The Bonmarche news is troubling, but there’s one shop I really can’t bear to part with

Losing the Conran Shop would break my heart, there is nothing my husband and I love more than looking at cushions and vases

And so we continue to live in troubled times. God, it’s boring isn’t it. When are we going to have fun again? When will the good times start rolling?

In amongst the political mire of Brexit last week came the news that Bonmarche had gone into administration. To be quite honest this news felt like old news: how could Bonmarche survive if Debenhams couldn’t?

The news didn’t affect me emotionally in the same way the Pizza Express wobble did just a few weeks ago, after all, I don’t have a gutful of Bonmarche memories, in fact I don’t think I’ve been in one, which, before you jump to conclusions doesn’t mean to say I don’t feel appalled on behalf of their staff.