The Clearing Podcast Ad-Free: Daisy Buchanan

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A deliciously glamorous escape to the snowy setting of a luxury Swiss chalet hotel where 1920s faded English aristocracy meets 1950s Hollywood starlet decadence.

Maribou-trimmed silk pyjamas and well-stocked libraries with crackling fires abound in this absolute joy of an episode with author Daisy Buchanan.

Listen in as Daisy imagines herself preparing for a Grand Ball, with all the pleasure of a day spent wrapped in enormous fluffy white towels and none of the anxiety. She also romps through an array of subjects with me, from her newfound love of reiki to the quest for calm in the neurodivergent brain, and why she is so drawn to reading about the strangeness of large families.

The most wonderfully realised escape to indulge in at any time.

Links from the episode:

Daisy’s Instagram

Daisy’s books

Mortification edited by Robin Robertson

The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann

The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes

The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson

Laurie Colwin’s books - Home Cooking, More Home Cooking, Happy All the Time, Family Happiness

Production Credits

Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins

Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong

Producer - Alice Lloyd

Music - The Leaf Library theleaflibrary

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