About this episode

Gyles Brandreth shares extracts from his diaries in 1979, reflecting on personal events and experiences.

It's another cracking episode of Gyles's diaries for you today, and Gyles is reading choice extracts from the year 1979. In which he: lets go of the family's live-in nanny and puts their pony, Tonka, out to grass; is mortified by a critical article in the Daily Mirror; and finally takes his driving test. Enjoy this, diary-lovers! Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube here . Join The Rosebud Family here . And visit our website here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gyles Brandreth

Topics covered

• diary
• personal stories
• 1970s
• family
• driving test

Keywords

• Gyles Brandreth
• diary
• 1979
• Daily Mirror
• driving test
• family
• nanny

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daily Mirror

Books & works: Gyles's diaries

Places: 1979

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