The Pillars of the House
Oct 6, 2026 · 52 min · 11 segments
It's a Hayley week, and we're talking about what makes a headmistress in the Chalet School series. Transcript available at…
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Oct 6, 2026 · 52 min · 11 segments
It's a Hayley week, and we're talking about what makes a headmistress in the Chalet School series. Transcript available at…
[piano music] So we are today talking about headmistresses, and I think it's worth remembering that EBD was herself a teacher, and she was a headmistress between, it's, I think it's 1938 to 1948.
So during a period when she was writing Chalet School books, she was a head teacher herself, and-
I mean, that was, she wasn't, her output of books wasn't as great during that period-
But so I think, I think there's a certain amount of wish fulfillment in the way she depicts headmistresses [laughs] in the series.
But also as a teacher herself in various schools, she must have had experience of being on the staff and there being a headmistress and that authority figure being there.
[piano music] So we are today talking about headmistresses, and I think it's worth remembering that EBD was herself a teacher, and she was a headmistress between, it's, I think it's 1938 to 1948.
So during a period when she was writing Chalet School books, she was a head teacher herself, and-
I mean, that was, she wasn't, her output of books wasn't as great during that period-
But so I think, I think there's a certain amount of wish fulfillment in the way she depicts headmistresses [laughs] in the series.
But also as a teacher herself in various schools, she must have had experience of being on the staff and there being a headmistress and that authority figure being there.
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