High Street Departure?

Wake Up to Money

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Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

As talks loom over whether WH Smith will sell all of its high street stores, Sean Farrington finds out what this means for the British High Street.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar.
0:23.2	And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement.
0:25.3	I love the clothes.
0:26.3	I love the vibe.
0:27.1	Yes, we're a comedy show
0:28.0	that takes history seriously
0:29.3	and then laughs at it.
0:30.5	You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.5	Wake up to Money from BBC 5 Live. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:41.2	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:44.2	Hello, welcome, it is Wake Up to Money.
0:45.7	Very good morning to you.
0:47.2	Big question this morning.
0:51.9	Could we see the W.H. Smith name disappear from the High Street?
0:56.4	After more than 230 years, the business has confirmed over the weekend.
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