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I'm joined today by Caroline Crampton (Shedunnit, A Body Made of Glass) to discuss health, and health anxiety, at the Chalet School.Transcript at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/s2e2-slipping-something-into-the-coffee/ You can find Tophole on Facebook, or email topholepodcast@gmail.com.

A look at the start of the Chalet School's final year.You can find Tophole on Facebook and email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com.Full transcript at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/ive-as-much-right-to-the-book-as-moira/

End of term so Wendy does the interviewing in this one! Transcript at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/s1e23-deborah-visits-the-chalet-school/ and you can find us on Facebook or email topholepodcast@gmail.com.Podcasts recommended for your summer break:The Kindred Spirits Book ClubThe Children's Literature PodcastBacklistedShedunnitA Body Made of GlassCountrystrideThe History ChicksPictures and ConversationsBook HootsBBC Sounds - Val McDermid on the Chalet School (2011)

It's the centenary of the Chalet School's conception this summer, so today I'm taking a look at the holiday which inspired it all.I made considerable use of Behind the Chalet School by Helen McClelland in preparing this week's episode - more than usual, I mean - but also went down lots of lovely rabbit holes about fashion, ski-ing, and station departure boards.Transcript at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/s1e22-a-holiday-to-remember/You can find us on Facebook or email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com.

Obviously the entire Chalet School never made it to Yorkshire. But Jo, Frieda, Simone and Marie did, and EBD wrote a book about it. Get into the holiday mood early with a look at Jo to the Rescue.Episode transcript available at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/?p=79Find us on Facebook or email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com

Today's episode is an interview with Clarissa Cridland, of Girls Gone By Publishers and Friends of the Chalet School.You can find Girls Gone By (and order your copy of Millies of the Chalet School) at www.ggbp.co.ukFriends of the Chalet School can be found at www.chaletschool.org.ukEpisode transcript at www.topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/s1e20-friends-fill-ins-and-fansFind us on Facebook or email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com.

This week I'm talking about the only Chalet School book my husband attempted to engage with. Apologies for both the lateness, and the sniffs (the two are connected).Full transcript at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/s1e19-unpacking-tennis-and-an-unsuitable-novel/You can find us on Facebook or email at topholepodcast@gmail.com.

Daisy May Johnson is the author of How to be Brave, How to be True, and How to be Free - modern boarding school stories which you should definitely seek out. Daisy is also one of us, a fan of the Chalet School, so we talk about EBD's books as well as her own. The discussion doesn't quite need a content warning, but you may never think of Gottfried, Herr Anserl or Commander Christie in quite the same way again.Transcript available at https://topholepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/s1e18-a-real-life-authoress/You can find us on Facebook or email us at Topholepodcast@gmail.com.

A look at the book in which the Chalet School travels to England - retitled "The Chalet School at War" by Armada.Transcript available at topholepodcast.wordpress.com.You can find us on Facebook, or email us at topholepodcast@gmail.com.