Right now, this world is harsh and scary, but this little corner of the internet, with its scent of pipe tobacco and shelves bulging with fine books, is a welcoming oasis of kindness and warmth. Thank you, Malcolm, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

It took one single video from this gentleman to convince me that I need a study full of books and a tobacco pipe collection

I swear this man will have me smoking a pipe before my days in this world are done.

So happy to see this channel exploding recently. I lost my dad a couple of weeks ago, and a few days after he passed I randomly disovered your channel. It has been a source of much needed peace for me. Hearing you talk is very relaxing and enjoyable, so I thank you. All the best from Leicester!

He’s a real life Bilbo, I love this man. I’d love to relax in his study on a rainy evening smoking a pipe and listening to him read something.

Don't smoke and know nothing of pipes, but by God, how inspiring to know that there are massive coffee table books on individual pipe makers. Simple pleasures, indeed.

As a female pipe smoker who hasn't had the joy of puffing for a couple of weeks (thanks to a wisdom tooth removal) - this video has been a pleasure to view today! Tonight, at last, I'll spend this evening with my Peterson. Not quite as cool as Malcolm's Peterson pipe mind you! - Your videos are always a joy to view Malcolm, Cheers to the pleasures of smoke & stories 📚

Oh, how sweet the smoke doth taste as I read on, The pipe a solace in this journey so long. And when I reach the end and turn the final page, I shall sit back and ponder all that I have waged.

The visual of this wonderful gentle man, enjoying a pipe, pint, book in a library and a comfy chair,......made me smile and remember what I thought the wonders of the world used to be. Thank you for the smile you allowed me to have today sir, thank you and be blessed!!!

I haven't smelled a pipe in ages! My great-grandfather smoked a pipe and I vividly recall the wonderful smell and sound of him puffing at the pipe when I was a little girl. I would sit at his feet and watch with interest. An old coal miner from Wyoming who worked too hard for way too little, he didn't say much to us kids, but simply smiled and puffed away. Truly, it's a practice I wish was more prevalent here in the U.S. - we all could use a bit of slowing down to sit, puff, think, and read.

A cozy feeling always overwhelms me when I come to this channel.

Is it just me, or can you all picture Malcolm living in a hobbit home ? Round door, fireplace roaring, sitting in a comfy chair with a long churchwarden pipe. Takes off his shoes to reveal hairy feet. Welcomes you and offers you something to eat and a pipe. I swear, he’s part hobbit.

What a beautiful pipe! You rekindled my love for Tolkien and I picked up the books again to read. Thank you for sharing sir and hope all is well! God Bless!

Sir, Please carry on with this pipe and book series for as long as you have the strength left within you to persevere

I have just discovered this channel, but I have been searching for a it unknowingly for years. I pray that I remember as fondly in 10 years, as I do on this day.

got into pipe smoking largely due in part to tolkien, a few years ago now. purchased a long stemmed churchwarden pipe with a second shorter mouthpiece and have thoroughly fallen in love with it- the smell of the burning tobacco, the leisure of enjoying a nice pipe with a tall beer in the evenings. lovely channel here.

Gave it a like before the video started. That is a really nice and rare Peterson pipe, the celtic silver ring around it is unique, really cool 😎

A bad influence, you are! I've just purchased my first pipe, a Savinelli sherlock with a deep bowl. You make it look so enjoyable, and I adore your readings.

I also own a version of the 2015 James Fox 135th anniversary, shape 106. It has a similar stem and silver band, but the bowl is green. Really good smoker.

This scene always brings tears to my eyes. Of wonderful people gone but kindly remembered for the bits of their character that drew you to them in the first place. How I will relish Easter all the more when I will light my pipe after this 40 days of remembrance. Thank you for keeping the flame going in my absence! I shall resume with you in just a while longer...soon.

Picked up a couple cheap pipes last season but never really got going with them, but my goodness, discovering your channel today has me digging them out and looking up local tobaccos. Thank you, sir, for your comfortable and fascinating channel, and God bless you! Cheers!

What a discovery this channel is, in a complicated world there is nothing better than "the simple pleasure" of sitting down with a Speyside single malt and listening to the tales of pipe smoking and passages from various classic books. Thank you sir for helping calm turbulent waters.

So glad KZfaq recommended me your channel. Very relaxing to sit back and watch, and your pipes remind me of my grandfather's as a kid. I can still smell the aromas.

Smoke and think, even on the hard things, as they too shall pass eventually with thought and meditation. Never gone, but pass into memories and the sting will float away. Always have to stay rooted in the simple pleasures…… have a great evening sir.

The way you share your love for Tolkien and tobacco is just amazing. I've started to reread the Hobbit because of your videos.

I was having a bad and your voice has put me right at home.

I just got my copies of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Ordered them not long after I found your channel! Thanks for the amazing vid!

The stem on that is absolutely beautiful. It reminds me of the yellow of Colonel Mortimer's pipe from the movie For a Few Dollars More. My most used pipe has a wonderful, smooth caramel colored stem, which is what attracted me to it in the first place. It took the place of my now nearly 30 year old Dr. Grabow, which I retired some years back.

I just adore these videos. They without fail make me feel relaxed and inspired at the same time. I’d love to go for a pipe and a pint with Malcolm!! 💙👑⚔️🛡️

What a beautiful passage. And I agree this constant concern about one's pipe harks back to his experience in the front.

Spring greetings from Tennessee! I just finished Don Quixote. 😢I’ll miss him and Sancho. Just started Three Men in a Boat. Enjoying it immensely. I want to take a walk down by the lake and and just sit and enjoy my pipe. Have a good day. Have a blessed Holy Week.

What I would give for a full reading of any of the Lord of the ring books from you! So relaxing and the best auritor

One of my favorite passages in the trilogy, thank you! Being inspired by your videos to give poetry another go, I went to the library and borrowed books of Donne and Keats. I'm still struggling with Keats, but Donne is making some sense. Nearby on the shelf was Tolkien's The Fall of Arthur. This I really enjoyed! It is unfinished, so it abruptly ends just as it gets going (like Steinbeck). But unlike Steinbeck, who had dug himself into a hole, Tolkien was warmed up and in full gear. I would love to hear you read this poem, or other Old English alliterative meter.

Tolkien found some tobacco during the Battle of the Somme, perhaps that was his inspiration for those particular Isengard scenes.

What a great read, great pipe and most important of all, a great pint.

You inspired me to finally get into Tolkien, I finished the hobbit in 4 days. It usually takes me about 5 months to get through a book so I must thank you for finally convincing me to experience his stellar work!

I love your videos Malcolm and I love the little plugs about Dublin, my home city. I too love books and really take comfort in these wonderful videos :) Sláinte

This is the pipiest channel I've ever seen. The dude wants to be a Hobbit SOOO BAD. I love it.

I love this guy. Never knew this character in person but this is a great way to make up for such negligence

A lovely Peterson! As a devoted piper and follower of Tolkien; I must have that wonderful book as well!! Serene smokes Gary

Finding this KZfaq channel made me go out and buy some pipe tobacco I have a pipe that I bought while I was in Iraq. And I'm going to sit back and enjoy his video and smoke my pipe. God bless

I live in a small town nestled within the upward sweeping valleys of The Cascade Mountains, and squirrel away many fine tobacco blends alongside my personal pipes... to find solace in the long, wet winter nights. I try my hand at music, and as well, poetry - so finding Malcom is very much like discovering a ready-made friend (be it on the other side of our Earth). My first pipe was purchased at age 18 while reading TLOTR in 1972 ... truly inspired, as so many have confessed throughout the years! I raise a toast to you, dear Malcolm; may the fruit of The Holy Spirit hang heavy on your "boughs" and God's wisdom liberally pour into and through your ready heart!

I love this channel. I have picked up smoking my pipe again, and it’s so nice to slow down and take some deep breathes.

So glad ive found your channel. I sit and smoke my pipe and listen to your talk on books, poems, and what ever else. Its one of my favorite things. And when the talk is on my favorite authors books, even better. Take care sir

Your videos are like a living Blake poem that, in the face of so much darkness, show the beauty of the light that still surrounds us. Thank you.

Back in 2022, my dad (stepdad) passed away of a tragic heart attack. In the nearly two years since his passing, I’ve found myself in much the same feeling as the hobbit towards his departed king. I’ve faced great challenge when approaching the music him and I loved and the movies we relished in. In particular, we loved the song Hotel California. It took the first year until I was able to even hear some of the notes and not break down in tears. Hearing the words of Aragorn say “Smoke then, and think of him” has been very powerful for me in my grief journey. Now I listen to the songs and watch the movies and think of him. Though tears may join me while I watch and listen, I know they are the outpouring of those thoughts of my dad.

A lovely video as always. The simple pleasures of a pipe are now known to few, but those that do savour every bowl. Best wishes.

Lovely thought - Celebrate those people you have shared your life with. Love it….

What a beautiful piece exquisite indeed Peterson is on my list one day I shall buy one the Peterson book 📕 looks amazing I am with total envy but listening to Tolkien's words are indeed a treat thank you thank you thank 🙏 you...

Gentle, gentle… yes, so very glad for these moments. Thank you, Malcolm.

a pint of gwiness and a bowl-full with old mate, lovely.

I love how you always welcome us in and always seem like you’re in the middle of something that you’re willing to put down because we came by. Much love from America.

First time here. I enjoyed the video. Shared it with my first born who enjoyed Tolkien but has moved on to a much nobler quest: Anime😢

Thank you so much, Uncle Malcolm! You provide such a welcome respite.

Someone stole my Peterson straight bowl off my study desk at the University of Iowa in 1967. I was heartbroken. Truly a great smoke.

Another one of your great videos, Malcolm. God bless you.

I wish you a lovely evening Malcolm, thank you for your reading. Always want you to know how pleasant and lovely and helpful it is to see your videos pop up in our subscriptions! xx

What an excellent find. I truly cherish these videos. I recently lost my grandfather and father to cancer. You remind me of both of them with your love of pipes and magical stories. Thank you for making videos.

After a hard day at work in the hospital. One of your stories is just the thing I need to relax.

Thank you for making my evening, Im glad that you made it back home.

Amo profundamente la obra de Tolkien. Todo cuanto tenga que ver con la vieja Inglaterra. Me encanta su biblioteca. Abrazo desde el sur de España.

Malcom, I ask that you never leave us.

I'm so glad I found this channel. In these crazy times we live in, this channel reminds me of the simple pleasures we should all enjoy. Cheers, Malcolm.

you represent the calmness of pipe smoking for me. This is how imagine it - sitting with a book, writing , reading and smoking slowly. It is so romantic.

Engaging and educational. NB, the Somme will never leave us

Really enjoyed your video guy. From Western Kentucky

Thank you for the reading. Going through a bad time at the moment and you're videos are a comfort for me.thank you. Peter

My new favourite channel. Keep it up Malcolm!

Many thank yous for sharing your hearty library, poems, pipes, pints, and personality with the world. From the hills of north Georgia, it's a pleasure and a blessing sitting by your fireside. You feed the souls of men, kind Sir. God bless and keep you and yours.

Great pipe and beautifully read passage!

Thank you! I began my own pipe journey as a new sailor whose Chief Petty Officer smoked a pipe constantly and would even run miles with it in his mouth. Fried Calamari and Anchor Steam beer at the Captain's Gig in Monterey California was a grand accompaniment to a pipe and although the Queen of my castle prohibits my smoking, I still have a small collection of pipes from parts around the globe. Please keep smoking and reading!

Thank you, Malcolm. I wish that you still visited Zimbabwe. It would be an honor to be your host. Our country needs people like you … more and more.

Thank you for the wonderful video Malcolm. It was nice to watch as I smoked my after work pipe on the patio. A wonderfully sweet Virginia tobacco this afternoon. Cheers

as already said what a beautiful pipe

“‘Now let us take our ease here for a little!” said Aragorn.’…I feel a weariness such as I have seldom felt before.’ He wrapped his grey cloak about him, hiding his mail-shirt, and stretched out his long legs. Then he lay back and sent from his lips a thin stream of smoke. ‘Look!’ said Pippin. ‘Strider the Ranger has come back!’ ‘He has never been away,’ said Aragorn. ‘I am Strider and Dunadan too, and I belong to Gondor and the North.'”

I had just finished the chapter of The Houses of Healing in my Tolkien re-read when this video jumped in my feed. What a delight.

A pipe, pint and a bit of Tolkien! What could be better?

Where there is so little positivity in my life, you sir, are a beacon of it. Thank you

Just got my first Peterson in today and then noticed the video after I was done. Perfect timing!

You bring me great joy in these hard times

Thank you.

Don't know why this came up on my videos but I'm so glad it did!

My new favorite channel.

Thanks for the release!

Thank you, Malcolm, for bringing us these wonderfully illuminating and calming video essays. I’m stuck in a hotel room longing for a pipeful of good tobacco. Two days and I can sit down with JRR and a good smoke.

I am once again not sure how I stumbled on your channel, but still pleasantly surprised. Thanks for another great video! Makes me long for the quiet, simpler things in life.

I love this mans style. Etiquette 10, Charisma 10, style 💯💯💯💯💯 maxed style

I listen to a lot of unintentional asmr videos and a lot of Tolkien videos so can only assume that this is what drove the algorithm to suggest this video. My new favourite relaxing KZfaq pastime. Thank you Malcolm for bringing some tranquility to the world. If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold it would be a merrier world...

Thank you for the lovely reading Malcolm, it's been a joy finding this channel.

You should try one of those Meerschaum pipes Lee Van Cleef smoked

You sir are an intentional treasure! Your reading room is my favorite place on the planet!

After having watched many videos of yours, I think I can confidently say that this channel is very much a love letter to your parents.

Absolutely lost my dad and fell into Middle earth and haven't left. Bumping into you is like flash into the future and past. Love your reading skills and smoking skills thanks for tucking me in lol

Was just looking last night for one of your Tolkien videos! Lovely treat

A pipe owned by Malcom would be very sought after ❤

Just what i needed after a long, good, but long day:)

Malcolm, I have only lately come across your channel but have watched and listened to quite a little bit of it since then. I have also listened to some of your other talks on other channels discussing the importance of language and the word or the logos. That is all extremely interesting. Apart from your interest in Tolkien I wonder if you have read Ursula Le Guin and her Earthsea books? I am curious to know what you might make of them. She seems to carry the idea of the naming of things even further and the power of names is the whole basis of magic in these books.

I found you by beautiful serendipity, looking for a book, and there you were with it in your hand, a lovely and loving look at a gift you'd been given. Now I'm hooked and you're a gift to us all. Wonderful video, a centre of sanity in a most conflicted world. Thank you Malcolm.

Delightful Malcolm!😁

Evening and cheers from America