Today's NYTimes in London?

October 22, 2007 4:54 AM

Can I buy today's New York Times anywhere in North London?

My kid brother's band got a nice write up in the Arts section, and I'd like to hang on to the paper for posterity.

posted by Optamystic to media & arts (13 comments total)

Someone might chime in with a definitive answer, but I'd try the hotels perhaps. Maybe one that has a lot of American businessmen/travelers.
posted by empyrean at 5:06 AM on October 22, 2007

Larger branches of WH Smiths often carry foreign newspapers (although you might need to wait til tomorrow to get today's paper).

Also worth a try are the larger train stations (Paddington in particular, as it's the terminus for the Heathrow Express so has a lot of international passing trade).
posted by dogsbody at 5:15 AM on October 22, 2007

Moroni's at 68 Old Compton Street does international papers, not sure if they're always contemporaneous but it's worth a shot.
posted by randomination at 5:23 AM on October 22, 2007

Anywhere near a yank investment bank. Various places in the City and on Fleet Street
posted by zemblamatic at 5:29 AM on October 22, 2007

Borders in Angel, usually carry international newspapers. I'd try there.
posted by the_epicurean at 5:44 AM on October 22, 2007

Borders and the like will have it tomorrow or the day after.
posted by caek at 5:53 AM on October 22, 2007

what you'll find is the International Herald Tribune; the actual New York Times, I'd be really surprised if you did find it. I've seen the Sunday NYT in certain international newsstands/bookstores, but only the Sunday edition.

If you really need a copy, ask a kind American Mefite to send the page over to you -- a folded page fits in a latter envelope, after all, that won't break the bank
posted by matteo at 8:50 AM on October 22, 2007

Best of luck on this--the NYT isn't printed anywhere in the UK, so you most likely will only get a copy if the IHT chooses to pick up the story. That said, I found a few news agents in Kensington who sell day-old (and sometimes week-old) copies of the NYT. You just have to look carefully.
posted by yellowcandy at 10:50 AM on October 22, 2007

You could try printing from the NY Times Reader (if it allows you to, of course). It displays the newspaper very similarly to the print edition, might be worth taking a look at.
posted by Boobus Tuber at 10:51 AM on October 22, 2007

what you'll find is the International Herald Tribune; the actual New York Times, I'd be really surprised if you did find it.

It's the same situation in Ireland, too. And they're usually a month or two out of date, too. Tower Records seems to be the only place that has them.
posted by macdara at 12:11 PM on October 22, 2007

Oops, I meant to add my 2 cents to this part:

I've seen the Sunday NYT in certain international newsstands/bookstores, but only the Sunday edition.
posted by macdara at 12:12 PM on October 22, 2007

I have a copy of today's NY Times. You're welcome to it.
posted by icebourg at 6:49 PM on October 22, 2007

Hmm...I've found sized-down versions (all the articles, but in Berlin format) of the NY Times at various newsagents (like the place across the street from the laundrette on Gloucester Rd)during my trips; the trick is to get there early enough.
posted by brujita at 10:58 PM on October 22, 2007