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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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28:10

Buckfast Abbey; John Clare and Saints Bruno and Foy.

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2025/10/07

Send us a text Good evening. This is the first of two episodes, and this one ends without so much as a goodbye, for which I apologise. Come with me to Devonshire where we rest at a place of peace and tranquility. Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 33, 000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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38:46

A Month in the Country takes us to Ripon; a Barking...

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2025/10/06

Send us a text Hello dear friends, subscribers and newcomers. Welcome to this odd podcast where everything is free, no adverts are there ever, and all it is is a daily chatter, bringing in literature from the past and the hope that we can create a little safe haven of peace and gentleness, kindness and hope. The only price you have to pay is putting up with the fact that nothing is edited or scripted so it’s all jolly ad hoc. But if you can put up with that, then you can joi...

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33:11

An Unexpected Chat with Genius Composer Matthew...

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2025/10/04

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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47:39

Laurel & Hardy; Saints Galore; and Mr Birkin Misses...

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2025/10/03

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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43:31

Autumnal Interlude 🍁🍂🦔

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2025/10/02

Send us a text Good evening This is a little interlude, reading a chapter from Eleanor Parker’s lovely book ‘Winters in the World’, about the Anglo-Saxon year. This is the chapter about the difficult-to-grasp season of Autumn 🍂 I hope you are well! 🤗🍂🦔 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 202...

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47:34

Tom Birkin ponders Hell; Mortimers Cross; and...

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2025/10/01

Send us a text Welcome to today’s episode and thank you for your support and messages. 🤗🌷🦔 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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33:58

Mr Birkin’s Anger for the Lost Sons; Mr Katt gets a...

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2025/09/30

Send us a text Hallo hallo hallo! How are you this evening? Thank you so much for your wonderful messages of support and suggestions. So many lovely ideas. Oh and if you could spare the time, I would be so grateful if you would possibly give me a kind review and a high rating. It means a lot and I read every review. There are lots of platforms that all keep their own review averages, so if you’ve done it on one, it would be amazing if you possibly did it on anot...

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69:35

A Murmuration of Ponderings; Pepys visits Portsmouth...

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2025/09/29

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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7:40

A Teeny Witter or Interlude

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2025/09/29

Send us a text Hello, this is another recording that I couldn’t work out how to add to, but rather than delete it, here it is. I arrive at the beautiful driveway to Kelvedon Hall, where nuthatches, buzzards and coots abound. 😊 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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37:34

The George and Dragon at Wargrave; Montmorency burns...

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2025/09/29

Send us a text Good morning. Today Jerome K Jerome’s gentlemen (et chien) visit The George and Dragon at Wargrave and The Bull Inn at Sonning. Both pubs are still open and thriving and I’ve popped photographs onto social media. Isn’t it every English person’s dream to walk, row, cycle or chug along the Thames from source to tide? I’m heading to Kelvedon Hall today because I’m deeply interested in the life and times of Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon. Reading his diari...

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36:06

The Brothers York; Lolly Willowes; and the Tale of a...

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2025/09/28

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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50:39

An Unfortunate Bishop’s But(t) as Gretel sinks into A...

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2025/09/26

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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33:15

Montmorency Retreats from The Cat; Pepys is Revolted...

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2025/09/25

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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40:03

Montmorency does not like Cats 🐈‍⬛; The Knave of...

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2025/09/24

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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45:52

The Joys of Marlow; the History of Cleeve Abbey; and...

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2025/09/23

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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33:08

The Wind is finally in the Boat’s Favour; A...

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2025/09/22

Send us a text Thank you for joining me today. I am optimistic about the week ahead and I hope you are too. The cloud has finally shifted here in England and that makes an awful lot of difference. I’ll try to give a 🦔update soon. I’m putting food out for them every night and it completely disappears! 😄 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOOD...

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37:30

Pavarotti, the Pearl Fishers and A Month in the...

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2025/09/21

Send us a text How are you this blustery autumn day? There are so many forms of art that help peel off the scrub around one’s heart, apply a balm, then gently recoat with a protective layer. Unless we tend these sore, scarred spots, we cannot be well. Whether it’s words from a novel or poem, from a painting, or the harmonies of an aria, the arts allow us to walk the walk of healing, support and relief. Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. ...

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44:37

Pepys Sings Gaze Not Upon Swans 🦢; Three Men and...

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2025/09/20

Send us a text A poem by Henry Noel (Elizabethan Courtier) Gaze not on Swans Gaze not on swans in whose soft breast A full hatcht beauty seems to nest, Nor snow which falling from the sky, Hovers in its virginity. Gaze not on roses though new blown Grac’d with a fresh complexion, Nor lilly which no subtle bee Hath rob'd by kissing chemistry. Gaze not on that pure milky way Where night vies splendour with the day, Nor pearls whose silver walls confine The riches of an Indian mine....

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10:41

A Cut-short mini episode with Mr Katt and a...

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2025/09/19

Send us a text Hello, I was unable to add to this episode, sadly, so in despair I’ll publish it as a mini-episode, like a tapas plate. Love Gretel 🦔🤗🙋‍♀️ Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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38:48

Pomp & Circumstance; From Trenches to Moon’s Dug-out;...

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2025/09/18

Send us a text Hello and thank you so much for joining me. I hope you are well! I look forward to taking you to some Exmoor churches over the next few days. Thank you for your support and kind emails. Gretel x Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 30,200 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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