is she being a liberty or do I need to get out more?

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Sophie Dahl, the MILLIONAIRE! Is asking for people to donate £500,000. for RD's shed. Im all for preserving it, but surely she can pay for it, or his royalties?
www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/sep/13/roald-dahl-fund-hut

I thought the same OP :(

My dh says he'll happily move it for 50k. It's madness, how can it cost that much, and why can't they pay anyway!

She should pretend to write a few more cook books or pout and pose her way round a kitchen in front of a camera and then she could pay for it herself..

Cant stand the woman!

She could get a nice new one from Argos for a few hundred

Ditto squeaky! Not keen on Jamie whateverhisnameis husband either :(

DH and I snorted at this when we heard it on the radio this morning. I literally cannot believe the cheek of it.

Having had very close contact with the income of the Estate of Roald Dahl and knowing that the sale of his books and all the associated rights worldwide still generates huge, colossal, immense amounts of money ... I am frankly DISGUSTED. I honestly am.

i thought the same when i saw it on the news this morning

Yes I have to say that I hope the bloody thing falls down before they manage to raise the money. Are there really any children who want to see the shed he wrote in? I think most of them would think it rather dull. If they want to give it to the nation, lovely, but don't ask us to pay for the sodding thing.

I haven't seen the news report, but can confirm, my DD would love to see his shed.
She saw it on Blue Peter and it immediately went on her wish list of things to do and see when we moved to England.
I do think she's having a laugh though, she could find that knocking around the bottom of her handbag.

Wow asking for that amount of money - that's a bit rich! . Oh yeah, they are and obviously intend to stay that way.

I stand corrected then rip - must just be the kids I know who think that sort of thing is boring :o

I also find it hugely ironic that he wouldn't let anyone into his shed during his lifetime, especially not his grandchildren, and now they are flogging it for the world's children to bounce about on the sofa. And that's what it is really isn't it, flogging it to people. If they think the nation's children would benefit, give it to them.

After following the links from the article www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/23/writers.rooms.roald.dahl, you have to wonder if he'd want the shed in a museum anyway.

But the family must have more than enough money to cover the move themselves if it is that important to them.

She is but you should. Sod her and enjoy life.

Fucking hell, what a deluded moon faced baubel !

Cringing for her!

Well..... it is kind of national literary heritage but how the very fuck would it cost half a mill to fix a shed?

Lol glad to see people thought the same as me about 500k hut