Gyles's diary, episode 18

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

A treat for fans of Gyles's diaries, as this week we've got another edition of the gap year diaries... so that's two in a row! In this episode, we start off with a visit from the writer/performer Tama Matheson, who brought Beethoven to life so brilliantly on an episode of More Rosebud a couple of weeks ago. Tama tells Gyles and Harriet about his forthcoming show about Beethoven: 'I Shall Hear in Heaven', on 6 and 8 August, tickets are available from www.operahollandpark.com.

Then we get into Gyles's diaries. In this episode, Gyles visits Texas and Louisiana, and is shocked by the racial inequality he sees all around him. He goes to San Francisco and LA, and is intrigued by the hippies. And he eventually flies home, where he is greeted by a new baby niece and Sally, his girlfriend. Gyles tells Harriet about his x-rated, secret diary, and about his thoughts on Fifty Shades of Grey.

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0:00.0	Riding in a rickshaw through the back streets of Jaipol,
0:03.0	kayaking through Holong Bay with your new besties,
0:06.0	helping Gauchos herd cattle on horseback in the Pampas of Uruguay.
0:11.0	The best parts of travel happen when you find yourself in that place
0:15.0	at that moment with those people.
0:17.0	And a small group tool with Intrepid Travel will bring you plenty of those moments.
0:22.6	For thousands of experiences and over 100 countries, visit intrepidtravel.com. Only Intrepid.
0:32.5	More Rosebud? Do we need more Rosebud? Well, it seems we do because on a Tuesday, we
0:39.4	drop something that is, well, a little bit
0:41.4	different. It might be an interview,
0:43.4	a conversation with somebody who's a little
0:45.5	bit unusual. It might be
0:47.4	my diaries. It'll definitely be me
0:49.3	Charles Brandreth with my producer
0:51.2	and friend Harriet Jane.
0:53.6	If you want less of her, just listen to the Friday episodes. It's Tuesday. That means it's more Rosebud. I'm Giles Brandreuth, and I'm speaking to you from our studio, the Rosebud Studio, which is in Park Lane in London's, well, Mayfair. It's a very deluxe address. We have a very
1:29.5	deluxe studio, courtesy of Grovenor House, where we invite distinguished people on a weekly
1:36.4	basis to come and have a conversation about their first memories, and we see where it takes
1:41.7	us. Every other Tuesday, I get together with my friend and producer Harriet Jane, and we see where it takes us. Every other Tuesday I get together with my friend and
1:45.7	producer Harriet Jane and we leaf through my diaries and we're still me as a very young
1:52.4	person even still a teenager. Come on to the diaries in a moment but Harriet how are you today?
1:57.1	Yeah I'm fine thanks. I mean? I forgot to eat breakfast.
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