Whenever talking to my wife, I refer to you lovingly as my British grandfather who reads me bedtime stories. Thanks for the lovingkindness you show us. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you. :)

I just found your channel so whatever you are doing is working. You’re about the age of my dad, and i hope you know you’re giving that paternal nurturing energy to those who really need some of it. I do not believe god exists, but if he did, he’d like what you’re doing on this channel. Thank you.

Malcolm is everything that is right with the world, slowing down, taking notice of the now, familiar old comforts bringing joy to the heart in a time when humanity has been reduced to madness.

This man is introducing me to a world of literature I have sorely missed

Always love the pipes, whisky, the study, the Tolkien and your wisdom.

On this reading I now have the first sense that the “miserableness” that soon overtook Bilbo “for a long while” was perhaps the very first act of the One Ring upon him in his admittedly already vulnerable state.

"A man never steps in the same river twice" - M. Aurelius on Meditations.

Pipe smoke, shadows on the wall, the warm company of hearth and home, the pondering of deep things…the magic of a quiet evening at home…Enchanting.

One cannot dip into the hobbit too often, for the breadth of it is beyond measure and its unplumbed depths offer incalculable bits of wisdom.

Mr Guite and God are a solace in this world.

I would pay for a complete audiobook of The Hobbit and TLOR narrated by this man.

The best side of KZfaq. Hope in the world remains with our Wizard Malcolm at the lead!!!

Recovering from cancer.Thx Malcolm.

Finished reading the Hobbit to my 6 year old a liltte while back, and he immediately wanted to begin Lord Of the Rings. Life is so uncertain, I hope I get to finish reading these stories to him. Your videos have had a huge influence on me recently, including returning to CofE and writing stories of my own, which I've found greatly fulfilling and therapeutic. Thank you

I’m so glad to have found your channel. You have such a lovely cadence, I feel a calmness wash over me every time I listen to your videos. I lost my dad this year and listening to your words fills me with a sense of peace I have not had since. Please keep doing what you’re doing. Edit: I just remembered while watching another of your videos that I have the same 3 volume red hard cover set of lord of the rings that you have. it was gift my dad gave me several years ago, and one of my most treasured possessions.

I should very much enjoy to hear you read the segment when Bilbo has to play the riddle game with Golum. Thank you for all the comfort you give to people.

There’s actually a recording of Tolkien himself reading a passage from Riddles in the Dark. Very delightful.

Hw could be easily fit in as a professor of muggle studies at hogwarts.

Your voice is so mellow and has a depth of character . It’s got a timeless quality. Thank you ❤

I feel like this channel is Rivendell. I place of beauty and rest!

Because of these videos, I discovered a copy of the 1966 version of the book in an old storage box in my basement. Going to read it because of these videos.

These videos always remind me of an old children’s show where Grandpa Malcolm invites us into his study for a reading or some interesting ramblings ranging all kinds of topics. Really perks me up and inspires my own writings as it brings me back to a personal time.

I tell everyone I can about this wonderful gentleman!!! Best youtube channel around. Cheers and roses to you Sir.

"Oh come in, come in".... day made! :)

Hi, I'm a recent fan of Brazil, your channel was recommended to me by KZfaq and it has been wonderful to follow your interpretations and readings of Tolkien, accompanied by a good pipe. My dad bought me the first Lord of the Rings when I was 10 years old, before the movies came out, since then I've been in love with everything he created. Seeing your passion for books and the room that you make your videos in is like stepping into a Hoobit's hole in the shire for a few minutes, thanks for the videos.

I'll always appreciate a little Hobbit reading

In a world so filled with negativity, a good pipe in the morning and your videos make the world a good deal more bright and happy

Bilbo's finding his sword while looking for his pipe serves as a metaphor: if you have a strong sense of home, or of the good things of the world more generally, then you are equipped to fight many battles.

Malcolm is a national treasure

I do love that you mentioned being comfortable while Bilbo was definitely not. That is such a key element in the book and it really stands out as part of the landscape of the story, moments of comfort and discomfort. I love that.

We read the Hobbit when I was young in school and I still remembered reading the chapter and its name years later, which I think showed how captivating it was to the mind.

This channel is such a hidden gemstone. I treasure every video you put out. Thank you

Nice and cosy as always Malcolm. All the best.

I first read the hobbit when I was 14 years old and read it several times again over three following few years. My last reading was when I was 21 years old. That 43 years ago. More recently I watched the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movie. After hearing your reading recently when I first came across your channel. You read the passage from when Bilbo first went into the mountain to see Smaug. And I realized how special it was to read the words from the book and much more meaningful it was to read the brilliant writing as only Tolkien could have done. I’ve been reading again as adult and see the wisdom and lessons we can learn and which are hidden within the pages. Thank you so much. BTW-also loved the beginning passage which you read recently from Phantasies. Brilliant and I’ve been seeking out a used copy of the book. And I may get into pipe smoking as well. Haha.

I watched this YT last month and it inspired me to get hold of a copy of The Hobbit and read it again. I read it between 2nd and 3rd grade the first time. Almost six decades have intervened since I first picked it up. I splurged on the fancy, well-illustrated 50th Anniversary Edition, and I’m reading one delicious chapter per evening. I am amazed at how much of it I remember from my childhood! Tolkien paints such vivid pictures that they lodged in my imagination and they float right back when I read the words anew.

I have to say how much I enjoy these wonderful 'visits' to your study - books and all sorts of things everywhere, clutter, old comfortable furniture, wonderful talk - nice warm and comfortable place with beautiful words. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful place

I’ll take some Malcolm and Tolkien any day of the week. My favorite readings you do! Love the work Malcolm!

Almost every night I listen to your videos to fall asleep. Thank you kind sir

This gentleman has more pipes than I do watches. Most impressive.

"The meeting of the domestic and the heroic." It's what warms the heart! The same reason Ulysses is a great novel. If there is anything of value in the notion of "Christian Civilization," it's that; the rest is dross.

I am growing to love this channel... So much nostalgia for stories that I love. I love the little observations and analytics along the way. Would happily listen for hours :)

There's something about the quality of your videos that touches the hearts of thousands. Please keep storytelling. it's lovely.

I got given a four cassette tape box of the 1968 BBC radio adaptation of the Hobbit when I was 6 or 7. Must have played it constantly as a child, I was in enthralled. It sparked my imagination, got me started into fantasy fiction and avid book reading in general.

You have the best welcoming intro to your videos.

Thank you Father Ayodeji.

I have recently found these videos. I cannot watch a one without imagining myself as the unspoken friend who arrives for the camaraderie of words and smoke. I ask humbly of you to talk about Watership Down. I am an eighth grade teacher--what I belive would be year 9 in the UK. I teach this book to my students to get us through the dull late winter months. It is a delight to see them sparkle with the joy of the story and grasping, perhaps for the first time, what grownup understanding can be taken from a childlike fantasy. I am sure your insights would be of value to the world.

There was a thunderstorm raging outside as I watched this, but I barely noticed it, such was my pleasure at being ensconced in the library with you again.

I simply see a new Guite video, and click instantly!

Carry on, go forward... I enjoyed this little Riddle of conversation in the dark about our dear Hobbit. Thank you Malcolm!

Had a stressful time at work recently. Came here for a reset. Thank you Malcolm. The warmth of this channel is a comfort.

I don’t have the heart to listen right now, having just watched live news from Ukraine. I’m about to go to Mass. But maybe afterwards I will listen.

Thank you again for dipping into The Hobbit. I, like others here, love the old BBC production. Of course it is a pleasant treat to hear it read by thee. Today you remind me of the Old Took by my beard! 🙂

You sir are a true gentleman and I hope life is treating you very well 😎 ✌️ ❤️

I am new to your channel, Doctor GUITE, I just want to send you blessings and love. You have inspired my Christianity, enhanced my humanity and rekindled my love of all things Lewis and Tolkien! I also want to let you know I am a new piper and because of you I’m going to purchase a Peterson to go along with a couple others I have and I would be curious to know some of your favorite tobacco blends! I am not sure if you ever make it to Minneapolis Minnesota in your travels or if you have any trips planned to either Minnesota or Chicago Illinois, please let me know. You are a marvelous person and of the finest sort! God bless you.

"For reading, lately, I have re-read the Faerie Queene with enormous enjoyment. It must be a really great book because one can read it as a boy in one way, and then re-read it in middle life and get something very different out of it--and that to my mind is one of the best tests." C. S. Lewis, Collected Letters, vol. 2, p. 170.

I’ve never been much into books, reading has always been hard for me to stay focused on. But you are so amazing my friend that I could sit and smoke and drink with you and Listen to you read and discuss books all day. Thank you for all you do here. God bless you my friend.

Thank you Malcolm. A great chapter and reading.

I found your channel a few weeks ago, Mr. Guite and I absolutely love your Tolkien videos. Every time you read from Tolkien, I have to get out my copy of whichever Tolkien book your reading from and follow along. I also just bought myself a pipe on Amazon, and it'll be here tomorrow. My father used to smoke a pipe, and I loved the aroma from it. Thank you for your channel, sir! You're a cheerful and gentle soul. Take care of yourself!

I wish I could read aloud as good as Papa Malcolm!!! I thoroughly enjoyed this visit.

Just the thing I need on a day off

Thank you so much for taking the time and the effort to prepare these windows of the world for us, not just of our/your world but of Tolkien's. Always a treat to have a break of my own to spend some time admiring a pipe and the gentleman who wields it!

I just love the random Boss Tr 2 tremolo effect guitar pedal on the bookshelf.

Thank you again Malcom for your read. I enjoyed a tankard of ale while i watched. I appreciate your work

Laphroaig, a campfire in a bottle. So fitting to listening to you. Proost!

Another wonderful reading and talk about the writtings of Tolkien. Im listening yo this smoking some Peterson Sherlock Holmes tobacco. And im completly at ease. Thank you again for these talks you give

You're a legend man. You remind me of my old teachers

Hello from just outside of Peterborough, Malcolm! Fascinating to read you worked in Huntingdon for a while.

Really enjoy your readings from " The hobbit " Malcolm. So excellent is your passion for this great novel. A joy to watch.

Loved those as a kid! They saved my butt many times when I had to come up with a riddle on the spot!

This was wonderful- thank you Rev. Guite! I recently finished re-reading The Hobbit aloud to my grown sons... and now we're up to the 9th chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring... there is just something so cozy about re-reading together the books I read to them as children. I just wanted to share with you my excitement to hear the Lost Narnian Epic -- surely the Lion has given this task. That the Great Bard of Narnia has agreed to share it is a blessing indeed!!!

So humorous you brought up such a subject, as I have again picked up Christopher Morley's works to read over with "tired" eyes. I never would have believed I missed so much nuance in something I read so eagerly and blindly. Especially the details on the relationships in Parnassus on wheels. I never detected any measure of impatience or desperation until getting older. Time ripens all things! - especially a wee dram which I'll have since you are, Sláinte

what a coincidence... i was smoking my Peterson bard today when i turned your video on. Great pipe, great story, great youtube content. Thanks sir! Cheers!

I must get a copy and start to read it. Thanks very much Reverend.

Ruffles I'm the Dark inspired life into my dreary childhood while not sporting or schooling in the U.S.A.. Helped my love for words and even riddles: "... champs and stamps"....

Great to see you, Malcolm! Thank you for having us with you today!

This is my favourite chapter in the Hobbit!

This man is TOM BOMBADILLO if Tom were in the setting of Rivendell.

A lovely visit Malcolm, my youngest sons (12 and 9) read along with their copy of The Hobbit.

Always great to visit your intriguing, uplifting channel. I imagine actually visiting you in your office/ study/sanctum sanctorum to enjoy some quality time. Much Love and all my best! :)

This is one busy Hobbit ❤

It's time to curl up folks by the fire 🔥. Mmmhhh😊

Thank you so much! I have recently found your youtube, and have been enjoying quite a bit, It inspired me to listen to the audiobook of Voyage of the Dawn Treader again while going about the careful task of properly disposing of some Poison Ivy making our breaker box inaccessible. Thankfully a task complete now, with only a few mistakes. The way you do things is like a sea of calm amidst what the bible describes as the trouble of each day. So delightful! Cheers, and Sincere gratitude.

Are you real? You should be treasured. Keep up the great work!

Thank you Malcolm, this was excellent and has helped me appreciate the start of the chapter more.

Please make long videos like 30 minutes or 1 hour..... Make 30 minutes or 1 hour soft talk, pipe smoking, life advices, share your life experiences, reading, .... Long videos of your would be adorable to watch....❤️ Love from me!! 😌

I love this channel.

Cheers! Wonderful sensory details - so alive!

This is always a wonderful treat when y'all post ❤

Wow. I feel like I have a dad. This is cosy and nice

This was lovely. I hope you are have had a warm weekend.

Had to follow in my seventh impression of the third edition(1966). I came to the hobbit late as a twenty-three year old . . . I long ago stopped smoking and haven't tasted Laphraiog (sp?) for a very long time . .

I stumbled over your channel a few days ago and I would like to tell you, that that really was a genuine stroke of luck. I am and have always been an avid reader of Tolkien. Coming to think of it, my love of Tolkien was one reason for me to study English lit. But that was long ago. Actually, I just wanted to say: Malcolm, you seem to be a very congenial, and your study strongly of a hobbit hole (comfort!). A really charming place you have there. The way puff yourself through lovely literature, and how you let us take part in your musings is really worth taking the time. Thanks for this channel.

Oh I'm so glad I found this,,,,,,the Fred DIBNAH of the book world,,,what a great jolly chap,,,I'm hooked

Good Evening 😊 Beautiful as always 👏🏼👏🏼 Appreciate you doing these reading 📖 Have a wonderful day 🙏🏽 Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

I love the introduction to your videos Malcom! It is an invitation to come listen to what is on your mind. I recently discovered your poem Smoke Rings from My Pipe. It is splendid! It is a daily reminder that one should find time each day to contemplate and enjoy "the art of simply sitting still" May GOD grant you another year of good health my friend!

Found your channel today and your amazing thank you for what your doing and keep doing it please this is awesome

Hope you never stop making videos

Malcom, I must say your channel is truly a pleasant change of pace from the rest of the internet. I recently purchase a Peterson Junior Billiard Pipe as you have introduce me to the joy of Peterson Pipes! I hope to see many more videos from you and I look forward 😊

Thankyou Malcolm. I was hoping you could read out the riddle stand-off between bilbo and Gollum. Would be great to hear you read this? All the Best.

In some moments the only course available is to gird up one's loins.