Cleo Watson at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept about her latest novel Whips
9m Sep 11, 2023
9m
Listen to Frederic Raphael speaking about his latest book Last Post at The Oldie Literary Lunch 1st August 2023
Listen to Frederic Raphael speaking about his latest book Last Post at The Oldie Literary Lunch 1st August 2023
12m Aug 03, 2023
12m
Listen to Sir Ferdinand Mount speaking about his latest book on leaders called Big Caesars and Little Caesars
Listen to Sir Ferdinand Mount speaking about his latest book on leaders called Big Caesars and Little Caesars at The Oldie's Literary Lunch on 1st August 2023 at The National Liberal Club
16m Aug 03, 2023
16m
Alan Judd speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest spy thrilled Queen & Country
Alan Judd speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest spy thrilled Queen & Country
12m Aug 03, 2023
12m
Listen to Lady Antonia Fraser speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch 18th July 2023
Lady Antonia Fraser speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 18th July 2023 about her latest book Lady Caroline Lamb: a Free Spirit. At aged 90, Lady Antonia wowed the audience with her compelling account.
12m Jul 20, 2023
12m
Listen to Joshua Levine at The Oldie Literary Lunch 18 July 2023
Listen to Joshua Levine at The Oldie Literary Lunch on his latest book SAS: The Illustrated History of the SAS.
14m Jul 20, 2023
14m
Listen to Angela Levin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 18th July 2023
Listen to Angela Levin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 18th July 2023 about her latest book Camilla: from Outcast to Queen Consort.  Having spent a lot of time with Queen Camilla, Angela gave us a glorious insight into our monarch.
9m Jul 20, 2023
9m
Listen here to Glenda Jackson who sadly died today aged 87 at The Oldie of The Year Awards in 2017
Listen here to Glenda Jackson who sadly died today aged 87 at The Oldie of The Year Awards in 2017
2m Jun 15, 2023
2m
Listen to Edward Stourton speaking about Confessions at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th June 2023
Listen to Edward Stourton speaking about Confessions at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th June 2023
10m Jun 15, 2023
10m
Sir Anthony Seldon speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023
Sir Anthony Seldon speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023 about his latest book Boris at 10, looking at Boris's career as Prime Minister and what went wrong
12m Jun 15, 2023
12m
Polly Toynbee speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023
Polly Toynbee speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023 about her latest book An Uneasy Inheritance about class and growing up being aware of different classes within the UK
10m Jun 15, 2023
10m
Harry Mount interviews Mary Kenny and A N Wilson at The Agenda Festival
Harry Mount interviews Mary Kenny and A N Wilson at The Agenda Festival at The Hurlingham Club on Monday 22 May 2023
40m May 25, 2023
40m
Lady Glenconner speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th May 2023 about her latest book "Whatever Next?"
Lady Glenconner speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th May 2023 about her latest book "Whatever Next?"
11m May 16, 2023
11m
Chris Mullin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch 9th May about his latest book "Didn't You Used To Be Chris Mullen?"
Chris Mullin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch 9th May about his latest book "Didn't You Used To Be Chris Mullen?"
8m May 16, 2023
8m
Henry Dimbleby & Jemima Lewis about their new book Ravenous
Husband and wife team Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis speak about their latest book Ravenous. Henry of Leon Restaurant fame talks about changing our eating and farming habits to save our planet for future generations.
10m May 16, 2023
10m
Craig Brown has everyone in stitches at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Hastings on 26th April 2023
The Oldie hosted a road show tour of Literary Lunches this year. Fairlight Hall in Hastings hosted a charity lunch in aid of the Conquest Hospital. Listen to Craig Brown's hilarious account of his latest book Haywire.
13m May 10, 2023
13m
Harry Mount speaking about his latest book Et Tu, Brute? at Fairlight Hall, Hastings The Oldie Literary Lunch
Harry Mount speaking about his latest book Et Tu, Brute? at Fairlight Hall, Hastings The Oldie Literary Lunch
10m May 10, 2023
10m
Giles and Mary speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Hastings
Giles and Mary speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Hastings about their latest book - A Diary Of Two Nobodies
10m May 10, 2023
10m
Sasha Swire speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about her book Diary of an MP's Wife Tuesday 14th March
Sasha Swire speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about her book Diary of an MP's Wife Tuesday 14th March
13m Mar 23, 2023
13m
Harry Mount speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023
Harry Mount speaks about his book Et Tu, Brute: The Best Latin Lines Ever at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023
10m Mar 23, 2023
10m
Andrew Lownie speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023
Andrew Lownie speaking about his book Traitor King at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 14th March 2023
9m Mar 23, 2023
9m
Prue Leith on Bliss on Toast at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th December 2022
PRUE LEITH ON HER LATEST RECIPE BOOK BLISS ON TOAST Our final speaker at The Oldie Literary Lunch was Prue Leith on her new cookery book, Bliss on Toast. Prue Leith is best known for The Great British Bake Off, but her greatest achievement in the room at The Oldie Literary Lunch, said Editor, Harry Mount, was for "writing a column for The Oldie Magazine". Harry introduced Prue, whose father ...
6m Dec 15, 2022
6m
Craig Brown on Haywire at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th December 2022
CRAIG BROWN ON HIS LATEST BOOK HAYWIRE Barry Humphries, Oldie columnist, described Craig Brown as an "extremely funny writer". Craig was the leading satirist for The Daily Telegraph, Mail and Mail on Sunday and the spoof diarist for Private Eye. He has then had an incredibly interesting second life writing biographical books: Ma'am Darling - a hilarious royal biography about Princess Margare...
12m Dec 15, 2022
12m
Simon Heffer speaking about Chips Channon at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Dec
PROFESSOR SIMON HEFFER ON CHIPS CHANNON Our first speaker was Professor Simon Heffer, who has written biographies on, amongst others, Thomas Carlisle, Vaughan Williams, Victorian and Edwardian Britain, and as "most of us spent lockdown staring at the ceiling and avoiding people on walks", Simon achieved an extraordinary historical feat of a mammoth 3 volume collection of the political diaries ...
11m Dec 15, 2022
11m
The Oldie of The Year Awards 2022 presented by Gyles Brandreth
8m Nov 24, 2022
8m
A N Wilson speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his autobiography Confessions
A N WILSON delivered a startlingly honest and characteristically witty memoir of his youth entitled Confessions. His first autobiography is populated by a rich cast of characters from royalty to Oxford dons to journalists, and his speech provided the guests at the lunch with much humour
6m Nov 17, 2022
6m
Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan speak about their latest book Kings & Queens
Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan speak about their latest book Kings & Queens at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Nov 15th at The National Liberal Club
18m Nov 17, 2022
18m
Lucy Lethbridge speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Nov 15th about Tourists
9m Nov 17, 2022
9m
ALL SPEAKERS at The Oldie Literary Lunch Nov 15th: Lucy Lethbridge, Peter Snow and A N Wilson
The Oldie Literary Lunch took place on 15th November at The National Liberal Club. LUCY LETHBRIDGE gave a fascinating talk about her latest book Tourists defining the way the English went abroad to find themselves.  Holidaying was a new phenomena of the past two centuries and one which initially applied to the working classes. As Evelyn Waugh once said “Every Englishman abroad, until it is pro...
40m Nov 16, 2022
40m
The Oldie Gang Show with Andrew Lownie, David Starkey and Dame Eileen Atkins
Harry Mount hosts the Oldie Gang Show with guests Andrew Lownie, David Starkey and Dame Eileen Atkins. Andrew Lownie reveals the true nature of the Duke of Windsor, the subject of his book, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Historian and broadcaster, David Starkey, paints a dynamic portrayal of Henry VIII as the both pivotal to British history and the progen...
1hr 2m Jan 20, 2022
1hr 2m
Jeffrey Archer - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
​In this latest edition of the Oldie Podcast, Harry Bucknall talks to that master of story telling himself, Jeffrey Archer, about his new novel, Over My Dead Body which is a story of murder, revenge and betrayal; the fourth in the William Warwick series and another case for investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s rising star, who made his first appearance in Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicl...
32m Jan 04, 2022
32m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 10
Prompted by the sad death of Richard Rogers, Giles and Mary discuss modern architecture, foreign versus domestic holidays and their Christmas plans @gilesandmary1 @oldiemagazine #podcast 
17m Dec 22, 2021
17m
The Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, 158th Speaker of the House of Commons - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
In this edition of The Oldie Podcast, Harry Bucknall talks to The Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, 158th Speaker of the House of Commons, whose role is delivering the daily business of politics. It is he who has to restore the reputation and  traditional values expected of those we elect to represent us and it is he who has to ensure that MPs can go about their daily business unhindered, ...
34m Dec 20, 2021
34m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 9
In this week's discussion of the news headlines, Giles and Mary discuss lying, Patricia Highsmith's murder theory and the robin's territorial wars @gilesandmary1 @oldiemagazine #podcast 
16m Dec 13, 2021
16m
Mary Churchill's diaries with her daughter Emma Soames - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
​Mary Churchill’s War, the Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter, were published at the end of September.  In the diaries, the self effacing Mary Soames described herself as "a discontented served-up fat ATS officer who compared unfavourably with Hitler’s Rhine maidens" – anything could be further from the truth, as those fortunate to meet her will bear testament to her warmth, grea...
31m Dec 13, 2021
31m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 8
In this week's broadcast, Giles and Mary discuss Meghan Markle, snogging and the overuse of the word 'crisis' @maryandgiles1 @oldiemagazine #podcast
12m Dec 06, 2021
12m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 7
In this week's Newsround, Giles and Mary discuss Jeremy Clarkson's new beer, the slanting shadows of winter sunlight and the difference between omicron and omega @oldiemagazine @gilesandmary1 
21m Nov 29, 2021
21m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 6
In this week's Newsround, Giles Wood and Mary Killen choose their dream retirement home - Fawlty Towers. They also discuss whether it's rude to send a list of Christmas present requests and a new phenomenon, Hogo - the Hassle of Going Out  @oldiemagazine @gilesandmary1
20m Nov 22, 2021
20m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 5
In this week's Newsround, Giles Wood and Mary Killen discuss Meghan Markle and the art of apologising, the pleasures of going to jail - and autumn leaves @gilesandmary1 @oldiemagazine #podcast #episode
17m Nov 15, 2021
17m
The 100th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
The Royal British Legion, charged by Royal Charter with the continuing welfare, remembrance, representation and comradeship of all those who serve or have served in our Armed Forces, is the largest of the United Kingdom’s military charities. With the enduring symbol of the poppy at its core, it is a unique institution that sits deep in the fabric of our society, safeguarding  the principles for...
51m Nov 08, 2021
51m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 4
In this week's Oldie Newsround, Giles Wood and Mary Killen discuss irritable drinkers, Britain's booming population of grey seals and the horrors of Patricia Highsmith
16m Nov 08, 2021
16m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 3
In this week's Oldie Newsround, Giles Wood and his wife Mary Killen discuss what to do when your spouse lets you down, what to do in the country and how much money you need for an interesting life.  @OldieMagazine @gilesandmary #podcast #gilesandmary
20m Nov 02, 2021
20m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 2
In this week's Oldie Newsround, Giles and Mary reveal the best way to turn down a party invitation and how to build the perfect fire. @Oldiemagazine @gilesandmary #gilesandmary #podcast
19m Oct 27, 2021
19m
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 1
In a new podcast series, welcome to the weekly round-up of the news by Oldie columnist Giles Wood and his wife, Mary Killen, the Spectator's agony aunt. This week, they discuss the Queen's genius at hitting the nail on the head; why William Morris wallpaper improves any house; and why George Harrison was the best of the Beatles. And Giles dreams of going magnet-fishing.
25m Oct 18, 2021
25m
Tea for Two - Madeline Smith, The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
This month sees Harry Bucknall, with The Oldie Podcast tucked under his arm, venture out from under his lockdown rock in Dorset  to London and the refined elegance of Wilton’s Restaurant on Jermyn Street, in St James’s  – just the spot for a cup of tea with his guest, the actress Madeline Smith, who writes candidly  in the August edition of the magazine about working with that genius of stage a...
29m Sep 01, 2021
29m
A toast to brilliant actor Robert Bathurst - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
Actor Robert Bathurst is perhaps best known as David Marsden in ITV’s long running hit series, Cold Feet but  since early days from  the Cambridge Footlights to  more recent forays like Keith Waterhouse’s  "Jeffrey Bernard  Is Unwell", and Noel Coward’s "Blithe Spirit", Robert Is no stranger to theatre. In this month’s podcast, he talks to Harry Bucknall,  about Toast of London, his love of nat...
33m Jul 05, 2021
33m
Loyd Grossman, Renaissance man - Oldie Podcast
From punk to the Summer of Love to Rousseau, Loyd Grossman, whose article on 18th century wood carver Grinling Gibbons features in this month’s magazine,  talks about pretty much everything to Harry Bucknall in our latest interview with friends of The Oldie; their discussion, however, starts in  a South London garden in 1983, with Loyd talking to a  large black rabbit…
44m Apr 15, 2021
44m
Harry Bucknall with BSO Hollywood Classics conductor Pete Harrison - The Oldie Podcast
This Saturday 13th March, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra invites The Oldie to the movies, as Harry Bucknall talks to Pete Harrison, guest conductor of the BSO as they play some of the great film scores, such as Ben Hur, Gone with the Wind and  The Great Escape, which  the orchestra will be performing for their Hollywood Classics concert  this Saturday at 7.30 pm. Full programme details at ...
25m Mar 11, 2021
25m
Hunter Davies, the Fleet Street legend with Harry Bucknall - The Oldie Podcast
 At 85, Hunter Davies, buoyed by his younger girlfriend Clare, has received his covid jabs and is raring to go. The writer and Fleet Street legend tells Harry Bucknall what fuels him in this month’s podcast. The key ingredient is boredom, Hunter confesses that if he has even thirty minutes between projects, he goes mad. He’s also not too mad about England’s prospects in the World Cup! 
39m Feb 14, 2021
39m
Maureen Lipman, It's Great to Be a Dame - Oldie Podcast
Harry Bucknall covers Maureen's Damehood, Gyles Brandreth’s control of the remote on Celebrity Gogglebox, the perfect recipe for chips as concocted by Victoria Wood and Jack Rosenthal, the challenge facing theatre and live performance, the Labour Party, anti-semitism and the wider right to freedom of religion, finishing with an exhortation for The Oldie Lunch.
34m Jan 12, 2021
34m