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Origins of Oratorios; Saint Augustine’s Feast Day; and Pepys discusses whether True Argument is at the Heart of a good Tragedie
Season 3 Episode 34
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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 ‘…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Saints, Celtic Christians, a thieving Servant, and we make a start on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Season 3 Episode 33
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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…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
We remember David of Scotland 🏴; Celebrate France 🇫🇷; Ponder human nature; and eagerly anticipate tonight’s episode where we begin…
Season 3 Episode 32
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…. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 🕯️🤓🥳
Hello! We’re having two episodes today, to catch up with our Saints and to fit in this evening our…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A tour inside a 1533 Chancel that’s lost its Nave; Why the Lord Chancellor sits atop a Bale of Wool; and we hear Swallows, Warblers and Long-Tailed Tits
Season 3 Episode 31
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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 ju…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A Litter of Puppies for Pepys; The Abingdon Manuscript; and good William of Rochester.
Season 3 Episode 30
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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…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A Deep Ponder on Universal Trials of Life
Season 3 Episode 28
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Do feel free to ignore this if you only come for the history; this is a reflective episode on life and its universal challenges.
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10 months, 4 weeks ago
The Winchester Chronicle, The Court of Pleas and Pepys buys Lobster 🦞
Season 3 Episode 29
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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 ca…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Hares, Saints and Rain
Season 3 Episode 27
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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 early 19th Century Microcosm of London by Pugin and Rawlinson; Mr Wren accompanies Pepy’s Diaries
Season 3 Episode 26
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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 Restoration was about restoring Parliament’s Sovereignty, says W Churchill, brilliantly; and we reflect on the great St Dunstan
Season 3 Episode 25
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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…
11 months ago