It's the American bookstore in Paris that's been alive for almost 100 years. Shakespeare and Co is celebrating it's rich literary history with a new book "A History of the Rag and Bone shop of the Heart".

From Anais Nin to Ian Rankin, the shop has welcomed thousands of writers over the years something owner George Whitman firmly believed in. Nicola Hebden tells us more.

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