{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6580109d54315600176e6e3d/6a331276883f9289e93fd607?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Picnic etiquette, bad Father’s Day cards, and is Ascot now a little bit naff?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6580109d54315600176e6e3d/1781731012697-135e1a92-1949-4810-8622-4b874138da0c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ascot: posh pastime or plain naff?</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Poshcast with Cleo Watson and Sophia Money-Coutts, your favourite group-chat in podcast form.</p><p><br></p><p>Join Sophia and Cleo as they delve into the murky world of modern social norms, class anxiety and all matters that generate furious online opinions.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This week we are donning our hats (<em>never</em> fascinators) to talk Ascot - how to say it, the dress-code minefield from jumpsuits to compulsory socks, and why the whole thing can feel like a pricey, performative logistical nightmare unless you’ve arrived by helicopter.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus we’ll wade into picnic politics (Scotch eggs, leaking deli tubs and Fortnum hampers), discuss the apparently atrocious standard of Father's Day cards these days, and ask listeners to christen The Poshcast mouse-mascot with a suitably befitting title.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>You can watch The Poshcast on YouTube: </strong>https://youtu.be/CyEqqzeY6BM</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Send your questions to theposhcast@telegraph.co.uk.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ban ‘picky bits’ and pre-mixed cans: My rules for the ultimate picnic</strong>, Sophia Money-Coutts: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/13/my-rules-for-the-ultimate-picnic/</p><p><br></p><p><strong>BBC Archive 1983: What’s your perfect picnic?:</strong> https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZEwjeKgAgI/?igsh=aDB1OWtkaG9tMHQ3</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Video Producer: James England</p><p>Executive Producer: Louisa Wells</p><p><br></p><p>Highlights:</p><ul><li>Is Ascot now a little bit naff?</li><li>Who is buying these crude Father's Day cards?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Chapters: </p><p>00:00 Welcome to The Poshcast</p><p>05:42 Bath Weekend Confessions</p><p>08:47 Picnics and Picky Bits</p><p>11:03 Picnic Practicalities</p><p>15:03 Prince George School Scoop</p><p>16:27 Ascot Hats and Pronunciation</p><p>18:48 Should You Even Go</p><p>20:32 Car Park Picnic Culture</p><p>23:48 Flat vs Jump Racing</p><p>25:05 Dress Codes Explained</p><p>30:29 Listener Fathers Day Dilemma</p><p>38:08 Taxidermy Mouse Mascot</p><p>39:22 See you Next Week</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}