ANIKA NEWS

Anika News
5 The Broadway, Friern Barnet Road
London, N11 3DT

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Normally, I have to look up the address details for shops when I'm writing up a report. Anika News kindly list their full address (including post code and telephone number) on their signage. They also sell a very impressive range of pornography:

NEWSMART

Newsmart
15 Apple Market
Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1JE

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A man, possibly a member of the homeless community, went into the shop as I was taking this photo. He had a big dog with him. I tried to take a photo of the dog, but at the same time, I didn't want him to know I was taking a photo of the dog. As a result, I failed to take a photo of the dog.

CAPITAL FOODS

Capital Foods
13 Kentish Town Road
London, NW1 8NH
TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This shop is just a couple of doors down from Booty Wine. Both shops sell Twirls for exactly the same price, 59p. It's almost like they're running a cartel.

BOOTY WINE

Booty Wine
17 Kentish Town Road
London, NW1 8NH


TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This shop is fairly well known because it has a bit of a stupid name. "Booty Wine". Christ.

AP FOOD EXPRESS

AP Food Express
228 Shaftesbury Avenue
London, WC2H 8EG

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Despite boasting that it's open 24 hours a day, when I was there at about 6.30pm, it was closed. Well, not closed, exactly. Locked. After rattling the door for a while, a guy popped up from a trapdoor inside the store and let me in. I quickly bought my Twirl and left, not wanting to imagine what might be down in the basement.

BERRY'S NEWS

Berry's News
58 Gloucester Road
London, SW7 4QT

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Ignore the scaffolding, Berry's News is open for business as usual. The layout of this shop is a bit odd. It's very long and thin and is separated in two by a central shelving unit, photocopier and Lottery counter.

SAGGARS NEWS

Saggers News
46B Gloucester Road
London, SW7 4QT

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A nice little store with a good selection of confectionery and even room for a small range of newsagent toys (tennis balls, small plastic drum kits, toy guns etc).

COSTCUTTER

Costcutter
17-19 York Road
London, SE1 7NJ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Average
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by wardytron, who comments "They only had 5 Twirls left, although this might have been a result of their 24-hour opening policy. It's possible that 'all-night ravers' had come in and bought most of their Twirls in order to combat 'the munchies,' an affliction that affects drug users, not that I'd know about that sort of thing. Twirls were 59p. I've taken the picture at an angle so that you can see the table and chair provided in the event that customer wish to sit outside on a stinking pavement surrounded by traffic fumes and birdshit".

WORCESTER PARK MINI MARKET

Worcester Park Mini Market
180 Central Road, Worcester Park
Surrey, KT4 8HQ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: When I was taking this photo, I noticed that the man in the shop was looking at me, so I felt too self-conscious to go in to the shop. However, I am so dedicated to this blog that, later, when I went to a party at my aunt's house nearby, I drank so much alcohol that I was forced to sleep in their spare room and come back the next day.

CUMMINS NEWSAGENTS

Cummins Newsagent
302 Muswell Hill Broadway,
Muswell Hill, London,
N10 2QR

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by @themanwhofell who adds "the nice man was lingering right at the back of the shop, which is long and narrow, but soon responded to my presence and wandered up to the front of the shop to serve me".

BROADWAY STORE

Broadway Store
119 St. Margarets Road, Town Centre
Twickenham, TW1 2LH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl infomation supplied by @wardytron, who adds "I don't know if St Margarets counts as it's a TW1 postcode (TW1 2LH), but I bought a Twirl there this morning for 59p in Broadway Store. The store was well air-conditioned and there was a plentiful supply of both Twirls and pornography"

PAY LESS FOOD HALL

Pay Less Food Hall
145 Bellenden Road, Peckham
London, SE15 4DH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by thehomme. This is apparently directly opposite Cave Of Hearts, and yet despite its name, it is, as thehomme puts it, "uncompetitive".

DODO SUPERMARKET

Dodo Supermarket
24 Frith Street, Soho
London, W1D 5LA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Yes, OK. A convenience store. Brilliant.

GLOBAL FOOD + WINE

Global Food + Wine
28-30 West Ham Lane, Stratford
London, E15 4SA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Large, air conditioned store. I've never heard of Global Food + Wine before, I think their name is a bit misleading.

MARYLAND SUPERMARKET

Maryland Supermarket
23-25 Leytonstone Road, Stratford
London, E15 1JA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I like the exterior of this shop. They've really gone for it.

PORTLAND FOOD & WINE (REDUX)

Portland Food & Wine
246-248 Great Portland Street
London, W1W 5QY

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Bigger than the branch further down Great Portland Street, but we're only interested in Twirls, that's not important.

EMBASSY NEWS FOOD & WINE

Embassy News Food & Wine
16 Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill
London, W11 3JE

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: "59p"
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: When I went in, I only had 55p in change (I also had two twenty pound notes as I'd just been to the cash machine. I tend usually to take out only thirty pounds, but the cash machine didn't have any ten pound notes, so I had the choice of either twenty or forty pounds). When I asked the guy how much a Twirl was, he said "59p" but when I feigned counting my change and pretended to discover I only had 55p, he asked how much I had and when I told him, he accepted that. It had never occured to me before to haggle for Twirls. This changes everything.

PORTLAND FOOD & WINE

Portland Food And Wine
104 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
London, W1W 6PE

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Good
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf and in fridge (sometimes)
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Full range of chocolate bars kept in fridge, though slightly hidden. Don't be put off if you can't see a Twirl in the fridge. It's in there, right in the back of the fridge. Just keep looking. Danny Wallace was standing behind me when I took this photo.