WASH AND (DON’T) GO Sarnie and a spin cycle, anyone?

Another month, another high-street institution bites the dust (RIP, BHS; see you in the next life, Toys R Us). But what happens to their comrades left behind? Do they throw in the towel and resign themselves to a life of existing within “Things You Only Remember If You Were Alive In 2018” listicles? No – they get clever. Introducing the hybrid hangout: two businesses, combined. There’s Sheffield’s Mr Bubbles, for example, a fully-functioning launderette-cum-hipster-café, Maison Assouline, a luxe bookshop-turned-tea-house-and-lifestyle-store in London, and The Butcher’s Tap, which is both a Michelin-starred pub and, you’ve guessed it, a butcher’s, in Buckinghamshire. See you later, crusty pub with tables so sticky they rival Velcro, we look forward to your regeneration…