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Lol Coxhill in
a skip. An art event
© Simon Thackray. Photo: Tony Bartholomew
GUARDIAN - TRAVEL 20.3.10
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"The Shed was the inspiration for my tour of village
halls around Britain, which I am currently writing up as a book.
And, after 235 villages, The Shed is still the loony best."
Hank Wangford, Guardian Travel. Read
the whole article:
"He's a strange'un alright,
but the art world could do with more of his kind of far-reaching
woolly thinking. And no matter how strange they sound, there
always seem to be people prepared to come from miles away to
his North Yorkshire village to get in on the act - artists, musicians
and poets, as well as spectators."
Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph.
"Certain men are notorious
for what they get up to in their sheds. Simon Thackray runs an
arts centre in his. For the past 18 years, The Shed, near the
market town of Malton, has been responsible for some of the smallest
and most inspired art events in the country."
Alfred Hickling, Guardian
"The Shed is one of few
venues in the country with a location as inspiring as its programme
of live music and performance art. The latter's affinity with
the surreal end of the creative spectrum is largely thanks to
the boundless imagination of its creator, Simon Thackray, whose
ideas are often too large to be limited to his makeshift stage..."
Elizabeth Winding (Editor): Time Out: 1000 Things To Do In Britain
"His enthusiasm seems
to light up the street. I muse on the idea of future cultural
historians citing a shed door as the fulcrum of a rural arts
renaissance."
Ian McMillan, BBC Radio 3
"Soon it'll be like Woodstock:
people will pretend they were there - people will want to say,
'I was there when it all started'".
Independent On Sunday
"He could, if he chose,
make a bigger splash in the art world than he does here - which
acts more as an extension to his shed."
Mary Sara, Yorkshire Post
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