John Colet of St Paul’s; Pepys’ love of ‘Discourse’; and Lucy Snowe watches and sees all

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️Hello and a very good Tuesday evening.  The Abbey bells are ringing as I write and I feel like my mojo has returned: what a strange thing ‘moods’ are.  They descend upon us like heavy cloud, hang about as long as they like, and then vanish.  People ask, when one mentions feeling down, ‘what are you down about?’.  Well, it’s the cloud you see, you want to say; it’s gathered about my head and has put lead in my legs and squeezed all the life out of me.Tonight I feel full of beans 🫘, of purpose and contentment.  I’m happy for Son, who is off to see the first day of the cricket tomorrow; for stepson and daughter-in-law whose second child was born with no complications last Sunday; for Daughter, who is spending time with friends who love her; and for Husband who is back from his mammoth trip on Saturday.  Are you well?  Let me know.  Do you want to share your news?  Your thoughts?  A poem or passage from a book.  Get in touch: [email protected] you so much for joining me on my walk through life. One day at a time.  May you have a peaceful evening.  Love Gretel 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 nearly 80,000 downloads.  Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed.  Dip in and out, choosing an episode based on the title information.  Whether you are interested in history, literature, poetry or one-to-one chatting, I try to give you something that will interest you.  This is a podcast for the curious, the kind and - possibly - the suffering or lonely.  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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 😬☺️🥴Previous guests include  historian Tom Holland; Sir Richard Eyre; Actors Guy Henry and Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Author Nicola Cornick; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela...