A Pinch of Bernard Shaw; a Sprinkle of Samuel Pepys; and a Dollop of Waffle
Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guestsShow Notes
Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋♀️ Thank you, thank you, thank you for joining me and bearing with me. I couldn’t be more grateful for your support and comforted by your presence. WHAT a relief to return home: I will never return to my mother’s house now and a door is closed. But memories come into their own, and for anyone in such a position, it is a part of life - a normal part of life. Gretel must put her best foot forward, feed the animals, care for her famil...
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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...