7 Thoughts About: Kenneth Grahame ("The Wind in the Willows")

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St. Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford

4 жыл бұрын

Join Revd. Anthony Buckley as he shares his thoughts about Kenneth Grahame, author of 'The Wind in the Willows'.
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@mariapierce2707 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I enjoyed your presentation. So glad this was on my recommendations.❤

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much - very best wishes, Anthony

@QHarefield 4 ай бұрын

I did enjoy that! Thank you, sir.

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ! You are very kind

@robnewman6101 2 жыл бұрын

A mole in the bank. 1908. Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, worked at the Bank of England during his writing career. The Bank of England Museum contains many exhibits on Grahame, and still hosts family readings of The Wind in the Willows.

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rob - I did not know that - All good wishes Anthony

@jpkatz1435 Жыл бұрын

Lovely analisis of this supurbe work. Piper...dawn is,to me, as spiritually deep, and yet deeper, as anything I have encountered in English littariture.

@st.michaelatthenorthgate Жыл бұрын

You are very kind, thank you. And yes, it is profoundly moving (and both Tolkien and C S Lewis highly rated the W in T W)

@kittenmittentheatreadventu3185 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have a beer! Well deserved!

@nickkenny6708 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. My favourite book in the world. Lovely insights presented so very well.

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words - it is a great book indeed! Anthony

@cathyanderson4645 3 жыл бұрын

St. Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford incredible

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I am glad you enjoyed my ramblings!

@yajnamoorkoth824 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining it so beautifully. I enjoyed listening to you. (So warm )

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Thank you for your kind and encouraging words.

@psylegal 2 жыл бұрын

when Toad appears the narrative voice changes to sound more like Oscar Wilde, because Toad is a parody of Wilde ("Toad's Wilde Ride"). There is also a recording of Oscar Wilde's voice on youtube and it is clear enough to imitate the pitch and tone-but this results in most men sounding exactly like Toad. I researched Grahame/Willows in my senior year in college.

@st.michaelatthenorthgate 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - this is very interesting. I did not know this -

@JSTNtheWZRD 2 ай бұрын

I would have a cup of tea with Pan. Not really a charectar, though he does make an appearance.🔥quite a strange one many people wonder about - not just because the chapter is the title of a pink floyd album. Piper reads like an avant garde dream.

@JSTNtheWZRD 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for saying Math, not maths. As an American it for some reason bothers me when maths gets said. Or hache for H. Oh it kills me. Sorry, had to get it out, haha

@annied9864 Жыл бұрын

Why is the devil on the front cover

@annied9864 Жыл бұрын

@@devinreese1397 too scary looking for me. Stuff of nightmares

@andrewwale9740 Жыл бұрын

The presence of Pan is explained in the video.

@encouragingword1172 Жыл бұрын

I also found this disturbing in the movie as the goat-god Pan was portrayed in the 83 film as a benevolent being who watched over children and guided Rat and Mole with peaceful sounds in finding the young otter sleeping peacefully on a type of an alter at the foot of the Pan statue. Although l love WITW and it was a favorite of my daughter, l couldn’t remember Pan being in the book l read to her. The message was disappointingly blatant and to me placed a dark blue bruise on an otherwise beautiful and delightful story.