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Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests

Gretel le Maître

Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time. She shares with you snippets from books about history, art and literature and regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. Gretel invites you to accompany her as she navigates the world a day at a time; the podcast is unscripted, it’s ad-free, and you’re invited to join in. It’s super unpolished and Gretel would be grateful for you to forgive her for

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20:28

Monday dash to London, leaving Bede in Dorset....

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2024/11/25

Good evening.Thank you so much for joining me this evening as I walk this path into the unknown. Like life itself, it’s a pilgrim’s progress for us all. The doldrums are unavoidable but The Bear Hunt 🐻 sets out how to get to the other side: you can’t get over it; you can’t go round it; so put on those wellies and let’s go through it - together. Hand in hand. Good night folks 🤗🙋‍♀️Hello, I haven’t worked out how on earth to reply but do feel free to send a message. E...

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14:18

Thomas Hardy, John Clare and a stormy Sunday; while...

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2024/11/24

A peaceful Sunday to all on this rather wild corner of SouthWest England.Hello, I haven’t worked out how on earth to reply but do feel free to send a message. Even better if you have a moment I would be so delighted if you would review the podcast. That would be super, lovely and wonderful 🙋‍♀️🥳🍋Support the showI won’t ask for subscriptions or use adverts, but if you would like to make one-off donations that would be amazing. This would be used to support my tea-drinking, church-crawling

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19:42

A windy walk to Sherborne Abbey, a look inside, and a...

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2024/11/23

Good afternoon. I would be delighted if you would join me as I walk in the hooley to Sherborne’s Abbey. The wind is far too loud so a bit of fast-forwarding might be necessary. I take you inside the Abbey to visit the bones of former Wessex kings. And then we read Bede’s famous telling of the story of ‘Angli’ slaves in Rome. Apologies again for the sound at one point and thank you if you stayed to the end 🤓Hello, I haven’t worked out how on earth to reply but do ...

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10:49

Pope Gregory dies and we look back on his life.

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2024/11/22

Good evening. Do join me as we read Bede’s words about the life of Pope Gregory. Wishing a restful Friday to all. Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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14:01

Thomas of Canterbury on a snowy Thursday, and a new...

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2024/11/21

Good afternoon and forgive the cheeky frog in my throat as I read more from TS Eliot and Bede.We awoke to snow in Dorset today, much to the delight of dog and horror of cat. Wishing you all a restful Thursday on this beautiful planet.Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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19:57

Having courage of mind, English hedges, and our...

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2024/11/20

Good morning. I would be so delighted if you would join me for a quarter of an hour in my garden in the south west corner of the British Isles, where neither motorway nor city be there (true fact about Dorset!). Today I encourage us all to have the courage of our own minds; we look at English hedges and we bring to a close Bede’s first book. There are five in total, so we are a fifth of a way through his epic history. Bravo if you’ve stayed with me thus far. I’d b...

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27:20

Dissonance, the marvellous Weekend Book and Pope...

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2024/11/19

Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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15:22

The greatest treason: to do the right deed for the...

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2024/11/18

Good Monday afternoon and welcome to a rainy dog walk and a letter of chastisement from Pope Gregory to Augustine, proud of his miracles. Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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17:02

Sunday ponderings about Hampstead Heath, Byron and...

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2024/11/17

Please join me on my garden bench for some gentle readings. Yet I’ll go no more a-roving, by the light of the moon 🌓🙋‍♀️Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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14:01

A Bleak Saturday dash to London

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2024/11/16

Dear friends, life can be so tough. Routine can help in dark times and so the routine of daily readings, whether Bede or Tintin, especially out-loud, is something to hold on to. Little life-jackets, are these simple tools, to get us through dark patches. Counting blessings, too, is another life-jacket to turn to. Nothing can fix but lots and lots of things can comfort and soothe. Thank you for joining me and best wishes to you. 🤗Send us a textSupport the sho...

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15:55

Country soundscapes, church crawling and Bede

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2024/11/15

Join me as I visit a few spots in Dorset, then a small church in Somerset before finishing with Gregory’s letter to the Bishop of Arles in Bede. 🤗Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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11:06

Saxon Churches and Bede on a Thursday evening

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2024/11/14

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23:35

Malmesbury ahoy! And Bede discusses the sin of...

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2024/11/13

Welcome! I have taken you to the ancient hilltop town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Please check out the photographs on platforms X or BlueSky by searching for Gretel le Maitre or @leshuguenots. Thank you for joining me 🤗Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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23:22

Tuesday with Dunstan, Aldhelm and Bede

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2024/11/12

Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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21:38

St Augustine asks his boss awkward questions about...

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2024/11/11

You’ve got to admire St Augustine for his frank questions! Are you ready to get baffled by Wulfys? Tonight’s episode is just for the stout-hearted.Tomorrow I’m going to take you into a deep, dark wood.. as the moon waxes and winter draws near. Alone with the leaves, the graves and the bats 🦇 .Please do leave comments on what you would like more or less of. Thank you for keeping me company on this journey. 🤓🙋‍♀️Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for drop...

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16:31

Remembrance; Bedlam Hospital and Bede.

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2024/11/10

(I apologise for a few moments of stumbling words today. I’m a little under the weather. ) Today I would be delighted if you would join me as I take you inside Sherborne Abbey as it prepares for the Service of Remembrance. Followed by Victorian enlightenment in Bedlam Hospital and closing with more wisdom from Pope Gregory, with an instruction to separate the wheat from the chaff. 🙋‍♀️Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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17:05

Shelley, Sherborne, Scriptoriums and St Augustine 🍂

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2024/11/09

Oh wild west wind! Do join me this evening for a few words from Shelley, some nuggets of information about Northumbrian scriptoriums, an update on Sherborne Abbey’s origins, and St Augustine’s next questions to Pope Gregory. Can one lie with one’s stepmother?A peaceful Saturday to all and thank you for honouring me with your ears 🤗🙋‍♀️🍂Send us a textSupport the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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21:05

Overcoming dread, old Wessex and St Augustine give us...

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2024/11/08

Good evening and thank you for joining me this Friday evening.Send us a text Support the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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19:32

Gretel takes you inside a very old church in the...

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2024/11/07

Hello! Please join me as we go inside St Nicholas church of Bratton Seymour, Somerset. Then we listen to Bede telling of St Augustine’s questions for the Pope. An incredible glimpse into the mind of a long-dead man of huge historical importance.Send us a text Support the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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26:04

Join me for a gentle twenty minutes of historical...

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2024/11/06

Art galleries, the origin of Sherborne, teetolling and Bede are gentle pondered this evening. I would be so delighted if you would join me. But please note the unattractive word ‘anus’ makes an unwelcome appearance. Episode 30 today. I’m very grateful for your company on this walk into the unknown.. 🤓🙋‍♀️Send us a text Support the showThanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x

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