How to get rid of a horse, in The Pickwick Papers; and Charlotte Brontë’s Irish and Cornish ancestry.

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️ Good evening. This is a photograph of the Leather Bottle Inn in Cobham, Kent, one of Charles Dickens’ favourite public houses, and features in tonight’s episode. I don’t like what the managers have done inside though and is what is now too common: a canteen style layout of tables for easy serving and plenty of diners; rather than a multitude of different seating areas, which is essential to give a pub its true English traditional charm. Howeve...

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️ Support the show 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 regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. We’ve reached over 90,000 downloads. Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed. Dip in and out, choosing an episode based...

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️ Support the show 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 regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. We’ve reached over 90,000 downloads. Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed. Dip in and out, choosing an episode based...

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️ Support the show 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 regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. We’ve reached over 90,000 downloads. Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed. Dip in and out, choosing an episode based...

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️ Support the show 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 regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. We’ve reached over 90,000 downloads. Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed. Dip in and out, choosing an episode based...