The Oldie - 1 Sep 2025
My Best Friend
Best of Manchester
Film: Jaws at 50
Birth of B’stard
Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America, by Michael M Grunbaum Rachel Johnson
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The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I, by Clare Jackson Mark Bostridge
The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes, by William Kelleher Storey Daniel Hannan
The Bookseller of Hay: The Life and Times of Richard Booth, by James Hanning Roger Lewis
Oldie Man of Letters Charmless Prince Andrew, by A N Wilson
How Not to Be a Political Wife: A Memoir, by Sarah Vine Peter Mckay
Overlooked Britain: Glasgow’s magical carpet factory Lucinda Lambton
The Genius of Trees, by Harriet Rix Patrick Barkham
I Once Met … Jessica Mitford Rev Michael Coren
Oldies ruled Greece and Rome Paul Cartledge
Theatre: The Merry Wives of Windsor William Cook
At home with Harold Pinter Lady Antonia Fraser
English model in New York Lucas Chancellor
Olden Life: What were tail fins? Andrew Roberts
Last of the line – lost titles Eleanor Doughty
Some things have only got better Mark Palmer
Narvik Campaign, in Dad’s footsteps Jonathan Hope
Skiddaw, aloof in the Lake District Patrick Barkham
On the road with Antiques Roadshow Lee Rodwell
Modern Life: What is fast tech? Richard Godwin
Funeral Service: Norman Tebbit Harry Mount
On the Road: Mary Beard Louise Flind
Soho’s Maltese gangsters Jonathan Margolis
George – Best of Friends Kenneth Cranham
Overheard on the streets Joe Cushnan
The Doctor’s Surgery Dr Theodore Dalrymple
Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
Grumpy Oldie Man Matthew Norman
Sitcom masterclass Marks and Gran
Rant: Surnames Matthew Faulkner
Hell of retirement Richard Britton
Digital Life Matthew Webster
Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
Kitchen Garden Simon Courtauld
Orphaned at 69 Griff Rhys Jones
I hate gardening Candida Crewe
Country Mouse Giles Wood
Film: Jaws Harry Mount
Memory Lane Lyn Lawrence
Competition Tessa Castro
Reader trip to Vienna and Budapest
Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu
Restaurants James Pembroke
Money Matters Neil Collins
Television Frances Wilson
Golden Oldies Mark Ellen
Gardening David Wheeler
Mary Killen’s Beauty Tips
Bird of the Month: Merlin John Mcewen
Cookery Elisabeth Luard
Small World Jem Clarke
History David Horspool
Music Richard Osborne
Gyles Brandreth’s Diary
Bridge Andrew Robson
Prue’s News Prue Leith
Commonplace Corner
Ask Virginia Ironside
Radio Valerie Grove
Motoring Alan Judd
The Old Un’s Notes
God Sister Teresa
Readers’ Letters
Sport Jim White
Drink Bill Knott
Literary lunch
Crossword
The Old Un’s Notes
Among this month’s contributors
Important stories you may have missed
NEW! Tune into Radio Oldie
P G Wodehouse’s Plum Lines
Our glamorous holiday – at home
My stalking season begins
what were tail fins?
what is fast tech?
It takes two to tango
It takes two to tango
An orphan – at 69
At home with Harold Pinter
Best of Manchester
Best of Manchester
The sad old Duke of York
I’m tired of retirement
Soho’s little Malta
Soho’s little Malta
Fortune-hunter
My garden secret
The very ancient world
Model behaviour
Nowt so queer as folk
Hair necessities
Title deeds
Wedding bells for Rioting Ron
Foodies leave a bad taste
Amanda Barrie Literary Lunch Paula Byrne Eleanor Doughty
Fancy seeing you here! My small world
The past is a foreign, joyful country
The fight to be Irish President
Reasons to be cheerful
Reasons to be cheerful
The history man
Agony and ecstasy of my school stroke
Norman Tebbit (1931-2025)
St Jerome, the Bible’s Latin lover
Golf ’s biggest handicap
Jessica Mitford
Young Peter Sellers, the movie love rat
MEMORY LANE
As a pretty 17-year-old in the summer of 1942, Joan Lawrence, my late motherin-law, went on holiday to Blackpool with a girlfriend.
Walking on the seafront, they were approached by two airmen who befriended them. The girls were flattered by
Saucy sign
It’s ‘ect’, as any fule kno
Golf with Gerald Harper
Dancing Socrates
French fancy
Captain Webb’s last swim
Russia’s Profumo Affair
Boycott’s boycott
ROGER LEWIS
Golden age of glossies
PETER MCKAY
DANIEL HANNAN
Tree story
Scottish power
Commonplace Corner
HARRY MOUNT
WILLIAM COOK
FRANCES WILSON
VALERIE GROVE
FRANCES WILSON
RICHARD OSBORNE
MARK ELLEN
HUON MALLALIEU
EASTERN PROMISE
BLUEBERRIES
CHUNKY CHUTNEY
DORSET’S BAY OF NAPLES
INTOXICATING CHEFS
Wine
JIM WHITE
ALAN JUDD
Just Giving – and just taking
King of the supermarket price wars
Merlin
To Norway with Hope
Glasgow’s magic carpet factory
My Roman pin-ups
Genius crossword 456
Moron crossword 456
TESSA CASTRO
BRIDGE
On top of the world on Skiddaw
Prudish daughter
Dream Christmas present
Cheap knickers
Ask Virginia
My hopeless lovers
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