#The Silkworm

[innominaterifter]

The song of the Flëur group "Silkworm" in Ukrainian. I made the translation into English with subtitles in a hurry, but after some time, I will try to make one that can be sing in English.

I really like this song, and inside me, it really resonates with the image of Taylor.

#taylor hebert #skitter #cosplay #worm #wormblr #parahumans #wildbow #worm web serial #insects #the silkworm #Flëur #weaver

[calabria-mediterranea]

Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

This ancient town which rises on a rock is the capital of the Calabria region. It was founded in 9th century by the Byzantines and was built over three hills in order to protect the town from the Saracen attacks arriving from the lonian sea.

At the beginning of the tenth century (c. 903), the city of Catanzaro was occupied by the Muslim Saracens, who founded an emirate and took the Arab name of قطنصار - Qatanşār.

An Arab presence is evidenced by findings at an eighth-century necropolis which had items with Arabic inscriptions. Around the year 1050, Catanzaro rebelled against Saracen dominance and returned to a brief period of Byzantine control.

Under the Byzantine dominion, between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century, Calabria was one was one the first places in Italy to introduce the breeding of the silkworm in the 11th century.

According to French historian André Guillou, mulberry trees for the production of raw silk were introduced to Calabria by the Byzantines at the end of the 9th century. Mulberry leaves are the only leaves that silkworms eat.

Around 1050, the theme of Calabria had cultivated 24,000, mulberry trees for their foliage, with growth still ongoing.

The peasants of the countryside around the city produced the raw silk, which was then woven in the silk workshops of Catanzaro. A large part of the population was involved in this business, and the silk of Catanzaro supplied almost all of Europe.

The silk was sold in a large market fair in the port of Reggio Calabria, to Spanish, Venetians, Genovese and Dutch merchants.

Today, three young friends have come together to bring local traditions back to the fore. In 2014 they decided to build their future in San Floro, a tiny village of 600 inhabitants near the city of Catanzaro and restore the traditional mulberry tree planting and cultivation needed for the rearing of silkworms. Historically, San Floro was famous for a very significant production of raw silk in the 17th century, though this heritage had been completely lost in modern times.

The only surviving elements of this rich legacy were the 3,000 abandoned mulberry trees and the memory of the elderly villagers. Miriam and her friends brought back the production of silk, rewinding the threads of history and travelling across the world to exchange best practices with silk institutes in Thailand, India, Switzerland, and France.

As part of its development, they trained people interested in their new, sustainable production model and also brought thousands of tourists from all over the world to visit their farm (Nido di Seta) to experience how silk is produced first-hand.

Catanzaro is a windy city due to its altitude and position between two seas. In fact, there is only 30 km separating the Ionian Sea from the Tyrrhenian Sea and Catanzaro is wide open to the constant strong breezes from the Ionian Sea and the Sila mountains.

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#catanzaro #calabria #italy #italia #south italy #southern italy #italian #mediterranean #silk #the silkworm #silk road #europe #architecture #textile #loom #mulberry tree #history #muslim #saracens #italian landscape #landscape #mediterranean sea #arab #byzantine #byzantine empire #weaving #nido di seta

[thesefilespod]

✍️ NEW BLOG POST! ✍️

As we’ve been working our way through The Running Grave week by week, we’ve noticed that it can sometimes be a bit tricky to keep track of the huge cast of characters who lived at Chapman Farm over the decades—and we’ve heard from our listeners that many of you have the same problem!

So, we decided to put together a timeline of every important character who resided at Chapman Farm (or Forgeman Farm, as it was previously known) in the time span relevant to The Running Grave. The infographic below shows the complete timeline: who was at Chapman Farm, when, and for how long, as well as the important events that occurred there.

We hope you enjoy - big shoutout to Pools for putting this together!

#cormoran strike #cb strike #robin ellacott #robert galbraith #cormoran strike series #strike and ellacott series #the cuckoo's calling #the silkworm #career of evil #lethal white #troubled blood #the ink black heart #the running grave

[sopstvena]

"But he knew no other way; it was part of a short but inflexible personal code of ethics that he had carried with him all his adult life: do the job and do it well."

― Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm

#Robert Galbraith #The Silkworm #J.K. Rowling

[badlywiredlamp]

"Thank you ... thank you"

"I've only got one leg, and my driver had to go home"

#cormoran strike #cb strike #robin ellacott #tom burke #holliday grainger #robert galbraith #the silkworm #st pancras

[heyellaberlin]

A montage of the #Strellacott story arc as it stands through book 5 so far. So heart-melty.

#strellacott #cb strike #cormoran strike #cormoran x robin #robin ellacott #holliday grainger #tom burke #the running grave #the cuckoo's calling #lethal white #troubled blood #the silkworm #career of evil #the ink black heart #robert galbraith #total story arc #cb strike series #strike series #Youtube

[105nt]

Recently had a blast in London with some lovely Strikophiles. Took lots of pictures and thought I would share here the ones where I can remember why I took them. 😂 I will add book quotes as time permits. Please correct me if you think I am wrong because it was a full day.

Five at a time, in no particular order, here we go ...

Bedford Street, Liz Tassel's office

Strike goes here in The Silkworm:

"Elizabeth Tassel's literary agency lay in a mostly residential mews of dark brick, a surprisingly quiet cul-de-sac off busy Gower Street. Strike pressed a doorbell beside a discreet brass plaque." The Silkworm, Chapter 8

Notes Cafe

Where Strike and Robin meet in Troubled Blood:

"Forty-five minutes later, Robin entered Notes cafe, which lay in St Martin's Lane and was already crowded, though it was so early in the morning. Wooden tables, some of them as large as the one in her parents' kitchen in Yorkshire, were crammed with young people with laptops and businessmen grabbing breakfast before work … she headed for the back of the cafe, where Strike sat reading The Times beneath an iron chandelier that resembled a large spider … and Robin felt a wave of liking simply for the way he looked." Troubled Blood, Chapter 16

Soho newsagent

Strike buys a Tatler here in TV The Silkworm so he can read about Charlotte's wedding. (May as well follow her on Facebook while you're at it, mate. 💔)

The Swiss Clock, Leicester Square

Strike finds Billy Knight near the clock after hearing the chimes in the background of their telephone call, in TV Lethal White.

Rupert Court

This is where Robin leaves flowers for Kara Wolfson in TV Troubled Blood. (No, you're crying!)

Also JKR's current twitter header ...

... and the subject of this immense twitter exchange:

#my photos #cormoran strike #things that remind me of cormoran strike #the silkworm #lethal white #troubled blood #bedford street #notes cafe #swiss clock #rupert court #tweets #jk rowling

[chrissiewatts]

STRIKE: THE SILKWORM (2017) | 1.02

#bbc strike #strike #strikeedit #cormoran x robin #cormoran strike #robin ellacott #the silkworm #tom burke #holliday grainger #* #the way i'd kill for this in 1080p... #i love them very much

[rouyn]

Days 1 - 10 of editing teddy bears into Cormoran Strike screencaps until news about Troubled Blood comes out.

Was reminiscing about a time I edited a teddy bear into a few screencaps + made a cover for a fan fic, have accidentally turned it into a full blown series that I've managed to stay on top of.

Will be sharing them in chunks of ten here so I don't overwhelm the tag <3

#series: strike teddy bear #cormoran strike #robin ellacott #tom burke #holliday grainger #cormoran x robin #strike x robin #cormoran strike series #cb strike #c b strike #bbc strike #strike #strikeedit #my edit #my edits #graphics #the cuckoo's calling #the silkworm #career of evil #lethal white #troubled blood #the ink black heart

[dashamusic13999]

#art #oc art #the silkworm #Moth #astra

[hjellacott]

PETITION: BRING THE TRENCH COAT BACK, BBC!!!

We don't know where it went nor why (specially since in the BBC's Cuckoo's Calling Robin wraps Strike's wound not with her coat, like in the book, but with her scarf) BUT WE WANT THIS BEAUTIFUL COAT BACK.

#Holliday Grainger #Tom Burke #J. K. Rowling #Robert Galbraith #BBC #BBC Series #Robin Ellacott #Cormoran Strike #The Cuckoo's Calling #The Silkworm #Career of Evil #Lethal White #Troubled Blood #The Ink Black Heart

[denmark-street]

When when you were reading the cuckoos calling, what the moments that made you go “I love Cormoran Strike”?

I don't think i went full "I love Strike" before Silkworm.

Maybe it's because I saw the adaptation of TCC first (tbh i didn't planned on reading the series before the whole drama around Troubled Blood) but i found it rather formulaic.

Silkworm is really when I got attached to the characters and where JKR's style started to shine. Then with CoE I was hooked (I like serial killer stories lol).

#Strike (books) #The cuckoo's calling #The silkworm #Career of Evil #Troubled Blood

[thesefilespod]

👀 SNEAK PEEK! 👀

In this week's episode, we finally get to the chapter that is one of our favorites and contains some of JK Rowling's most beautiful and powerful writing yet.

Sneak peek of Episode 22 ("Darkening of the Light") featuring Kurt, out Thursday at 4pm PT/7pm ET! 🌊

#cormoran strike #cb strike #robin ellacott #robert galbraith #cormoran strike series #strike and ellacott series #the cuckoo's calling #the silkworm #career of evil #lethal white #troubled blood #the ink black heart #the running grave

[cryingscreencaps]

#strike #strike tv #the cuckoo's calling #holliday grainger #robin ellacott #the silkworm #career of evil #lethal white #bbc strike

[donttemptmesblog]

https://youtu.be/SI9E1jxfn7s?si=bXyzUt20_RQnCyd6

Available on YouTube. BUT you have to pay for each episode separately.

#cormoran strike #the silkworm #strike series #tom burke

[105nt]

Recently had a blast in London with some lovely Strikophiles. Took lots of pictures and thought I would share here the ones where I can remember why I took them. 😂 I will add book quotes as time permits. Please correct me if you think I am wrong because it was a full day.

Five at a time, in no particular order, here we go ...

Bond Street

Location of Madeline Courson-Miles' jewellery shop in The Ink Black Heart. I don't think the exact location is known but this one matched the picture in my head, because it's small and beautiful and has a wind-down security blind.

"The shop, which Strike had never visited before, was like the plush interior of a jewellery box ...

Steel security blinds began to lower automatically over the windows." The Ink Black Heart, Chapter 52

Bob Bob Ricard, Upper St James Street

Champagne bar where Robin goes to meet Ilsa and finds out that she is expecting the first Baby Herbert 🥳 in The Ink Black Heart. Maybe some other stuff gets discussed also ... 😁

"It was almost seven o'clock, so Robin, who'd been sitting in a corner of a Soho café, alternating between feelings of humiliation and wretchedness, set out at last for Bob Bob Ricard, nearing the entrance just as fair-haired, bespectacled Ilsa got out of a cab in front of her." The Ink Black Heart Chapter 28.

The Cambridge, Charing Cross Road

Strike and Robin meet here on his birthday and she gives him a gift basket containing Cornish food in The Silkworm.

The Duke of York, Rathbone Street

Stars in the TV series as The Tottenham, instead of the real Tottenham which has since become The Flying Horse*. I hope you're making notes. 😵 Appears in TV The Cuckoo's Calling and Career of Evil.

It's also a really good place for a drink. 🍺🍷

*I only know any of this because of strikefans.com, where there are better photos and more of them. Go there!

The statue of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Whitehall Gardens

Strike hides behind this as he watches Wally Cardew and MJ making a video for their YouTube channel.

#my photos #cormoran strike #bond street #the ink black heart #bob bob ricard #the cambridge #the duke of york #henry bartle frere #the silkworm #the cuckoo's calling