A non-Chalet EBD book this week, although it includes a Chalet character (not that you'd recognise her) and reference to a Swiss sanatorium. Transcript available at <a href="https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/s2e18-high-heels-and-a-hand-grenade/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/s2e18-high-heels-and-a-hand-grenade/</a> You can contact Tophole via Facebook or at <a href="mailto:topholepodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">topholepodcast@gmail.com</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A non-Chalet EBD book this week, although it includes a Chalet character (not that you'd recognise her) and reference to a Swiss sanatorium. Transcript available at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/s2e18-high-heels-and-a-hand-grenade/ You can contact Tophole via Facebook or at topholepodcast@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A non-Chalet EBD book this week, although it includes a Chalet character (not that you'd recognise her) and reference to a Swiss sanatorium. Transcript available at <a href="https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/s2e18-high-heels-and-a-hand-grenade/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/s2e18-high-heels-and-a-hand-grenade/</a> You can contact Tophole via Facebook or at <a href="mailto:topholepodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">topholepodcast@gmail.com</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

High heels and a hand grenade

Episodes look at individual Chalet School books, Elinor M Brent-Dyer's life and other works, and wider themes, with occasional interviews. There will be spoilers, because the books have been in print for over 50 years. There will be mispronunciations, because it's too late now to put right the ones I invented as a 9 year old. And we do not ignore the bonkersness that makes EBD so beloved.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Episodes look at individual Chalet School books, Elinor M Brent-Dyer's life and other works, and wider themes, with occasional interviews. There will be spoilers, because the books have been in print for over 50 years. There will be mispronunciations, because it's too late now to put right the ones I invented as a 9 year old. And we do not ignore the bonkersness that makes EBD so beloved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes look at individual Chalet School books, Elinor M Brent-Dyer's life and other works, and wider themes, with occasional interviews. There will be spoilers, because the books have been in print for over 50 years. There will be mispronunciations, because it's too late now to put right the ones I invented as a 9 year old. And we do not ignore the bonkersness that makes EBD so beloved. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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