
“In considering the detail, insight and ease of conversation, I’ve come to the conclusion that Rosebud has eclipsed Desert Island Discs as ‘the’ archive of living legends.”
Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph Theatre Critic

Latest Episodes
A special episode of More Rosebud today with a great poet, and filled with great poetry. Roger McGough tells Gyles about his striking first memories, his childhood in Liverpool, and interweaves this with some readings of poems inspired by his life.
Kemi Badenoch is the Leader of the Conservative Party and the current Leader of the Opposition, a job often described as the toughest in British politics.
Rosebud is off to the seaside, to the Sarah Thorne Theatre in Broadstairs in Kent, where we meet the much-loved star of Hi-de-Hi and You Rang, M'Lord, Jeffrey Holland.
Mel Giedroyc is Gyles's special guest on this episode; and she talks about her amazing family story.
Our guest today is a political heavyweight. He was a member of parliament and cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, was the UK's last governor in Hong Kong, and then Chancellor of Oxford University. It's Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes.
Latest Gyles’s Diary Episodes
It's hard to believe how much Gyles packs into his summer term at Oxford: he's filming with the BBC, he's casting his first Oxford University Dramatic Society production, he's looking for a girlfriend, he's going to numerous balls and parties, he's in the newspapers... so this is a long and action-packed episode of the diaries.
It's another cracking episode of Gyles's Oxford diaries... Gyles continues his illicit flirtation with his friend's wife, has a sad meeting with Sal, and goes to a party at Robert Maxwell's mansion.
It's Gyles's first term at New College, Oxford, and in this episode we hear about what happens when the busiest man at Bedales takes on university life.
A treat for fans of Gyles's diaries, as this week we've got another edition of the gap year diaries... so that's two in a row!
Another bumper episode of Gyles's diaries, featuring lots of chat, more diaries, and a gorgeous listener email and poem from Alex and Isabella Porter.
This is a fun episode of diaries, as we hear about the gap year travels not only of Gyles, but also of Harriet too.