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Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests

Gretel le Maître

Now 1000 downloads per week, Total 36, 000 downloadsRegular top ten spot in 3 categories GoodPodsRanked in Top 10 % of Global Rankings (Listen Notes)No ads, team or subscription costDaily outputScript-free*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

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6:08

A Line in the Sand ↗️

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/31

Send us a text Support the show 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. Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, literature and peopl...

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44:46

Food, glorious Food! Ring out those Bells! And Love...

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2025/10/29

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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48:35

An Important Literary Preface; Simon; A Thames thick...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/28

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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44:08

St Crispin’s Day. That went by; This may too. Lord...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/27

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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35:15

Anglo-Saxon Mood Music with Chastisement and Ruin

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/25

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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35:01

Churches Galore as Gretel steps into the ancient...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/24

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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44:24

Wimsey agrees to Ring Treble Bob 🔔; Old Mother’s...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/23

Send us a text Hello and a very happy Thursday to you wherever you are. I know I have regular listeners in America, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, The Russian Federation and Czechia. Do say hello via my email: gretellem@yahoo.com. I would love to hear about you. Do you have a piece of music you would like me to play? An extract from a book to read? A poem? A message to a loved one? And do check X and BlueS...

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42:55

Jerusalem, Donatus and a close to Bede’s Life of...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/22

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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54:26

We begin The Nine Tailors; Discuss Cuthbert’s...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/21

Send us a text Hello and welcome to tonight’s episode, where we turn our backs to the lighter days and face with chins high the winter months ahead, by beginning The Nine Tailors, one of Dorothy L Sayers’ finest novels. Thank you so much for joining me and I hope you are well. Lots of love xx Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Cole...

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35:46

The Evolution of Church Architecture; Saint...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/20

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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52:43

October Ponderings; Celtic Manuscripts; Cuthbert’s...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/19

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

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50:45

Under Pressure; in Defence of our Forbears; Gretel...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/18

Send us a text Dear lovely friends, team-mates, subscribers and newcomers. Thank you for joining me at this early hour. 🤗 G x Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted bu...

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47:56

Theresa of Avila; Columba the warrior; and Dorothy L...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/16

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history and nature...

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32:16

A Somerset church and wonderful May; Goats, cows,...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/16

Send us a text Hello and thank you so much for joining me this balmy October Thursday. There will be two episodes today: in this one we go church exploring; the second one we will catch up with the literature. I hope you are well and coping with all life’s challenges. Thank you for your lovely emails. 😊 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Compose...

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34:28

A Visit from Mrs Hedgehog; Peter Wimsey solves the...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/14

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history and nature...

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28:43

Saint Columba and the Scotts Guards 💂

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/13

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history and nature...

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37:56

Sherborne prepares for Pack Monday, Peter Wimsey gets...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/12

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history and nature...

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24:37

Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates; while Richard of York...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/12

Send us a text Hallo! Thank you so much for joining me. There’ll be a second episode this evening, with some music from Sherborne Abbey. Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted...

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31:42

Saturday morning Saints; Cuthbert nibbles on Five...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/11

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: 33, 000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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39:34

The Hedgehogs are Awake still; The Marvellous...

Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other... ·

2025/10/09

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: 33, 000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝

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