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Glorious, Delicious Southwark; a Forlorn return to Chelsea; and we close Bede’s 4th Book 🤓

Season 2 Episode 22

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Hello and thank you for joining me.  I will be posting a thank you package to one of my kind and generous subscribers tomorrow.  I will do the next ‘pulling a name from a beret’ when I …

Published on 9 months ago

The Making of the Thames and the Middlesex Saucer; Quiet Bede accompanied by the practising Choir of Sherborne Abbey

Season 2 Episode 21

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Good evening and thank you for joining me.  Tonight’s episode comes from inside Sherborne Abbey.  Tomorrow I take you back to Chelsea: my first return since the death of my mother; I re…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Do you know your ‘Wics’? Gretel goes deep into Middlesex; Poor Bede can’t let Cuthbert go; but he’s not like Binker

Season 2 Episode 20

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Hello dear friends.  Do you like a long ramble about history? For this evening you have it.  The comfort of my books leaked into my bones as I explored old London this evening.  

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Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Grief is Tough; a Robin visits; the Irish Famine and the death of Cuthbert

Season 2 Episode 19

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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 snippets from books about history, art and literature and r…

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Filial bell-ringing; Queen Victoria rejects anti-semitism; a word on Diocletian; and Cuthbert enthrals his fellows.

Season 2 Episode 18

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Hello and thank you so much for joining me as I tread the path of life, one day at a time.  

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Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Calm readings with cat on lap, candles lit and tea by my side. In history we find comfort for it right-sizes the present times.

Season 2 Episode 17

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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 snippets from books abou…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

More Adventures in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the Guild Chapel, the Swan Theatre, and with actor Enzo Cilenti in the Dirty Duck pub.

Season 2 Episode 16

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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 Shak…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

A trip to Stratford-upon-Avon with Bede

Season 2 Episode 15

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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, …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Taking the Somerset air and contemplating a forthcoming exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350; Roman roads and more chatterings from Bede

Season 2 Episode 14

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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 …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

A second time in two weeks to lie next to a human in love and protection.

Season 2 Episode 13

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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 snippets from books about history, art and literature and r…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago