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Durham III: A Cosy Pub chat with David and Tom; Poor Peter enters the Cranford narrative; and Drama at The Maypole (Barnaby Rudge Ch XI)
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Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋♀️
Good day and thank you so much for joining me as we conclude the wonderful visit to Durham. It’s been a breath of fresh air for me, and a reminder of how exhilarating it is to meet wonderful people (author David Willem and the fantastic staff at Durham Cathedral) and see in the flesh old and important items (the astonishing Cuthbert reliquary and Durham Cathedral).
I hope you are well and rested and not finding the start to this year too onerous or challenging. Do reach out to people if you feel blue, alone or stuck. Very few people really have got their life in perfect order: most of us are struggling at different times, and most of us value the warmth that comes from helping people who are suffering.
My very best wishes and I hope you are enjoying Barnaby Rudge.
Gretel xx
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 over 80,000 downloads.
Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed. Dip in and out, choosing an episode based on the title information. Whether you are interested in history, literature, poetry or one-to-one chatting, I try to give you something that will interest you. This is a podcast for the curious, the kind and - possibly - the suffering or lonely.
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Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, literature and people. And so is determined to walk this path with light footsteps and with humour and warmth. Let’s gather up the beautiful things and ponder them in our hearts.
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Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Sir Richard Eyre; Actors Guy Henry and Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Author Nicola Cornick; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela T...