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

We didn’t start the fire…

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Guthlac

In a time when it seems standards in public life haven’t reached any significant height of propriety in so very long is it any wonder that our former Prime Minister but one has been caught with this snout well and … Continue reading →

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Nobody’s Watching

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Guthlac

In this over connected world full of people crying out to be looked at there appears to be one eternal truth. Nobody is Watching. Of course there are the exceptions but they are so few and far between that from … Continue reading →

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Having a Cuppa….

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Guthlac

What better than sitting in the garden and having a cup of tea when some friends decided to pop round. No covid regulations were broken in the making of these images.

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Tubular Bells…

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Guthlac

After all the excitement of being allowed out, and it really did feel like a release, it was time just to take stock and makes some art – it also helped that the unseasonal summer weather we’ve enjoyed has been … Continue reading →

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Not going out….

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Guthlac

The days are getting longer and I can now start to sit outside in my garden and watch the world go bye whilst drinking my afternoon tea. That may well be the most cliched english thing I do but I … Continue reading →

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Spring time ….

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Guthlac

Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before but one of the YouTube channels I follow is Gold Shaw Farm. It can get a bit ‘Our Tune‘ at the moment from time to time but on the whole the ducks, chickens, … Continue reading →

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Goose Porn…

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Guthlac

It’s almost 3 months since I visited Abbey Park – can’t think what stopped me taking the short trip. As of today some of the restrictions have been lifted and so I thought that it would be alright for the … Continue reading →

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Let it Be…

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Guthlac

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say….

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One Block at a Time…

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Guthlac

….Rogerus dedit totum boscum suum quem habuit in villa de Swaniton sine aliquo retenemento, vel qui aliquo tempore se vel heredes suos potuerit contingere, cum tota terr &, cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis… Anybody who has any knowledge of languages … Continue reading →

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Onward to hopefully better things…..

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Guthlac

Well that was a winter for the record books….we didn’t do anything special in fact we didn’t do much at all because for most of the winter we were in lockdown. Come to think of it this latest lockdown started … Continue reading →

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