Gretel le Maître Ponders, with Bede & other guests

By Gretel le Maître

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Gretel le Maître Ponders, with Bede & other guests episodes:

August 14, 2025 Montmorency helps Pack; John Cannon helps us Diagnose the late Perpendicular; while the Sea creeps Closer 🌊
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Good evening and thank you so much for joining me.
Thank you to my new subscriber Majorie: I really appreciate your support so very much.
If you have time and appreciate anything about this funny old podcast, I would love it if you would kindly rate the podcast, or give it a thumbs up; perhaps send an episode to a friend who is isolated, grieving, or might be appreciative of the eclectic and home-spun (unprofessional 🫣) style. Most days I get sent offers of in-podcast ads that would bring a little income but I turn all down - as I always will - in order to keep this an uninterrupted piece of authenticity. But there is a way to support me, by clicking on ‘support the podcast’ and donate the smallest amount you like as a one-off or per month. Thank you for those that do and a few times a year I’ll send something small in the post as a thank you.
Some items for the future:
1. Conversation with art historian Philip Mould
2. Conversation with BBC journalist John Smith
3. A visit to the private quarters of Windsor Castle
4. All of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree, as our Book for Advent
5. More from: the Brontes, Dickens, Hardy, Sayers and other loved authors and poets
6. A visit to Kent
7. One day cricket at Lord’s
8. Visits to more of England’s main cathedrals and Abbeys
9. A conversation with Angela Tilby
10. A pilgrimage to the land of Bede, and more of his works
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

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37min
August 13, 2025 Bad People created by Good Intentions; Heathcliff and Cathy; and a History of the Salt Combe
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Hello and welcome to today’s episode. Thank you so much for supporting this endeavour, with all its warts and all.

Love Gretel xx 🪿
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
36min
August 12, 2025 Exploring the Wuthering and Extraordinary Heights; and Pondering the Problem with Ropes with Jerome K Jerome
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Welcome and thank you do much for your company 🌞
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
34min
August 11, 2025 Bus, Dock and Hotel are locations for tonight’s episode where we Gaze into the 15th Century
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Dear kind friends and (possibly bewildered) new friends, welcome to tonight’s usual slightly chaotic episode. Thank you so very much for your kindness and support.
And do go very gently. 🌞
Love Gretel x
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
50min
August 10, 2025 Who thus define it, say they more or less // Than this, that happiness is happiness
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Hello and thank you for joining me for tonight’s episode from Devon, where we eavesdrop on an outdoor Sunday church service; we visit St Winwalloe’s hilltop church; we conclude wonderful Jon Cannon’s description of the Gothic; and Alexander Pope ponders happiness 🦉
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
37min
August 09, 2025 Salcombe Hubub; Exhausting Parenting; and Heathcliffe begs Cathy to come home
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
29min
August 08, 2025 The Waters Lap at my Feet while Pondering the Decorated phase of Gothic Architecture; and then we are Overcome by the Wiley Windy Moors
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

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35min
August 07, 2025 The late Jon Cannon helps us to understand and diagnose the first stage of English Gothic: the Early English c.1190 - 1260
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
36min
August 07, 2025 How the Wind Blows around the Dreaded Matter of Class; and Thomas Hardy, by an admirer in 1940
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Hallo and thank you so much for joining me today. There will be a second episode of our usual readings this evening.

Love Gretel xx
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
37min
August 05, 2025 Sweet Cyder is a Great Thing, writes T Hardy; Pepys remarks on King Charles II Ordinary Mien; and we Learn how to Diagnose the Birth of Gothic Architecture
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Good evening dear friends, old and new. This is more of an audio-journal than a podcast, so do bear that in mind and refrain, if at all possible, from giving me a low rating, which grieves me much 😓. I have no team, money or equipment and I’d be so grateful if you’d take that into account. And if you’ve not yet rated this, I’d be overjoyed if you could take the time to give me a nice rating. Thank you so much 🌞
What are you up to this Tuesday? How are you this early August week? How caught up are you in the horror of international events? Are you suffering or grieving? Struggling with the bleak moments that creep up on us all? Do share with me and I promise to reply, either privately or an episode, if you give me permission. Do share any photos or thoughts on what I’ve said. And do correct me when I’m wrong; or let me what’s annoying.
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G
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Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.

#1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK:

#1 in the Top 100 Places & Travel Weekly chart

#1 in the Top 100 Spirituality Weekly chart

27,000 Downloads 🥳

Love Gretel 🌝

...more
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FAQs about Gretel le Maître Ponders, with Bede & other guests:

How many episodes does Gretel le Maître Ponders, with Bede & other guests have?

The podcast currently has 333 episodes available.

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