Gyles's diary, episode 14: the first half of 1966 - A-levels, a trip to Paris, and the end of an era

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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This edition of Gyles's diary takes us up to the end of Gyles's final year at Bedales in the summer of 1966; so this really is the end of an era. And Gyles finds it very moving to look back at these closing moments of his schooldays. He says farewell to the 101 year-old founder of the school, Mr Badley, and makes plans for his university years and the future with his headmaster, Mr Slack. There is the usual whirlwind of activity - somehow, while revising for his A-levels, Gyles manages to fit in two school plays, some research on the French prison system, and a trip to Paris. Plus Gyles and Harriet discuss relics, cloning and piano playing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.3	We're bringing you something that's just a little bit alternative.
0:35.6	So, Phil Leppard, well, we told him to leave the orchestra behind
0:39.2	and just play the theme tune
0:40.9	simply himself on the piano.
0:43.8	He's done just that.
0:45.2	Phil, cue the music.
0:46.6	Music. It's more Rosebud. I'm Charles Brandreth. And because it's a Tuesday, well, it's a Tuesday
1:11.6	when we are putting this out for the first time, it could be any day of the week when you're
1:16.1	listening to it, or indeed any night of the week, because we do know that a lot of people take
1:20.5	Rosebud to bed, but it is, as we speak, a Tuesday. And I'm joined by my producer and friend, Harriet
1:30.5	Jane. Now, Harriet, last time we met,
1:36.6	we talked about my diaries and all the letters I've kept, everything I've got from my teenage years.
1:42.2	You've got some stuff from your teenage years at home, haven't you? Yeah, I've got a few diaries,
1:44.5	maybe three or four.
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