Back to the very beginning

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Tophole!

Deborah Lofas

51 episodes

2 days ago

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.

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Back to the very beginning

Tophole!

26 minutes 39 seconds

2 weeks ago

Back to the very beginning

Loads of spoilers in this consideration of EBD's first book, Gerry Goes to School, without which there would be no Chalet School... what an awful thought.

Transcript available at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/s3e3-back-to-the-very-beginning/

You can find Tophole on Facebook or email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com.

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