BORDERS

Borders
120 Charing Cross Road
London, WC2H 0JR

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Unexpected
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 65p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Well, would you believe it? Twirls in Borders! What next? Soon they'll be selling BOOKS in TESCO. I suppose for the location, it's not an unreasonable price, but it all seems a bit pointless. I'd gone in to buy Wired (US edition), I also bought Smoke (and a Twirl, of course).

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.

SUNRISE

Sunrise
204 Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden
London, WC2H 8JL

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 55p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Small shop, but excellent price given location

KIERA CORNER

Kiera Corner
104 Charing Cross Road, Leicester Square
London, WC2H 0BP

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: OK, Kiera Corner, you're a small shop but that's no excuse.

CENTRAL FOOD & NEWS

Central Food & News
58 St. Giles High Street, Charing Cross
London, WC2H 8LH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Poor
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Twirl I bought was the last one! Imagine if I'd come in mere seconds later - OK, maybe minutes later (I'm not sure of the precise Twirl-sales-per-unit-time rate). WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE?

SHAFTESBURY NEWS

Shaftesbury News
234 Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden
London, WC2H 8EG

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Out of stock!
TWIRL STORAGE: Would be on shelf IF THEY HAD ANY
TWIRL PRICE: Who knows?
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Disaster! They were completely out of stock! Shaftesbury News, what are you trying to do to me?