About this episode
Send a textGood morning. Tis the early hours of Sunday morning and this is the first of two Sunday episodes. Tomorrow we will catch up with Pepys, Saints, Puppy and goodness knows what else. A glimpse inside a church or Abbey feels overdue.Thank you so much for joining me. If you like this ridiculous endeavour the ways you can help make my heart sing are:1. Download each episode 2. Forward episodes to people you think might like to listen. 3. Leave a lovely review. I read every single one 🤓4. Give me 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟It’s also possible to support me by making a one-off contribution to my teabag fund or by signing up to supporting me more regularly. I’m so bowled over that a handful of you do this: please stop after a while - I promise I won’t be hurt. Subscriptions to things are shackles in modern life. But the money genuinely helps and for example has enabled me to buy a ticket to Scotland at the end of March where I’m interviewing Philippa Langley. Thank you and see you soon for the second Sunday episode. Love Gretel x Support the showGretel 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. Gretel invites you to accompany her as she navigates the world a day at a time; the podcast is unscripted, it’s ad-free.Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, literature and people. And so is determined to walk this path with light footsteps and with humour and warmth. Let’s gather up the beautiful things and ponder them in our hearts. Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. I would be so grateful if you would spare the time to give me a kind review and possibly 5 stars (for effort as I realise it’s not deserved for achievement)🥴 Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Journalist and Historian Sir Simon Jenkins; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Future guests (all being well) are Tom Holland, John Simpson, Eleanor Parker, Philippa Langley and Katie Channon. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history and nature. Please don’t expect to find a poli...