Ballyvolane House, County Cork, Ireland: There was an old-fashioned radio (that actually worked) in her room (The Blue Room in the Main House):

Grounds of Ballyvolane House. Self never discovered why the netting was over the birdhouse. But it intrigued her, that “Extra.”

A stack of interesting books was on the floor next to self’s bed in Ballyvolane House’s Blue Room: Self loves le Carré because he never phones it in.
Oh, self has just had one of those sleepless nights. It must have been because she was so enraptured by a story on fanfiction.net
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.