Comments on: How Paddy Handscombe Met Dennis Severs

By: Christine Swan

Christine Swan — Mon, 15 May 2023 16:34:25 +0000

I love these stories. Oh to lead such an eccentric life! I would have loved to have met Dennis and taken a ride in his carriage. I imagine that he would have loved these articles too, and enjoyed that his work is still recognised and applauded. Visiting Dennis Sever’s house had a profound effect on me in visualising how my silk weaving ancestors lived ( although mine seemed to have been a bit more “top floor” if you have visited too. Thanks GA, I can’t wait to go back.

By: Catherine Morris

Catherine Morris — Sun, 14 May 2023 16:32:25 +0000

What happened to the coach? He wouldn’t have been able to park it in Spitalfields. I wonder if he sold it or gave it away?

By: Saba

Saba — Sun, 14 May 2023 11:00:29 +0000

Ref my earlier comment — here’s a link to a show at Columbia University in New York City about the multiple identities of performance artist Eleanor Antin during the latter part of the twentieth century. Fascinating and, I think, linked to Dennis Severs’ art.
https://wallach.columbia.edu/exhibitions/multiple-occupancy-eleanor-antins-selves

By: Saba

Saba — Sun, 14 May 2023 10:50:36 +0000

Thank you, GA, for this article. At last, I understand Dennis Severs as a performance artist. There have been other California artists who had similar lifestyles, although, unfortunately, I cannot recall any names. I would love to see posts from any readers who can identify the California artists.

I also put Dennis Severs in a line with the Japanese artists who used to change their names several times during a lifetime.

And, why not? These folks brought magic to the rest of us.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Sun, 14 May 2023 10:32:44 +0000

As an exiled Londoner (in Glasgow) I think I would have been alive to any report of such coach tours, but I am sure that notice of them failed to reach me at the time. I wonder why. A splendid undertaking!

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 14 May 2023 08:45:02 +0000

We saw Simon’s Story last night.
It’s brilliant.

We walked the house as the tale was told by Joel Saxon, each room relevant to lines in the monologue. It was so engrossing that I wanted to stay behind and talk to Paddy.

Stepping into the street we came to our senses and shuffled off to the 26 bus, sad that it was over;
like the best entertainment we left wanting more, so much more.
Get a ticket if you can and spend a glorious time in their world.