Monthly Archives: October 2015
WHO COULD THIS BE, UNDER HAT AND WIG?
from The Shed’s new service, local news for local people, at http://horrabridge.org.uk/ WHO COULD THIS BE, UNDER HAT AND WIG? The reverence for history which the National Trust likes to be the default atmosphere at Buckland Abbey is leavened occasionally … Continue reading
GOOSE FAIR v. HAMLET
Shed Productions has a new line in local news for local people, being posted at http://horrabridge.org.uk/ latest is High culture clashed with low culture – and came off worst – when Tavistock tried to have its Goosey Fair funfair running … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 167: A belter of a boxing story
The Shed has filed this book recommendation under Great Boxing Stories for Boys: Donald McCrae’s A Man’s World, the story of Emile Griffith punching Benny Paret to death in 1962 for calling him a faggot. For a flavour, see: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/10/boxer-emile-griffith-gay-taunts-book-extract/
SHEDNOTES 166: TURN YOUR PAD INTO A SCANNER
The Shed is filing a useful article from Computeractive: Turn Your Phone (or notepad) Into A Scanner. Multimedia experience follows. One click on the images should bring them up to readable size …
shednotes 165: MORE POACHING DEBATE, PLUS THE BIG ONE: FLIES, SPINNERS OR WORMS?
The following essay on fishing has been published at http://horrabridge.org.uk/talking-walkham—updated-61015.html Talking Walkham 2 filed 6.10.15 (Talking Walkham 1 is appended) In the course of asking questions about the Walkham, this column ended up directed to Robert Mountjoy of Crapstone – … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 163: HOUSING – A VACANCY FOR A POLICY
The Shed holds the view that housing has degenerated into a numbers game when some much better thinking is required. The Shed’s memory is that the right to housing was a Tory pledge, made as a softener when Mrs Thatcher … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 162: THE PERFECT STORY
The Shed’s old hacks wing is envying the boys and girls of the media at the moment. The VW story is a month of lucky Sundays for a newsroom. Everybody in charge of everything has been cocking it up for … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 161: MORE BIG PROBLEMS WITH VERY SMALL BOAT
Some time ago, The Shed made what seemed to be a canny investment in a coracle building course, resulting in a sort of upturned garden frame made out of willow and a problem – how to cover it in a … Continue reading
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