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Daunt Books was founded in 1990 by former banker James Daunt with the purchase of a bookshop on Marylebone High Street. [1] It now focuses on first-hand titles (especially travel-related material). The Marylebone branch is housed in a former Edwardian bookshop with long oak galleries, graceful skylights and William Morris prints.
Achilles James Daunt CBE (born 18 October 1963) is a British businessman. He is the founder of the Daunt Books chain, and since May 2011 has been managing director of the bookshop chain Waterstones. Since August 2019, Daunt has also been CEO of Barnes & Noble, the American bookstore chain. He is known as "the man who saved Waterstones".
Marylebone High Street is a shopping street in London, running sub-parallel to Baker Street and terminating at its northern end at the junction with Marylebone Road. Given its secluded location, the street has been described as "the hidden wonder of the West End " [ 1 ] and it was voted Best Street in London in 2002 by listeners of BBC Radio 4 ...
The town hall has been the site of scores of celebrity weddings including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, and Liam Gallagher. Old Marylebone Town Hall marks 100 years with 100 wedding ...
The main area today extends from Marylebone Road in the north to Wigmore Street in the south, and from Hallam Street in the east to Marylebone High Street in the west. [5] In the 1990s the company took steps to revitalise the Marylebone High Street, adding new shops including Conran department store and Waitrose supermarket. [3]
Waterstones has academic and high-street shops in Europe including in: [190] [non-primary source needed] Great Britain (under the Waterstones and other brands throughout England, Scotland and Wales) Ireland (under the Waterstones brand in Ballymena, Belfast, Coleraine, Cork, Craigavon, Derry, Drogheda, Enniskillen, Lisburn and Newry, and under ...
The city is subdivided into thirteen wards, for electoral and other purposes relating to Exeter City Council. Since boundary changes came into effect in 2016 , the following is the list of current wards:
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