Edgar Allan Poe delights; Rev Barton angers; Mrs Pepys fret; and Gretel delves too densely into medieval ecclesiastical conflict.

Send us Fan MailThank you so much for your support.  I’m particularly grateful to you if you subscribe.  Subscribers receive a couple of packages a year and much love and appreciation from me.  This podcast is a labour of love but it would be wonderful to make a little bit of income, to cover the sundries of life as I visit churches around Britain.  Eventually the plan is to visit churches around the world.  🌎🤓If you feel like subscribing, remember you can subscribe as a one-off or for a couple of months.  It doesn’t have to be a long-term commitment.  It really is appreciated and helps so much.My very best wishesLove 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.  We’ve reached 66,000 downloads.  Thank you!! Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of this podcast.  Thank you Tom🙏 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; Sir Richard Eyre; Actors Guy Henry and Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Aerial photographer Hedley Thorne; 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 again, John Simpson, Kevin Stroud, Philippa Langley again, David Crowther, ...