Author Archives: Guthlac

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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

Listening to John Williams

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Guthlac

Yesterday I had an outbreak of ‘Fresher’s Flu’ which of course is nonsense for a number of reasons which those who know me well will be able to quickly identify.   So in an effort to clear away the damaging … Continue reading →

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Revisiting old questions

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Guthlac

In 2014 I asked a question that I still have no answer to – just how do you make something interesting?   It is something I still have no real answer to but I have been thinking about on and … Continue reading →

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In the morning…

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Guthlac

In this crazy superheated world we are living in at the moment I just had to get away and make some little sketches…’…on the couch tonight is the ghost of Walt Disney, Thor the god of Thunder and DIANE ABBOTT…’ … Continue reading →

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Another day another fine mess we seem to be getting ourselves into

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Guthlac

It seems that when the history of the Brexit saga is finally written today maybe seen as the day we finally walked through the looking glass and declared that we are no longer in Kansas (too many mixed metaphors I think). Today … Continue reading →

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Small Town Girl

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Guthlac

The first road test of the new camera and lens and I think the best thing to say is that it is really nice to be able once more to have access to a proper 24 mm lens to 105mm … Continue reading →

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Space Cowboy

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Guthlac

My new camera arrived this morning and so far it is looking good…time will tell if I continue to think that…let’s hope so.

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John Wayne….

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Guthlac

Batteries are the pain of modern life as well as making modern life work.  Without the battery many of the functions we take for granted in the rich world would not be possible so we should embrace them.  What we shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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All good things….

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Guthlac

So autumn is really truly upon us.   Today we expect things to be golden in the autumn but it wasn’t always the case as many of the ‘autumnal’ trees and shrubs have been imported from around the world. Damn … Continue reading →

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Charnwood – No More

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Guthlac

As British Summer Time is replaced by GMT so the nights draw in and another project starts to come to an end.  The final photography sessions for Playground of the Midlands has taken place and now I have to start … Continue reading →

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Movin’ On

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Guthlac

The realisation that you can only move forward through time rather than backwards and when you do try to relive things from the past never really works has given me certain amount of clarity.     Move on don’t keep … Continue reading →

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