The Bishop on the BBC

Greetings

I  and my fellow Paladins of Chivalry have appeared on television.

We were shown on Inside Out (South East) on 26 February as part of a segment about scientific tests being made on the Black Prince's Great Helm, which has hung above his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral since his death.

We spent the best part of one Saturday being filmed processing through the Cathedral gate and laying flowers at the tomb. A few of us were also interviewed.

Having been filmed before, I was well aware that only snippets would actual be used in the final program.

We were told when the program would be shown and I duly set my recorder.

Unfortunately, Inside Out is a regional magazine program. Thus, the version I recorded was Inside out (London)and not the right one (Inside Out ( South East).

 I have, however, now seen the episode of Inside Out (South East) on BBC IPlayer.( I am hoping I can find a way to download it for posterity) and was gratified to find that I was one of the people that they chose to focus on.

The segment ends with me approaching the tomb to place my rose ( though they use a shot of someone else's hand putting the flower down.

We did the filming for expenses only, as it was good for the group to get us on Telly and also to get an 'In' with the BBC and I think we made a good showing.

Pity it was only regional, but still we may have made an impression on people who've not heard of us.

So- Fame. Only in the South East, but still fame.

Until next time

Adieu

young man

Greetings

Here is a drawing of a nice, fit  young man in red shorts.

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Dive

Hi

This is an Acrylic painting I did at College after visiting  a swimming pool with observation windows.

 I still like the swirling light patterns in the foreground of the water

I'll blog abut the second painting later.

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Yet another painting for Louise

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Here is another of the wall paintings that I did for my friend Louise in Bristol.

This is a wading bird . It is called a Corncrake.

I painted this on a bit of wall under a window. As there are longish curtains, this is only visible when the curtains are open.

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King of Cats

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I have just completed a new acrylic painting inspired by a found image and by the October Day series of books by Seanan McGuire.

For those who know the series, this A King of Cats, rather than Tybalt specifically....

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Squire

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Here is a painting of a nice young man in jack and hose.

You can see that the jack is thin, unpadded and very fitted and he isn't wearing a shirt under it. It has mail voiders laced to it.

  

His boots are held up by suspenders attached to his belt.

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De Sutton badge

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When I was a member of the Medieval Siege Society ( who do Wars of the Roses), I was part of  a group called the De Suttons.

As they knew I was an artist, I was asked to design a badge , so that we could have T-shirts made.

This is what I came up with.

Unfortunately, the group disintegrated due to internal politics and personal matters, so the design was never used, But I still think it came out quite well.

Until next time

Adieu