{"id":16767,"date":"2015-05-14T02:16:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T01:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=16767"},"modified":"2025-05-16T23:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:25:29","slug":"owls-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2015\/05\/14\/owls-and-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls and flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

1: The pattern<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A plate design by Christopher Dresser.<\/p>\n

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2: A novel by Alan Garner<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Owl Service<\/em> (1967). Cover design by Kenneth Farnhill.<\/p>\n

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3: A Granada TV serial<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Owl Service<\/em><\/a> (1969). Eight episodes, written by Alan Garner, directed by Peter Plummer.<\/p>\n

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4: A diversion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chapter 8 of The Owl Service<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Gillian Hills as Alison in The Owl Service<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Gillian Hills (left) as Sonietta in A Clockwork Orange<\/em> (1971).<\/p>\n

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5: A single by Pram<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Owl Service<\/em><\/a> (2000) by Pram. Cover art by Mary Jo Bole<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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6: Ghost Box<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Owl\u2019s Map<\/em><\/a> (2006) by Belbury Poly. Design by Julian House.<\/p>\n

Track 1: Owls And Flowers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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As The Crow Flies<\/em><\/a> (2011) by The Advisory Circle. Design by Julian House.<\/p>\n

Track 11: Learning Owl Reappears<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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7: A group<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Owl Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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8: A Folio Society edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Owl Service<\/em><\/a> (2013) by Alan Garner, illustrated by Darren Hopes.<\/p>\n

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9: Twelve audiological pathways<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Every Mind: Transmission Resonances, Volume 1<\/em><\/a> (2015) by A Year In The Country.<\/p>\n

Transmission Resonances: Volume 1<\/em> takes as its wellhead the continuing reverberations of the 1969 cathode ray version of Alan Garner\u2019s The Owl Service<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It pushes open the attic door from whence the scratching descends and travels to places that surprised, intrigued and even delighted our good selves when it was being shaped on our own particular audiological potters wheels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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