Academy News

Something of the schoolkid’s favourite– and so best avoided around lunch time and betwen three thirty and four– this is one of the few newsagents that actually stock a good range of magazines, in Shawlands. While some of the other shops get by on papers and cigarettes, this actually has heaving shelves– difficult to find the exact magazine you want, sometimes, but well stocked. The staff are friendly enough, if sometimes rather busy, and it has the usual range of odd items that you come to expect from a local store: random food in tins, writing pads, cheap pens, string and combs, et cetera!
It is a bit dark and foreboding around the entrance– a consequence of being so heavily stocked– and can get crowded quite quickly. It also seems to be a bit of a hang out for some locals, who can be found chatting to the shopkeeper for most of the day!