British High Street in flux as shops close ... LONDON – The British have always loved shopping — Napoleon dismissed the English as a "nation of shopkeepers" as far back as the 1800s.

The exceptionally wide High Street was rebuilt after a great fire in 1653, and very lovely it looks. It follows a band of chalk for three furlongs along the slope above the river Kennet.

A row of shops in Deal, Kent which was described by ministers as the "quintessential English seaside high street", has been named High Street of the Year. By Christopher Hope and Christopherhope ...

The Government needs to take urgent steps to reverse the deterioration of England's High Streets—particularly in the North, and in more deprived and coastal areas. A new report, involving ...