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The Oldie magazine’s podcast featuring discussion and debate around the lead features in the latest magazine, plus live recordings from our famous Literary Lunches. Presented by Harry Mount...
John Humphrys, the former Today programme presenter, and Oldie columnist Matthew Norman mourn John's brother, Graham Humphrys, who has just...
Charlotte Metcalf talks to the historian and biographer, Anne Sebba, about her latest book, The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz . Anne tells...
Sebastian Faulks speaking about his new book, Fires Which Burned Brightly , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal C...
Sara Wheeler speaking about her new book, Jan Morris: A Life , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on April...
Anna Mathias speaking about her new book, The Greyhound Diary , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on Apri...
Mary Beard chats to Harry Mount about her new book, Talking Classics - the Shock of the Old. She reveals how she first fell in love with the...
John Humphrys is back! Radio Oldie is delighted to host a new podcast, The Odd Couple, sponsored by Baillie Gifford, starring the great broa...
Charlotte Metcalf visits the artist Rose Wylie, born in 1934, at her Kent studio to chat to her about her life and her first major one-woman...
Simon Jenkins, former Times editor and author of A Short History of America: From Tea Party to Trump , talks to Harry Mount. Next month’s st...
Antony Beevor speaking about his new book, Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s Nation...
Simon Jenkins speaking about his new book, A Short History of America: From Tea Party to Trump , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London...
Candida Meyrick speaking about her new book, Be More Bird: Lessons from a Hawk , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Libe...
Candida Meyrick speaking about her new book, Be More Bird: Life Lessons from a Hawk , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National...
The actor Derek Jacobi talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his long career and his various roles ranging from Hamlet to acting in Gladiator, Dr...
The eminent and multiple-prize-winning historian, Antony Beevor, best known for his popular works on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil...
Comedian, actor and author Nigel Planer, stuck with being known as the lugubrious hippy Neil in the 1980’s sitcom The Young Ones , talks to...
Part One of a series of specially-commissioned Maureen Lipman monologues for the Oldie, about Dinah - a waitress in the north of England.
Nigel Planer speaking about his new book, Young Once: A Life Less Heavy , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Clu...
Tom Hodgkinson speaking about his new book, How to Live Like a Stoic: a Handbook for Happiness , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London...
Pru Leith speaking about her new book, Being Old and Learning to Love It! , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal C...
Charlotte Metcalf talks to Dr. Miriam Stoppard about her new book Sex, Drugs and Walking Sticks , a must-read bible for oldies, full of anec...
Lady Antonia Fraser, 93 – Oldie of the Year Lady Antonia Fraser wrote The House That Spoke: The History of a Home last year – 71 years after...
Maggi Hambling, 80 – Oldie Finest Artist Now aged 80, Maggi is still going at full blast. She is in her studio - or by the North Sea with he...
Michael Heath, 90 – Oldie King of the Toons At 90, Michael Heath remains our finest observational cartoonist. Since he first placed a cartoo...
Stephen Frears, 84 – Silver-Screen Evergreen Oldie Over a period of six decades and with remarkably little fuss, Stephen Frears has establis...
Anita Lasker-Walfisch, 100 – Oldie Maestra Anita Lasker Wallfisch, 100, a German-British cellist, was a member of the Women’s Orchestra of A...
Susan Hampshire, 88 – Oldie Comeback Kid Susan Hampshire starred in The Forsyte Saga as Fleur in the late 1960s. Then, last year, she return...
Stephen Frears is one of Britain’s most prolific and successful film and television directors. His 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette made hi...
Jeremy King, the greatest restaurateur of the age, tells Harry Mount how he set up the Caprice, the Ivy and the Wolseley. He explains how he...
Mary Berry speaking about her new book, Mary 90: My Very Best Recipes , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club,...
Jeremy King speaking about his new book, Without Reservation: Lessons from a Life in Restaurants , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at Lond...
John Davie speaking about his new book, Greek to Us: the Fascinating Ancient Greek that Shapes our World , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held...
Charlotte Metcalf talks to Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk - the best-selling story of how she dealt with the grief over her father...
As he turns 90, Hunter Davies tells Harry Mount about being the Beatles' only official biographer – the priceless, hand-written lyrics he pi...
Beyond being one of the Pythons in Monty Python’s Flying Circus , Michael Palin has had a varied career as an actor, writer and television p...
Lady Glenconner tells Harry Mount about life as Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting: how Fergie told her how much the Queen liked her book;...
Matthew Bourne is widely hailed as Britain’s most popular and successful choreographer with a record number of prestigious awards. He talks...
Gyles Brandreth speaking about his new book, Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Cl...
Lady Anne Glenconner speaking about her new book, Mischief & Manners , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club,...
Adam Sisman speaking about his new book, The Indefatigable Asa Briggs , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club,...
Pam Ayres is a much-loved poet, comedian, songwriter and broadcaster, particularly famous for her poem ‘I Wish I’d Looked After my Teeth’. S...
Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon who became well-known when his best-selling book, Do No Harm was published in 2014. Since then, he’s written t...
Andrew Lownie speaking about his new book, Entitled: Prince Andrew , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on...
Ferdinand Mount speaking about his new book, Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s Nationa...
Roger Moorhouse speaking about his new book, Wolfpack: The Gripping New World War Two History Taking Us Inside Hitler's U-Boat War , at the...
Nicholas Hytner is one of our leading theatre, opera and film directors, knighted in 2010 for services to drama. He is artistic director at...
Michael Morpurgo has written over 150 books, many for children, including War Horse . He has served as the Children’s Laureate and was knigh...
Merlin Holland pays tribute to his grandfather Oscar Wilde and discusses his new book, After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal . Merlin tells H...
Merlin Holland speaking about his new book, After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Li...
Sarah Vine speaking about her new book, How Not to be a Political Wife , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club...