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Want to find yourself? Try the garden shed
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The Independent - London
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June 22, 1997
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Copyright informationCopyright 1997 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Overnight it seems that the humble garden shed has been blasted
into the realm of philosophical speculation, in the wake of a book
by an American, Michael Pollan.
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder has set
the chattering classes humming, as the author grapples with
existential doubts and finds himself through the simple act of
building his own shed. Some of his tome may have claims to a place
in Pseud's Corner, the column in Private Eye, but no one would deny
that the dream of a garden shed has a powerful allure. A little
haven of tranquillity at the bottom of the garden, it's an easy
symbol of the good life, miles away from the ethos of B&Q, where,
as a spokeswoman ...
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