More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 41
5/19/202644 min
It's 1975 and new father Gyles Brandreth is multi-tasking, like any young parent. One day he's feeding the ducks in Regent's Park with his new baby, the next, spearheading the campaign for Britain to remain in the European Common Market. He's also planning his next Oxford Theatre Festival, learning to play bridge, and being interviewed by the Mail. Plus Gyles and Harriet chat about their favourite day of the week, and snoring. Enjoy this!
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First 90 secondsGyles Brandreth· Host0:02
[upbeat piano music] Hello, and welcome to another episode of More Rosebud. If you're listening to this in real time, it's a Tuesday, because these episodes always drop at about 3:00 AM on a Tuesday morning. Tuesday's a really good day of the week for me.
Harriet Jaine· Host0:36
Mm.
Gyles Brandreth· Host0:37
And it always has been. In fact, we're gonna begin my diaries again in a moment. I know we've been a bit sort of all over the place in recent weeks, but basically the rule is, on More Rosebud, every other week an episode of Giles's diaries from yesteryear, and we're back in the 1970s, 1975. We're gonna begin on Tuesday the 18th of March, 1975. But this Tuesday, I want to say hello to my friend, mentor, the producer of Rosebud, it is Harriet Jane.
Harriet Jaine· Host1:06
Hello.
Gyles Brandreth· Host1:07
Harriet, do you have a favorite day of the week?
Harriet Jaine· Host1:10
I think it's probably Friday.
Gyles Brandreth· Host1:15
Ooh.
Harriet Jaine· Host1:16
Yeah, which is a bit of a cliche, isn't it?
Gyles Brandreth· Host1:19
No, thank- I think a lot of people like Fridays ... thank God it's Friday.
Harriet Jaine· Host1:21
Yeah. Um, m- my, I think I've told you before, my favorite children's book was Grimble by Clement Freud.
Gyles Brandreth· Host1:28
I do know that. I do remember