Good News looks like every other newsagent from the outside but step inside this tiny little shop…read moreand you'll see that the choice of magazines is what keeps this little store a step ahead of the rest. Because Good News is situated in the heart of Soho, where all of London's hippest fashion houses, production companies and media firms are generally based, it needs to offer it's clients something different. Sure, you can get the usual paper, a juice and a bag of crisps but I've never seen so many magazines. If your looking for fashion, music, business or art, they have every single commercial, weird and underground paper and magazine you can imagine and even stock some industry mags as well like Music Week for example. Although I don't work in Soho anymore, if I pass this shop, I always stop by and pick up a magazine I know I can't get anywhere else...

There's countless newsagents in Soho, but I love Good News. The fact that they always stock and…read moresell my favourite magazine Monocle almost a week before it's supposed to hit newsstands makes all the difference to me. No to mention they stock a fantastic selection of international magazines and newspapers that one would often have trouble finding (especially American publications)! Definitely warrants a 5 star rating.

I love this place. It's about as central as you can get - right opposite the Bank of England - and…read moreit's great to know there's some small and civilised antidote to the life-sapping Costa-fuelled soullessness of the commuter trudge. Should satisfy any discerning smoker's every need. It's a tiny little place but has a big stock, and the owner is really friendly and helpful. Everything from Indonesian clove cigarettes to Gitanes to snuff to cigar- and pipe-related stuff I know next to nothing about can be had. And they sell handy flip-top portable ashtrays with their name on them, which is dead convenient if you can't find any of those "gum and butts" things, which you don't want to go near anyway, if you can possibly help it. Go try.

Corner shop with a large selection of domestic and international newspapers and magazines as well…read moreas sodas and confectionery. Friendly. They also do phone and Oyster card top-ups.

Yes, this is the age of the Internet and all media can be found on your phone…read more That said, I love newspapers. I love magazines. There's an art to headlines, to design. How photos are placed and which stories are chosen to meet your eye. Even ads help tell a story about the medium and you, the reader. These facts really pop when you can see a bunch of papers and magazines side by side. It is then when you can measure the soul of the news outlets. So here at Falstaffs you can browse scores of daily papers from all over the world, not to mention leading magazines. In an instant you can see how the world reacts to major stories. I can't read Russian or Arabic, for example, but you can decipher their coverage of similar stories based on placement and photo selection. But you don't always need to be so insightful. They'll also sell you The Sun which you can read at the pub across the street.

I do feel that newsagents are the last custodians of our historical communities. The place to bump…read moreinto a neighbour, have a chat about yesterdays football results as you pick up a paper, or the naughty wink an old lady gives you as you grab yourself a load of penny sweets. Capital newsagents are well set up and cover every aspect you'd expect from newsagent. They have an excellent array of daily press and monthly magazines, the fridge is stocked full of drinks, there's a massive amount of sweets, whilst in the back you'll find an impressive amount of stationary, cards and wrapping paper. The added extras are the ability to send money abroad via Western Union and you can do the lottery. Whoo hoo! I am impressed with Capital Newsagents. Rock on guys!

I would have given this newsagent 5 stars not so long ago, but I am not so keen on the refurb…read more Still, you can get a greater choice of international magazines in here than in most other newsagents. Definitely beats WH Smiths hands down.

I miss Raj and agree that the refurb (now a year or two back) removed some of the atmos, but still…read moredefines all that is great in a local newsagent.

Gayle and I had just arrived at Paddington Station (via the Heathrow Express) and checked into the…read moreadjacent Hilton. Looking for reading material, I backtracked to this WH Smith to pick up a Daily Telegraph, a trashy light read UK gossip magazine (Hello) and an upscale periodical (The Rake). Check out was self-serve and the various snack choices failed to inspire. The shop itself appeared to be a little worn at the edges.

Quite a good, small, branch of 'Smiths' with one door opening onto Paddington Station, so very…read morehandy to buy newspapers, books, sweets etc for a journey! There can be a queue so leave time to wait for 5 minutes.

This is one of the best stands around, what is great about? I mean yes, it is like any other stand,…read moreall the magazines, newspaper, journals you can imagine (highstreet that is), a selection of chocolates and chewing gum and open all the time early morning to late evening. The difference is the salesman is really nice. It was raining (surprise, surprise) and I was struggling carrying a ton of books and trying to open my umbrella. He came out of his position and gave me a hand, he got wet and thanks to him I didn't , not so much anyway. Ever since then he always says hi when he says me, nothing malicious about it just a gentle man.

The names Planet News and it very well may be. This paper shop has a gargantuan magazine section…read more From Juggs to Jackie this store has it going on when it comes to the printed word. Look over to the other side of this well set up shop and you'll find everything you'd expect, from a small amount of groceries, to a sugar fiends paradise. Now for the brownie points: Can I top up my oyster card? .....Yes Can I play lottery? ......Yes Can I transfer money to my fictional friend in Guinea? ...Yes Can I even get my digital photos developed in 30mins ... Hell yes Do you have old customers who fart on the way to the counter and move so slowly and are so bulky you have to spend a full minute in their back draft as you make your way behind them to pay ... Unfortunately yes Butt man aside, Planet News, I think you've just earned yourself a 5* review. (insert applause here)

I deposit 600 pounds on my monzo card and they charge me 16 pounds which is free on other pay…read morepoints.. fraud

Warning, this is more of a rant than a review ... about how it is near impossible to buy my…read morefavourite newspaper after 6pm on a Saturday. I love the Saturday edition of The Guardian and my weekend is not complete if I don't get hold of a copy. On several occasions now I've ended up rushing from supermarket to supermarket in Notting Hill (there's a Tesco, Waitrose and M&S all lined up the hill, another Tesco's next to Holland Park station) to find large stockpiles of The Times but not a single issue of The Guardian. No, I won't buy into Murdoch Press, is this a conspiracy? It's only desperation that drives me into supermarkets in the first place - gone are the days where you had a newsagent's at every corner, especially near the main tube stations ... shops that look like a newsagent's now only sell tourist tad and sweets. Except Embassy News - it really was worth walking up a little further towards Bayswater Road to finally come across Embassy News. Lovely man behind the counter who confirms that they don't pack up their newspapers to return to the distributors before midnight (most supermarkets remove all newspapers by 7pm, hence my panic). Not the most convenient location for me but this may well become a regular haunt as I keep remembering too late that there's something missing in my life.

Unsung high street heroes - newsagents, I think. Obviously they don't get much praise, it's so…read moresimple to get right and so supremely difficult to get wrong isn't it? Just get your stock in and always make sure you don't run out of cigarettes and miniature bottles of whiskey. Easy. But simple things go wrong all the time right? England penalties, scrambled eggs, trousers...So, here's a pat on the back to a newsagent doing it really well. They don't run out of newspapers, the drinks selection is just right, it's warm in the winter and they sell a few decent cards for when you forget someone's birthday.