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Anglo-Saxon Mood Music with Chastisement and Ruin

Season 3 Episode 184

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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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Churches Galore as Gretel steps into the ancient space of St John the Evangelist, Milborne Port, and continues with Bell Practice at Snowy Fenchurch St Paul

Season 3 Episode 183

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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Col…

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Wimsey agrees to Ring Treble Bob 🔔; Old Mother’s Recipes; and A Corpse in a Grand Procession

Season 3 Episode 182

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Hello and a very happy Thursday to you wherever you are. 

I know I have regular listeners in America, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ger…

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Jerusalem, Donatus and a close to Bede’s Life of Cuthbert; The Nine Tailors, The Decorated and Sir Walter Scott. A Veritable Feast!

Season 3 Episode 181

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Extracts from St Cuthbert’s Corpse: A Life After Death published by Sacristy Press are copyright © David Willem. Copies of his book are available fromhttps://www.sacristy.co.uk/book/cut…

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We begin The Nine Tailors; Discuss Cuthbert’s Remains; Hear of Pepys’ Maths Lessons; and Ponder Grief

Season 3 Episode 180

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Hello and welcome to tonight’s episode, where we turn our backs to the lighter days and face with chins high the winter months ahead, by beginning The Nine Tailors, one of Dorothy L Say…

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The Evolution of Church Architecture; Saint Frideswide and Gretel climbs a Bell Tower 🔔

Season 3 Episode 179

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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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October Ponderings; Celtic Manuscripts; Cuthbert’s Miracles; and Valiant Hearts

Season 3 Episode 178

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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Col…

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Under Pressure; in Defence of our Forbears; Gretel seeks Work; and Warwick places the Crown on the King’s Head but is not Kingmaker He

Season 3 Episode 177

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Theresa of Avila; Columba the warrior; and Dorothy L Sayers takes us to the Ball

Season 3 Episode 176

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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Col…

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A Somerset church and wonderful May; Goats, cows, sheep abound; and Pepys whips his poor boy until he own up to his lies

Season 3 Episode 175

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Hello and thank you so much for joining me this balmy October Thursday.  There will be two episodes today: in this one we go church exploring; the second one we will catch up with the l…

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