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Gretel le MaĆ®tre 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. There’s space in the warm tent for everyone; there’s tea in the pot šŸ«–. It’ ...
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Send us a text Hello and welcome back! I’m so sorry I’ve not been with you for the past few days. I will publish 3 episodes today to catch up and because I’m in wonderful Canterbury, where there is so much to share with you. I hope you are well and thank you for your kind messages of support. šŸ¤— Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒā€¦
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Send us a text Good evening friends. I’ve found out that podcast rankings are influenced by how often episodes or the show is shared by listeners and I wondered if you have the time and energy you might consider sharing it from time to time. Maybe with a friend or family member. I know I shouldn’t be bothered about rankings, but it’s been lovely to…
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Send us a text Hallo and thank you so very much for joining me. How are you? Are you able to find peace and contentment or is it eluding you? Ideas from a simple Dorset lady: 1. Read in bed a real book for the first and last 15 minutes of each day 2. Make a point of being extra warm and kind to everyone you come across tomorrow 3. Buy a packet of l…
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Send us a text Dear friends. I’m on a huge wave of happiness tonight thanks to an afternoon spent with a friend. Friends are SO important are they not? People who are on our side and hurt for our hurts. Thank you for joining me as ever, including to dear Gretchen for her kind email. I will read some out tomorrow. It’s fascinating to hear about peop…
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Send us a text Good evening, how are you? A very warm welcome to newcomers or old comers; to regulars or to drop-ins. I’m here every day so that you’ve always got a place to go if you need some comfort and companionship. Let do our bit to make larger the space in the world that protects people from unkindness, crassness and loneliness. It was so lo…
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Send us a text Good evening and thank you so much for joining me on my last day exploring the north Cornish coast. Today we visit the place of Thomas Hardy’s courtship of Emma Gifford as well as the Witchcraft Museum in Boscastle. On Monday I’ll be posting something small to my paying subscribers, so do leave an address in my DMs or email: gretelle…
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Send us a text Good afternoon and thank you for taking the time to join me for today’s episode where we end with some Handel to celebrate the word ā€˜Oratorio’ and its saintly origins. Do get in touch and tell me who you are, so I can say hello to you on tomorrow’s episode. [email protected] Best wishes šŸ™‹ā€ā™€ļøšŸŖæšŸ•Æļø Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒā€¦
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Send us a text …. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. šŸ•ÆļøšŸ¤“šŸ„³ Hello! We’re having two episodes today, to catch up with our Saints and to fit in this evening our start on the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, which will run alongside Pepys. Nothing’s too tricky for we band of merry, curious folk šŸ¤“ Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒā€¦
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Send us a text Good afternoon and welcome to today’s episode where we visit on foot a tiny chancel that once had a nave; built in the Tudor times just before the Reformation with a still visible coat of arms of Henry VIII above the East Window. I find a dusty old love poem of sorts, an ancient kneeler, and delight in the swooping swallows that gath…
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Send us a text Hello and a very good afternoon. I hope you are well. Thank you so much to my seven kind subscribers who help pay for my tea and cake as I zoom about the country. Next week I’m looking forward to taking you back to St Gennys in north Cornwall when I will be digging deeper into the relationship between Cornish, Irish, Welsh and Breton…
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Send us a text Good evening and thank you so much for joining me. How are you and how is your Sunday? Today I read an Extract from the Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1985 - The Fire of 1437 and the Rebuilding of Sherborne Abbey, JHP Gibb. Associated diagrams I’ve uploaded to X and BlueSky. I need a website! Can anyone make one f…
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Send us a text Good evening and thank you so much for joining me. I’m a little under par this evening and low after receiving a low Apple Podcasts rating. If you enjoy what I do even a little I would be so very grateful if you would give me a nice rating. There are lots of places you can go to it: Podcast, Apple, Buzzsprout, Podchaser, GoodPods, Ac…
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Send us a text Benjamin West’s painting of the King receiving General Monke at Dover; though in truth, brilliantly, it was the other way around. Through such subtleties the Constitutional Monarchy weaved its way into a stable future. Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒBy Gretel le MaĆ®tre
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Send us a text The obsessing over signage by all people and institutions in May of 1660 is so fascinating and so relatable and explains why so many English pubs are the King’s Arms. What quicker, surer way to reassure people of your loyalty to the new King? Signs and symbols matter because we use them to be noticed by others who we know will know w…
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Send us a text Good evening and welcome to tonight’s episode where, after talking to an enthusiastic audience about his book Suetonius, historian Tom Holland spared me ten minutes to chat about this, that and cricket. šŸ I’m so grateful to him for his time. Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒBy Gretel le MaĆ®tre
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Send us a text Welcome to a second episode today where I have two informal conversations with fascinating people I met at the book launch of Bijan Omrani’s ā€˜God is an Englishman’ yesterday. I also take you round parts of Temple Church in London. Back to Pepys’ diaries tomorrow šŸ¤“ The best things in life are unscripted šŸŒ Support the show Love Gretel …
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Send us a text Good evening. Thank you for joining me as I chat to Bijan Omrani about the vital importance of Christianity in the development of England. Thank you Bijan for your time as we perched in the nippy wind outside Temple Church in London. Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒBy Gretel le MaĆ®tre
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Send us a text Good evening and a very happy Saturday 3rd May. We have now finished the first two months of 1660 and I hope you are getting a feel for Pepys’ character. Thank you if you have joined me for tonight’s episode. Do come back. I’m here every day, with new readings. Best wishes 😊 Support the show Love Gretel šŸŒā€¦
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Send us a text Hallo dear friends and a very good evening. It’s a hot (I would say but it’s only 20 degrees so an American would say mild šŸ˜†) day in merry England. I’ve planted many hollyhocks of all colours, a rose bush ā€˜New Dawn’ given to me to help with grief by my best friend Victoria, some ornamental poppies and wisteria. We also planted the un…
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