• The Death and Life of the Department Store

  • Oct 9 2024
  • Length: 40 mins
  • Podcast

The Death and Life of the Department Store

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • ‘The department store is dying,’ Rosemary Hill wrote recently in the LRB, reviewing an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris on the origins of the grands magasins. She joins Tom to talk about their 19th and 20th-century heyday as cathedrals of consumerism as well as places where women could spend time away from home, and away from men, safely and respectably. She also recalls the Christmas she worked in the toy department at Selfridges, demonstrating wind-up bath toys.


    Sponsored links:

    Use the code ’LRB’ to get £100 off Serious Readers lights here: https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb

    Find out more about ACE Cultural Tours: https://aceculturaltours.co.uk

    See Maddaddam at the Royal Opera House: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/maddaddam-details


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
Show more Show less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about The Death and Life of the Department Store

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available