Shaun and Phillippa have been secretly…

@TheBookshopBand just had a customer in talking about last night – ‘I’m lost for words…’…

In the depths of our bookshop, under an arch, you may have spotted two secret…

This Summer The Mainstreet Trading Company turns 5!  In celebration we decided to create a…