David, I've just discovered your channel and have been enjoying watching your videos this evening. I just subscribed as well. This video of your Arthurian collection couldn't have arrived at a more appropriate time as this has so far been an Arthurian Summer for me. I began by reading The Once and Future King, followed by The Book of Merlyn. And -- an endeavor I'm most proud of, having intended to read it ever since 1986 when a teacher recommended it to me -- just a few days ago I finished reading Le Morte d'Arthur for the first time. I say, "for the first time," because I intend to return to it again and again. Very much as I do regularly with Tolkien. I'm a reader who prefers Classic Literature, genuinely getting great enjoyment from these older works. So I tend to notice when someone else shares an interest. Thanks for the videos, and I'll be interested to hear about your progress in poetry.
Thank you! I’m so honoured you’ve enjoyed it! My congratulations to you sir. le Morte D’Arthur is no mean feat. I just finished a read through of that myself too. I looks forward to hearing more from you.
Elvis McGonagall said it best. “In seven pot stills by the ocean. Liquid joy, sweet peaty potion. A burning kiss of deep devotion. Ooh la la Laphroaig.”
George G. Harrap & Company Limited is the publisher. He has all of these marvelous copies, some of the adventure of book hunting has been trying to piece together what copies he has and finding my own!
No copy of Tolkien's "translation" of Sir Gawain? Arthur is fictional of course, invented by a French novelist. So you can invent your own details (like every Arthur author before you). (My Laphroaig preference is the 15yo, of which I still have a couple in my cabinet )
No, I find myself gravitating towards either reading the original Middle English or Marie Boroff’s translation. I’ve never had the 15yr. I hope you got to enjoy some this Christmas!
@MrDavidBarr If you can read it in original that must be the way to go! Kudos for studying the language, I must say 👍 Yes, my heating failed before Christmas so I wrapped myself in a fur blanket next to my Tolkien shelves with a few choice bottles around me, including a Quarter Cask (I do like the QC), a 15yo and an 18yo (plus some other distilleries). 😁
A nice overview of your library. Glad to see we have some of the same books. All the best with your Arthurian endeavors
Thank you, Malcolm, for the kind words and inspiration!
I need to start an Arthurian collection at some point for sure! Enjoy your scotch sir
Thank you! Hopefully this could give you ideas on where to start! Cheers!
I like your "Malcolm Guite" style. Very unpolished, in a good way, and personal.
I’m glad you like it! I love his content. It’s easy to feel like you’re in front of a real person.
David, I've just discovered your channel and have been enjoying watching your videos this evening. I just subscribed as well.
This video of your Arthurian collection couldn't have arrived at a more appropriate time as this has so far been an Arthurian Summer for me. I began by reading The Once and Future King, followed by The Book of Merlyn. And -- an endeavor I'm most proud of, having intended to read it ever since 1986 when a teacher recommended it to me -- just a few days ago I finished reading Le Morte d'Arthur for the first time. I say, "for the first time," because I intend to return to it again and again. Very much as I do regularly with Tolkien.
I'm a reader who prefers Classic Literature, genuinely getting great enjoyment from these older works. So I tend to notice when someone else shares an interest. Thanks for the videos, and I'll be interested to hear about your progress in poetry.
Thank you! I’m so honoured you’ve enjoyed it! My congratulations to you sir. le Morte D’Arthur is no mean feat. I just finished a read through of that myself too. I looks forward to hearing more from you.
That's a mighty fine whisky
Elvis McGonagall said it best. “In seven pot stills by the ocean.
Liquid joy, sweet peaty potion.
A burning kiss of deep devotion.
Ooh la la Laphroaig.”
@@MrDavidBarr I buy a bottle a few times a year - I do like peated. Ardberg have some great expressions too
@@GaryMartinDobbsindeed. I indulge in Lagavulin but that’s a rarity.
Who is the publisher for the Romance of Tristan and Iseult. I watched Malcolm Guite's video too and loved this book.
George G. Harrap & Company Limited is the publisher. He has all of these marvelous copies, some of the adventure of book hunting has been trying to piece together what copies he has and finding my own!
@@MrDavidBarr I found the book!!! And to you my friend I say I will keep a pint and pipe waiting!
I assume you watch Malcolm Guite?? Very, very similar video
Absolutely! His unobtrusive, personal, and homely style is a foundational inspiration.
No copy of Tolkien's "translation" of Sir Gawain?
Arthur is fictional of course, invented by a French novelist. So you can invent your own details (like every Arthur author before you).
(My Laphroaig preference is the 15yo, of which I still have a couple in my cabinet )
No, I find myself gravitating towards either reading the original Middle English or Marie Boroff’s translation.
I’ve never had the 15yr. I hope you got to enjoy some this Christmas!
@MrDavidBarr If you can read it in original that must be the way to go! Kudos for studying the language, I must say 👍
Yes, my heating failed before Christmas so I wrapped myself in a fur blanket next to my Tolkien shelves with a few choice bottles around me, including a Quarter Cask (I do like the QC), a 15yo and an 18yo (plus some other distilleries). 😁
Oh I’m sorry! Around Christmas, too. But that sounds terribly cozy. Hard to complain with the QC