Claire Masset is an expert in the history of art and architecture. She lives in Stonesfield, and her latest book, Department Stores, gives a mention to Oxford’s famous independent, Boswells. She looks at the social and economic changes that have sparked the evolution of the store, and ends with a look at the few iconic shops of the 21st century
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