Haredale seeks Justice in B Rudge Ch LXI; Too much Gretel Wittering; and Mr Slope makes Enemies in Barchester Towers

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Hulloooo and welcome to another episode of this odd podcast that takes you on random adventures through life.  Please go straight to minute 28 if you want to miss out the ridiculous chatter.  Thank you to my kind volunteer subscribers and  to my lovely new subscriber D.  I appreciate it so much.  Your voluntary subscriptions cover the charge by Buzzsprout to publish the podcast and leaves a handful of coins over to pop in church boxes.  

The sunshine in England transforms the country: in how it looks and feels, and in how people act towards one another.  Hunched shoulders drop, pinched faces soften, and smiles are more freely given.  The sounds of lawn-mowers and the chirruping of the mating birds are abundant.  Those suffering are granted a little soothing of their poor hearts, as they can take tea in their gardens, cry softly to the sound of the generous-hearted robin, and shut their eyes, allowing the warmth of the sun to caress their eyelids, and for some feeling of comfort, so profoundly needed, to seep into their weary bones.  

Best wishes to all and lots of love to those who are suffering.

Gretel x

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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.

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; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; 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, John Simpson, Eleanor Parker, Philippa Langley and Katie Channon.  

Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company.  Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history and nature.  Please don’t expect to find a...