Edwards & Todd

25A Museum Street, London , WC1A 1LY
Nearest Tube - Totenham Court Road or Holborn
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Edwards & Todd is a small shop near to the British Museum that sells a wide range of cards, jewelry, gifts, and things for the home. The perfect place for Valentines gifts, or unusual soaps, or teddy bears, or...

Freud

198 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8JL
Nearest Tube - A dead heat between Tottenham Court Road, Leicester Square and Covent Garden
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Freud is a small shop at street level at the top end of Shaftesbury Avenue. Underneath is the slightly better known cocktail bar (also call Freud), but both are largely undiscovered gems given that I know people who've worked two minutes away who haven't discovered either. Freud (the shop) sells the most beautiful fans, glasses, coffee makers and other things that would make you the best giver at any wedding. Oh - and for some reason they spell it FREVD on the door, but it's definitely FREUD...

Lisa Stickley

74 Landor Rd, Clapham, London SW9 9PH
Nearest Tube - Clapham North
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Lisa Stickley is textile designer, and her shop showcases her elegant, classical and quirky designs. It's the perfect place to browse for unusual takes on common household items like tea towels or ironing board covers, and also the perfect place for that difficult 'aunt present'. Also check out the window display, featuring their joke of the week.

Art Vinyl

13 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH
Nearest Tube - None, but near to London Fields
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Art Vinyl is a gallery and a shop, focussing on the nearly-lost area of album art design. they have designed a unique frame that lets you display your album sleeves as pictures on the wall, easily openable so that you can change your art depending on mood. The shop also includes a whole gallery of classic sleeves, and others that you can buy. The perfect housewarming present for the music lover!

SKK

34 Lexington Street
London
W1F 0LH
Nearest Tube - Any of Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Piccadilly Circus or Leicester Square
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SKK is my favourite lighting shop in London. When you first walk in it looks in part like a workshop, with bits of lighting equipment lying around and a general lack of 'We are a shop' vibe. However this just encouraces you to explore, and see some of the very clever and limited edition lights that they have on offer.