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.
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At 80, Anne Robinson tells Harry Mount about facelifts, drinking and Robert Maxwellتوسط The Oldie Podcast
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Sonia Purnell on Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - William Dalrymple on The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
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Nature guru Philippa Forester spent years in America with bears and wolves. She now returns to the UK writing about Wild Woman and told The Oldie Literary Lunch about her journey. The Literary Lunch was held at The National Liberal Club on Tuesday 13th August, kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Photos by Amelia Milne. Recordings b…
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Architect Paul Davis known as Mr Chelsea addressed The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th August 2024 at The National Liberal Club about his latest book, available to buy at RIBA, called 'Mr Chelsea: A Life in Rock n' Roll & Architecture From The Kings Road To Toyko'. The lunch was kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Photos by Am…
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Absolutely Fabulous Helen Lederer spoke The Oldie Literary Lunch on 13th August 2024 about her biography Not That I'm Bitter. The audience was in stitches as she spoke candidly about sex, fame and being a woman. The lunch was kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Photos by Amelia Milne and recordings by Tom Assheton.…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Dame Zandra Rhodes on Iconic: My Life in Fashion in 50 Objects
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Dame Zandra Rhodes brought colour to The Oldie Literary Lunch on 23rd July 2024 speaking to the audience about her biography Iconic. The lunch was kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Photos by Neil Spence and recordings by Tom Assheton.توسط The Oldie Podcast
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Ingrid Seward, Royal biographer and Editor-in-chief at Majesty magazine, addressed The Oldie Literary Lunch on 23rd July 2024 about King Charles III and his mother, with royal scoops and revelations, revealing that Princess Diana and Charles HAD been in love. Listen here! The lunch was kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Photograph…
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Helen McGinn, wine host of Saturday Kitchen on BBC One, speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 23rd July 2024 about her latest novel Island of Dreams and all things wine. Photographs by Neil Spence Photography and the lunch was kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Recordings by Tom Assheton.…
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Charlotte Metcalf is a journalist, editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and was co-presenter of the Break Out Culture podcast. She is Supplements Editor and a frequent contributor at The Oldie. Pattie Boyd was the instantly recognisable ingenue face of the Sixties, photographed by David Bailey, Terence Donovan and many more. She was catapul…
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The Oldie hosted a Literary Lunch in Salisbury at The Guildhall on Tuesday 11th June to raise money for the Salisbury Samaritans, a charity we closely support. The lunch was sponsored by our friends at Noble Caledonia River Cruises. Our guest speakers were Katie Hickman, Linda McDougall and Rev Richard Coles. Richard Coles is an English writer, rad…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Linda McDougall on Marcia Williams: The Life of Lady Falkender
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The Oldie hosted a Literary Lunch in Salisbury at The Guildhall on Tuesday 11th June to raise money for the Salisbury Samaritans, a charity we closely support. The lunch was sponsored by our friends at Noble Caledonia River Cruises. Our guest speakers were Katie Hickman, Linda McDougall and Rev Richard Coles. Linda McDougall is a New Zealand-born j…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Katie Hickman on Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West
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The Oldie hosted a Literary Lunch in Salisbury at The Guildhall on Tuesday 11th June to raise money for the Salisbury Samaritans, a charity we closely support. The lunch was sponsored by our friends at Noble Caledonia River Cruises. Our guest speakers were Katie Hickman, Linda McDougall and Rev Richard Coles. Katie Hickman is an English novelist, h…
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Charlotte Metcalf is a journalist, editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and was co-presenter of the Break Out Culture podcast. She is Supplements Editor and a frequent contributor at The Oldie. Rebecca Hossack is the Australian art gallerist known for introducing Aboriginal art to England and her beautiful Fitzrovia gallery. She is both fun…
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Charlotte Metcalf is a journalist, editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and was co-presenter of the Break Out Culture podcast. She is Supplements Editor and a frequent contributor at The Oldie. Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian artist and photographer and award-winning film-maker. A recent major retrospective at London’s Saatchi Gallery showed…
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Tom Assheton is an editor, producer and presents the Bloody Violent History podcast. His career spans time in the army, as a land agent and owner of a cigar and coffee company. Mary Killen is a very well-known and prolific journalist and the author of several books. She’s instantly recognisable today for being on Gogglebox with her husband Giles. S…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Gill Johnson on Love From Venice, her first book written aged 90 plus
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Writing Love From Venice has "literally given me a new lease of life" – Gill Johnson speaking at The Oldie lunch Gill Johnson told The Oldie, 'I have never published a word in my life, never have I had any ambition to do so, so how did a over 90 year old non-celebrity first time author get to write a book?' Gill stayed seated and delivered a evocat…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Bloody Panico: Whatever Happened To The Tory Party
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As the 5th July beckons, how topical that Geoffrey Wheatcroft spoke to The Oldie about 'Bloody Panico: Or, Whatever Happened to The Tory Party'. The election is more 'send in the clowns' than 'things can only get better'. Geoffrey retorted, 'I have never felt more gratitude to anyone than I do to Rishi Sunak, calling this election just as my book i…
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When Liz Truss pulled out of The Oldie Literary Lunch, leading classicist author, Daisy Dunn, stepped in. Daisy, who wrote the Ladybird guide to Homer, has just written 'The Missing Thread', which is a new history of the ancient world through women. Daisy set the record straight that in no way was this a history, where she had shoehorned 'some girl…
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Charlotte Metcalf is a journalist, editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and was co-presenter of the Break Out Culture podcast. She is Supplements Editor and a frequent contributor at The Oldie. John Humphrys is the legendary BBC journalist who presented Radio Four’s Today for 30 years. He talks about his Welsh upbringing, how Superman inspi…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Jane Tippett on Edward VIII - he was a "truly modern monarch" 14th May 2024
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Wearing an elegant cream suit and American accent, almost remnant of Wallis Simpson, historian Jane admitted to The Oldie audience of the huge challenges, facing her when writing about Edward VIII. "There is no denying that the material I presented in Once A King paints a very different portrait of Edward VIII than the one that we have in recent ye…
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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Nicholas Shakespeare's favourite magazine? The Oldie, of course! Nicholas on Fleming: The Complete Man
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"The Oldie, for me, has undisputedly become my favourite magazine"توسط The Oldie Podcast
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It was rather ironic that Lady Anne Somerset addressed The Oldie about her latest book on Queen Victoria, at The National Liberal Club, yesterday because as Gladstone said of Queen Victoria,"there is no greater Tory in the land!" "It's wonderful to be talking to you here today, the only thing that is perhaps a bit awkward is that the event is takin…
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Twentieth Century Heroines - Podcast by Tom Assheton & James Jackson
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Twentieth Century Heroines. 1.Citation 2. Edith Cavell 3. Maxine Elliott 4. Gertrude Bell 5. WW2 Operations 6. Ursula Graham Bower 7. MI9 a. Pat O’Leary Line b. Nancy Wake c. Dédé d. Mary Lindell 8. Virginia Hall 9. Special Operations Executive 10. SOE Women a. Vera Atkins b. Noor Khan c. Violette Szabo d. Odette Churchill 11. Bletchley Park 12. Th…
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Sinclair McKay reveals Winston Churchill's encounters at The Oldie Literary Lunch on April 9th 2024
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"You would make a good Labour MP!" said Chaplin, and "Selfish, arrogant he believes he is at the centre of the world - he is a great man!" said Charles de Gaulle about Churchill. Sinclair McKay reveals Winston's encounters at The Oldie Literary Lunch. Why is Sinclair's book called '90 Encounters?' Well, Churchill was the 'dazzling' age of 90 when h…
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'Brave Women'. Rick Stroud remembers his brave daughter Nell at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th April 2024 and told us why his latest books mean so much to him
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'There is a sort-of link between my two books', Rick Stroud told The Oldie audience today, 'I have had an enormous amount of satisfaction trying to write about very, very brave women'. Rick's latest book 'I'm Not Afraid of Looking Into The Rifles' was sold to Publisher, Simon & Schuster on what would have been his late daughter Nell's 47th birthday…
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A Very Private School. Charles Spencer speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th April 2024
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Charles Spencer recounted, to The Oldie Literary Lunch today, the stories of 24 boys who had been at Maidwell Hall in 1972 and the terrifying story of how the Headmaster's religion had affected them. The Headmaster told one boy that he was 'outraged that the boy's parents were getting divorced'. This was something that the boy was clearly strugglin…
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The Great Escape - Oldie Podcast with Tom Assheton and James Jackson
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To salute the 80th anniversary of the Great Escape and the recent article about POW Roger Mortimer by his son, Charlie Mortimer we present this discussion between Tom Assheton and James Jackson on Great Escapes – events that have captured the imagination for generations. From the simplest adoption of disguise to the longest tunnels, both successful…
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Harry Bucknall Podcast on the 80th Anniversary of Patrick Leigh-Femor capturing General Kreipe
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Welcome to this special episode to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the capture of General Kreipe. One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no r…
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Harry Mount, Editor of The Oldie, speaks about Oldie Reader Tours and Barry Cryer's joke about Parrotsتوسط The Oldie Podcast
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Pictured here with war photography Don McCullin - photos by Neil Spence Photography and sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managersتوسط The Oldie Podcast
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Join Huon Mallalieu and Kirsty Fergusson for a Festive Tour of the Low Countries 9th - 14th December, 2024
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Tom Assheton interviews Huon Mallalieu about his forthcoming Oldie Reader trip to the Low Countries which is happening on 9th - 14th December, 2024. To book tickets please visit www.theoldie.co.uk and go to tab Courses & Tours. Huon will be hosting this tour with Kirsty Fergusson.توسط The Oldie Podcast
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Roger Lewis on his latest book Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
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Robert Hardman talking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
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Andrew Roberts speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch 23 Jan on his latest book Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
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Gyles delights and moves the audience at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 12 December about his friendship with our late Queen. His speech brought tears to most of the eyes in the room.توسط The Oldie Podcast
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Mary Beard delights The Oldie Literary Lunch on her latest book Emperor of Rome. The lunch was held at The National Liberal Club on Tuesday 12th December.توسط The Oldie Podcast
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The Duke of Beaufort on his memoir The Unlikely Duke at The Oldie Literary Lunch 12 Dec 2023
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The Duke of Beaufort lit up yesterday's Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 12th December at The National Liberal Club with anecdotes about his privileged life. The Duke wrote his memoir in lockdown in Badminton with nothing else much to do but weekly estate meetings on covid-related matters. He said the problem is 'he rivals Sleeping Beauty' and is in…
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Jilly Cooper on her latest bonkbuster Tackle at The Oldie's November Literary Lunch 2023توسط The Oldie Podcast
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Michael Palin speaks at The Oldie Nov Literary Lunch about his latest book Great Uncle Harry
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Michael Palin speaks at The Oldie Nov Literary Lunch about his latest book Great Uncle Harryتوسط The Oldie Podcast
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Bob Cryer at The Oldie's Nov 2023 Literary Lunch on his father Barry Cryer. Bob gives a hilarious account of his comedian father from his latest book Same Time Tomorrow?توسط The Oldie Podcast
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Simon Heffer delights audiences on his latest history book Sing As We Go: Britain Between The Wars
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Simon Heffer tells The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th October, about Britain between the wars, and in great detail about Neville Chamberlain who was once perceived to be a Nazi sympathiser but actually did some great reform work for Britain. We hear about Gracie in the film Sing As We Go, a must see spectacle showing the work houses of the ti…
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