Episodes

  • Sherborne Bells strike Twelve; Spring Birds Gladden the Heart; Churchill's Preface to his History; and Bede

    Sherborne Bells strike Twelve; Spring Birds Gladden the Heart; Churchill's Preface to his History; and Bede
    Jan 30 2025

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    29 mins
  • Hallelujah for Handel; London Dining in 1915 and Catholicism blooms in England

    Hallelujah for Handel; London Dining in 1915 and Catholicism blooms in England
    Jan 29 2025

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    17 mins
  • Bell-ringing, AA Milne poetry and Book Four begun

    Bell-ringing, AA Milne poetry and Book Four begun
    Jan 28 2025

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    16 mins
  • The streets of London; listening in to Choir Practice (and weeping); A message of love to dear America 🇺🇸 and we close Book Three with Bede

    The streets of London; listening in to Choir Practice (and weeping); A message of love to dear America 🇺🇸 and we close Book Three with Bede
    Jan 27 2025

    Hello dear friends

    Thank you so very much for joining me for this evening’s episode, from Chelsea in London, England, where all is dark, windy and wet. But - there is (must always be) a but - the days are getting longer; the male blackbirds 🐦‍⬛ have started their beautifully tuneful courting; the snow-drops are peeping up; and God is, perhaps, in His heaven. Peace can be found within and without, even if it’s not the most evident thing before you. Look past the dark, dirty, scary stuff to see what always lies beyond: birds, trees, grass, leaves, kind people, good deeds, love. We can’t hope to find any ‘answer’ to the human condition, but we can choose where to walk, where to look to how to act. A very restful Monday evening to you.


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    22 mins
  • Epiphany Service at Chelsea Old Church, Finding Peace in beautiful old Buildings, and Bede

    Epiphany Service at Chelsea Old Church, Finding Peace in beautiful old Buildings, and Bede
    Jan 26 2025

    Good evening. How are you and how has your week been? Tonight’s episode includes earwigging a beautiful service of Epiphany at Chelsea Old Church, where Saint Thomas More and his family worshipped and was bombed almost to destruction during the Second World War.


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    26 mins
  • A London Mooch About with Bede in my Back-Pocket

    A London Mooch About with Bede in my Back-Pocket
    Jan 25 2025

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    13 mins
  • Rural society in the 1840s; the Ubiquity of Social Division; and our dear Bede

    Rural society in the 1840s; the Ubiquity of Social Division; and our dear Bede
    Jan 24 2025

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    28 mins
  • Seagulls swirl over Sherborne Abbey; their Freedom contrasting with the poor condemned of Newgate Gaol. Charles Dickens at his descriptive best.

    Seagulls swirl over Sherborne Abbey; their Freedom contrasting with the poor condemned of Newgate Gaol. Charles Dickens at his descriptive best.
    Jan 23 2025

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    24 mins