The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton from 'The Innocence of Father Brown' - audiobook 

I sometimes take magnesium for a good night's sleep. (Not advising it for you of course!)

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audioNever had a youtuber respond to my comments. day made.

I'm not a youtuber, but I want to respond -- you are in my prayers.

Good evening Austria. Thank you for that - appreciated.

Oh, hello Austria, so nice to meet you! Grüsse aus Tschechien! 🙂 I live 60 km from the Austrian border, so Vienna is closer than Prague. You're the geographically closest fan I've found here so far 🙂

Cheers SL. I'm sure these FB stories are doing you the world of good!

It's a journey. Almost need a special effect gravel box to walk in!

Thanks FS.

Bonkers, in a way that only human life on earth can be?

Cheers Joe. Appreciate it!

Thanks Patricia!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Pleasure AS

Bisto! Some people like gravy... I'm one of them.

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I concur Greg as Proper Homemade Gravy can’t be beaten but an alternate option when you just need Some Royal Navy is always Bisto😜

Now then, that's just how I like my steak, Evelan.

Cheers Phil. Glad you liked it.

Cheers Gwen

Thanks Robyn

Yes

I was also thinking, I'd buy the digital files if I could! I hate the thought that one day youtube or this channel might be no more and I won't be able to listen to the stories anymore.

Not that I would not want Greg to Make some ££££ off any digital Uploads he may have for his work but as another option you can save all of Greg’s Uploads (or anyones on RU-vid for that matter) easily into your own playlists (like I do)direct within RU-vid, Or if you want your own copy to listen to at will just download them to your Computer it’s easy and the Software is free and out there for anyone to utilise.

Not available as downloads I'm afraid.

i’m late to reply but there are definitely websites out there that convert youtube videos to audio files. just be careful because i’m sure there are sketchy ones as well

Is a Driver's Ed course when you get done for speeding or something else?

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Perhaps it is different where you live (or perhaps I am simply ignorant), but in the US, you are required to do 30 hours of reading an online guide to driving if you intend on getting your license before age 18. Although it can be informative, it is often about as exciting as a harmonic analysis of John Cage's 4'33 (which is to say, very boring), so I deeply appreciate your aiding me in these dull moments.

Thirty hours!!! Avoid other vehicles, understand junctions / lights, check your tyre pressures, understand & follow signage, don’t get mad or drunk. Job done 20 minutes. 30 hours? Maybe for flying a fighter jet. Ha! Good luck!

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I wish you were in charge here, haha! I appreciate your sympathy. My best wishes to you, my friend.

Glad you liked it, Gabrielle. Cheers

Odd sometimes.

Good.

Maybe.

He's great on nature descriptions. The Scottish one with an old fashioned name in the title... is very atmospheric / pathetic fallacy rich.

Now that would distract me as well. Are they on RU-vid?

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Oh yes Greg, here’s one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l9Kivsk7p0g.html

And much of the autumn/fall.

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio 😑 I’m calling your Mother

Disagree, TM, except perhaps with this one. I can't quite follow his reasoning!

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Do you know what I appreciate about you, GW? You're like a good teacher. Whether you agree with us or not, you encourage us to think and express ourselves. 😉

He was a Roman Catholic convert in the beginning of the 20th century in England and will be foreign to you ,I expect

I don't get it, twisted in what way? Father Brown's view of Asian religions sure is very 1920's and seems weird today and hard to grasp on the first hearing, but other than that... It's really mostly about thinking of other people x thinking only of yourself. And how the situations in life can become so complicated that you start thinking only of yourself without realizing it. They're cautionary tales "don't go too far on that path, look around and keep some down-to-earthness". Which is what a lot of people would tell you anyway, it's common sense. The Eye of Apollo: someone shows off not to make other people laugh but to manipulate them, and turns out to be selfish. The Hammer of God: someone thinks he has the right to decide who gets to live and who gets to die - turns out they're the one who broke the law. The Wrong Shape: someone completely disregards other people's feelings. That one is a bit stretched, but they're murder mysteries, those are always a bit stretched. I don't know, but it mostly seems pretty straighforward to me. It's all wrapped in a huge tortilla of Catholicism, but it's really basic stuff 🙂

Btw, in case you wanted an answer, one reason they're cherished is that nobody else has been able to weave an imaginative murder mystery around so many other genres, all done well: art, psychology, theology, poetic nature descriptions, satire etc., plus a huge vocabulary and sometimes also witty, well-written dialogues. All that in just a few pages, with a very well-built mystery as a frame. Most mystery writers aren't able to construct such unusual-yet-fully-working stories even without other genres thrown in, let alone with them. I read some of the stories when I was a kid, and I remembered every single one of them. I remember being fascinated by the suspect-poet who spent hours staring at a garden because it was his job, by the suspect who had an unexpected alibi because he felt lazy and started reading a cheap horror novel, by the brilliance of the "aristocratic waiter" thief. All that speaks to Chesterton's qualities as a writer ☺️