Article: Who needs the RA when you can build your own museum? ; Damien Hirst once called the Royal Academy a 'big, fat, stuffy, old, pompous institution'. Now he's been asked to join but he's more interested in turning his stately home into a world-class gallery - even though it could make a serious dent in his [pounds]130m fortune

Article: Dunpicklin'; COUNTRY PILE: Toddington Manor was built in 1820 with the style later echoed in the Houses of Parliament TO THE MANOR BORN: Damien Hirst, pictured with his wife Maia Norman, bought the mansion for ?3 million WORK OF ART: Wrapped in scaffolding and polythene sheeting, Toddington Manor has been given a new roof while builders repair the hand-carved wood panelling and intricate stonework of the rooms inside.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 19, 2008 ;     401 words ......however, Damien Hirst's latest project...shows. This is Toddington Manor, the rundown 300-ro...it will house Hirst's collection of...than ?15million. Toddington Manor, set in 124 acres...was bought by Hirst and his wife...to the public,' Hirst said in 2006...house, said ...

Article: Hirst's expensive dream becomes gothic nightmare ; It may be his dream home, but Toddington Manor has turned out to be an expensive headache for Brit art badboy Damien Hirst.
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  October 20, 2008 ;     221 words ...It may be his dream home, but Toddington Manor has turned out to be an expensive...headache for Brit art badboy Damien Hirst. The 43-year-old splashed out...in nearby Stroud, aims to turn Toddington Manor into a museum to hold his personal...

Article: Hirst invite
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  June 7, 2008 ;     45 words ...Artist Damien Hirst could be given one of the art world's highest honours. Hirst, who owns Toddington Manor and has a workshop near Stroud, has been invited to join the Royal Academy as a Royal Academician, someone who governs the institution...

Article: Hirst gives art
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  December 15, 2007 ;     31 words ...Artist Damien Hirst is donating four works worth more than pounds10 million to the cash-strapped Tate galleries. Hirst, who owns Toddington Manor, pledged to give significant pieces three years ago.

Article: Hirst will set sale a flutter
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  June 18, 2007 ;     104 words ...Controversial artist Damien Hirst will be showing his softer side this week. Hirst, who owns Toddington Manor near Tewkesbury, has produced a butterfly painting as a tribute to the fragility of childhood. His work will be sold alongside...arts sale. The auction, on Thursday, will raise money for an ...

Article: Hirst's fish may help clear debts
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  March 20, 2008 ;     103 words ...A Pickled fish by artist Damien Hirst which was hung up in a chippy for nearly a decade is expected...chip shop owner Darren Walker, who went to school with Hirst, hopes to clear his mortgage by selling the artist's fish...featured on the shop's price list. Before he became famous, Hirst, who owns ...

Article: Hirst's art breaks records
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  September 17, 2008 ;     218 words ...Damien Hirst set a new record for an auction of one...renovation of 300 room Grade I listed Toddington Manor near Winchcombe. The pounds70.5 million...market is bigger than anyone knows," Hirst said. "I love art and this proves I...to sell for up to pounds36.2 million. Hirst, 43, who uses an ...

Article: Money crisis? Not in the art world - hirst
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  May 19, 2009 ;     198 words ......an artist, according to multi-millionaire artist Damien Hirst. Hirst was speaking as the biggest ever exhibition of his works...Requiem, opens in Kiev, Ukraine. The 44-year-old, who owns Toddington Manor and has a studio near Stroud, said those in the arts world...will be seen as a radical new ...

Article: Hirst's new work: Stopping the leak
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  September 4, 2007 ;     280 words ...Damien Hirst has launched his latest bid to save Toddington Manor. The controversial artist...on its roof with lead. Mr Hirst will have to get permission...horses could be ridden. Mr Hirst has previously said that the...to the original manor. Mr Hirst bought the manor for pounds3...

Article: Hirst sale smashes record
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  September 17, 2008 ;     304 words ...Stroud-based artist Damien Hirst set a new record for an auction of...pounds70 million in a single day. Damien Hirst is constructing a massive studio works...renovation of 300 room Grade I listed Toddington Manor near Winchcombe. The pounds70.5 million...market is bigger than anyone knows," ...

Article: A crafty artist, after his momentThe thrill is gone in Hirst's new show
International Herald Tribune;  April 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......first New York show since 2000, Damien Hirst, abandoning his famous menagerie of dead...moment encompasses the laddish phase of Hirst's charmed pop-star trajectory, which first...Saatchi. The term is now outmoded and, like Hirst, middle-aged. But in its day, Hirst was...

Article: Mulch ado about leaves; RICH PICKINGS: Chicken wire and stakes make a perfect structure TAKE A LEAF OUT OF HER BOOK: Linette Applegate adds the mulch to her soil at Toddington Manor DAVID.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Applegate, head gardener at magnificent Toddington Manor in Bedfordshire. The 50-acre estate...to build anything fancy. Apart from Toddington Manor, she runs her own garden design business...back to the garden,' says Linette. Toddington Manor, 01525 872576, www.toddingtonmanor...

Article: Roll up, roll up: a $100 bill by Damien Hirst. Yours for pounds 1,000
The Independent - London;  August 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ...DAMIEN HIRST rides again. The arch-blagger, Soho lad...trade potboiler Snowblind by Robert Sabbag. Hirst's cover is to be made of cocaine paraphernalia...33-year-old's typically busy schedule. A Hirst image - of a smiley-face badge lying on...

Article: Progress is slow for hirst's manor project
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  October 21, 2008 ;     191 words ...It May be his dream home, but Toddington Manor has turned out to be an expensive...headache for Brit art badboy Damien Hirst. The 43-year-old, who works from...carried out. Hirst aims to turn Toddington Manor into a museum to hold his personal...