Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests

Send us Fan Mail A lovely day photographing the beautiful town of Stratford-upon-Avon, walking along the riverside, visiting the stunning Guildhall chapel with its walk-paintings commissioned by Mr Shakespeare senior.  Finally Gretel falls into conversation with actor Enzo Cilenti (pronounced incorrectly, huge apologies) who played rogue Mortimer in tonight’s performance of Edward II by Christophe...

Send us Fan Mail Good evening dear friends, I wandered the beautiful streets of Stratford upon Avon this evening, venturing into Shakespeare’s churchyard in the dark. I saw a fox, a rat or vole, a frog, a plethora of jackdaws and a merry robin.  The Avon river stretched slickly in front of me as I gazed out to see the church spire peeping through the black trees.   Budgets are sensible, but a surp...

Send us Fan Mail Dear friends  Thank you for joining me and I hope you are well.  Please reply and tell me who you are, where you are from, and what you would like from a podcast.  I want to offer you a daily safe haven: a place to go where all will be gentle, curious and calm.  A free-from-ads safe space.  A reminder that the world is made up of goodness and beauty; we can leave the ugly and the...

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 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 Dear friends  Thank you for staying with me on this path.  My very best wishes to you.   🌷🕯️🫖 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....

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 Hello.  Gosh this is hard.  How is one to accept that the face of one’s mother is lost and gone?  Grief is squeezing my chest and moving me from states of numb dumbness or dumb numbness, to states of wretched sore heartedness, where nothing can soothe, and all feels dark and bleak. But the daffodils have burst into bloom in our garden; newspapers are being printed as usual as if t...

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 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 Thank you so much for joining me for what has been the worst week of my life.  I am trying to tread water and this is possible with my family, with nature, with music and with books.  I am sorry to be recording such difficult events.  I fear many of you will relate to family difficulties at times of death.  It’s all too sad to dwell on and I feel I have to kick it over the cliff r...

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 Thank you for all your kind messages.  I read and appreciate every one.   🕯️  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...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me.   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 Hollan...

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 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 I am in-between worlds and have weariness behind  my eyes, fear in my belly, and misery in my heart.   Books, art, buildings, family, duty, GRATITUDE and the natural world will all carry me over this horrible piece of unnavigated ground.   Tis but life, this death..  I wish you joy!  Hold your mummies close x Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curio...

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 Dear friends, I do turn advertisement offers down to keep this endeavour free from advertisements. So if you feel able to make a contribution from time to time - one-offs very welcome - that would be a wonderful help.  But no pressure or guilt if money is tight for you.  Just enjoy the companionship x 🤗🌷🤍 Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curios...

Send us Fan Mail Hello thank you for joining me as we leap forward apace into 2025. The moon is already a waxing gibbous, St Valentine’s is around the corner, and Bede talks at us rather with another Wulfhere and Ecgfrith.  It’s cold in England and I am pining for the streets of London as I’ve been cooped up in hospital with my poor ailing mother.  She is so vulnerable with me now and I’ve been do...

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...