Author Archives: Reynard

About Reynard

I'm the Pub Manager for the Green Man Pub which is located at the KInrowan Estate. I'm married to Ingrid, our Steward who's also the Estate Buyer. If I'm off duty and in a mood for a drink, it'll be a single malt, either Irish or Scottish, no water or ice, or possibly an Estate ale or cider. I'm a concertina player, and unlike my wife who has a fine singing voice, I do not have anything of a singing voice anyone want to hear!

What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation

Posted on 20th July 2025 by Reynard

“Butterflies are not insects,” Captain John Sterling said soberly. They are self-propelled flowers.” — Robert A. Heinlein’s The Cat Who Walks Through Walls To celebrate the release of a new Elizabeth Bear White Space novel, we’re running Gary’s review of it … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 6th of July:

Posted on 6th July 2025 by Reynard

Not until then did they notice that Gandalf was missing. So far he had come all the way with them, never saying if he was in the adventure or merely keeping them company for a while. He had eaten most, … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Mama Kin

Posted on 28th June 2025 by Reynard

She was simply dressed clothes of summer colours and she had a traveling bag over her back and a flute case as well. She had a travelling bag over her shoulder, and the Estate cats were following her up the path to the Manor … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 11th of May: Special Jack Zipes edition on fairy tales; an obsure Tam Lin film treatment; songs that tell stories; new jazz, Danish fiddle tunes, Norwegian women’s vocal music; Russian and Eastern European food and cooking, and morebb

Posted on 11th May 2025 by Reynard

The Palace was more than four hundred years old and had served its purpose; it would be unbecoming to despise it for showing its age. But there was now one spot within it of something new. Turn your thought to … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 27th of April: Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw’s fiction and Flytrap zine; Tea with Jane Austen; a fine French fairy tale film; some new jazz and archival francophone music reviews; and the Stones!

Posted on 27th April 2025 by Reynard

But you know me — I’m an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I’ve never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much. T.A. Pratt’s Blood Engines Welcome. I’m Gary, music editor and Archive diver. A query … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Rooms

Posted on 23rd March 2025 by Reynard

Kinrowan Hall’s a vast sprawling edifice going back far longer than one would suspect and it’s been added onto more often than perhaps was for the better. What that means is that we who are staff here each have private … Continue reading →

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What’s New of 16th of March: A variety of mysteries; some new Scottish music by an old band, new jazz, and splendid archival reviews; ballads in graphic novel form; and chocolate in Paris

Posted on 16th March 2025 by Reynard

A girl could feel special on any such like. Said James to Red Molly, my hat’s off to you It’s a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952 And I’ve seen you at the corners and cafés it seems Red hair and black … Continue reading →

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What’s New of 2nd of March: Kibbles and Bits including ghostly stories, the Hotel California, music picked by Gary of course

Posted on 2nd March 2025 by Reynard

The working title of “Hotel California” was “Mexican Reggae. — According to Don Feldrr in a Rolling Stones article So have I mentioned that we get some of our nastiest weather this time of year? Thus it is this weekend with … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 2nd of February: All about the Oz books, green man lore, and gargoyles; Baltic polyphony, East-West ambient psychedelia, and a grab bag of other music

Posted on 2nd February 2025 by Reynard

She who invented words, and yet does not speak; she who brings dreams and visions, yet does not sleep; she who swallows the storm, yet knows nothing of rain or wind. I speak for her; I am her own. ― … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 19th of January: Go Ahead, Be Pleasantly Surprised At What’s Here

Posted on 19th January 2025 by Reynard

The fox never found a better messenger than himself. — old English saying What’s that lovely piece of music I’ve playing in the Library? That’s ‘Toys, Not Ties’ by the Scottish sort of trad group Nightnoise.  I’m playing only that band this … Continue reading →

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