Comments on: ‘Women are spending too much time in sheds, and not everyone’s happy about it’

By: Emperor Ming

Emperor Ming — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:24:19 +0000

The debate rages on - see my blog

By: Lettuce

Lettuce — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:17:59 +0000

Well rather late really…. but so glad I found this! my next blog post will be about shedding …

By: PooterGeek » Blog Archive » The Future Is Ours

PooterGeek » Blog Archive » The Future Is Ours — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:30:50 +0000

[…] In October 2005, PooterGeek features two posts and twenty-two comments celebrating sheds. In December 2005, the creator of Shedboatshed wins the Turner Prize for Art. Even Dave F’s joke is recycled by a Professor Sam Shuster on the Guardian letters page. […]

By: Dave F

Dave F — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:13:27 +0000

Now – the Turner Prize shed: Grauniad report

“… But there is some (albeit rather mild) outrage to be had about Simon Starling’s Shedboatshed.

It was once a shed in Switzerland. Then he dismantled it and turned it into a boat. Something in the name tells me he then turned it back into a shed. This piece puts Starling in the longish tradition of artists whose work has something that isn’t “arty” enough to be art, and sparks objections in the manner of: “That’s not art! That’s just a shed! My five-year-old son could dismantle a shed!” In fact, on mature consideration, I don’t think a five-year-old could turn a shed into a boat, but nevertheless …

By: Dave F

Dave F — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 18:11:47 +0000

PS: Of course, Reel is a backward Leer.

By: Dave F

Dave F — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 18:05:51 +0000

My new book is called “A Book of Lives”, which is a bit shorter. There used to be an ID document in apartheid SA called the Book of Life (as bad as it sounds). So some people might get it. Of course, I hope the reviews – if there are any – don’t call it A Book of Lies.

I can just imagine how Polanski would make Oliver Twist – in the wind, on the end of a rope.

Best wishes for the new book. I’ve been dipping into The Slant Door again. It isn’t half bad, as the English bewitchingly say.

Sorry for hijacking the comments box, Damian.

By: George Szirtes

George Szirtes — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:27:57 +0000

The future is orange, then?

By: PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:09:27 +0000

…Haré, Haré Haré, Krishna Haré, Haré Krishna…

By: George Szirtes

George Szirtes — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:33:29 +0000

Well, what are sheds for, Dave?

I have never written a book with a title as long as yours (let’s not get into title envy), and may even have a problem getting the order of words right. Where does Sharon Tate come in? And has Polanski made Oliver Twist yet?

My longest title was in 1998. Portrait of my Father in an English Landscape. That so exhausted me that the latest book is called merely Reel. Four letters. And two of them the same.

Erm, hi Damian. How’s Brighton?

By: Dave F

Dave F — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:27:22 +0000

George, it’s nice to meet you in a shed comments box. I have one of your books – it’s called The Slant Door, but as far as I can tell this is not a sly reference to sheds. I have one book of poems to my credit or otherwise, called The Charlie Manson False Bay Talking Rock Blues and other Poems (no it’s not Dylanesque, unless we’re talking Thomas) and I’m cursing and sweating over the order of poems in a new one at the moment. Do you have trouble with that sort of thing?

I realise this is a hijacking, but Damian isn’t here so I assume we can talk among ourselves.

By: George Szirtes

George Szirtes — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:47:50 +0000

Arthur and Anthea ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson. The pair shedding together.

By: Dave F

Dave F — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:20:39 +0000

Clearly this is a watershed in the affairs of men.