
Celebrating Independent Bookshops – High Street Beacons of Hope by Alexia Wdowski
The Bookshop by the Sea is one example of the thriving independent bookshop scene in the UK, combining a vibrant online community fuelled by the explosion of BookTok, with the warmth of physical community spaces.

Music on the Welsh Coastal Path with Filkin’s Drift by Alexia Wdowski
Welsh Folk duo Filkin’s Drift arrived on Friday afternoon at the Bookshop by the Sea, blown in by the wind, and laden with instruments and giant rucksacks. They had just hit the 400 mile marker on their epic journey walking the Welsh Coastal path.