You sir are a treasure! I was searching for something interesting on pipes and pipe tobacco and what do I find, a professor a priest a poet and… a pipe smoker. I found gold!!!

That poety sounds like a recipe, for sweet bread or cake

You are a very comforting man. Your gentleness and genuine joy are beacons in the night. Thank you just for being you.

I’m from Orkney and grew up in Stromness. I live away now, but hearing you reading this brought me right back to my childhood, everything is described so perfectly in his writing and your reading of it brought it to life.

This is my favorite new KZfaq channel. Gem of a man.

So nice to see you again Malcolm. To think that you were only 25 minutes from my home when you visited Wheaton College and Tolkien's writing desk and the wardrobe that inspired C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" a very small world indeed. I've taken a newfound and keen interest in George Mackay Brown's writing since I discovered through DNA testing that I'm a Viking with deep roots in the Orkney's. Very exciting. Peace and serene piping. Gary

Deighted to have stumbled accross this wonderful channel

Just discovered this channel. Found myself pouring out a single malt and settling down to listen to a story. Incredibly snug. Cheers and amen.

I’m currently having a drop of the Highland Park 12-yr old Viking Honour as I watch this. Perfect accompaniment.

Cheers to you too,,,, Malcolm thanks so much for what you do,,,, I'm into Shakespeare Poetry Philosophy and Theology and you so brilliantly bring them together iim also into the sciences and the arts.,,,,Holland Hunts LIGHT OF THE WORLD painting hrist doth knock and you have to let him in,,,, love the opening of your presentation whereby someone knocks and I'm glad you,ve let me in,,, if you ever in the northwest come for a coffee and tour of the new Shakespeare Nort playhouse

Love is never forgotten life lives forever here❤

My mind was doing the closest thing to time traveling within the first ten seconds of your reading. Just imagine if that publisher had refused to publish it on the grounds that it was not what they were looking for. What a loss that would have been.

What a pleasure to discover a new author; it's good to have you back, Malcolm.

I had been imagining being among some fond brethren in a fellowship like the inklings. So, to be welcomed into your room is like a dream come true.

Cedar not stone REAL GOLD❤

So thrilled to see a new video up! I love your pipe pickup tradition. My family will be in England in July and I plan on picking up a pipe to commemorate our trip! Just need to find a great tobacconist!

My Moms family are all from Orkney. This is wonderful to hear!

I have The Twelfth Night in the same series, of the same vintage, also from my mother. Those Rackham illustrations fascinated me too (but I never became a poet.)

Good to see you back from your travels. Bess you.

It seems that every time I see another video of yours, I'm adding to my book wishlist. Lol. I just pre-ordered another book that is still alive, a new edition being released this August here in the States of C.S. Lewis's "English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)." I think it may have been his "O Hell" volume, but I may be mistaken on that. Now, I'm going to have to look into this one too.

So glad to see u back.Missed you.

Happy to see another of your videos and even happier that you are talking about one of my favourite writers G,M,B. I could not agree more that George was a parochial writer engaging with universal themes. I also own the original paperback of An Orkney Tapestry which is a gem of a book. I recently read George Mackay Brown And The Scottish Catholic Imagination by Linden Bicket which was excellent so I can imagine how good the new edition of An Orkney Tapestry is. Looking forward to hearing you read more G. M. B, poetry Cheers.

Thank you for the lovely video.I will definetly read McKay Brown, after finishing War and Peace for another reading project-nearly there.

I needed this visit this evening. Bless you.

Always love your videos and all you have to share with us

I have that exact pipe! Love it.

Missed your videos Malcolm! Glad to see your safe and back with another gem. I added it to my list. Love the new pipe.

Welcome home!

This prompted me to find my copy and reread George Mackay Brown's lovely tribute to his fellow Orkney poet, Robert Rendall.

Thank you - I will buy the book!

Have been to Thurso and had an Orkney beer(very heavy but good) visited Strathy to see where we started from. 28 of June is me my father and my cousin Margret from Durham county sharing a birthday . Good to hear you again.

sounds like an awesome book!! will add it to my tbr

So good to see you back with a new video, a new pipe (that is a beautiful Roslare) and a new literary gem. Thank you for posting. Slainte!

This is wonderful....just love the Tapestry of Orkney...totally new to me....the language is just so evocative and poetic...thank you for introducing it to me...just wow!

Thank you Fr Malcolm. Welcome back!

That door needs some oil on it's hinges 😂

Cheers! That was a wonderful introduction to the great GMB.

I am from Orkney and I will definitely check this out now! Thank you

Welcome back. I have missed the Spells, and this one is sheer delight. Now I have a new book and another Scotch to add to my library.

I've had a copy of An Orkney Tapestry for several years, which I bought in a local charity shop here in Tuam, County Galway. It's my favourite book & I started reading it again yesterday while I was in a waiting room, its pocket size being perfect for such occasions. One part that stood out for me was the book's description of the Battle of Clontarf, "one of the key European battles", which wasn't quite how my school history lessons here in Ireland described it.

Good reading , thank you Malcom.

So glad to see another video. Enjoy the poems and the back stories. Just finished Lifting the Veil. Thank you.

Hi Malcolm, I’m so glad to have found you on here. I had a strange thing happen this morning, which may amuse. After watching this particular talk through yesterday, I went and bought the book. I also was reading the wiki page on Brown. It details the incident of his scarf going missing for a time. On its reappearance, he remarked of it - ‘the scarf that launched 1,000 quips’. 👌 On the train to work this morning a fellow cyclist went to disembark, as he was about to leave I noticed he’d left his scarf underneath his seat. Fortunately, I was able to return it to him. Felt a little like returning the venerable scarf to its venerable owner. Allow me to buy you a coffee, dear sir. Best, Aged P ✌️

I'm heading up to North Ronaldsay next week so I have ordered a copy of An Orkney Tapestry to accompany me. Thanks for the recommendation.

Welcome back to Norfolk :) ! As always, an enjoyable video. It's actually nudged me to look for books on Norfolk history - i think it would be interesting to visit Norwich as a 'tourist' and look at various sites, perhaps especially the ones mentioned in the CJ Samson book Tombland as a start.

That is a wonderful book review, and I feel rather thirsty now as well.

The Viking Whisky is a lovely Whisky, one of my Sons bought me a bottle of the very same that you are drinking or sipping 😋, the bottle is a work of Art , so ive kept it 👌 And i have Viking ancestory plus Scottish & Irish although im English. Cheers Malcolm 🍻

I love hanging with you Malcolm

Not one has been lost❤

Hi Malcolm just discovered your channel, really enjoy your content Makes a change to see a more classical book tube channel. Such a refreshing show.

Ahhh, malt and a pipe, heavenly sent! I enjoy nothing more than a pipeful of Peterson’s EMP or Standard mixture and a good measure of Lagavulin whilst reading. My favourite way in fact to further my philosophy and theology learning as you have to be relaxed into it. Currently reading Professor Peter Kreeft on Aquinas. You have to slow down and it goes hand in hand with few distractions and thoughtfulness. The pipe is one vice (if it can be called that) I will resist giving up. My gp doesn’t approve but has given up lecturing me now😂. Just discovered your channel and am a kindred spirit!

Like many i first read mackay brown just before visiting x walking on orkney x haveread much since then including the poetry x ,,playlets,,? Or whatever they are named. Altho i am irish i lived in sheffield for many years until botched eye surgery ( i was told i was being operated on by a consultant but was in fact treated by an unsupervised trainee who nearly blinded me) drove me back to the atlantic x my parents in Ireland-, since i had to give up all work i retuned to where my heart delighted .anyway my mackay brown s are all in sheffield x my poor vision means i will not be able to decipher my libraryshould i be well enough to return. Please can you direct me to some of your poetry pueces.and posdibly the drama ones as well. I ask for your patience with my bad typing now you know the reason. As before thank you for these much appreciated posts. Slainte indeed x ,,beannachtai agus grá,,. I also enjoy your c.s. Lewis pieces x only recently learned that narnia was inspiredby the Mournes. ( or is that accepted astrue) karen

Plz keep up the uploads videos are great and u remind me of my dead grandpa

One match, one entire pipe if packed tightly and using a good pipe tool. No re lights needed. (most of the time)

Nice pipe, nice video

More ytpc awesomeness

Mother Gaia ❤

What are your thoughts on paperback vs hardcover?

I love books 🥲

My father in-law is highland parks biggest fan. Think he has high hundreds of bottles

I wish I could grow a beard and bangs. I know I should be happy with what I have but it’s hard not to want all that you possess. You know I know you would grant my wish could you give it.

Would you like to read some of my Poetry? I am a published Writer in America.

try some red biddy with meths beats that single malt shit