Bookseller David Headley: ‘The world just didn’t feel right but that night was magical’

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David Headley is the co-founder and owner of Goldsboro Books on Cecil Court in the West End. Originally from York, David came down to London to train as a priest when he was just 18. But, in 1999, after deciding the clergy wasn’t for him, David and fellow trainee priest Daniel Gedeon decided to set up a bookshop, exclusively selling the first edition hardbacks. 25 years later the shop is still thriving on ‘booksellers row’. Robert Elms found out about David Headley’s favourite haunts, memories and pet hates.