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 1m Jan 20, 2022
1hr 1m
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
The Oldie Podcast: BSO Christmas Crackers Concert is in its 5th decade - Harry Bucknall
Pete Harrison, guest conductor for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Christmas Crackers concert tells Harry Bucknall that the show will go on. BSO will welcome audiences to the December 19 Christmas concert which will be streamed live and available for download to enjoy at any time. Singer Laura Tebbutt is thrilled to return to the stage with for the first time since 1st March.  For tickets...
26m Dec 10, 2020
26m
Craig Brown and Friends – a Hilarious Oldie Podcast
Britain's funniest writer, Craig Brown, has asked his pals to record some of his greatest hits. Starring Richard Ingrams as Prince Philip, Eleanor Bron as Jilly Cooper, AN Wilson as Alan Titchmarsh, Craig Brown and Tallulah Brown as Downton Abbey's Lord and Lady Grantham, and Paul Bailey as John Gielgud
55m Nov 20, 2020
55m
Barry Cryer, Comedy Legend – Oldie Podcast
At 85, Barry Cryer has worked with them all, from Bob Hope to Morecambe & Wise. In this uproariously funny interview, he recalls a lifetime of laughs with Harry Bucknall
22m Nov 08, 2020
22m
William Wordsworth at 250
The Oldie's Ferdie Rous talks to author and journalist, Frances Wilson, about Wordsworth's idyllic home in the Lake District, his remarkably intense relationship with his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth, and why he was known as the pedestrian poet
25m Mar 17, 2020
25m
Ed West: 'All conservatives are pessimists'
The Oldie's Ferdie Rous talks to Ed West, the Deputy editor of UnHerd and son of Oldie columnist Mary Kenny, about why all conservatives are pessimists and why men are guided by women in politics
30m Mar 12, 2020
30m
Does Homer really matter?
Oxford University recently announced that Homer’s Iliad would be dropped from its Classics syllabus.   Ferdie Rous speaks to Harry Mount, Oldie editor and author of Amo, Amas, Amat… And All That, who studied classics at Oxford, and James Pembroke, The Oldie’s publisher, and a fellow classics enthusiast.
21m Mar 05, 2020
21m
50 years on Fleet Street – Mary Kenny
Mary Kenny, one of the founders of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement, talks to The Oldie’s Ferdie Rous about her fifty years on Fleet Street, gender and Ireland's Brexit moment.
36m Feb 27, 2020
36m
Sinclair McKay describes the horror of the Dresden firebombing
At the Oldie's February lunch, Sinclair McKay spoke about his new book, Dresden: the Fire and the Darkness.
16m Feb 27, 2020
16m
Dan Cruickshank – a Londoner through and through
Dan Cruickshank spoke about his new book, Cruickshank’s London: A Portrait of a City in 13 Walks, at the Oldie's February lunch.
18m Feb 27, 2020
18m
Lord Tugendhat explains the English origins of Nazism
At the Oldie's February lunch, Lord Tugendhat spoke about his new book, A History of Britain Through Books: 1900 ‑ 1964.
15m Feb 27, 2020
15m
Rupert Bear – Gyles Brandreth's hero
Gyles Brandreth talks to The Oldie's Ferdie Rous about Rupert Bear, his love of words and why Shakespeare matters
48m Feb 13, 2020
48m
Why Trump will win
James Fletcher, who's making a film, The Accidental President, talks to Harry Mount about the US election Image: A souvenir-seller at the Trump rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. Credit: James Fletcher
12m Feb 13, 2020
12m
Who will be the Democratic candidate for President?
Oldie Editor Harry Mount talks to Philip Delves Broughton, former New York Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Ivo Dawnay, the former Washington bureau chief for the Daily Telegraph, about the Democratic Presidential primary in Iowa.
13m Feb 07, 2020
13m
Are criminals responsible for their actions?
The Oldie's Ferdie Rous talks to author, former prison doctor and journalist Theodore Dalrymple. Dalrympe tells us about the psychology of crime and addiction, his love of Wales and why he rummages through litter.
21m Feb 06, 2020
21m
Taking a Walk with Patrick Barkham
Author, Oldie columnist and nature writer Patrick Barkham talks to Ferdie Rous, The Oldie's Editorial Assistant, about the Scottish Highlands, HS2 and the need for parents to stay in touch with nature
24m Jan 23, 2020
24m
Oberammergau – the town that promised God a play
The Oldie's Editorial Assistant Ferdie Rous talks to journalist, author and travel writer WIlliam Cook about Oberammergau's world-renowned passion play. Every 10 years, 500,000 people descend on this small Bavarian town to watch this extraordinary insight onto the seventeenth century.
23m Jan 16, 2020
23m