Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests

Send us Fan Mail I’m so sorry this is so late. I forgot to press ‘publish’ ☺️ 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads. ...

Send us Fan Mail Hallo and thank you for joining me for this Tuesday bonus episode.   With love, Gretel xx 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.  We’v...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail Good afternoon. I’ve tried a number of times to add to this tiny episode, but all in vain, including the loss of fifteen minutes of pre-bed chitter-chatter last night.  So I’ll publish this as it is and move on.  There is an enormous amount of information online about this architectural and historic jewel, so please enjoy some moments of fascinating foraging online.  And of course...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail Hallo and a very warm welcome to this ridiculous endeavour known as Gretel Le Maître Ponders.  How are do and what are you up to?  Please do feel free to email me and let me know about who you are, where you live and what your interests are. Love Gretel 🤗🙋‍♀️👣 Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time.  She shares...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail Hallo! There are two episodes today and this one is purely my visit to the beautiful parish church of Milborne Port with is Saxon wall in the chancel and its many Romanesque features.   For those who are interested in following the readings, they will be in the second episode which I will publish in a few hours.  With very best wishes, Gretel x Support the show Gretel le Maître li...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail Is it time to throw out the lumber? Have we too much in our life? Too much of what we don’t need, weighing us down and hindering us from journeying lightly through our lives.   What is it we need?  And what is it we don’t need? If you manage to throw out some lumber, do let me know.  For every day there’s a sunrise and sunset to enjoy.  What’s stopping us from being that person we...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening dear friends, subscribers and new listeners:  welcome! This podcast seeks to rejoice in the world about us.   Please join me on this journey of gentleness, compassion, curiosity and the absence of greed, negativity and monetary profit.  Share your thoughts, ideas, ponders with me and let me know if I have permission to share: How have to coped with the imminent death...

Send us Fan Mail Erratum: I say it’s Monday which……. it isn’t 😬🥴 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening and welcome to this episode where we conclude looking at E Brontë‘s startling novel, that takes an evening to read and a lifetime to digest. Like the clouds above the moors, like her brother, father, sisters and friends, Emily understands perhaps that we human animals are creatures of ever shape and time-shifting forms.  Our characters are best understood in the glimp...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening, I would be so honoured if you would join me for a long half an hour of gentle ponderings and readings, as we sit in a Dorset garden, and rejoice in the big skies and merry crows, while grieving the flight of the swifts to warmer lands. Let’s hope the fledglings survive, to return next year to the golden sheltered eaves of Sherborne School.  Thank you to dear Bijan Om...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to today’s episode.  Thank you so much for supporting this endeavour, with all its warts and all.   Love Gretel xx 🪿 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 explor...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome and thank you do much for your company 🌞 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!...

Send us Fan Mail Dear kind friends and (possibly bewildered) new friends, welcome to tonight’s usual slightly chaotic episode.  Thank you so very much for your kindness and support. And do go very gently.  🌞 Love Gretel x 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 litera...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and thank you for joining me for tonight’s episode from Devon, where we eavesdrop on an outdoor Sunday church service; we visit St Winwalloe’s hilltop church; we conclude wonderful Jon Cannon’s description of the Gothic; and Alexander Pope ponders happiness 🦉 Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time.  She shar...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!!  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of...

Send us Fan Mail Hallo and thank you so much for joining me today.  There will be a second episode of our usual readings this evening.   Love Gretel xx 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...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening dear friends, old and new.  This is more of an audio-journal than a podcast, so do bear that in mind and refrain, if at all possible, from giving me a low rating, which grieves me much 😓.  I have no team, money or equipment and I’d be so grateful if you’d take that into account.  And if you’ve not yet rated this, I’d be overjoyed if you could take the time to give me...