{"id":101656,"date":"2018-11-25T23:43:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/taking-pride-in-the-magic-of-the-shed-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-11-26T00:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T17:03:39","slug":"taking-pride-in-the-magic-of-the-shed-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/taking-pride-in-the-magic-of-the-shed-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking pride in the magic of the shed | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSheds | Crickhowell High Street | Question Time | Cuban doctors\u201cWhat is it with men and their sheds?\u201d So asks Rhik Samadder (G2, 21 November). Why doesn\u2019t he ask some of the 11,424 members of the UK Men\u2019s Sheds organisation? I have the privilege of being the treasurer of the Shed in this village \u2013 one of 476 in the UK \u2013 with over 20 members. It is a thriving community hub offering skills and social support to local men aged 18 to 108. He is welcome to visit us at any time but warn him that he won\u2019t find any \u201ccoddled, crackpot hobbyism\u201d or indeed anyone \u201cabsconding from domestic duty\u201d.Dr Derek MiddlemissCollingham, Nottinghamshire\u2022 No, Rhik, it\u2019s not \u201calways a man in his shed\u201d. Just Google women and sheds and be amazed. It\u2019s almost 20 years since an entire section of one of my books was called \u201cShed\u201d because it was written in my shed and was about my shed. I still cannot believe there are men out there who claim this magical space for their gender alone. Geraldine MonkAffiliated poet, Centre for Poetry and Poetics, University of Sheffield Continue reading…
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