Oldie Literary Lunch: Jeremy Lewis on David Astor
Biographer Jeremy Lewis talks at the renowned OLDIE Literary Lunch about DAVID ASTOR of the Astor family and editor of The Observer. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
19m Apr 28, 2016
19m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Quentin Letts on The Speaker’s Wife
Quentin Letts Journalist talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about his comic book about the House of Commons: The Speaker's Wife. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
16m Mar 22, 2016
16m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Bel Mooney on Life Lines
The Daily Mail's Bel Mooney talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about her agony column and latest book Life Lines - Words To See You Through. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
8m Mar 22, 2016
8m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Andrew Lownie on Guy Burgess
Andrew Lownie talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about his book: Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
9m Mar 22, 2016
9m
Oldie of the Year: Gyles Brandreth, Olivia De Havilland, Jeremy Hutchison, Germaine Greer, Timothy West, Prunella Scales and more
Join Gyles Brandeth introducing THE OLDIE OF THE YEAR at SImpson's on the Strand. Gyles presents prizes to Olivia De Havilland, Jeremy Hutchinson, Aung San Suu Kyi, Molly Meacher, Timothy West & Prunella Scales, Robert Hardy, Germaine Greer, Don McCullin, Lady Colin Campbell and Leon & June. Sponsored by Baillie Gifford, long term investment partners.
58m Feb 10, 2016
58m
Oldie of the Year Awards: Olivia de Havilland’s acceptance speech
At 99 and a half years old. Olivia de Havilland the Hollywood star graciously accepts her Oldie of The Year Award 2016.
2m Feb 03, 2016
2m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Adam Sisman on John Le Carré
Adam Sisman talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about his biography about John Le Carre. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
13m Feb 01, 2016
13m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Humphrey Barton on Menuhin
Humprey Burton talks about Menuhin: A Life at the renowned literary lunch. In 2000, the presenter of the BBC's "Young Musician' series wrote the life the world's most famous Yehudi Menuhin, who has been close colleague. To mark Menuhin's centenary this biography has been republished with a new introduction. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
12m Feb 01, 2016
12m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Dimbleby on The Battle of the Atlantic
Jonathan Dimbleby talks at the renowned Oldie Magazine literary lunch. The presenter of ANY QUESTIONS? Talks about the battle that secured the Allied Victory and which ran through the whole course of the war. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
16m Feb 01, 2016
16m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Paul Willetts on Renezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms
The Oldie Recordings presents Paul Willetts, chronicler of Soho and Fitzrovia, has dug up a spy story whose protagonists include a white Russian Nazi and a US Embassy double agent. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
13m Jan 14, 2016
13m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Fenby on Modern France
Jonathan Fenby talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book which explores the tempestuous history of modern France. For more than a decade Jonathan was head of Reuters in Paris. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
9m Jan 14, 2016
9m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Gyles Brandreth on Wordplay
Gyles Brandeth the star performer talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch. He is someone who would entertain even if he simply read from the Yellow Pages. Gyles reveals why he is such a scream on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute: prepare yourself for a linguistic frenzy of palindromes, mnemonics and acronyms. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
16m Jan 14, 2016
16m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Sir Ian Kershaw on To Hell & Back
Ian Kershaw talks at the enowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Kershaw is the leading expert on Hitler and Nazi Germany. His latest work focuses on the consequences for Europe of being plunged into two World Wars. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
9m Dec 16, 2015
9m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Barry Cryer and his Parrot Jokes
Barry Cryer, comedian and writer makes up for Jonathan Miller not turning up to the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, by telling some of his eponymous parrot jokes. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
7m Dec 16, 2015
7m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Tom Holland on the House of Caesar
Classicist and historian Tom Holland talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Dynasty - The Rise & Fall of the House of Caesar is a prequel to Persian Fire and Rubicon. The book provides an exuberant portrait of Rome's first imperial Dynasty. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
12m Dec 16, 2015
12m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Flora Fraser, The Washingtons
The renowned Oldie Literary lunch held in Brighton welcomes Flora Fraser, granddaughter of Elizabeth Longford and daughter of Antonia Fraser. Flora describes the marriage of The Washingtons, George and Martha, and the struggle for independence in the US. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
11m Dec 01, 2015
11m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Alison Weir on The Lost Tudor
The biggest selling Historian in the UK Alison Weir talks about The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox at a renowned Oldie Literary lunch. Her latest book looks at the life of scandal, imprisonment, drama and tragedy of this relatively unknown royal Tudor. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
12m Dec 01, 2015
12m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Piers Paul Read, Scarpia
The Oldie Lunch Recordings presents Piers Paul Read's latest novel reimagines the life of Vitellio Scarpia, the villain of Puccini's Tosca. With a backdrop of 18th Century Rome, we follow him from disgrace and penury to his fatal clinch with Tosca who he ruined. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
12m Dec 01, 2015
12m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher
Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher: Everything She Wants Volume Two: talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Moore returns to Simpson's to talk about his much awaited Volume Two of his highly praised biography. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
16m Nov 25, 2015
16m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Patrick Bishop on The Cooler King
Patrick Bishop Author of The Cooler Kings talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Bishop has spent 26 years covering conflicts around the world and has reported from the front line of almost every major war of our era. Author of The Fighter Boys, his new work tells us the story of Canadian Spitfire pilot William Ash who defied the Nazis by trying to escap...
14m Nov 25, 2015
14m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Stephen Clarke, How the French Won Waterloo
Stephen Clarke Author of How The French Won Waterloo or think they did talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Clarke paints the French version of Wellington and Blucher's victory in 1815.Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market
18m Nov 25, 2015
18m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Loyd Grossman Benjamin West on the Struggle to be Modern
Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern At the time of his death in 1820, Benjamin West was the most famous artist in the English-speaking world, and much admired throughout Europe. From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania, he had become the first American artist to study in Italy, and within a few short years of his arrival in London, was instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Academy o...
9m Nov 18, 2015
9m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Kwasi Kwarteng on Thatcher’s Trial
Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister in 1979, the first woman to hold the position, and the first woman in the Western world to lead a nation. Within two years she was beset by troubles, and it seemed her historic government would be short-lived. In 1981 unemployment had risen to levels not seen since the 1930s and public finances foundered in their worst state since 1945. The 'no hope...
8m Nov 18, 2015
8m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Blake Morisson on Shingle Street
'A cul-de-sac, a dead-end track, A sandbanked strand to sink a fleet, A bay, a bar, a strip, a trap, A wrecking ground, that's Shingle Street.' Blake Morrison's first two collections, Dark Glasses (1984) and The Ballad of a Yorkshire Ripper (1987) established him as one of our most inventive and accomplished contemporary poets. In his first full-length collection for nearly thirty years, Shingl...
8m Nov 18, 2015
8m
Rye Arts Festival: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on Lewis Carroll
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on 'The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival
12m Oct 19, 2015
12m
Rye Arts Festival: Oliver Kamm, Accidence will Happen
Oliver Kamm on 'Accidence will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival
12m Oct 19, 2015
12m
Rye Arts Festival: Harry Mount, In the Footsteps of Odysseus
Harry Mount on 'Harry Mount's Odyssey: Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival
10m Oct 19, 2015
10m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove, The Life and Loves of Laurie Lee
Valerie Grove talks about her new book, The Loves of Laurie Lee, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
15m Jul 15, 2015
15m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Helen Lederer, Losing It
Helen Lederer talks about her new book, Losing It, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
11m Jul 15, 2015
11m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Ferdinand Mount, The Tears of the Rajas
Ferdinand Mount talks about his new book, The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
14m Jul 15, 2015
14m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Wendy Cope, Life, Love and The Archers
Wendy Cope talks about her new book, Life, Love and The Archers, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
10m Jul 01, 2015
10m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Terry Waite, The Voyage of the Golden Handshake
Terry Waites talks about his new book, The Voyage of the Golden Handshake, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
9m Jul 01, 2015
9m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Andy McNab, State of Emergency
Andy McNab talks about his new book, State of Emergency, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
12m Jul 01, 2015
12m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Anthony Sattin, The Young T E Lawrence
Travel writer and historian Anthony Sattin takes a look at the awkward young man who became the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
8m Apr 24, 2015
8m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Mark Lawson and Antonia Fraser in discussion
Historian Lady Antonia Fraser discusses her memoir My History with broadcaster Mark Lawson, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
11m Apr 24, 2015
11m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Andrew Roberts, Napoleon the Great
Historian Andrew Roberts attempts to redeem that much maligned figure, Napoleon - and insists he wasn't really that short...
11m Feb 27, 2015
11m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Sarah Wheeler on O, My America!
Sara Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita and biographies of Denys Finch-Hatton and Apsley Cherry-Garrard, talks about O, My America at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
15m Feb 27, 2015
15m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Christopher Simon Sykes, David Hockney
Christopher Simon Sykes delves into the man behind the paint in the second volume of his biography of David Hockney at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
14m Feb 27, 2015
14m
Oldie of the Year Awards: Sir Roger Bannister, Michael Buerk, Lord Falconer, Ian Lavender, Bridget Riley and Ken Dodd
The 13th Baillie Gifford Oldie of the Year Awards was held at Simpsons-in-the-Strand on Tuesday 3rd February 2015. Our winners were Sir Roger Bannister (Long Distance Runner of the Year), Michael Buerk (Jungle Survivor of the Year), Lord Falconer (Slimmer of the Year), Ian Lavender (Stupid Boy of the Year) and Bridget Riley (Stripe Artist of the Year). Ken Dodd was announced as our Oldie of the...
38m Feb 12, 2015
38m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove on Lynn Barber’s a Curious Career
Valerie Grove steps in for Lynn Barber, five-time British Press Award winner and interviewer extraordinaire, to talk about Barber's new book, Curious Career, at the Oldie Literary Lunches at Simpson's-in-the-Strand.
14m Jan 20, 2015
14m
Oldie Literary Lunch: Alan Johnson, Please Mister Postman
The former home secretary and one of our top speakers of 2013 returns to the Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpson's-in-the-Strand to talk about the second volume of his memoirs. It charts Johnson's life from age eighteen to his mid-thirties - the time he worked for both the Post Office and its trade union.
17m Jan 20, 2015
17m
Oldie Literary Lunch: David Kynaston, Modernity Britain
David Kynaston returns, to the Oldie Literary Lunches at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, with another volume of insights into the inner workings of inter-generational post-war Britain. Lessons learned from a fading decade are subsumed into the dawn of the oncoming one - an insightful, detailed portrait of a nation in flux.
13m Jan 20, 2015
13m