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A Pinch of Bernard Shaw; a Sprinkle of Samuel Pepys; and a Dollop of Waffle
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Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋♀️
Thank you, thank you, thank you for joining me and bearing with me. I couldn’t be more grateful for your support and comforted by your presence.
WHAT a relief to return home: I will never return to my mother’s house now and a door is closed. But memories come into their own, and for anyone in such a position, it is a part of life - a normal part of life. Gretel must put her best foot forward, feed the animals, care for her family, and let the past peaceful pass.
Tomorrow, once microphone and books are found, the tale of dear Mr Pickwick will be Picked up With☺️
Right, best foot forward 🫡
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.
Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of this podcast. Thank you Tom🙏
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 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...