A little dip into The Wind in the Willows

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  • @findjonmoses
    @findjonmoses 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I feel that these videos are a modern day wind in the willows for me. Observing Malcom’s passion for great writing and the joy he gets from sitting in that wonderful chair surrounded by carefully curated books sipping a delicious beverage and enjoying his pipe is something that gives me comfort and makes me smile

  • @BillViall
    @BillViall 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    “There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.”
    I somehow have never heard of you before, Mr. Guite, but I’m suddenly quite smitten. I believe you are one of my unmet, dear friends Yeats speaks of. I look forward to our future together.

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Many thanks and welcome aboard!

    • @ianmorris5501
      @ianmorris5501 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Beautiful. It's inspiring my summer.😀☀️📚

  • @erickregel6188
    @erickregel6188 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    Thank you! You are the patron saint of those who spend their afternoons re-reading and re-re-reading our favourite books.

    • @PhilokaliaPhotography
      @PhilokaliaPhotography 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      You said it PERFECTLY! Yes. I have always thought Malcolm is the modern day embodiment of a hobbit :D

    • @goldilocks913
      @goldilocks913 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wishing all the rereaders many years of enjoyment of these blessings

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      I take that as a real compliment. Especially if it involves second breakfast!

    • @Gentleman1939
      @Gentleman1939 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sir, I would like to compliment you on yet another great video. Would you be so kind as to inform me what type of Peterson pipe that is?

    • @diegok3661
      @diegok3661 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Gentleman1939Looks like a Sherlock holmes Rathbone

  • @blackplastic420
    @blackplastic420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    The soft hearted grandpa every child deserves.

    • @janinecobb
      @janinecobb 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      100% he is pure comfort and joy.

  • @AmericanImperium1776
    @AmericanImperium1776 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    ***Knocks on door***
    "Oh come in come in."
    Instant smile on my face. Love these videos they're so comfy and wholesome. God Bless 🙏🏻

    • @4dchessplayer516
      @4dchessplayer516 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you know its staged right?

    • @AmericanImperium1776
      @AmericanImperium1776 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@4dchessplayer516 I know. Of course it's staged. Why should that mean it's not comfy cozy?

    • @superkool7
      @superkool7 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@AmericanImperium1776 @4dchessplayer516

    • @stephensmith4480
      @stephensmith4480 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@AmericanImperium1776 Just ignore, there is always one my friend. We know it's always a pleasure to be greeted in The usual way by Dr Malcolm 🙏

    • @AmericanImperium1776
      @AmericanImperium1776 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@stephensmith4480 Very true. 🙏

  • @worldofameiso5491
    @worldofameiso5491 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I think that the chapter title: 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn', is the most evocative title ever. The book brings back happy memories of when I first read this some fifty years ago.

    • @AmyHeard-b6m
      @AmyHeard-b6m 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes! I whole-heartedly agree!

    • @mindyourownbusiness650
      @mindyourownbusiness650 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Probably why Pink Floyd used it when naming one of their albums.

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      yes that is one of the great chapters Van Morrison did a song inspired by it!

  • @A.L.Gardner
    @A.L.Gardner 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    That is the mark of the best children's book, that you can read it as an adult and get even more from it than you did as a child.

    • @charlespayne2002
      @charlespayne2002 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You are correct. Wind in the willows stands in a class of literature where if you haven't read it at least twice. You haven't read it.

  • @IAMNationX
    @IAMNationX 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Malcolms videos are like a warm hug

  • @sto3359
    @sto3359 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    It’s like re-living Jackanory all over again. How, joyous!

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ah yeas, Jackanory was great!!

  • @1littlebrainthatcould
    @1littlebrainthatcould 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    For this the internet gets a thank you. How else could I be welcomed into this mans study and treated to his enthraling readings and on point musings. Malcolm here could read the phone book and keep my attention!

    • @dwightmaciv4789
      @dwightmaciv4789 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love your screen name the little Brain that could 😊😊😊

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you are most kind. Welcome aboard!

  • @thisoldcottage
    @thisoldcottage 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If only you could spend more time on Kenneth Grahame and the wind in the Willows, it would make my year. God bless as always your content is great and much appreciated.

  • @mnelson1960
    @mnelson1960 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was wonderful, Malcolm. If anyone is interested, the former Dean of Canterbury, Rev. Robert Willis, read the whole "Wind in the Willows" and several other books and short stories on TH-cam. They're easy to find.

  • @freespiritwithnature4384
    @freespiritwithnature4384 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Imbolc/ stirring in the belly indeed. The first stirrings of spring bring so much nostalgia ,the opening of minds ,and the closing of another season , leaving the cobwebs , coming into the sunshine to lay its warmth on a favorite passage ,as I nestle my back against another new tree , leaning in , together , we hear the musings of The Wind In The Willows once more.

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes indeed!

    • @freespiritwithnature4384
      @freespiritwithnature4384 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, Malcolm . I love listening to you read. We're creatures of habit aren't we ? We all love those knocks .😊

  • @TheNovaist
    @TheNovaist 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I appreciate you and your channels existence so much. You honestly have become my inspiration of goals in life. Thank you

    • @GIB.SOUNDS
      @GIB.SOUNDS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      omg same im hard

  • @GoatMan549
    @GoatMan549 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've never been a fan of reading, but as I age, I fear that my mind is becoming more dull with today's vocabulary and the mindless things that we do. This makes me want to pick up reading for the first time in my life and try something new :)

  • @alastairsummers8289
    @alastairsummers8289 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Another wonderful video, thank you Malcolm. I adore the Cosgrove Hall stop motion series of Wind in the Willows from back in the 80s, and one of your previous Wind in the Willows videos that I watched recently, made me wonder why I had never bought the illustrated book.... so I remedied that last week, and since then I have spent some time reading it whilst smoking some St. Bruno flake in my latest Peterson.

    • @ursusthewhite9824
      @ursusthewhite9824 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cosgrove Hall production remains a cherished treasure.
      Always enjoy Sir Michael Hordern, for as Badger is also the voice of Gandalf from the BBC series. Spring hasn’t had its chance here yet. Winter keeps hanging on. For a warm spring day in this Easter season for a pipe. Sigh.

  • @thefitdad764
    @thefitdad764 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    YT recommended these videos to me. I don’t know why. But I’m glad they did. I didn’t realize I needed these musings. Thank you Malcom!

  • @roc5291
    @roc5291 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    From the heartland of the US in the State of Nebraska here. Just wanted you to know that this is my favorite channel by far. You’ve single handedly made me buy a proper tobacco pipe and read more books in my time off. Thank You beyond words. This channel and you yourself are a gift, kind sir.

  • @Postmilstill
    @Postmilstill 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Always a joy sitting and listening to these. Thanks so much Malcolm.

  • @Michael-qp1ot
    @Michael-qp1ot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    One of my all-time favorites, I just started reading it to my daughter myself

  • @mcgee227
    @mcgee227 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Sitting on my patio in North Carolina USA. Smoking my beloved Peterson Heritage 307 with Peterson Elizabethan Mixture, when this popped up. It's a pleasure to be Smoking along with you while watching your videos.

    • @dwightmaciv4789
      @dwightmaciv4789 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm also from North Carolina and enjoy a good pipe smoke 😉 I'm from Guilford county

    • @mcgee227
      @mcgee227 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dwightmaciv4789 I'm in Lexington. Hello neighbor.

  • @user-km1sd7ou3c
    @user-km1sd7ou3c 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I love this book. I would read wind in the willows to my daughter. When she was a little girl. My daughter turned 18 on Monday. Wonderful memories ❤

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Those readings will stay with her and nurture her all her life, as my parents' readings did for me

    • @user-km1sd7ou3c
      @user-km1sd7ou3c 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. . My daughter Lucia was debating in European youth Parliament today. Very proud Dad.

  • @ridemtb2656
    @ridemtb2656 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My grandmother read me these stories as a child, thanks for bringing back good memories you legend 👍🏻

  • @amandacartwright1491
    @amandacartwright1491 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, you’ve put into wonderful words some of my feelings. I have felt the first stirrings of spring and remembered Ratty’s whiskers twitching with excitement! Hang spring cleaning and spend more time outside or listening to Malcolm Guite!

  • @JBazz2911
    @JBazz2911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How I love to listen to your voice and share the smoking of pipe! Enjoy the day and thank you sir.

  • @freedemonhugs
    @freedemonhugs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    A childhood favorite book AND film, thank you for reminding me. The 1983 stop motion film got us kids through the worst parts of Hurricane Katrina.

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      wow! That's interesting. If I too was caught up in such a catastrophic event I would also hunker down and read the Wind in the Willows!

  • @JamesTopham-t4y
    @JamesTopham-t4y 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This gentleman brings out my reading spirit and adventure and the amazing feeling getting lost in a book, cheers cobba

  • @noahm.walters4526
    @noahm.walters4526 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was posted as I purchased my first Briar and broke it in. A wonderful treat to have my first smoke and then have a sit in with you all.

  • @scotthartley7837
    @scotthartley7837 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It's funny I'm real strict what I ket my kids watch on your tube ad even tho you smoke pipe and occasionally have a spirit or ale. You're an approved channel. You're just such a wonderful content creator, and the fact you read such worldly and wonderful things is just so amazing, and I am so glad I found your channel. Who would have thought randomly looking for a video about pipe smoking? I would discover this place. Thank you again for all your content

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, I certainly hope my channel is family friendly, though sometimes, if the pipe smoking is too prominent youtube seems to put restrictions on them!

    • @scotthartley7837
      @scotthartley7837 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @MalcolmGuitespell in a world where everyone is om there screens. Your bringing books and poetry back into the mix and that's wonderful

    • @Athena621
      @Athena621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MalcolmGuitespell I pitty all those who have never experienced in real life how comforting pipe (and indeed cigar) smoking can be on impressionable children.
      I have and associate find memories with pipe and cigar smoking via my memories of my father and grandfather, be it playing chess, reading or listening to the radio.

  • @johnc6809
    @johnc6809 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for this joyful reading. It is a beautiful Spring morning and I am making coffee in my kitchen. Suddenly I now have a mind to take the coffee outside, and sit on our porch, absorbing all of its glory. Thank you.

  • @richardsnow7299
    @richardsnow7299 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I loved this as a child. Brings back so many memories

  • @d.t.bigley7254
    @d.t.bigley7254 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A burst of pure joy, putting the mind in a good place especially before bed. Thankyou sir.

  • @teenytinyjordan
    @teenytinyjordan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was working at a used bookstore and happened to rescue a copy from the recycle can! Never read it before but it quickly became one of my favorites. Even heard a sermon in seminary where the president of our university read a passage from the Piper at the Gates of Dawn, relating it to when Moses met with the LORD on Mt. Sinai. Fantastic.

  • @zoobee
    @zoobee 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Such a lovely book, such a lovely choice for a reading. Blessings to you and your family and all your subscribers dear Malcolm x

  • @williamfavre9739
    @williamfavre9739 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    From France was not knowing this. I really enjoyed.

  • @thedondaithi1304
    @thedondaithi1304 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Im from ireland, my grandmother is from Kent, she read me the books when i was a child, great old hard backs, im not sure how many volumes, but a cup of hot coco and a story before bed.

  • @Jackman1006
    @Jackman1006 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It is my good fortune watching your videos at the conclusion to a long day. Oh how they bring me such happy thoughts and warm smile my good Man.

  • @SlyRy
    @SlyRy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This charming story of lovable, larger-than-life characters will please all the family. This is a delightful woodland romp, with many of the best scenes featuring a roly-poly toad.

  • @todddale7041
    @todddale7041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I’m sitting in my porch swing and smoking my Savinelli Mia K320 and as always enjoying a visit with you brother in the Lord 😊🙏🏻❤️ (Winder, GA)

  • @PhilAlumb
    @PhilAlumb 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Makes me Happy. 🙂

  • @sto3359
    @sto3359 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I completely forgot about this book from my childhood. Thank you for the reminder.

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough for me to enjoy all the Spell in the Library videos.” 😉
    I only discovered WitW a few years ago, but it instantly became a favorite. Probably the best part is the Piper at the Gates of Dawn chapter. I know it’s a pagan character and Grahame likely wasn’t a believer, but I get a real sense of the divine when I read it, like Pan is only a stand-in for Christ. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the book’s original title, changed shortly before publication to avoid similarity to a Yeats collection, was _The Wind in the Reeds._

    • @db61487
      @db61487 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for that information. The original title fits much better and resonates with the Piper at the Gates of Dawn high point.

  • @petermcdonald3119
    @petermcdonald3119 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    loved the nose wiping on jacket sleeve at the beginning so sweet 😂😂

  • @sc-b-dl5pi
    @sc-b-dl5pi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've just bought a beautiful new copy of this
    enchanting book, to replace my tiny little paperback. Because I'm big now and I can! It's such an exciting beginning, moley rushing outside into the warm enveloping Spring day. I love it, and you read it beautifully.

  • @Nighttrainpiper
    @Nighttrainpiper 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant. I’ve always held an affinity for Mr. Toad

  • @donaldbraugh2314
    @donaldbraugh2314 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you. I was taken by my late father to see the stage play in Houston, Texas, USA. This was a good memory in my own childhood at the theatre.

  • @michaelstagliano2253
    @michaelstagliano2253 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was such a joy to hear given spring is upon us. Thank you for reading.

  • @a..c..2469
    @a..c..2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm going to have a grandson in 6 months and I finished my personal study with my personal favorites and some of our most precious books that's been given to us by gifted writers , I'm so excited to hopefully see the excitement in his eyes when he discovers all the characters in middle earth

  • @andymac2007
    @andymac2007 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We’ve not quite reached spring up in Alaska but your reading of this passage has brought me the same joy as a warm spring morning.

  • @simoncurl4504
    @simoncurl4504 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh it was written for young and old alike, I read it often and there is much wisdom therein which only occurs to you in later years. We have a real treasure trove of children's literature going back over the years, indeed centuries, and my bookshelves are constantly being added to with charity and shop finds. I particularly like the chapter in Wind in the Willows where Mole and Ratty find Badgers home in the woods, i think i am like Mr Badger....Also Ernest Shepherd's drawings are marvellous in this and of course Winnie the Pooh. ☺️

  • @soundcheck2k7
    @soundcheck2k7 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nothing like losing yourself in a world of literature and poetry, while sipping on a good ale and puffing on some fine tobacco. Simple and royal comforts.

  • @tm502010
    @tm502010 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the greatest of the Sweet Stories… ❤ My wife and I listen to the Tantur Audiobook version of the story every Christmas break… A true delight.

  • @michaelquinn3382
    @michaelquinn3382 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Back over to London from Washington DC and loving the sound of home with the voice of this gentleman.

  • @jat2319
    @jat2319 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Malcolm.
    I currently live in Mexico and had to leave many of my favorite books back in Yorkshire. I have my pipe and my kindle still here but it isn't quite the same. Many thanks for reading and enjoying a pipe with us!

  • @xzysyndrome
    @xzysyndrome 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The merriest of days to you sir. Thank you for your stories. Thank you for your Humanity.

  • @jessicapinto3817
    @jessicapinto3817 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You sir, are a real life hobbit and a joy to listen to. Thank you for sharing your books and your wonderful living room.
    it lights up my day

  • @aletheuo475
    @aletheuo475 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For me, that description of the river as a story to be told to the sea is one of the most lovely and tantalising thoughts. How dearly I should like to hear from the tale of the river in full, or the sweet song of Goldberry in the house of Tom Bombadil.

  • @Musicandcoffee247
    @Musicandcoffee247 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your voice as an audiobook reading wonderful books like this one would be absolutely golden! I loved it!

  • @keironrose2653
    @keironrose2653 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You bring books to life, thank you

  • @carolinafine8050
    @carolinafine8050 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I read this book to my children. This reading is bringing tears to my eyes.

  • @gagecohlrae
    @gagecohlrae 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Come in Come in. So welcoming, love it

  • @dwightmaciv4789
    @dwightmaciv4789 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank u Malcolm I love this little book

  • @doorntreader7624
    @doorntreader7624 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A lovely reminder that spring has begun and the year has really turned. What a treat to hear you read.

  • @mrcactus1769
    @mrcactus1769 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Smoking a nice cigar in my garage on this nice Sping day whilst watching your epic reading Reverend.
    Keep up the good work.
    Cheers

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks. Ive also just enjoyed a fine cigar on a spring day in the little writing hut at the bottom of my garden

  • @francefradet2116
    @francefradet2116 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I reread this to cheer myself up.

  • @Unreconstructed_Georgian
    @Unreconstructed_Georgian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You have been a huge encouragement in my journey as of late. I have found myself expanding and exploring my current library and reading lore than I ever have since finding your channel!! I have also expanded my pipe and tobacco collection as well 😂

    • @MalcolmGuitespell
      @MalcolmGuitespell  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wonderful! Glad to encourage you in two wonderful and contemplative pastimes

  • @mr-iz8cx
    @mr-iz8cx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful book. If a person asks me, it's probably the first that springs to mind. Gave me great peace when I first read it. I'm very glad to have a copy and will pick the time to read it again

  • @johnunderwood3132
    @johnunderwood3132 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m in NJ anyway, I think this is my favorite podcast. If that’s what it’s called. Just awesome to listen to you

  • @anamcaralaura
    @anamcaralaura 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I could listen to you read all day. 🥰

  • @TheFalconeer
    @TheFalconeer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb book, probably ny favourite childhood book along with Stig of the Dump.

  • @emilywerger5080
    @emilywerger5080 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I read this to my kids a couple of years ago. I need to do it again

  • @colbyashenfelter7069
    @colbyashenfelter7069 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for that! One of my favorites as well.

  • @brianheffernan8982
    @brianheffernan8982 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was a wonderful video, Malcolm. The Wind in the Willows is one of my all-time favorites. Thank you.

  • @robr5348
    @robr5348 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You bring to mind what it would be like to attend the Inklings. What Joy your production brings to me.

  • @StDavidpipes
    @StDavidpipes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Smoking a Barling Pete-transition with strong burley. Enjoyed!

  • @tomkeene14
    @tomkeene14 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wishing you all the best from up in Cheshire this blustery Sunday.

  • @Jamie_E_Pritchard
    @Jamie_E_Pritchard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I must confess I've never read Wind in the Willows but I loved the Cosgrove Hall stop motion animated series.
    I hope they did the book justice 😊

  • @ibexdnb2879
    @ibexdnb2879 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Malcolm you bring me so much joy and remind me that there IS beauty in this strange place we inhabit. ❤

  • @rpdeao
    @rpdeao 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Malcolm for rekindling my interest in great literature. It is a pleasure as I sit this evening with a pipe (I also enjoy Cult Blood Red Moon immensely), a glass, and the sundown to hear you read the introduction to a book which I’ve not yet taken the time to read. This I will change soon. Thank you for taking the time to read aloud such lovely snippets of the classics so that they should not be forgotten. In my digital daily job your reading has made all the difference in the world. Most best regards, or cheers as I believe you might say.

  • @Micktyb
    @Micktyb 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wind in the willows , I will never get tired of the story 😂thanks 👏👏👏

  • @ginaC53
    @ginaC53 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My goodness, that really is amazing writing. That is brilliant.

  • @trendyfly
    @trendyfly 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for inspiring me to read this book. I look forward to reading it and enjoying the Hague illustrations. Thanks again!

  • @newpilgrimpath6185
    @newpilgrimpath6185 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Captivating! This brings back the loveliest memories...especially Mole's return home and the carol of the field mice. Thank you!

  • @xRedXLV
    @xRedXLV 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I came across your channel a couple of weeks ago. I love your readings and insights. Cheers.

  • @tomaria100
    @tomaria100 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, Malcolm Mole!

  • @Luke-rc6co
    @Luke-rc6co 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your videos are so good. All my worries melt away when I'm in that room with you listening to your stories.

  • @sfowler1017
    @sfowler1017 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh the absolute delight I always have reading this passage! Thank you so much for the reminder of it.

  • @RobertSellers-p4f
    @RobertSellers-p4f 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always good to listen to your stories so calm and relaxing

  • @cynthiaford6976
    @cynthiaford6976 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My sister (an actress and a clown in life) and I loved Wind in the Willows. We found that A.A. Milne had written a play in homage, Toad of Toad Hall, which is funny and full of shenanigans. Thank you for the glimpse back through time!

  • @time_for_fast
    @time_for_fast 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can scarcely say how much "The Wind in The Willows means to me. The stop frame animated TV series produced by Thames is my mainstay on youtube. I have watched every episode over and over because it transports me out of the angry violent and confusing world that is so prevalent on all social media and the internet in general. I have grown to love the characters ! they are indeed four english gentlemen. The peaceful effect of the stories is like a spiritual refuge. I am Canadian and the stories of mole and rat and toad and badger seem woven into my past although I don't remember where from , we may have had a copy of the storybook but I can't be sure. you said the word archetype and i really see those aspects in each character especially in Toad as a boastful prideful person and yet also a generous and loyal friend. I love how in this reading the river takes on a personification with its sounds and sights making juman like sounds, which very much reminds me of another children's series of book called "Bedtime Stories" by Thornton W Burgess who wrote in the same era stories of animals who had with them characters like the babbling brook and the smiling ponde and old mother west wind. Those stories and also these hold a sacred space within me, thanks for your sharing these wonderful things and blessings to you

  • @sebastiankyte7411
    @sebastiankyte7411 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Malcolm. I have an old copy and you have encouraged me to reread it again.

  • @GinaStanyerBooks
    @GinaStanyerBooks 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful, just wonderful.

  • @NWG1961
    @NWG1961 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was one of the first books I ever read. I still have the same book my mother gave me with illustrations by Nancy Barnhart. I had a children's dictionary, thankfully. I remember looking at the illustrations over and over and daydreaming about the four animals plus Otter. Thank you.

  • @bobbacon1398
    @bobbacon1398 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What amazing content, I love his passion for literature it’s so tangible

  • @julialuminasalsa
    @julialuminasalsa 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another lovely video, very cozy☕️

  • @AmyHeard-b6m
    @AmyHeard-b6m 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Listening to you read a few pages of this book was so sweet. I read this book to my boys when they were little and it’s a wonderful memory of ours. Heck, I think we will read it together again. Sweet Spring!

  • @julielancaster3644
    @julielancaster3644 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi malcolm, I came across your channel by chance thought it looked interesting so had a listen, I really enjoyed your poetry and the spell in the library, so I went back to your first video and watched them all ,I have finally caught up and just watched your latest video I love how someone knocks on door as if it's me coming to see you and the warm welcome I get, after watching all you videos i really feel as if I am visiting an old friend , i even thought about getting a pipe, but the wife said no , never mind , so thank you malcolm for taking the time in you busy schedule to do these spells in the library its really opened up my mind to poetry, thank you.

  • @parrishjackson1437
    @parrishjackson1437 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Good Morning"😊Thank you for the videos. Watching them has got me into smoking a pipe. I love every second of peace it brings and its a nice addition while I watch "Lord of the Rings".

  • @SUGAR_HOUSE_WYE
    @SUGAR_HOUSE_WYE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh Malcolm, this was fun!

  • @catlover4397
    @catlover4397 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a nice coincidence that "Winde in the Willows" one of my favourite books too