Ho ho ho

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Guthlac
This must be something of a record…the rumours start in the late summer…now it seems that is not the case…who knows if this true other than Apple and they never will say.

Apple is planning to launch a thinner iPad this summer
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/news/?newsid=3367310

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Henry Bollingbroke

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Guthlac

Well I watched the first of the Hallow Crown series of plays, Richard 2nd, last night and was blown away by the wonderful acting, directing and overall majestic production. This really was the BBC at its best. So this morning I thought I would draw the next player, although he was much a part of Richard 2nd as the usurped king himself, Henry Bollingbroke. This started of as a straight portrait of Jeremy Irons but turned into something different a more world weary drawing.

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More Edinburgh Photos

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Guthlac
I usually develop photographic images using Photoshop – this time I thought it might be interesting to do something in Lightroom

Simon Marchini 

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Olympic Edinburgh

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Guthlac
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I found the whole London 2012 promotion in Scotland a little bit strange.  I know what they are trying to say, that the games in London are for the whole of the UK but really it is not.  They are the London games and I suspect that most people in Scotland see them as such.

Anyway, this is the first photo that I have gone out and created from scratch with a real camera in a long time – around six months if I recall correctly.  It was actually a lot of fun.  Perhaps I should do some more?

Simon Marchini 

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Melodramatic Henry 5th

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Guthlac

Still working through my Shakespeare thing – here is another rendition of Tom Hiddleston’s Henry 5th – a bit more melodramatic.

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Tis the Season for the Kings – Tom Hiddleston – Henry V

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Guthlac

Over the next few weeks I am going to OD on Shakespeare. The BBC is showing three new productions of Richard 2nd, Henry 4th and 5th. Deep deep joy!

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Slower than 3G…oh and the sub is shining

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Guthlac

Well we might have have great(ish) views from the top of the hotel across the rolling Scottish hills but the wifi up here really stinks. I sent this photo to myself so I could access it on my iPad and it took forever for it to download – much much longer than for the email to even arrive on my iPad, hotel WIFI, than on the iPhone, 3G network. In the end it was quicker to take this photo with the iPad camera than wait for it to download on the iPad.

Oh hum! Anyway, as I write this I am being blinded by the sun streaming in through the window – so not everything is bad with the world. Let’s see how long this takes to post!?!??

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Me and Homer

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Guthlac

A quick sketch outside the Glasgow Boys permanent exhibition – not very Glaswegian!

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Another day another gallery

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Guthlac

Kelvin grove here we come

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Article: Lords reform: elected peers bill exposes deep rifts within parties

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Guthlac
It is so depressing how an unelected bunch of place men ( yes they tend to be men) seem to think they are better than an elected bunch of place men( yes they tend to be men).

This will all end up going nowhere because there are too many vested interests ( which retiring MP wouldn’t want to be a lord – John Prescott anyone)

I feel so depressed sometimes about this country.  One final thing…why should there be any bishops in the Lords?

Lords reform: elected peers bill exposes deep rifts within parties
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/27/lords-reform-elected-peers-bill?CMP=twt_fd

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