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 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, and you’re invited to join in. It’s super unpolished and Gretel would be grateful for you to forgive her for that. 🤓
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 treasure up the beautiful things and ponder them in our hearts.
Please follow me on X @gretellemaitre. 🌳
Or email me: gretellem@yahoo.com
Guests on this show include Tom Holland, Philip Mould, Bijan Omrani and Enzo Cicenti.
“The podcast combines historical reflections and extracts from literature with her own musings on architecture, literature, and the natural world. Gretel approaches these deep topics with warmth and humor, aiming to provide listeners a comforting space to explore complex emotions.
If you’re interested, you can listen to her podcast on platforms like Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music, where she shares her reflections in episodes filled with historical and literary insights.
Hosted by Gretel Le Maitre, this unique podcast blends personal storytelling with historical insights from figures like the Venerable Bede, offering listeners an inspiring journey of healing and hope.
With themes of grief, transformation, and spirituality, the podcast has earned praise for its calming tone, authenticity, and ability to connect on a deeply human level. As one listener shared, it feels like sitting down with a trusted friend who understands.
Perfect for audiences seeking introspection, comfort, or simply a quiet moment of reflection, Gretel le Maître Ponders is available now on all major platforms.
In the global top 10% of podcasts according to Listen Notes
Episodes
A Christmas Day; a Wedding Day; A Story Concludes
Fancy is helped by a Woodland Witch; Wolsey gives his Necklace to Harry Norris; and Mr Katt makes a Vocal appearance
Nutting, beekeeping and folly in Melstock; Wolsey avoids the Tower and kisses the earth; and a visit to The Farmer’s Dog
Will you join the dance? Said a Whiting to a Snail 🐌; Dick Dewy Fumes
The Jabberwocky; the Tide has Turned for Wolsey; and Dick Dewy contends with a Flight of Fancy
Christmas Shenanigans in Sherborne Abbey; and Dick asks Fancy the Question ☺️
Fancy Day tells Dick Dewy she loves him ‘a little’; a Dunnock; and Emily Dickinson
The Tranter has the measure of Fancy Day; Gretel Ponders her childhood Christmas; and we Grieve in Cranford
Do you have an honest soul? Hands that Touch; A Handful of Saints; and King Henry VIII holds all power in his Hands
‘I never had no head, sir’ said Leaf, Under the Greenwood Tree; Pepys’ Progress; and Kindness in Cranford. 🌳
The Splendour of Sherborne House; the Dolour of Division; and the Duke of Suffolk Raptly Rebuked;
We celebrate Ambrose, the influential Bishop of Milan; and Dick Dewey returns a lady’s handkerchief
Robert Frost and John Clare; Flu en Famille; A Cardinal’s Point; and Dick dances away with Miss Day
Pepys and the Buffleheaded Mayor; Dick Dewey’s Pains of Jealousy; and George Eliot’s Exquisite Observations
Sherborne Abbey Porch provides shelter; Dick Dewey is Smitten; and Gretel lights Candles
Hardy: The Insult Lies in the Nothingness of the Deed; Ode to Nanny; Pepys; Saints; and Queen Catherine rocks
A Daughter in Les Misérables; A Full Super Moon; and Under the Greenwood Tree forces Gretel into song
Sir Simon Jenkins, talks of his twin passions for politics and architecture; and Gretel lets herself and all Dorset folk down on day two of Under the Greenwood Tree
‘To Dwellers in a Wood almost every Species of Tree has its Voice as well as its Feature’
