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The Waters Lap at my Feet while Pondering the Decorated phase of Gothic Architecture; and then we are Overcome by the Wiley Windy Moors

Season 3 Episode 105

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Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time.  She shares with you snipp…

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The late Jon Cannon helps us to understand and diagnose the first stage of English Gothic: the Early English c.1190 - 1260

Season 3 Episode 104

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Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti…

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How the Wind Blows around the Dreaded Matter of Class; and Thomas Hardy, by an admirer in 1940

Season 3 Episode 103

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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…

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Sweet Cyder is a Great Thing, writes T Hardy; Pepys remarks on King Charles II Ordinary Mien; and we Learn how to Diagnose the Birth of Gothic Architecture

Season 3 Episode 102

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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 …

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Fever breaks out in London in Summer 1661; and we Ponder the Pre-Reformation English Church

Season 3 Episode 101

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Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time.  She shares with you snipp…

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Live at the Oval for Day 4 of the England/India Test; followed by Further Ponderings on the Cerne Giant

Season 3 Episode 100

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This is not my usual type of episode so do skip if you prefer the quiet readings.  The noisy cricket lasts for ten minutes, foll…

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Norman/Romanesque Architecture; Cricket and Sidwell’s Feast Day

Season 3 Episode 99

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In tonight’s episode we learn how to ‘diagnose’ Norman/Romanesque architecture, and catch up with the Saints and Mr Pepys. 

Thank you …

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A Pile of Books with Tea, a cat 🐈, a bat 🦇 and a hedgehog 🦔 in a Dorset Garden 📚🤓

Season 3 Episode 98

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I am so glad you have decided to join me in my Dorset garden, in the dark on this Friday evening for a celebration of books.  Our gue…

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A stroll through an Enchanted Graveyard, where a loving Cat appeared to soothe my heart; and poor Pepys has Broken Brains

Season 3 Episode 97

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Hello dear friends and newcomers, welcome to my daily voice-note to you 🤗

Today I finish my Cerne Abbas pilgrimage with a wander aroun…

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We go in on a little Pilgrimage to the Holy Well in Cerne Abbas. Come and touch the waters created [one understands 😬] by the Staff of St Augustine

Season 3 Episode 96

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Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time.  She shares with you snipp…

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