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Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests

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…

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Latest episodes

  1. Day 6 in Cornwall: Purely Pickwick22 Oct 2026
  2. Day 5 in Cornwall: St Gennys Church, the Dog that Digs, and the Robin Romance20 Oct 2026
  3. Day 4 in Cornwall: Chaucer, Trollope, Jeopardy and Mercy19 Oct 2026
  4. Day 3 in Cornwall: A Skylark, Water Pipit and Linnets; and Sam Weller protects Mr Pickwick18 Oct 2026
  5. Day 2 in Cornwall: Barchester Towers, the Seaside Robin, and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle17 Oct 2026
  6. Day 1 in Cornwall: The Princess Diaries, an American Poet, and The Pickwick Papers16 Oct 2026
  7. Alexander Pope and a Ropey Elephant compete with a Wittering Host 🐘14 Oct 2026
  8. Signora Neroni is Irresistible; Mr Jingles is Irrepressible; and Mr Pepys is Irritated. Welcome to Book Night 📕12 Oct 2026
  9. Sherborne Abbey: We spend a few hours inside with Mr Wildmam11 Oct 2026
  10. The Wren, J Clare and October, R Frost; Royal Reminiscences; and Mr Pickwick Chasing, in a Chaise8 Oct 2026