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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

All the lonely…

Thought I would exercise some different muscles today (I am attending a LIfe Drawing class on Saturday so a bit of practice wouldn’t go a miss.) .  It is also nice to use real materials instead of just Apple Pencil … Continue reading

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Be Careful What You Wish For….

What Tory leader wouldn’t want an opponent like Jeremy Corbyn (Theresa May?) .  He is an avowed left wing MP who is at the very least very lukewarm about NATO and all it stands for.   Corbyn makes no bones about … Continue reading

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It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas….

  23 days to go and the weather seems to be taking a turn for the cold…it certainly felt a bit nippy this morning.   With one great day approaching a more modern day has just passed – Black Friday.   Here … Continue reading

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Winter is here….

So that was that…Autumn has gone and winter is here.  If the last day of Autumn started with frosts and mists it ended with muddy fields and low low sunsets.   Only 21 days to go before the days start to … Continue reading

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Will Brendan Leave?….

  Over the past few days there has been some speculation that perhaps Brendan Rodgers will once more jump ship from Leicester City to become the Arsenal manager.   It has been reported that Rodgers has not played down the rumours … Continue reading

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No flatulent cows….

I greeted the dawn of the last day of summer with alongside a  flatulent horse and I had this idea that I might do the same, only this time with a cow or two.  (Boy would that have been smelly!) … Continue reading

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In the presence of…

The two most influential horses items in the world?   One, whose DNA is present in around 95% of all thoroughbred race horse in the world – the other probably the best painting of a horse.   Not bad for an exhibition … Continue reading

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We Three Leaders of Britain are…

  Just over two and a half weeks to go before the election and all the polls seem to be pointing towards a Tory victory.   I can’t say I think that is the best result for Britain but if it … Continue reading

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He does not ….

MIlton Keynes is a funny place – a small American style city plonked down in the middle of rural north Buckinghamshire.   I always find that as this was a city designed with the car in mind it is always very … Continue reading

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Not what I was expecting…

So much for all those plans.  Today was supposed to be an early rise out amongst the freezing mist – no mist/no sunrise!   Next plan:  Go to Charnwood Forest and try and capture the hard bleakness of the coming winter … Continue reading

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