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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

Cold Toes….

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Guthlac

So I think this is the first time this year that we’ve had anything approaching a real frost. So what did I do? I decided not to wear my really warm coat! By the end of the shoot I was … Continue reading →

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A Day in Politics

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Guthlac

So it seems you can be as borish as you like in British politics and so long as you didn’t intend to be borish then that is fine. Such are the looking glass world standards of the Boris Johnson government … Continue reading →

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You really can’t make these things up….

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Guthlac

It is really hard to put into words just what a shambles the Boris Johnson government has been – you really can’t. So instead lets us all reflect for a moment that he has been required to self isolate because … Continue reading →

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The Crown….

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Guthlac

The first episode of the new season of The Crown has rekindled the mixed feelings about The Crown I first felt with the Aberfan episode from last season’s run. This year it deals with parts of modern history that I, … Continue reading →

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Lockdown or Tier 4?….

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Guthlac

Do you know? I don’t. It certainly isn’t anything like as intrusive as the spring lockdown. Then hardly anything moved and very few shops were open. Now people seem to have found their own level of compliance and that is … Continue reading →

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What Mitch Does Next….

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Guthlac

So I was going to write a long piece about what Donald Trump does next and then I thought what is the point? He isn’t the most important player in this political game of high stakes poker – Mitch McConnell … Continue reading →

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Into the MIsty Morning….

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Guthlac

I don’t know about anyone else but I have been trying not to get too worked up about what is currently going on in that once great country of the United States of America. Anyone who has visited will know … Continue reading →

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Kodachrome

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Guthlac

They give us those nice bright colorsThey give us the greens of summersMakes you think all the world’s a sunny day Paul Simon This morning I went out for my first Lockdown walk and it was a glorious experience, well … Continue reading →

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Remember Remember the 4th of November….

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Guthlac

Here we go again. England has joined the other nations of the Union (actually that is not true. Only Scotland is a nation: Wales is a Principality and Northern Ireland I believe is a province but I am not sure … Continue reading →

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Variations on a theme…

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Guthlac

I’ve been busy the last few days with other matters to think about making any photographs – in truth I didn’t really have any motivation. So yesterday evening and dawn this morning I put arse into gear and went a … Continue reading →

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