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Michael Mansfield KC speaking about Power In The People
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pictured here with war photography Don McCullin - photos by Neil Spence Photography and sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers
Tom Hodgkinson on 30 Years of The Idler at The Oldie Literary Lunch 5th March 2024
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers
Charles Glass on Soldiers Don't Go Mad at The Oldie Literary Lunch 5th March 2024
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The lunch was sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers
Join Huon Mallalieu and Kirsty Fergusson for a Festive Tour of the Low Countries 9th - 14th December, 2024
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Assheton interviews Huon Mallalieu about his forthcoming Oldie Reader trip to the Low Countries which is happening on 9th - 14th December, 2024. T...
David Kynaston at The Oldie Literary Lunch on A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-1965
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Jefferies at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Feb on Vines In a Cold Climate
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ysenda Maxtone-Graham on Jobs For The Girls at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Feb
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Lewis on his latest book Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Hardman talking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Roberts speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch 23 Jan on his latest book Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gyles Brandreth on Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gyles delights and moves the audience at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 12 December about his friendship with our late Queen. His speech brought ...
Mary Beard delights The Oldie Literary Lunch on her latest book Emperor of Rome
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Beard delights The Oldie Literary Lunch on her latest book Emperor of Rome. The lunch was held at The National Liberal Club on Tuesday 12th Decem...
The Duke of Beaufort on his memoir The Unlikely Duke at The Oldie Literary Lunch 12 Dec 2023
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Duke of Beaufort lit up yesterday's Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 12th December at The National Liberal Club with anecdotes about his privileged...
Jilly Cooper on her latest bonkbuster Tackle at The Oldie's November Literary Lunch 2023
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jilly Cooper on her latest bonkbuster Tackle at The Oldie's November Literary Lunch 2023
Michael Palin speaks at The Oldie Nov Literary Lunch about his latest book Great Uncle Harry
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Palin speaks at The Oldie Nov Literary Lunch about his latest book Great Uncle Harry
Bob Cryer at The Oldie's Nov 2023 Literary Lunch on his father Barry Cryer
20 Nov 2023
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Bob Cryer at The Oldie's Nov 2023 Literary Lunch on his father Barry Cryer. Bob gives a hilarious account of his comedian father from his latest book ...
Simon Heffer delights audiences on his latest history book Sing As We Go: Britain Between The Wars
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Heffer tells The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th October, about Britain between the wars, and in great detail about Neville Chamberlain who...
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
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The sweetest couple Timothy West and Prunella Scales were interviewed by The Oldie's Editor Harry Mount at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th Oc...
Don McCullin speaks about his latest book Journeys across Roman Asia Minor at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th October 2023
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Barnaby Rogerson introduces the legendary photographer Don McCullin on his latest book showing back and white photographs of Roman Asia Minor. Barnaby...
Michael Crick at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept on his latest book on Nigel Farage: One Party After Another
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Ridley speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept about her latest book on George V: Never A Dull Moment
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cleo Watson at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 5th Sept about her latest novel Whips
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Frederic Raphael speaking about his latest book Last Post at The Oldie Literary Lunch 1st August 2023
03 Aug 2023
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Listen to Frederic Raphael speaking about his latest book Last Post at The Oldie Literary Lunch 1st August 2023
Listen to Sir Ferdinand Mount speaking about his latest book on leaders called Big Caesars and Little Caesars
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Aug...
Alan Judd speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest spy thrilled Queen & Country
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Judd speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest spy thrilled Queen & Country
Listen to Lady Antonia Fraser speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch 18th July 2023
20 Jul 2023
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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 Ant...
Listen to Joshua Levine at The Oldie Literary Lunch 18 July 2023
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Joshua Levine at The Oldie Literary Lunch on his latest book SAS: The Illustrated History of the SAS.
Listen to Angela Levin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 18th July 2023
20 Jul 2023
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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 spe...
Listen here to Glenda Jackson who sadly died today aged 87 at The Oldie of The Year Awards in 2017
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen here to Glenda Jackson who sadly died today aged 87 at The Oldie of The Year Awards in 2017
Listen to Edward Stourton speaking about Confessions at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th June 2023
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Edward Stourton speaking about Confessions at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th June 2023
Sir Anthony Seldon speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Prim...
Polly Toynbee speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 13th June 2023
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 be...
Harry Mount interviews Mary Kenny and A N Wilson at The Agenda Festival
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Mount interviews Mary Kenny and A N Wilson at The Agenda Festival at The Hurlingham Club on Monday 22 May 2023
Lady Glenconner speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th May 2023 about her latest book "Whatever Next?"
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lady Glenconner speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch on 9th May 2023 about her latest book "Whatever Next?"
Chris Mullin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch 9th May about his latest book "Didn't You Used To Be Chris Mullen?"
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Mullin speaks at The Oldie Literary Lunch 9th May about his latest book "Didn't You Used To Be Chris Mullen?"
Henry Dimbleby & Jemima Lewis about their new book Ravenous
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Husband and wife team Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis speak about their latest book Ravenous. Henry of Leon Restaurant fame talks about changing our e...
Craig Brown has everyone in stitches at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Hastings on 26th April 2023
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. Li...
Harry Mount speaking about his latest book Et Tu, Brute? at Fairlight Hall, Hastings The Oldie Literary Lunch
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Mount speaking about his latest book Et Tu, Brute? at Fairlight Hall, Hastings The Oldie Literary Lunch
Giles and Mary speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Hastings
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Giles and Mary speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Hastings about their latest book - A Diary Of Two Nobodies
Sasha Swire speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about her book Diary of an MP's Wife Tuesday 14th March
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sasha Swire speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about her book Diary of an MP's Wife Tuesday 14th March
Harry Mount speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Mount speaks about his book Et Tu, Brute: The Best Latin Lines Ever at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023
Andrew Lownie speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch in Dorset 14th March 2023
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Lownie speaking about his book Traitor King at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 14th March 2023
Prue Leith on Bliss on Toast at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th December 2022
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 To...
Craig Brown on Haywire at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th December 2022
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CRAIG BROWN ON HIS LATEST BOOK HAYWIRE Barry Humphries, Oldie columnist, described Craig Brown as an "extremely funny writer". Craig was the leading...
Simon Heffer speaking about Chips Channon at The Oldie Literary Lunch 13th Dec
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PROFESSOR SIMON HEFFER ON CHIPS CHANNON Our first speaker was Professor Simon Heffer, who has written biographies on, amongst others, Thomas Carlisle...
The Oldie of The Year Awards 2022 presented by Gyles Brandreth
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A N Wilson speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his autobiography Confessions
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A N WILSON delivered a startlingly honest and characteristically witty memoir of his youth entitled Confessions. His first autobiography is populated...
Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan speak about their latest book Kings & Queens
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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
Lucy Lethbridge speaking at The Oldie Literary Lunch Nov 15th about Tourists
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ALL SPEAKERS at The Oldie Literary Lunch Nov 15th: Lucy Lethbridge, Peter Snow and A N Wilson
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie Literary Lunch took place on 15th November at The National Liberal Club. LUCY LETHBRIDGE gave a fascinating talk about her latest book Tour...
The Oldie Gang Show with Andrew Lownie, David Starkey and Dame Eileen Atkins
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...
Jeffrey Archer - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest edition of the Oldie Podcast, Harry Bucknall talks to that master of story telling himself, Jeffrey Archer, about his new novel, Ove...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 10
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Prompted by the sad death of Richard Rogers, Giles and Mary discuss modern architecture, foreign versus domestic holidays and their Christmas plans @g...
The Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, 158th Speaker of the House of Commons - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 9
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 @gi...
Mary Churchill's diaries with her daughter Emma Soames - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Churchill’s War, the Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter, were published at the end of September. In the diaries, the se...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 8
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's broadcast, Giles and Mary discuss Meghan Markle, snogging and the overuse of the word 'crisis' @maryandgiles1 @oldiemagazine #podcast
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 7
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Newsround, Giles and Mary discuss Jeremy Clarkson's new beer, the slanting shadows of winter sunlight and the difference between omicro...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 6
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount – Episode 5
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 lea...
The 100th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Royal British Legion, charged by Royal Charter with the continuing welfare, remembrance, representation and comradeship of all those who serve or ...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 4
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 P...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 3
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 2
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 @...
Giles and Mary's Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount - Episode 1
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 aun...
Tea for Two - Madeline Smith, The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
A toast to brilliant actor Robert Bathurst - The Oldie Podcast with Harry Bucknall
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Cambridg...
Loyd Grossman, Renaissance man - Oldie Podcast
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 maga...
Harry Bucknall with BSO Hollywood Classics conductor Pete Harrison - The Oldie Podcast
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This Saturday 13th March, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra invites The Oldie to the movies, as Harry Bucknall talks to Pete Harrison, guest conducto...
Hunter Davies, the Fleet Street legend with Harry Bucknall - The Oldie Podcast
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 te...
Maureen Lipman, It's Great to Be a Dame - Oldie Podcast
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Bucknall covers Maureen's Damehood, Gyles Brandreth’s control of the remote on Celebrity Gogglebox, the perfect recipe for chips as concocted ...
The Oldie Podcast: BSO Christmas Crackers Concert is in its 5th decade - Harry Bucknall
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Harrison, guest conductor for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Christmas Crackers concert tells Harry Bucknall that the show will go on. BSO ...
Craig Brown and Friends – a Hilarious Oldie Podcast
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Britain's funniest writer, Craig Brown, has asked his pals to record some of his greatest hits. Starring Richard Ingrams as Prince Philip, Eleanor Bro...
Barry Cryer, Comedy Legend – Oldie Podcast
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 lau...
William Wordsworth at 250
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie's Ferdie Rous talks to author and journalist, Frances Wilson, about Wordsworth's idyllic home in the Lake District, his remarkably intense ...
Ed West: 'All conservatives are pessimists'
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 pessimis...
Does Homer really matter?
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oxford University recently announced that Homer’s Iliad would be dropped from its Classics syllabus. Ferdie Rous speaks to Harry Mount, Oldie edi...
50 years on Fleet Street – Mary Kenny
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Sinclair McKay describes the horror of the Dresden firebombing
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the Oldie's February lunch, Sinclair McKay spoke about his new book, Dresden: the Fire and the Darkness.
Dan Cruickshank – a Londoner through and through
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Cruickshank spoke about his new book, Cruickshank’s London: A Portrait of a City in 13 Walks, at the Oldie's February lunch.
Lord Tugendhat explains the English origins of Nazism
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the Oldie's February lunch, Lord Tugendhat spoke about his new book, A History of Britain Through Books: 1900 ‑ 1964.
Rupert Bear – Gyles Brandreth's hero
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gyles Brandreth talks to The Oldie's Ferdie Rous about Rupert Bear, his love of words and why Shakespeare matters
Why Trump will win
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Who will be the Democratic candidate for President?
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oldie Editor Harry Mount talks to Philip Delves Broughton, former New York Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Ivo Dawnay, the former Washington...
Are criminals responsible for their actions?
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie's Ferdie Rous talks to author, former prison doctor and journalist Theodore Dalrymple. Dalrympe tells us about the psychology of crime and...
Taking a Walk with Patrick Barkham
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author, Oldie columnist and nature writer Patrick Barkham talks to Ferdie Rous, The Oldie's Editorial Assistant, about the Scottish Highlands, HS2 and...
Oberammergau – the town that promised God a play
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie's Editorial Assistant Ferdie Rous talks to journalist, author and travel writer WIlliam Cook about Oberammergau's world-renowned passion pla...
I loved Kenny with all my everything
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Actress and costar of the Kenny Everett Show, Cleo Rocos, tells Oldie Editor Harry Mount about her time working with Kenny Everett
Louis XIV – the king who loved war too much
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ferdie Rous talks to Philip Mansel, co-founder of The Society for Court Studies and the author of King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV, about the ...
Gyles Brandreth on Dancing by the Light of the Moon
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gyles Brandreth talks about his new book, Dancing by the Light of the Moon, at the Oldie's Christmas lunch. Learning poetry prevents dementia and hel...
Victoria Hislop on Those who are loved
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Hislop presented her book, Those who are loved, at the Oldie's Christmas lunch. The plot centres on Thenis, a woman born in Greece in the 1...
Philip Mansel on King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Mansel talks about his new book, King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV, at the Oldie's Christmas lunch. Louis XIV was perhaps the most powe...
Not the Nine O'Clock News recalled 40 years on
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Oldie podcast with Harry Mount, editor of The Oldie. John Lloyd explains the disastrous beginnings of the show and how the 1979 electio...
Venus & Aphrodite: History of a Goddess by Bettany Hughes
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ferdie Rous, The Oldie's editorial assistant, speaks to celebrated historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes about the extraordinary history of Venus-A...
Scott of the Antarctic: hero or bungler?
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie's editorial assistant, Ferdie Rous, talks to acclaimed author and travel-writer Sara Wheeler about 200 years of Antarctic exploration. Sara...
Lloyd George nearly lost us the war
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Heffer speaks at an Oldie literary lunch about the Staring at God: Britain during the Great War. He tells of the political class's inability to...
A Sparrow's Life as Sweet as Ours
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
John McEwen and Carry Akroyd talk about the bird-infested history of the Douglas Home family, the sex life of the Great Bustard and how best to portra...
What were the three traumas of London's history?
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Jenkins speaks at the Oldie Literary Lunch about the three traumas of London's history, how London was shaped by the free market and the city co...
Troy – the cradle of a thousand heroes and heroines
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie's Editor Harry Mount talks to Times and Telegraph regular Hannah Betts about Troy, Homer and the mixed legacy of Heinrich Schliemann, who r...
34: Gamesmanship and other Potterisms
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Oldie podcast with Harry Mount, the editor of The Oldie. This month we have a fantastic piece by Damian Thompson in the magazine about...