Greetings comrades! It’s a little chilly at the top of the Freedom building as I write, with a trio of pigeons glaring in from top the roof of Whitechapel Art Gallery, just across the other side of Angel Alley. Given the gulf between us, the only way to reach them would be by bridge, and […]
Freedom Press Spring 2023 update
With snowdrops and daffodils out in the woods and a vicious new Budget being announced, it appears Spring has arrived and with it, the latest offerings from Angel Alley. We’ve announcements on books old and new, a shout-out for contributions to our site and journal, plus of course a quick update on how we’re doing […]
Festive Opening Hours:
We will be closed 24th-31st December (inclusive) Thursday 23rd will thus be our final day in 2021 before throwing open our doors again on New Year’s Day (yes shop coordinator jack does not like fun). Obviously this is all subject to change if the Covid regs get tightened […]
Freedom Day: still open, still careful
It’s great they’re naming a day after us and everything but here’s our position on “Freedom Day”. We don’t care what the government says. The level of infection is far too high and the rate of new infections is through the roof. Now is not the time to throw away simple safety measures that cost […]
A Normal Life update: We hit our target!
As we’re into the last weekend of our crowdfunding campaign for A Normal Life we’ve now got an idea of how we’ve done and we’re incredibly happy to have not only hit our £5,000 target but surpassed it by several hundred quid! While we’ve still got a long way to go from here the money […]
We’re back! Order online, or come into the shop in person 7 days a week!
Freedom Bookshop has re-opened it’s doors after lockdown and we’re back to our normal opening hours. Monday to Saturday 12 noon to 6pm Sunday 12 noon until 4 pm. Of course you can still order from this website but if you’re passing Angel Alley why not pop in for a browse? We’re still asking that […]
Freedom re-opens it’s doors on April 12th
Let’s get ready to grumble! After months of lockdown Freedom Bookshop is re-opening to the public. From Monday the 12th of April we are once again open every day from 12 noon until 6pm (4pm on Sundays), at least until the next lockdown / apocalyptic event. When you are in the shop we ask that […]
LOCK DOWN: our doors are now shut but you can still buy online.
As you may be aware with less than 24 hours notice London was put into tier four restrictions this then morphed into a full national lockdown. This means the shop is now shut. While you cannot come to the shop in person we are still fulfilling online orders (twice a week) so you should get […]
December Opening Hours
Hi everyone. In December we are attempting to return to as near to normal as we can with opening hours. We reopen the shop (after national lockdown) on Wednesday the 2nd December and our last day in December will be the 23rd, and then we take our annual week and a bit break for the […]
Important Lockdown Update
On Thursday, 5th November, the shop will be closing in line with the national lockdown rules until the last day of November. We shall still be fulfilling online orders and any support you can give us during this time would be much appreciated. We will be going back to our twice a week schedule so […]
