Charlie Baxter
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5,455 appearances
22 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 22 Sep
Charlie Baxter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Um I've been your host, Charlie Baxter, uh on the British English podcast.
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See you again soon.
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Bye bye.
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Hello and welcome to another episode of the British English Podcast.
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Typically, I like to give you a culture-led conversation that exposes you to a bunch of British English B2 Plus phrases along the way.
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But today I want to read you a story.
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I got some comments about wanting me to read some of Jane Austen's novels.
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So I gave it a go.
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But the way in which she wrote is now so outdated that I question the benefit of it for you as a modern day English learner.
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Never saying never, but this actually led me to a story that is slightly less archaic.
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So, yes, today's story, it's not a Jane Austen number.
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It is called The Open Window.
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And it's a short story by the British writer Starkey.
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That was his pen name.
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And it was first published in the
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Early 20th century.
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Um polite conversation, awkward social situations, and a very dry sense of humour.
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At the center of it is a man called Frampton Nattel, who has come to the countryside hoping for a bit of peace and quiet, but during a visit.
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To a local family, he meets a confident young girl who tells him a rather unsettling story about an open window in the room.
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And from there, things become much stranger than he expected.
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