Radio Oldie
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Oldie Literary Lunch: Elisabeth Luard, Squirrel Pie
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The world's leading expert in peasant cookery talking about her book Squirrel Pie and other stories at the Oldie Literary Lunch. The Oldie Literary ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove on JB Priestley
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Valerie Grove talking about her compendium of JB Priestley's short stories, entitled 'Grumbling at Large' at an Oldie Literary Lunch as part of Chest...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Tom Bower on Tony Blair
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Bower, the investigative journalist and esteemed ‘unauthorised’ biographer on his latest: ‘Broken Vows: Tony Blair – The Tragedy of Power’...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Anna Sebba on Les Parisiennes
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Sebba talking about her book Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s at The Oldie Literary lunch. Brought t...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Philip Eades on Evelyn Waugh
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Eades talking about his book EVELYN WAUGH - A Life Revisited at The Oldie Literary lunch. Brought to you by Noble Caledonia - The world exp...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Gary Sheffield on Douglas Haig
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Sheffield talking about his book The Chief - Douglas Haig & The British Army at The Oldie Literary lunch. Sponsored by Doro, number one in...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Anna Pavord on Landskipping
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Pavord talking about her book LANDSKIPPING - Painters, Ploughmen and Places at The Oldie Literary lunch. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Bob Marshall Andrews on The Lost Diaries of Samuel Pepys
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Marshall-Andrews QC was a British Labour Party politician and barrister, he also writes. In this recording he talks about about Camille and the Lo...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Founder & Editor Tom Hodgkinson on The Idler
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
THE IDLER Founder & Editor TOM HODGKINSON talks about the art and history of idleness, at THE OLDIE LITERARY Lunch. Sponsored by Doro, number o...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Simon Sebag-Montefiore on the Romanovs
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Sebag-Montefiore talking about his book The Romanovs: 1613-1918 at The Oldie Literary lunch. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobi...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Brigid Keenan, Full Marks for Trying
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brigid Keenan ex Fashion Editor of The Sunday Times, talks about her book Full Marks for Trying an unlikely journey from the Raj to the rage trade at...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Barry Cryer on his Comedy Scrapbook
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Cryer - host of The Oldie Literary Lunches. Talks about his book Barry Cryer's COMEDY SCRAPBOOK. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Juliet Nicolson on A House Full of Daughters
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Juliet Nicolson grandaughter of Vita Sackville West talking about her book at The Oldie Literary lunch: A House Full of Daughters. Sponsored by Dor...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Vince Cable on The World Economy
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Vince Cable talks at the renowned OLDIE Literary Lunch about his book After the Storm: The World Economy and Britain's Economic Future. Sponsored by...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Nicholas Parsons, Welcome to Just a Minute
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Parsons talks at the renowned OLDIE Literary Lunch about his book Welcome to Just a Minute!: A Celebration of Britain's Best-Loved Radio Come...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Lucy Lethbridge on Spit and Polish
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Lucy Lethbridge talks at the renowned OLDIE Literary Lunch about her book SPIT & POLISH Tried & True British Cleaning Tips Sponsore...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jeremy Lewis on David Astor
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Biographer Jeremy Lewis talks at the renowned OLDIE Literary Lunch about DAVID ASTOR of the Astor family and editor of The Observer. Sponsored by D...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Quentin Letts on The Speaker’s Wife
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Quentin Letts Journalist talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about his comic book about the House of Commons: The Speaker's Wife. Sponsored ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Bel Mooney on Life Lines
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Daily Mail's Bel Mooney talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about her agony column and latest book Life Lines - Words To See You Through. ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Andrew Lownie on Guy Burgess
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Lownie talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about his book: Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess. Sponsored by Doro, number o...
Oldie of the Year: Gyles Brandreth, Olivia De Havilland, Jeremy Hutchison, Germaine Greer, Timothy West, Prunella Scales and more
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Join Gyles Brandeth introducing THE OLDIE OF THE YEAR at SImpson's on the Strand. Gyles presents prizes to Olivia De Havilland, Jeremy Hutchinson, Aun...
Oldie of the Year Awards: Olivia de Havilland’s acceptance speech
03 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
At 99 and a half years old. Olivia de Havilland the Hollywood star graciously accepts her Oldie of The Year Award 2016.
Oldie Literary Lunch: Adam Sisman on John Le Carré
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Sisman talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch about his biography about John Le Carre. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile m...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Humphrey Barton on Menuhin
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Humprey Burton talks about Menuhin: A Life at the renowned literary lunch. In 2000, the presenter of the BBC's "Young Musician' series wrote the life ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Dimbleby on The Battle of the Atlantic
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Dimbleby talks at the renowned Oldie Magazine literary lunch. The presenter of ANY QUESTIONS? Talks about the battle that secured the Allied ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Paul Willetts on Renezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie Recordings presents Paul Willetts, chronicler of Soho and Fitzrovia, has dug up a spy story whose protagonists include a white Russian Nazi ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Fenby on Modern France
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Fenby talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book which explores the tempestuous history of modern France. For more than a decade...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Gyles Brandreth on Wordplay
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gyles Brandeth the star performer talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch. He is someone who would entertain even if he simply read from the Yellow Pages. G...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Sir Ian Kershaw on To Hell & Back
16 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kershaw talks at the enowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Kershaw is the leading expert on Hitler and Nazi Germany. H...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Barry Cryer and his Parrot Jokes
16 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Cryer, comedian and writer makes up for Jonathan Miller not turning up to the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, by telling...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Tom Holland on the House of Caesar
16 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Classicist and historian Tom Holland talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Dynasty - The Rise & Fall of ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Flora Fraser, The Washingtons
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The renowned Oldie Literary lunch held in Brighton welcomes Flora Fraser, granddaughter of Elizabeth Longford and daughter of Antonia Fraser. Flora ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Alison Weir on The Lost Tudor
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest selling Historian in the UK Alison Weir talks about The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox at a renowned ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Piers Paul Read, Scarpia
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Oldie Lunch Recordings presents Piers Paul Read's latest novel reimagines the life of Vitellio Scarpia, the villain of Puccini's Tosca. With a bac...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher: Everything She Wants Volume Two: talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. M...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Patrick Bishop on The Cooler King
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Bishop Author of The Cooler Kings talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Bishop has spent 26 years co...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Stephen Clarke, How the French Won Waterloo
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Clarke Author of How The French Won Waterloo or think they did talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1....
Oldie Literary Lunch: Loyd Grossman Benjamin West on the Struggle to be Modern
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern At the time of his death in 1820, Benjamin West was the most famous artist in the English-speaking world,...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Kwasi Kwarteng on Thatcher’s Trial
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister in 1979, the first woman to hold the position, and the first woman in the Western world to lead a nation....
Oldie Literary Lunch: Blake Morisson on Shingle Street
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
'A cul-de-sac, a dead-end track, A sandbanked strand to sink a fleet, A bay, a bar, a strip, a trap, A wrecking ground, that's Shingle Street.' Blake ...
Rye Arts Festival: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on Lewis Carroll
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on 'The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival
Rye Arts Festival: Oliver Kamm, Accidence will Happen
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Kamm on 'Accidence will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival
Rye Arts Festival: Harry Mount, In the Footsteps of Odysseus
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Mount on 'Harry Mount's Odyssey: Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival
Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove, The Life and Loves of Laurie Lee
15 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Valerie Grove talks about her new book, The Loves of Laurie Lee, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
Oldie Literary Lunch: Helen Lederer, Losing It
15 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Lederer talks about her new book, Losing It, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
Oldie Literary Lunch: Ferdinand Mount, The Tears of the Rajas
15 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ferdinand Mount talks about his new book, The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simp...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Wendy Cope, Life, Love and The Archers
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Cope talks about her new book, Life, Love and The Archers, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
Oldie Literary Lunch: Terry Waite, The Voyage of the Golden Handshake
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Waites talks about his new book, The Voyage of the Golden Handshake, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
Oldie Literary Lunch: Andy McNab, State of Emergency
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Andy McNab talks about his new book, State of Emergency, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
Oldie Literary Lunch: Anthony Sattin, The Young T E Lawrence
24 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Travel writer and historian Anthony Sattin takes a look at the awkward young man who became the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, at the prestigious Oldie...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Mark Lawson and Antonia Fraser in discussion
24 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Lady Antonia Fraser discusses her memoir My History with broadcaster Mark Lawson, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Andrew Roberts, Napoleon the Great
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Andrew Roberts attempts to redeem that much maligned figure, Napoleon - and insists he wasn't really that short...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Sarah Wheeler on O, My America!
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita and biographies of Denys Finch-Hatton and Apsley Cherry-Garrard, talks about O, My America at the prestigious ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Christopher Simon Sykes, David Hockney
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Simon Sykes delves into the man behind the paint in the second volume of his biography of David Hockney at the prestigious Oldie literary ...
Oldie of the Year Awards: Sir Roger Bannister, Michael Buerk, Lord Falconer, Ian Lavender, Bridget Riley and Ken Dodd
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The 13th Baillie Gifford Oldie of the Year Awards was held at Simpsons-in-the-Strand on Tuesday 3rd February 2015. Our winners were Sir Roger Bannist...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Valerie Grove on Lynn Barber’s a Curious Career
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Valerie Grove steps in for Lynn Barber, five-time British Press Award winner and interviewer extraordinaire, to talk about Barber's new book, Curious ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: Alan Johnson, Please Mister Postman
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The former home secretary and one of our top speakers of 2013 returns to the Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpson's-in-the-Strand to talk about the second ...
Oldie Literary Lunch: David Kynaston, Modernity Britain
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
David Kynaston returns, to the Oldie Literary Lunches at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, with another volume of insights into the inner workings of inter-gen...