F & M has always been one of my favourites. It has...

F & M has always been one of my favourites. It has a problem with tourists, but other than that, it is easily the best grocers in town. I love it not so much for the food hall, and the new fab basement deli, but for the less crowded upper floors where you can browse fine china, or exquisite stationery or leather gifts. It stocks luxury goods that make it my first stop for presents, especially atChristmas when their Christmas baubles and festive nonsense is second to none. Proper posh things on every floor, and by posh, I mean, well made, of fine quality, the best of the best. Like the store itself. A cornucopia of expensive delights. On Picadilly, so handily close to that other magnet, Hatchards my second favourite bookshop!