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WH Smith is a high street chain of bookshops in the United Kingdom, founded in the 18th century

For many years their policy of not stocking the satirical magazine Private Eye, because of their fear of being held responsible for any libels it might contain, led to the magazine stigmatising them as "The World's Worst Booksellers", a misappropriation of one of W H Smith's advertising logos, "The World's Best Booksellers".