{"id":161,"date":"2008-01-24T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T10:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/index.php\/2008\/01\/24\/the-douglas-bader-auction\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T11:52:07","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T10:52:07","slug":"the-douglas-bader-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2008\/01\/24\/the-douglas-bader-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Douglas Bader Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went up to London to partake of the opening night of the <a href=http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/index.php\/2008\/01\/17\/shardcore-the-affordable-art-fair-london-23-24-january-2008\/>Douglas Bader Foundation show<\/a> last night. The show itself is excellent, with some really good work, I particularly liked <a href=http:\/\/www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk\/yourgallery\/artist_profile\/Jo+Dennis\/73477.html>Jo Dennis&#8217;<\/a> stuff and that of fellow Brightonian <a href=http:\/\/www.jonnyridley.co.uk\/>Jonathan Ridley<\/a>. 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