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A Winter’s Visit to a Secret Church, Self-Pity and Oswiu

Season 1 Episode 87

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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 11 months, 2 weeks ago

A quiet start to 2025 with Pepys and Bede

Season 1 Episode 86

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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 11 months, 2 weeks ago

A Happy New Year from Baedeker and Bede

Season 1 Episode 85

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Good evening and a very happy new year to you.  Tonight I take you on a fortnight’s tour of London and talk more of Oswald’s miracles, including Chapter Ten of Book Three; missed out er…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

A night in Oxford and a visit to the Ashmolean Museum

Season 1 Episode 84

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Good evening dear friends and please join me as I take you to the beautiful city of Oxford 🐂.

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Syrian monasticism, Somerset Ham Stone and Miracles after the death of Oswald

Season 1 Episode 83

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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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Early Holy Land Monasticism; Charles II is visited by Russians and Oswald is killed in Battle

Season 1 Episode 82

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Hello friends and I thank you for joining me.  Let’s find out more about early monasticism and hear about Charles II’s visit from Russian ambassadors, before we turn to our Venerable Fr…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Twixt Yule and Year End 🕯️😊

Season 1 Episode 81

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Good evening and thank you for joining me to ponder this gap betwixt Christmas and New Year and to relate Bede’s chronicling of two eminent brides of Christ ⭐️

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Double Bede for Boxing Day

Season 1 Episode 80

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Good evening and thank you for joining me as we continue our reading of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History.  ⭐️

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Christmas Day ⭐️

Season 1 Episode 79

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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 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Music, Carols and Early Irish Christians ⭐️

Season 1 Episode 78

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Good evening friends and I wish you all a very peaceful Christmas Eve 🤗⭐️🎄

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

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago