Fruit of Three Segments: SWIRE Exhibition; Lacock Abbey; and Books (Pepys, Trollope & Brontë)

About this episode

Gretel le Maître explores an art exhibition, a historical site, and reads from classic literature.

Send us Fan Mail Good Evening and welcome to tonight’s episode which I’ve produced just for you! Welcome newcomers and hello friends 🤗. First I visit the wonderful Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2026, organised by the Friends of the Ridgeway (https://share.google/OWNB5Guii9FsZ9EWJ). Next I fly by Lacock Abbey and manage to have time alone in the cloisters; then after some pondering, I read more from Trollope, Pepys, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Charlotte Brontë. We also toast the life...

People in this episode

Host: Gretel le Maître

Topics covered

• art exhibition
• historical sites
• literature
• classical authors
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize
• Lacock Abbey
• Trollope
• Pepys
• Brontë
• literature
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Friends of the Ridgeway

Books & works: Trollope, Pepys, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Charlotte Brontë

Places: Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2026, Lacock Abbey

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