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Radio Oldie — 490 episodes

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489: Tony Adams tells Harry Mount about his new book, '1996 – Reflections on the Year that Changed My Life'.

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488: Tony Adams at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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487: Rowan Williams at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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486: A. N. Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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485: Nicholas Shakespeare in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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484: The Odd Couple, sponsored by Baillie Gifford - John Humphrys recalls interviewing Prime Ministers, from Jim Callaghan to Andy Burnham

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483: When Harry Met Fruity – the highs and lows of theatre

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483: When Harry Met Fruity – the August issue of The Oldie

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482: Jim White in conversation with Harry Mount

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481: Maureen Lipman - Elsa's Dad

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480: Editor Harry Mount chats to Fruity Metcalf, editor of the new Oldie Review of Books, free with the July issue of The Oldie

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479: Kathy Lette in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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478: Pru Leith at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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477: Robert Hardman at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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476: A N Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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475: Andrew Gailey at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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474: When Harry Met Fruity – the July Issue

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473: David Hockney's biographer Christopher Sykes talks to Harry Mount

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472: Andrew Graham-Dixon at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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471: Sinclair McKay at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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470: James Reed at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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469: The Odd Couple, sponsored by Baillie Gifford Actual Investors: John Humphrys and Matthew Norman on the World Cup

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468: Maureen Lipman – Driving Miss Maisie

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467: When Harry Met Fruity – the June issue of The Oldie

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466: Margaret Drabble in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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465: The Odd Couple, sponsored by Baillie Gifford - John Humphrys and Matthew Norman on Restaurant Hell - and Heaven

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464: Christopher Hampton in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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463: Colin Bell at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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461: Robert Hardman at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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462: Hugo Vickers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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460: Christine Dawood in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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459: John Tusa in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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457: Anne Sebba in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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456: Sebastian Faulks at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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455: Sara Wheeler at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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454: Anna Mathias at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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453: Mary Beard in conversation with Harry Mount

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452: The Odd Couple with John Humphrys & Matthew Norman - Episode 1

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451: Rose Wylie in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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450: Simon Jenkins in conversation with Harry Mount

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449: Antony Beevor at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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448: Simon Jenkins at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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447: Candida Meyrick at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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447: Candida Meyrick at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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446: Derek Jacobi in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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445: Antony Beevor in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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444: Nigel Planer in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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443: Dinah - A Maureen Lipman monologue

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442: Nigel Planer at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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441: Tom Hodgkinson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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440: Pru Leith at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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439: Miriam Stoppard in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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438: Lady Antonia Fraser at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards

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437: Maggi Hambling at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards

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436: Michael Heath at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards

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435: Stephen Frears at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards

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434: Anita Lasker-Walfisch at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards

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433: Susan Hampshire at the 2025 Oldie of the Year Awards

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432: Stephen Frears in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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431: Jeremy King in conversation with Harry Mount

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430: Mary Berry at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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429: Jeremy King at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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428: John Davie at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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427: Helen Macdonald in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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426: Hunter Davies in conversation with Harry Mount

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425: Michael Palin in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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424: Anne Glenconner in conversation with Harry Mount

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423: Matthew Bourne in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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422: Gyles Brandreth at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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421: Anne Glenconner at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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420: Adam Sisman at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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419: Pam Ayres in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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418: Henry Marsh in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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417: Andrew Lownie at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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416: Ferdinand Mount at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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415: Roger Moorhouse at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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414: Nicholas Hytner in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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413: Michael Morpurgo in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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412: Merlin Holland in conversation with Harry Mount

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411: Merlin Holland at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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410: Sarah Vine at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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409: Ysenda Maxtone-Graham at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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408: Edward Fox in conversation with Harry Mount

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407: Daniel Finkelstein in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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406: Jeremy Hunt in conversation with Harry Mount

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405: Gus Christie in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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404: Jonathan Dimbleby at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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403: Jeremy Hunt at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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402: Frances Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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401: Gyles Brandreth in conversation with Harry Mount

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400: A N Wilson at the Dartmouth Literary Festival

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399: Alexander McCall Smith in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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398: Rachel Johnson in conversation with Harry Mount

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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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395: Eleanor Doughty at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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394: Harry Mount in conversation with Antonia Fraser

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393: Joshua Levine in conversation with Harry Mount

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392: Andrew Lownie in conversation with Harry Mount

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391: Fay Maschler in conversation with Harry Mount

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390: John Lloyd in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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389: Rachel Kelly in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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388: Helen Lederer in conversation with Harry Mount

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387: Sarah Sands in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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386: Philippa Langley at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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385: David Hepworth at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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384: Lucy Moore at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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383: Mary Kenny in conversation with Harry Mount

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382: Nicky Haslam in conversation with Harry Mount

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381: Mark Ellen in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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380: Tracy Chevalier at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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379: Sinclair McKay at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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378: Anne Sebba at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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377: Emma, the Duchess of Rutland, in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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376: James Holland in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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375: Bruce Beresford in conversation with Harry Mount

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374: Nicholas Coleridge in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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373: Graydon Carter in conversation with Harry Mount

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372: Marks & Gran in conversation with Harry Mount

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371: Theo Fennell in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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370: Sir Trevor McDonald at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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369: Adam Nicolson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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368: Angela V John at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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367: Tom Hodgkinson in conversation with Harry Mount

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366: Kate Summerscale at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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365: Andrew Pierce at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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364: Sandy Nairne at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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363: Loyd Grossman in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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362: Nicole Farhi in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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361: Lynn Barber in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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360: Roger Lewis in conversation with Harry Mount

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359: Elisabeth Luard, Oldie Cookery Correspondent, on Substack, a new way to publish your articles and make money

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358: How to write a travel feature with William Cook, Oldie Theatre Critic

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357: How to write a review with Sam Leith, the Spectator’s literary editor

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356: How to write a column with Mary Kenny, Oldie columnist

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355: Harry Mount, Editor of The Oldie, on the Do’s and Don’ts of journalism

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354: Simon Williams in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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353: Roger McGough in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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352: Ben MacIntyre at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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351: A. N. Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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350: Hugo Vickers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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349: Charles Moore in conversation with Harry Mount

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348: Matthew Norman in conversation with Harry Mount

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347: A. N. Wilson in conversation with Harry Mount

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346: Ben Okri in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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345: Victoria Hislop at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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344: James Stourton at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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343: Liz Hodgkinson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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342: Lucinda Lambton on Britain’s Quirkiest Buildings

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341: The extraordinary life of Elisabeth Luard, food writer, author, painter and Oldie columnist

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340: Peter York in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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339: Hugh Johnson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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338: Tim Marshall at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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337: Chris Patten at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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336: ‘A 15-Year Suicide Note’ - Robert Bathurst on the genius of Jeff Bernard’s Low Life column

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335: Ed Stourton in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - Kenneth Cranham in conversation with Harry Mount on Elvis

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Oldie Podcast - William Boyd in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - John Standing in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast – Stephen Fry in conversation with Harry Mount

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Oldie Podcast - Stephen Fry in conversation with Harry Mount

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Sam Leith - 10th December 2024

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Gyles Brandreth - 10th December 2024

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Stephen Fry

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Thomas Pakenham on the Daredevil Tree-Hunters

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Oldie Podcast - John Suchet in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - Don Black in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2024 - Mac accepts his award Oldie Lead in his Pencil Award

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2024- Nanette Newman & John Standing, Oldie in-laws of the Year 2024

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2024 - Manette Baillie, 102, accepts her Oldie Flying Angel of The Year award

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2024 - Golden Oldie of the Silver Screen, accepts his award

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2024 - Christian Lamb, 104, accepts her award Oldie D-Day Mastermind

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2024 - Bill Wyman - The Oldie of The Year Acceptance Speech

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Oldie Podcast - Hugo Vickers in conversation with Harry Mount on Clarissa, Countess of Avon

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Jacqueline Wilson on Think Again

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - John Suchet on Finding Beethoven: A Personal Story

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Bendor Grosvenor on The Invention of British Art

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Oldie Podcast - Craig Brown in conversation with Harry Mount

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Oldie Podcast - Leslie Caron in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - Antonia Fraser in conversation with Harry Mount on meeting JFK

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Oldie Podcast - Griff Rhys Jones in conversation with Harry Mount

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Oldie Podcast - War Poems - Kenneth Cranham recites Disabled by Wilfred Owen

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Oldie Podcast - War Poems - Kenneth Cranham recites Dulce Et Deocrum est by Wilfred Owen

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Oldie Podcast - Algy Cluff in conversation with Harry Mount on Lord Lucan

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Pam Ayres on Doggedly Onward

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Henry Blofeld on Sharing My Love of Cricket

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording- Bill Wyman sheds a tear in an emotional recount of Billy In The Wars

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Giles and Mary in conversation Harry Mount at The Dorchester Literary Festival

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Oldie Podcast - Lady Antonia Fraser in conversation with Harry Mount

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Oldie Podcast - Anne Robinson in conversation with Harry Mount

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Patrick Bishop: Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Sonia Purnell on Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - William Dalrymple on The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

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The Oldie Literary Lunch Recording 10th September 2024

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Oldie Literary Recording - Philippa Forester on Wild Woman

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Mr Chelsea aka Paul Davis

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Helen Lederer on Not That I'm Bitter

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Dame Zandra Rhodes on Iconic: My Life in Fashion in 50 Objects

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Ingrid Seward on My Mother & I: King Charles III

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Helen McGinn, aka The Knackered Mother on Island of Dreams

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Oldie Podcast - Pattie Boyd in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Richard Coles on Murder at the Monastery

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Linda McDougall on Marcia Williams: The Life of Lady Falkender

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Katie Hickman on Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West

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Oldie Podcast - Rebecca Hossack in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - Edward Burtynsky in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - Mary Killen in conversation with Tom Assheton

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Gill Johnson on Love From Venice, her first book written aged 90 plus

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Bloody Panico: Whatever Happened To The Tory Party

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Doctor Daisy Dunn on The Missing Thread

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Oldie Podcast - John Humphrys in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

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Oldie Podcast - Charlotte Metcalf in conversation with Prue Leith for The Oldie

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Jane Tippett on Edward VIII - he was a "truly modern monarch" 14th May 2024

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Oldie Literary Lunch Recording - Nicholas Shakespeare's favourite magazine? The Oldie, of course! Nicholas on Fleming: The Complete Man

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The Irony for Lady Anne Somerset speaking about Queen Victoria at The National Liberal Club

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Twentieth Century Heroines - Podcast by Tom Assheton & James Jackson

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Sinclair McKay reveals Winston Churchill's encounters at The Oldie Literary Lunch on April 9th 2024

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'Brave Women'. Rick Stroud remembers his brave daughter Nell at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th April 2024 and told us why his latest books mean so much to him

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A Very Private School. Charles Spencer speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th April 2024

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The Great Escape - Oldie Podcast with Tom Assheton and James Jackson

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Harry Bucknall Podcast on the 80th Anniversary of Patrick Leigh-Femor capturing General Kreipe

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Harry Mount about Oldie Tours interviewed by Tom Assheton

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Michael Mansfield KC speaking about Power In The People

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Tom Hodgkinson on 30 Years of The Idler at The Oldie Literary Lunch 5th March 2024

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Charles Glass on Soldiers Don't Go Mad at The Oldie Literary Lunch 5th March 2024

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Join Huon Mallalieu and Kirsty Fergusson for a Festive Tour of the Low Countries 9th - 14th December, 2024

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David Kynaston at The Oldie Literary Lunch on A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-1965

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Henry Jefferies at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Feb on Vines In a Cold Climate

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Ysenda Maxtone-Graham on Jobs For The Girls at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Feb

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Roger Lewis on his latest book Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

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Robert Hardman talking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

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Andrew Roberts speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch 23 Jan on his latest book Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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Gyles Brandreth on Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait

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Mary Beard delights The Oldie Literary Lunch on her latest book Emperor of Rome

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The Duke of Beaufort on his memoir The Unlikely Duke at The Oldie Literary Lunch 12 Dec 2023

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Jilly Cooper on her latest bonkbuster Tackle at The Oldie's November Literary Lunch 2023

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Michael Palin speaks at The Oldie Nov Literary Lunch about his latest book Great Uncle Harry

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Bob Cryer at The Oldie's Nov 2023 Literary Lunch on his father Barry Cryer

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Simon Heffer delights audiences on his latest history book Sing As We Go: Britain Between The Wars

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Listen to Timothy West and his wife Prunella Scales on his latest book Pru and Me: A Love Story, at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th October 2023

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Don McCullin speaks about his latest book Journeys across Roman Asia Minor at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th October 2023

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Michael Crick at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept on his latest book on Nigel Farage: One Party After Another

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Jane Ridley speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept about her latest book on George V: Never A Dull Moment

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Cleo Watson at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept about her latest novel Whips

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Listen to Frederic Raphael speaking about his latest book Last Post at The Oldie Literary Lunch 1st August 2023

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Listen to Sir Ferdinand Mount speaking about his latest book on leaders called Big Caesars and Little Caesars

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Alan Judd speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest spy thrilled Queen & Country

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Listen to Lady Antonia Fraser speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch 18th July 2023

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Listen to Joshua Levine at The Oldie Literary Lunch 18 July 2023

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Listen to Angela Levin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 18th July 2023

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Listen here to Glenda Jackson who sadly died today aged 87 at The Oldie of The Year Awards in 2017

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Listen to Edward Stourton speaking about Confessions at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th June 2023

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Sir Anthony Seldon speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023

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Polly Toynbee speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023

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Harry Mount interviews Mary Kenny and A N Wilson at The Agenda Festival

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Lady Glenconner speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th May 2023 about her latest book "Whatever Next?"

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Chris Mullin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch 9th May about his latest book "Didn't You Used To Be Chris Mullen?"

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Henry Dimbleby & Jemima Lewis about their new book Ravenous

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Craig Brown has everyone in stitches at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Hastings on 26th April 2023

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Harry Mount speaking about his latest book Et Tu, Brute? at Fairlight Hall, Hastings The Oldie Literary Lunch

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Giles and Mary speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Hastings

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Sasha Swire speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about her book Diary of an MP's Wife Tuesday 14th March

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Harry Mount speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023

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Andrew Lownie speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023

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Prue Leith on Bliss on Toast at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th December 2022

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Craig Brown on Haywire at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th December 2022

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Simon Heffer speaking about Chips Channon at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Dec

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The Oldie of The Year Awards 2022 presented by Gyles Brandreth

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A N Wilson speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his autobiography Confessions

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Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan speak about their latest book Kings & Queens

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Lucy Lethbridge speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Nov 15th about Tourists

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ALL SPEAKERS at The Oldie Literary Lunch Nov 15th: Lucy Lethbridge, Peter Snow and A N Wilson

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The Oldie Gang Show with Andrew Lownie, David Starkey and Dame Eileen Atkins

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Jeffrey Archer - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 10

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The Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, 158th Speaker of the House of Commons - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 9

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Mary Churchill's diaries with her daughter Emma Soames - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 8

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 7

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 6

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 5

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The 100th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 4

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 3

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 2

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Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 1

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Tea for Two - Madeline Smith, The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall

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A toast to brilliant actor Robert Bathurst - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall

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Loyd Grossman, Renaissance man - Oldie Podcast

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Harry Bucknall with BSO Hollywood Classics conductor Pete Harrison - The Oldie Podcast

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Hunter Davies, the Fleet Street legend with Harry Bucknall - The Oldie Podcast

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Maureen Lipman, It's Great to Be a Dame - Oldie Podcast

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The Oldie Podcast: BSO Christmas Crackers Concert is in its 5th decade - Harry Bucknall

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Craig Brown and Friends – a Hilarious Oldie Podcast

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Barry Cryer, Comedy Legend – Oldie Podcast

297

William Wordsworth at 250

298

Ed West: 'All conservatives are pessimists'

299

Does Homer really matter?

300

50 years on Fleet Street – Mary Kenny

301

Sinclair McKay describes the horror of the Dresden firebombing

302

Dan Cruickshank – a Londoner through and through

303

Lord Tugendhat explains the English origins of Nazism

304

Rupert Bear – Gyles Brandreth's hero

305

Why Trump will win

306

Who will be the Democratic candidate for President?

307

Are criminals responsible for their actions?

308

Taking a Walk with Patrick Barkham

309

Oberammergau – the town that promised God a play

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I loved Kenny with all my everything

311

Louis XIV – the king who loved war too much

312

Gyles Brandreth on Dancing by the Light of the Moon

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Victoria Hislop on Those who are loved

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Philip Mansel on King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV

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Not the Nine O'Clock News recalled 40 years on

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Venus & Aphrodite: History of a Goddess by Bettany Hughes

317

Scott of the Antarctic: hero or bungler?

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Lloyd George nearly lost us the war

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A Sparrow's Life as Sweet as Ours

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What were the three traumas of London's history?

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Troy – the cradle of a thousand heroes and heroines

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34: Gamesmanship and other Potterisms

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Wiliam Dalrymple – The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

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Was Maggie Thatcher a prude? asks Charles Moore

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A N Wilson on the man who saved the Monarchy

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33: Peter Hitchens: we won the war, or did we?

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32: October Issue: Abbey Road – The Beatles's Best Studio Album?

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31: October Issue: Dominic Green's Downton Abbey Suit

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September Issue: Toffs vs Servants in Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey

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30: David Kynaston and Francis Green on Britain's educational apartheid

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29: Douglas Carswell's manifesto for optimism

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29: Anne de Courcy on Chanel's saucy secrets

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28: August Issue: Granny, I hardly knew you

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27: Tim Waterstone on how he built his brand

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Antony Beevor on the British obsession with Operation Market Garden

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26: Anna Pasternak speaks about the kindhearted Wallis Simpson

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25: July Issue: Barry Cryer on 60 years in comedy

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25: Why did Lord Carrington hate Boris Johnson?

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24: Rachel Kelly outlines the three things that helped her beat depression

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23: Chris Mullin on the prescience of A Very British Coup

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22: Sara Lodge on singing Edward Lear

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21: Adrian Tinniswood on the Queen Mother's steady drinking

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20: Getting through D-Day – Giles Milton talks Eisenhower, Pegasus Bridge and Rommel

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19: Giles Milton on a commando's unexpected encounter with Erwin Rommel

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19: Robert Hutton on MI5's most secret agent: Jack King

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18: Christopher Howse on the angriest landlord in London

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Prince Albert's Coburg – 'the stud farm of Europe'

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Prue Leith on Bake Off, Bomb scares and Explosive Marmalade

349

Hugo Vickers on the unusual girth of the Queen's great-grandmother

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17: Matthew Sturgis on the celebrity of Oscar Wilde

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Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais remember Ronnie Barker, Porridge and The Likely Lads

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16: Look, no wrinkles – Mary Killen on the lazy facelift

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15: Why Brian Clough swore at Motty

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14: William Keegan on the relief of decimalisation

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13: Lady Colin Campbell on the unbridled masculinity of Prince Philip

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Oldie Keep Calm and Carry On Award winner Amanda Barrie on Carry On

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12: Robert Hardman on Queen of the World at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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11: Kenneth Baker on On The Seven Deadly Sins at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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Gyles Brandreth on Have You Eaten Grandma? at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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Nicholas Parsons turns 95

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10: Miles Goslett on An Inconvenient Death at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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10: January Issue: The Icy Thrills of Boxing Day at the Races

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9: Andrew Morton on Wallis in Love at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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8: Dan Snow on On this day in History at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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7: Mark Mason on The Book of Seconds at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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Andrew Roberts on Churchill: Walking with Destiny at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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December Issue: Blue guides and the Greek islands

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6: December Issue: Life was my Uni

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5: Miranda Seymour on In Bryon's Wake at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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4: Giles Wood and Mary Killen on The Diary of Two Nobodies at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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4: Dan Cruikshank on Skyscrapers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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3: Tony Adams on Sober: Football. My Story. My Life. at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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1: November Issue: Let's Get Real About Food

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1: November Issue: I Once Kissed Roger Moore

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2: Filming if...

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October Issue: Kenneth Cranham on Harold Pinter

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October Issue: Sara Wheeler on Anton Chekov's Gardens

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1: September Issue: Ask Virginia

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1: Dame Jenni Murray on A History of Britain in 21 Women at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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1: Andrew Gimson on Gimson's Prime Ministers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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1: Ferdinand Mount on Prime Movers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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1: September Issue: Soho's Golden Age

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1: Miles Goslett on An Inconvenient Death: How the Establishment Covered up the David Kelly Affair at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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1: Leanda de Lisle on The White King: The Untold Story of Charles I at the Oldie Literary Lunch

386

1: D. J. Taylor on Rock and Roll is Life: A Novel at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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An extract from Sam Leith at the Oldie Journalism Course

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An extract from Mary Kenny at the Oldie Journalism Course

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August Issue: Rules Britannia

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Stanley Johnson on Kompromat

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Christopher Somerville on The January Man: A Year of Walking Britain

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Anna Pasternak on Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago

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5: July issue: Roger Lewis looks back on his journalism and books

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4: Charles Duff on Charley's Woods at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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3: Angela Levin on Harry: Conversations with the Prince at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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2: Lady Antonia Fraser in conversation with Harry Mount at the Oldie Literary Lunch

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July Issue: Hancock's Last Hours

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Paul Atterbury and Marc Allum, Hugo Vickers and John Tusa at the April 2018 Literary Lunch

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Extract from the Oldie Computer course with Matthew Webster

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May issue: Tom Hodgkinson on being idle

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May issue: Back to the Falklands

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Spring issue: Those magnificent men of the RAF

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Spring 2018 issue: Fat pride is fat-headed

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Nicholas Shakespeare, Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan and Simon Jenkins at the March 2018 Literary Lunch

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April 2018 issue: Paddy the Great, king of Greece

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April 2018 issue: I wrote a Ladybird book

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The Oldie of the Year Awards 2018

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Matthew Fort on Summer in the Islands, The Oldie Literary Lunch

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The Making of the British Landscape by Nicholas Crane at The Oldie Literary Lunch

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Splash! by Stephen Glover at The Oldie Literary Lunch

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March 2018 issue: My Orwellian holidays

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March 2018 issue: Hit or miss? It's a fine line

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February 2018 issue: 1940s vs 1970s fashion

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February 2018 issue: Behind the scenes at the British Museum

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January 2018 issue: Christmas with Jimi Hendrix

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January 2018 Issue: Rachel Johnson and Nicky Haslam's ruthless guide to Christmas parties

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Princes Michael of Kent, A Cheetah's Tale at The Oldie Literary Lunch

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Gyles Brandreth on Christmas at The Oldie Literary Lunch

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Donald Trelford, Shouting in the Street The Oldie Literary Lunch

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December 2017 issue: Sixty seconds that hooked the nation

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December 2017 issue: Tanya Gold's lucky trip to hospital wonderland

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The Oldie Literary Lunch: Mark Mason on Question Time

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Oldie Literary Lunch, Mary & Giles Wood, The Diary of Two Nobodies

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Oldie Literary Lunch The Village News: The Truth Behind England's Idyll by Tom Fort at The Oldie Lunch

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November 2017 Issue: Peter Cook at 80

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Oldie Literary Lunch: John Julius Norwich, Four Princes

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Francis Beckett, Fascist in the Family

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Chris Mullin, Hinterland

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Oldie of the Year Awards 2017: Mary Cameron, ‘Mother Knows Best’ award

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Oldie of the Year Awards 2017: Glenda Jackson our ‘Oldie of the Year'

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OLDIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2017

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Francis Beckett, 1956: The Year That Changed Britain

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Elisabeth Luard, Squirrel Pie

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove on JB Priestley

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Tom Bower on Tony Blair

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Anna Sebba on Les Parisiennes

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Philip Eades on Evelyn Waugh

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Gary Sheffield on Douglas Haig

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Anna Pavord on Landskipping

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Bob Marshall Andrews on The Lost Diaries of Samuel Pepys

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Founder & Editor Tom Hodgkinson on The Idler

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Simon Sebag-Montefiore on the Romanovs

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Brigid Keenan, Full Marks for Trying

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Barry Cryer on his Comedy Scrapbook

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Juliet Nicolson on A House Full of Daughters

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Vince Cable on The World Economy

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Nicholas Parsons, Welcome to Just a Minute

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Lucy Lethbridge on Spit and Polish

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Jeremy Lewis on David Astor

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Quentin Letts on The Speaker’s Wife

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Bel Mooney on Life Lines

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Andrew Lownie on Guy Burgess

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Oldie of the Year: Gyles Brandreth, Olivia De Havilland, Jeremy Hutchison, Germaine Greer, Timothy West, Prunella Scales and more

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Oldie of the Year Awards: Olivia de Havilland’s acceptance speech

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Adam Sisman on John Le Carré

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Humphrey Barton on Menuhin

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Dimbleby on The Battle of the Atlantic

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Paul Willetts on Renezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Fenby on Modern France

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Gyles Brandreth on Wordplay

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Sir Ian Kershaw on To Hell & Back

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Barry Cryer and his Parrot Jokes

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Tom Holland on the House of Caesar

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Flora Fraser, The Washingtons

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Alison Weir on The Lost Tudor

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Piers Paul Read, Scarpia

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Patrick Bishop on The Cooler King

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Stephen Clarke, How the French Won Waterloo

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Loyd Grossman Benjamin West on the Struggle to be Modern

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Kwasi Kwarteng on Thatcher’s Trial

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Blake Morisson on Shingle Street

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Rye Arts Festival: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on Lewis Carroll

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Rye Arts Festival: Oliver Kamm, Accidence will Happen

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Rye Arts Festival: Harry Mount, In the Footsteps of Odysseus

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove, The Life and Loves of Laurie Lee

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Helen Lederer, Losing It

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Ferdinand Mount, The Tears of the Rajas

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Wendy Cope, Life, Love and The Archers

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Terry Waite, The Voyage of the Golden Handshake

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Andy McNab, State of Emergency

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Anthony Sattin, The Young T E Lawrence

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Mark Lawson and Antonia Fraser in discussion

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Andrew Roberts, Napoleon the Great

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Sarah Wheeler on O, My America!

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Christopher Simon Sykes, David Hockney

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Oldie of the Year Awards: Sir Roger Bannister, Michael Buerk, Lord Falconer, Ian Lavender, Bridget Riley and Ken Dodd

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove on Lynn Barber’s a Curious Career

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Oldie Literary Lunch: Alan Johnson, Please Mister Postman

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Oldie Literary Lunch: David Kynaston, Modernity Britain