Category Archives: General

This is for posts that have no real specific category, such as Art or Photography

Blue skies above

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Guthlac

After all these weeks of moaning about the greyness today’s sky is brilliant blue.   Tomorrow will return to grey but today I will enjoy the blue….winter is over…warmer days are coming.   Now expect six foot of snow!

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That was hard work….

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Guthlac

After cursing and swearing (and blogging) about Blurb I decided this afternoon to recreate the 2016 yearbook using the Bookwright software.  It took a little while to get used to the new layouts etc but once I got into it … Continue reading →

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Not that kinda girl….

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Guthlac

The last day of the year, time to take stock about the previous 12 months and then open a vein in a warm bath! Or was it?   The truth is we really don’t know as the momentous decisions that … Continue reading →

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It has been a while…so where are we?

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Guthlac

So the dust has settled just a little after the Brexit referendum so I thought I would start to explore some of the issues highlighted by the British decision to leave the European Union. Political To say that both Britain … Continue reading →

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The problem with success…

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Guthlac

What I am about to write is from a position of not really knowing the full story or any of the key facts (probably this could be said about much of the thoughts recorded in this blog!)  So British athletics … Continue reading →

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Tom Makes Sense

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Guthlac

I realise that these demonstrate my limits not only as a graphic designer but an artist in general but somehow I find this worrying on so many levels…F.U. or T.M.R. or D.J.T – you choose.

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Stranger things seem to be happening at the moment

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Guthlac

You really couldn’t make it up right now…I wonder how dated House of Cards is going to look next week?

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Watch Lady Gaga’s new Las Vegas act…truly depressing

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Guthlac

Take a look at this video on YouTube…in my humble opinion one of the worst things I have ever seen Lady Gaga perform – all glitz and no heart. http://youtu.be/3fGBZhsa4VU Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Look Up

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Guthlac

I guess you probably have seen this video already – it has 48m views – but it is well worth thinking about.  I came across this from one of the blogs I follow – I know this is somewhat ironic … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 237 – Onedin Line

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Guthlac

Busy old day doing al sorts of things so everything a bit of a rush – listening to Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia as I write this – not sure why I mentioned this but there we are.    

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