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The Oldie magazine’s podcast featuring discussion and debate around the lead features in the latest magazine, plus live recordings from our famous Literary Lunches. Presented by Harry Mount.
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Nigel Havers is the well-known actor, renowned for his numerous movies from Passage to India with David Lean to Chariots of Fire alongside his television work. He’s been in The Charmer and acted for long stints in Corona
Harry Mount, Oldie editor, talks to Charlotte 'Fruity' Metcalf, Supplements Editor, about the new issue. They discuss Mary Kenny's article on what it means to be bohemian. They salute Geoff Roberts, 101, the last British
Michael Rosen is the multi award-winning and prolific children’s author and poet and the former Children’s Laureate. He’s also the presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Word of Mouth , a hugely successful You Tuber and Professor
John Humphrys talks to Matthew Norman about the death of Rod Liddle, 66, his dear friend and old producer at the Today programme. John also salutes his old Today colleague, the late Ed Stourton, and analyses the art of t
Charlotte 'Fruity' Metcalf pays tribute to her dear Cambridge friend, the BBC broadcaster Ed Stourton, who has died at 68. This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-ter
Amanda Craig is a critic, award-winning journalist and author. She’s one of our only female state-of-the-nation novelists and has been compared with Balzac, Trollope and Dickens. She talks to Charlotte Metcalf about her
Titus Mills is a headmaster - and an expert on Operation Market Garden, the doomed Allied landings in Holland in 1944, recalled in A Bridge Too Far (1977). As we approach the 82nd anniversary, Titus took a group of Oldie
Editor Harry Mount chats to Supplements Editor Charlotte Metcalf about the new issue. They admire the article on David Hockney by his friend, biographer and fellow Yorkshireman, Christopher Sykes. And they're moved and a
It will be his last book, he says. As England play the semi-final against Argentina, he recalls the 1996 Euro semi-final against Germany and the 1998 World Cup, and how he consoled David Beckham after losing. He doesn’t
Tony Adams speaking about his new book, 1996 - Reflections on the Year that Changed My Life , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on July 14th 2026. This week's podcast is kindly sponsore
Rowan Williams speaking about his new book, Solidarity - The Work of Recognition , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on July 14th 2026. This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Bailli
A N Wilson speaking about his new book, The Wise and their Works - The Great Exhibition of 1851 , at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on July 14th 2026. This week's podcast is kindly spon
Nicholas Shakespeare, who talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his latest novel Frame 37 , was described by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best English novelists of our time. His novel The Dancer Upstairs was made int
As Keir Starmer stands down, John Humphrys, the Rottweiler of the Today programme, tells Matthew Norman about the Prime Ministers he's interviewed - from Jim Callaghan to Andy Burnham, Starmer's expected successor. John
Editor Harry Mount chats to Supplements Editor Charlotte Metcalf about the theatre. Charlotte adores London's pre-eminence as the great theatre city of the world. And Harry, once an avid theatregoer, has given up - thank
Editor Harry Mount chats to Supplements Editor Charlotte Metcalf about the new issue. They admire the article on David Hockney by his friend, biographer and fellow Yorkshireman, Christopher Sykes. And they're moved and a
Jim White, the Oldie's sportswriter and Telegraph football correspondent, has covered eight World Cups and has written about sport for 40 years. He tells Harry Mount about England's performance and his favourite sportswr
In a special recording for The Oldie, Maureen Lipman tells the sad tale of Elsa's Dad, based on a real story told to her by a fellow actress. This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors,
They gossip about her wild night in Manhattan with old friend Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City – and wonder why authors aren't as glamorous as they used to be. What makes for the best book covers? Fruity
Kathy Lette burst onto our scenes as the exuberant and hilariously outspoken Australian novelist with Puberty Blues when she was just 17. With 20 more novels to her name since then, she talks to Charlotte Metcalf about h
Matthew Norman
Author of All Together Now
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Robert Hardman
journalist and historian
1 appearance on this show
Hugo Vickers
2 appearances on this show
Anne Sebba
author of The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
1 appearance on this show
Mary Beard
author
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Antony Beevor
author of Stalingrad
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Jeremy King
creator of Le Caprice, The Wolseley, Arlington, The Park, Simpson’s in the Strand · Pinterest
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Mary Berry
cooks · Cosmos Labs
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Helen Macdonald
author of H is for Hawk
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Matthew Bourne
legendary choreographer
1 appearance on this show
Gyles Brandreth
2 appearances on this show
Andrew Lownie
author of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor · The Biographers Club
2 appearances on this show
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