The Real Mr Selfridge and the History of Modern Shopping

Join us for our first talk of 2025! Discover how Harry Gordon Selfridge came to build a shop in London. How his great ideas revolutionised, not just his shop, but retail worldwide.

Historian Ian Porter will look at Selfridge’s Great War work, his many lady friends and lavish lifestyle, and how things started to change between the wars. And sadly how it all ended in financial disaster.

This talk is part of our Window on the World series.