Monthly Archives: November 2015

more talking walkham

The Shed has contributed the following to its most recent project, which is the website horrabridge.org.uk/ Some artists are as good at the business side as they are at the art, says Robin Armstrong. But mostly, he admits, he just … Continue reading

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A FILOFACTS ON COMPOST

In the original spirit of The Shed, we salute Elfreda Pownall and the Daily Telegraph gardening section of 7.11.15, preparatory to borrowing from the advice they got from a Belgian organic farmer, Marc Verhofstede, on producing good compost in double-quick … Continue reading

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CLASSIC PUTDOWNS: THATCHER v. THE FLIRT

In the latest volume of Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biography, Charles Moore apparently recalls the night the Iron Lady sat next to film director Mike Nichols at a dinner in Washington … “My friend John le Carre says you are a … Continue reading

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SHEDNOTES 172: HATHERLEIGH MART

The Shed is currently supplying a village website at http://horrabridge.org.uk/ and has posted the following under PLACES TO GO If Hatherleigh will excuse the summary, it’s Tuesday auction is a proper old flea market. You go to sift through piles … Continue reading

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SHEDNOTES 171: IN PRAISE OF BROADS

The Shed enjoyed Jojo Moyes lamenting the death of Jackie Collins as meaning one fewer of the last of the “great broads”. She wrote: The world of entertainment was once rich with broads – those smart-mouthed, high-gloss women who eye … Continue reading

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