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442: Nigel Planer at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Nigel Planer speaking about his new book, Young Once: A Life Less Heavy, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 17th 2026.
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441: Tom Hodgkinson at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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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’s National Liberal Club, on February 17th 2026.
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440: Pru Leith at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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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 Club, on February 17th 2026.
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439: Miriam Stoppard in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Charlotte Metcalf talks to Dr. Miriam Stoppard about her new book Sex, Drugs and Walking Sticks, a must-read bible for oldies, full of anecdotes and her personal tips on how to age well. She talks frankly about her views on sex and alcohol, about her life and motherhood and reminisces about her 20-year marriage to the late Tom Stoppard.
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438: Lady Antonia Fraser at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards
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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 her first book, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Introduced by Gyles Brandreth.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1770796800" data-format="short_date">Feb 11</span></span>
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437: Maggi Hambling at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards
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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 her sketchbook - by 6am every morning.

Introduced by Gyles Brandreth.
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436: Michael Heath at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards
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Michael Heath, 90 – Oldie King of the Toons

At 90, Michael Heath remains our finest observational cartoonist. Since he first placed a cartoon in Melody Maker in 1955 – more than 70 years ago – he has drawn people with the clothes, hair and mannerisms of the moment.

Introduced by Gyles Brandreth.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1770793200" data-format="short_date">Feb 11</span></span>
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435: Stephen Frears at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards
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Stephen Frears, 84 – Silver-Screen Evergreen Oldie

Over a period of six decades and with remarkably little fuss, Stephen Frears has established himself as our pre-eminent film director.

Introduced by Gyles Brandreth.
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434: Anita Lasker-Walfisch at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards
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Anita Lasker-Walfisch, 100 – Oldie Maestra

Anita Lasker Wallfisch, 100, a German-British cellist, was a member of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz.  After the war, she co-founded ensembles including the English Chamber Orchestra and has been honoured for her contributions to music and Holocaust remembrance.

Introduced by Gyles Brandreth
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43104260/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43104260/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43104260/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43104260/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43104260/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43104260/1400x1400/c" />
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433: Susan Hampshire at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards
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Susan Hampshire, 88 – Oldie Comeback Kid

Susan Hampshire starred in The Forsyte Saga as Fleur in the late 1960s. Then, last year, she returned as Lady Carteret in the prequel, The Forsytes.

Introduced by Gyles Brandreth.
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432: Stephen Frears in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Stephen Frears is one of Britain’s most prolific and successful film and television directors. His 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette made his name and launched the careers of Daniel Day-Lewis and Tim Bevan of Working Title.

Stephen talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his phenomenal career, from directing Dangerous Liaisons, written by Christopher Hampton in 1988 and starring John Malkovich, Glenn...
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431: Jeremy King in conversation with Harry Mount
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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 trains his waiters, how he spots when a diner is about to hit him and why he wrote his new book, Without Reservation - Lessons from a Life in Restaurants.
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<span class="numeric-tabular d-sm-none">
30m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1769418000" data-format="short_date">Jan 26</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
30m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43356303/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356303/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356303/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356303/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356303/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43356303/1400x1400/c" />
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430: Mary Berry at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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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, on January 20th 2026.
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<span class="numeric-tabular d-sm-none">
14m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1768991160" data-format="short_date">Jan 21</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
14m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43356300/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356300/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356300/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356300/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43356300/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43356300/1400x1400/c" />
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429: Jeremy King at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Jeremy King speaking about his new book, Without Reservation: Lessons from a Life in Restaurants, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on January 20th 2026.
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<span class="numeric-tabular d-sm-none">
17m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1768986000" data-format="short_date">Jan 21</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
17m
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428: John Davie at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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John Davie speaking about his new book, Greek to Us: the Fascinating Ancient Greek that Shapes our World, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on January 20th 2026.
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<span class="numeric-tabular d-sm-none">
14m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1768929651" data-format="short_date">Jan 20</span></span>
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<div class="fs-8 numeric-tabular text-nowrap text-muted phs">
14m
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427: Helen Macdonald in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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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&#39;s death by bringing up a goshawk in Cambridge. The book has just been made into a film, starring Claire Foy (pictured) as Helen - it comes out this Friday, January 23rd.
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31m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1768815318" data-format="short_date">Jan 19</span></span>
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31m
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426: Hunter Davies in conversation with Harry Mount
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As he turns 90, Hunter Davies tells Harry Mount about being the Beatles&#39; only official biographer – the priceless, hand-written lyrics he picked up off the floor of Abbey Road Studios, John Lennon&#39;s disapproving Aunt Mimi and the swimming trunks Paul McCartney left at his Portugal house.
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50m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1768208400" data-format="short_date">Jan 12</span></span>
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50m
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425: Michael Palin in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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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 presenter and is now known for his popular books and travel documentaries.  He was knighted in 2019 for services to travel, culture and geography.  He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his love of travel and art, how he began in comedy, stammering, as he did i...
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36m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765974325" data-format="short_date">Dec 17, 2025</span></span>
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36m
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424: Anne Glenconner in conversation with Harry Mount
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Lady Glenconner tells Harry Mount about life as Princess Margaret&#39;s lady-in-waiting: how Fergie told her how much the Queen liked her book; and the royal waves, from the Queen&#39;s crisp wave to the Queen Mother&#39;s - like &#39;stirring a pudding&#39;.
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21m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765921175" data-format="short_date">Dec 16, 2025</span></span>
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21m
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423: Matthew Bourne in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Matthew Bourne is widely hailed as Britain’s most popular and successful choreographer with a record number of prestigious awards.  He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about Red Shoes, currently playing at Sadlers Wells, and much more.  His 1995 Swan Lake, replacing female swans with male dancers, is the world’s longest running full-length dance classic in the West End and on Broadway.  He was knight...
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30m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765813398" data-format="short_date">Dec 15, 2025</span></span>
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43253780/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253780/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253780/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253780/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253780/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43253780/1400x1400/c" />
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422: Gyles Brandreth at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Gyles Brandreth speaking about his new book, Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on December 9th 2025.
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15m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765359000" data-format="short_date">Dec 10, 2025</span></span>
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15m
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43253752/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253752/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253752/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253752/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43253752/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43253752/1400x1400/c" />
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421: Anne Glenconner at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Lady Anne Glenconner speaking about her new book, Mischief &amp; Manners, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on December 9th 2025.
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16m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765355400" data-format="short_date">Dec 10, 2025</span></span>
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16m
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Adam Sisman speaking about his new book, The Indefatigable Asa Briggs, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on December 9th 2025.
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14m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765304825" data-format="short_date">Dec 09, 2025</span></span>
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419: Pam Ayres in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Pam Ayres is a much-loved poet, comedian, songwriter and broadcaster, particularly famous for her poem ‘I Wish I’d Looked After my Teeth’.  She was awarded an MBE in 2004 for services to literature and entertainment. She talks to Charlotte Metcalf about her life, including performing for the Queen, and performs her most recent poem ‘I’ll Have to Send it Back’.
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32m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1765192729" data-format="short_date">Dec 08, 2025</span></span>
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418: Henry Marsh in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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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 two more books, Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery, followed by And Finally in 2022. He’s had three BBC documentaries made about him and remains a frequent visitor to Ukraine, where he has been a volunteer surgeon and is now a popular lecturer.
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30m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1764589564" data-format="short_date">Dec 01, 2025</span></span>
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417: Andrew Lownie at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Andrew Lownie speaking about his new book, Entitled: Prince Andrew, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on November 25th 2025.
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11m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1764149400" data-format="short_date">Nov 26, 2025</span></span>
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416: Ferdinand Mount at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Ferdinand Mount speaking about his new book, Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on November 25th 2025.
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13m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1764147600" data-format="short_date">Nov 26, 2025</span></span>
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415: Roger Moorhouse at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Roger Moorhouse speaking about his new book, Wolfpack: The Gripping New World War Two History Taking Us Inside Hitler&#39;s U-Boat War, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on November 25th 2025.
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9m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1764096434" data-format="short_date">Nov 25, 2025</span></span>
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414: Nicholas Hytner in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Nicholas Hytner is one of our leading theatre, opera and film directors, knighted in 2010 for services to drama.  He is artistic director at The Bridge Theatre, which he co-founded with Nick Starr after stepping down in 2015 as Director of the National Theatre. He’s also the founder of Lightroom, the innovative immersive venue for art, most notable for its Hockney exhibition.  Nicholas talks to...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1763974800" data-format="short_date">Nov 24, 2025</span></span>
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413: Michael Morpurgo in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Michael Morpurgo has written over 150 books, many for children, including War Horse.  He has served as the Children’s Laureate and was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.  His latest books is Funny Thing Getting Older.
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40m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1763369460" data-format="short_date">Nov 17, 2025</span></span>
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412: Merlin Holland in conversation with Harry Mount
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Merlin Holland pays tribute to his grandfather Oscar Wilde and discusses his new book, After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal.

Merlin tells Harry Mount how the shock waves from Wilde&#39;s trial echoed through the 20th century, right into his own lifetime. How he wishes he could ask Wilde why he took the fatal step of suing the Marquess of Queensberry.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1762773365" data-format="short_date">Nov 10, 2025</span></span>
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411: Merlin Holland at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Merlin Holland speaking about his new book, After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on November 4th 2025.
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17m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1762349400" data-format="short_date">Nov 05, 2025</span></span>
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17m
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410: Sarah Vine at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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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, on November 4th 2025.
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7m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1762347600" data-format="short_date">Nov 05, 2025</span></span>
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7m
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Ysenda Maxtone-Graham speaking about her new book, Screams: Shrieks of Horror and Yelps of Pleasure from Modern Life, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on November 4th 2025.
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Edward Fox tells Harry Mount about playing Sir Brian Horrocks in A Bridge Too Far and his starring role as Edward VIII in Edward &amp; Mrs Simpson. He details his extraordinary acting bloodline and explains how he approached the melon-shooting scene in The Day of the Jackal.
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407: Daniel Finkelstein in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Daniel Finkelstein is an award-winning political commentator and journalist.  He’s a Times columnist, and author of his 2023 memoir, Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. Previously he was a politician and political advisor to John Major and William Hague. He was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2013.

He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his book and his parents – his mother was sent to...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1761555720" data-format="short_date">Oct 27, 2025</span></span>
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406: Jeremy Hunt in conversation with Harry Mount
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Jeremy Hunt, former Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, tells Harry Mount about his new book, Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain.
He sympathises with Rachel Reeves about the prospect of dealing with a mammoth deficit – and recalls meeting Donald Trump at Chequers.
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405: Gus Christie in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Gus Christie took Glyndebourne Opera over from his father George in 2000.  He tells us about Glyndebourne’s beginnings when his grandfather John Christie fell in love with and married the soprano Audrey Mildmay and decided to build her an opera house. Gus also reflects on his own decision to step into his father’s shoes, describes his vision and tells us about the upcoming Autumn Festival.
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404: Jonathan Dimbleby at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Jonathan Dimbleby speaking about his new book, Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on October 7th 2025.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1759913220" data-format="short_date">Oct 08, 2025</span></span>
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403: Jeremy Hunt at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Jeremy Hunt speaking about his new book, Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on October 7th 2025.
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402: Frances Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Frances Wilson speaking about her new book, Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on October 7th 2025.
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401: Gyles Brandreth in conversation with Harry Mount
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Gyles Brandreth tells Harry Mount about his new book about Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne and Gyles’s friend, Christopher Robin Milne. Winnie the Pooh first appeared in print 100 years ago.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1759742503" data-format="short_date">Oct 06, 2025</span></span>
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400: A N Wilson at the Dartmouth Literary Festival
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A N Wilson in conversation with Harry Mount at this month&#39;s Dartmouth Literary Festival, sponsored by The Oldie.

A N Wilson chatted about two of his books, Goethe: His Faustian Life andVictoria: A Life.  In a dazzling talk, he discusses Queen Victoria&#39;s hidden child with John Brown and how Goethe discovered evolution before Darwin.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1759149109" data-format="short_date">Sep 29, 2025</span></span>
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399: Alexander McCall Smith in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
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Alexander McCall Smith is a prolific and fast writer, known mainly for his best-selling series The Number One Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana and featuring his popular heroine Mama Precious Ramotswe.

The books have been translated into 46 languages and sold millions worldwide. These and his numerous other books, including the Scotland Street series, have earned him a global reputation, a C...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1758198931" data-format="short_date">Sep 18, 2025</span></span>
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398: Rachel Johnson in conversation with Harry Mount
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Journalist and broadcaster Rachel Johnson tells Harry Mount about her competitive upbringing, her imposter syndrome and the collapse of The Lady magazine.
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397: Amanda Barrie at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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396: Paula Byrne at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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Paula Byrne speaking about her new book, Six Weeks by the Sea: The Summer Jane Austen Fell in Love , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on September 9th 2025.”
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395: Eleanor Doughty at the Oldie Literary Lunch
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394: Harry Mount in conversation with Antonia Fraser
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At 93, Antonia Fraser, one of our leading historians, has written her 40th book – The House that Spoke: The History of a Home.

She tells Harry Mount about 70 years of writing, going all the way back to her 1954 debut, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. And she talks about her west London house, where she wrote her 1969 bestseller, Mary, Queen of Scots – and her late husband, Harol...
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Joshua Levine, one of our leading Second World War historians, talks to Harry Mount about the 85th anniversary of the Blitz - which began on September 7 1940.
Levine&#39;s book The Secret History of the Blitz led to him advising film director Steve McQueen for his 2024 film Blitz.
His book Forgotten Voices of Dunkirk inspired Christopher Nolan to make Dunkirk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_...
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