I’ll confess that M&S is not usually my go-to for the big shop. Instead, I reserve it for what they do best: a picky bits tea , the best small bottles of wine you can drink on a train, and, now I’m in my thirties, the occasional wardrobe upgrade .

However, upon learning that I was now living 10 minutes away from the North’s largest M&S store, located at Cheshire Oaks, I felt it was essential to check it out.

Before you Londoners protest, yes, there is technically a bigger M&S in Marble Arch. However, this northern offering is the largest M&S has ever built from scratch (and besides, plans are currently in motion to redevelop the one in the capital). It also has the lofty title of ‘second biggest M&S in the world’.

As I ventured to the mammoth shop, roughly the size of 11 O

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