Tophole!

A short episode this week while we finish editing the last two Primus Inter Pares episodes! Back to the Tirol for Grizel's final two terms at the Chalet School. Transcript available at topholepodcast.wordpress.com. You can email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tophole! - the podcast about Elinor M Brent-Dyer, the Chalet School, and anything vaguely connected. More Chalet School head girls in this episode - this time we're discussing from Jesanne to Bride. Full transcript on topholepodcast.wordpress.com. Contact us at topholepodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wendy and I discuss head-girls, their challenges and their triumphs, from Louise Redfield/Redmond to Elizabeth Arnett. Also a short side-rant about sleeping bags. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We thought we'd complete this discussion in a single episode. We were wrong. This one takes us from Gisela to Joey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A book crammed with events which are referenced in later books - and one of the very best stories from the Tyrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We can't pronounce it, but we know quite a bit about it, even though attempting to draw up floor plans defeated us - and not only because EBD contradicts herself almost as soon as she takes us through the front door for the first time. Transcript available at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2023/12/26/s1e9-the-house-that-shall-not-be-named/ You can email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com - pleas...

How on earth did Jack and Joey afford their huge house, 11 children, and multiple wards and adoptees? Let's find out... Transcript available at topholepodcast.wordpress.com You can email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you remember the fanzines of the pre-digital age, you might remember Folly, the best of them all. Today I'm talking to Folly's editor, Sue Sims. Links mentioned in the episode follymagazine.co.uk (you may need to go to follymagazine.co.uk/articles rather than the homepage) sevenstories.org.uk Episode transcript at topholepodcast.wordpress.com Contact us at topholepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Aca...

EBD didn't just write school stories, and today we're looking at her historical novel for adults, Elizabeth the Gallant. Apologies for the earlier audio mix-up - we've now corrected this. Transcript available at www.topholepodcast.wordpress.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a Wendy week (woo!) and today we're considering the Chalet School's consumption of caffeine and nicotine. Probably best not to listen if you're doing Stoptober or have recently switched to green tea. If you have hardback or GGBP editions of the second half of the series, you have the advantage over us, so please do let us know if we left out anything significant. But do bear in mind that this...

"Miss Dene was on the stairs and she was a cannibal" is the unfortunate summary of this term whiich we later get, but it doesn't put off Miss Ferrars. Hopefully the staff fill her in on all the other things that happen during this eventful term on St Briavels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a Wendy week and we're talking about hair - washing it, cutting it, styling it - at the Chalet School. Also some top beauty (and gardening) tips along the way as we relate our own hair experiences. The YouTube video we refer to is "I tried 500 years of Haircuts" by Morgan Donner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gwyn Jones is the only artist to have created a book cover for every single Chalet School book (and a few extra ones, as Armada divided some of the original hardbacks when publishing them in paperback). In this interview, she explains how she became a professional illustrator, and provides a fascinating insight into how she created the Chalet School book covers of the 1980s and 1990s - covers whic...

We start with a review of Elinor M Brent-Dyer's The Chalet School and Barbara - bears, shoe lockers, and how long is prep exactly? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy the Chalet School books? This is the podcast for you! We are launching on 5 September, so here are the provisos regarding pronunciation, spoilers, and affectionate disrespect, which will apply throughout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.