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A Kinrowan Estate story: A Most Beguiling Cookbook

Posted on 20th April 2025 by Gus the Estate Head Gardener

Dear Anna, I’m going to pitch a book for that culinary folklore seminar you’re teaching next Winter here for those visiting food writers, as I really think it’ll be a good addition to that endeavour. One of Several Annies, Iain’s … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 13th of April: Anthony Bourdain in print and video; Calexico, Giant Sand and related music; new recordings of ragas, Nordic songs, and vocal jazz, ‘The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down’ performed by The Band

Posted on 13th April 2025 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, la” The Band’s ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie … 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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A Kinrowan Estate story: Knit One, Purl Two

Posted on 26th January 2025 by Diverse Voices

Knit one, purl two. Knit one, purl two. Oh, it’s you. Yes, of course, come on in. It’s good to see you again. What am I knitting? A sock. I haven’t tried knitting socks for nearly 40 years, so it’s … 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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A Kinrowan Estate story: Ancients and Venerables of Guild of St. Nicholas

Posted on 12th January 2025 by Reynard

So it was a long year. Looking forward to this one, though. All sorts of things I can stand seeing the back of, you can always hope, can’t you? You want another one of those, or do you want to … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 5th of January: A look back at books Gary reviewed in 2024; some seasonally appropriate Nordic music and a little new jazz

Posted on 5th January 2025 by Reynard

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden. — Cormac McCarthy’s The Road We’re really in the harshest part of Winter on this Scottish Estate, so the residents of Kinrowan Hall, save the staff of Gus, our Head Gardener, who … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 22nd of December: A Solstice Story, Crow Girls, Scrooge, Marley, Elizabeth I, Revels and more festive holiday reading; The Lion in Winter on stage and screen; Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span, Christine Lavin, swinging jazz and more holiday sounds

Posted on 22nd December 2024 by Reynard

John: A knife! He’s got a knife! Eleanor of Aquitaine: Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It’s 1183 and we’re barbarians! How clear we make it. Oh, my piglets, we are … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces

Posted on 15th December 2024 by Gus the Estate Head Gardener

Let’s discuss fireplaces. Or more precisely why there’re only scattered open fireplaces left in all of Kinrowan Hall these days: one in the Library, one in the Pub and in the senior staff residences (RHIP).  Why this is so is what … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 8th of December: Elizabeth Bear fiction; some holiday related offerings including new music from The Unthanks, Americana tinged jazz, Polar Express, and more

Posted on 8th December 2024 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

We think of forgiveness as a thing. An incident. A choice. But forgiveness is a process. A long, exhausting process. A series of choices that we have to make over, and over, and over again. — Elizabeth Bear’s Ancestral Night I … Continue reading →

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