Looking for an escape from the Coronaton weekend? Join us down on the river-bank at Brighton Open Air Theatre on Sunday the 7th of May for an adventure through the seasons and a little bit of nonsense! #theatre #thewindinthewillows #brighton

[1984] The Wind In The Willows- Stop motion series based on characters and situations created by Kenneth Grahame in his novel of the same name following a direct film adaptation. This episode, The Piper At The Gates of Dawn, adapts a section of the book the original film omitted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgZUe3qdvW4

#OldBritishTelly #TheWindInTheWillows #KennethGrahame

ratty and mole are RELATIONSHIP GOALS, honestly.
#TheWindInTheWillows

Let's wrap up the 1940s with two reviews of the surprisingly entertaining So Dear to my Heart and the last of the 'package' films (and one of the best) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad

#Disney #HeadlessHorseman #SleepyHollow #MrToad #TheWindintheWillows #LavenderBlue

https://wholovesdisneyuk.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/so-dear-to-my-heart/

https://wholovesdisneyuk.wordpress.com/2020/11/06/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad/

“Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wild World," said the Rat. "And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or to me. I've never been there, and I'm never going, nor you either, if you've got any sense at all.”
― Kenneth Grahame, #TheWindintheWillows - #illustration by E.H. Shepard
#ChildrensBooks

[1984] The Wind in the Willows - Based on the characters created by Kenneth Grahame, this animated series follows the adventures of Mole as he leaves home to discover the world. With the voices of Richard Pearson, Peter Sallis, Michael Hordern, David Jason and Ian Carmichael. First episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClidpG-_E4Y

#OldBritishTelly #TheWindInTheWillows #KennethGrahame

Re-reading #TheWindInTheWillows for the first time for ages, I’m struck by how much it is a wish-fulfilment fantasy of the Edwardian age - for a specific person. There are no women; our heroes are well-off (but scared of the underclass) and everyone knows their place.

It is very much “the happy place” for the author, with extra Mr Toad on the side. Yes, still very lovely, but I kept wondering how the economy worked and also why eating pork was fine when all the other animals could talk.