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The Oldie magazine’s podcast featuring discussion and debate around the lead features in the latest magazine, plus live recordings from our famous Literary Lunches. Presented by Harry Mount.

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  • Dec 13, 2021 · 31 min

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

    ​Mary Churchill’s War, the Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter, were published at the end of September. In the diaries, the self effacing Mary Soames described herself as "a discontented served-up fat ATS officer who compared unfavourably with Hitler’s Rhine maidens" – anything could be further from the truth, as those fortunate to meet her will bear testament to her warmth, great sense of duty and ability to light up a room. In this edition of The Oldie Podcast, Harry Bucknall is joined by Emma Soames, editor supreme, and Mary’s daughter, who took on the challenging task of preparing Mary Churchill’s War for publication. Mary Churchill’s War, published by TWO ROADS, is available on kindle, in audio and hardback, the latter price £20.00 @TwoRoadBooks @oldiemagazine @emmasoames @churchill

  • Nov 22, 2021 · 20 min

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

    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 list of Christmas present requests and a new phenomenon, Hogo - the Hassle of Going Out @oldiemagazine @gilesandmary1

  • Nov 8, 2021 · 50 min

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

    The Royal British Legion, charged by Royal Charter with the continuing welfare, remembrance, representation and comradeship of all those who serve or have served in our Armed Forces, is the largest of the United Kingdom’s military charities. With the enduring symbol of the poppy at its core, it is a unique institution that sits deep in the fabric of our society, safeguarding the principles for which the Nation stands and those who risk their lives to protect it. In a special podcast to mark RBL’s 100th Anniversary, Harry Bucknall, himself a former British Army officer, talks about the past, present and future of the Charity to Julie Summers, author of We are the Legion, D-Day veteran, 97 year old Rear Admiral John Roberts CB, former paratrooper, Mike Lewis, 38, who was severely injured in Afghanistan, Robert Lee, executive producer of the annual Festival of Remembrance and former Chief of the Defence Staff, General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux. @PoppyLegion @GamekeeperPR #FestivalOfRemembrance #PoppyAppeal #everypoppycounts #podcast #podcasts

  • Nov 2, 2021 · 20 min

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

    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 how much money you need for an interesting life. @OldieMagazine @gilesandmary #podcast #gilesandmary

  • Oct 18, 2021 · 24 min

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

    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 aunt. This week, they discuss the Queen's genius at hitting the nail on the head; why William Morris wallpaper improves any house; and why George Harrison was the best of the Beatles. And Giles dreams of going magnet-fishing.

  • Sep 1, 2021 · 28 min

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

    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 refined elegance of Wilton’s Restaurant on Jermyn Street, in St James’s – just the spot for a cup of tea with his guest, the actress Madeline Smith, who writes candidly in the August edition of the magazine about working with that genius of stage and screen, the late Sir Alec Guinness who many will remember as Colonel Nicholson in David Lean’s Bridge over the River Kwai, or for his portrayal of John le Carre’s George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and latterly as Obe Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’s l Star Wars trilogy. We began in bed with Sir Roger Moore. Photo credit: Steve Ball

  • Jul 5, 2021 · 33 min

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

    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 Cambridge Footlights to more recent forays like Keith Waterhouse’s "Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell", and Noel Coward’s "Blithe Spirit", Robert Is no stranger to theatre. In this month’s podcast, he talks to Harry Bucknall, about Toast of London, his love of national hunt racing and his latest piece in the June issue of the Oldie titled Dying on stage - a survivor's guide.

  • Apr 15, 2021 · 44 min

    Loyd Grossman, Renaissance man - Oldie Podcast

    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 magazine, talks about pretty much everything to Harry Bucknall in our latest interview with friends of The Oldie; their discussion, however, starts in a South London garden in 1983, with Loyd talking to a large black rabbit…

  • Mar 11, 2021 · 24 min

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

    This Saturday 13th March, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra invites The Oldie to the movies, as Harry Bucknall talks to Pete Harrison, guest conductor of the BSO as they play some of the great film scores, such as Ben Hur, Gone with the Wind and The Great Escape, which the orchestra will be performing for their Hollywood Classics concert this Saturday at 7.30 pm. Full programme details at BSOlive.com Hollywood Classics is available as a digital livestream for 30 days and tickets can be purchased for £9 per household from BSOlive.com

  • Feb 14, 2021 · 38 min

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

    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 tells Harry Bucknall what fuels him in this month’s podcast. The key ingredient is boredom, Hunter confesses that if he has even thirty minutes between projects, he goes mad. He’s also not too mad about England’s prospects in the World Cup!

  • Jan 12, 2021 · 33 min

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

    Harry Bucknall covers Maureen's Damehood, Gyles Brandreth’s control of the remote on Celebrity Gogglebox, the perfect recipe for chips as concocted by Victoria Wood and Jack Rosenthal, the challenge facing theatre and live performance, the Labour Party, anti-semitism and the wider right to freedom of religion, finishing with an exhortation for The Oldie Lunch.

  • Dec 10, 2020 · 25 min

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

    Pete Harrison, guest conductor for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Christmas Crackers concert tells Harry Bucknall that the show will go on. BSO will welcome audiences to the December 19 Christmas concert which will be streamed live and available for download to enjoy at any time. Singer Laura Tebbutt is thrilled to return to the stage with for the first time since 1st March. For tickets to attend, download or stream the BSO’s Christmas Crackers Concert at the Poole Lighthouse on Saturday 19th December visit www.bsolive.com

  • Nov 20, 2020 · 55 min

    Craig Brown and Friends – a Hilarious Oldie Podcast

    Britain's funniest writer, Craig Brown, has asked his pals to record some of his greatest hits. Starring Richard Ingrams as Prince Philip, Eleanor Bron as Jilly Cooper, AN Wilson as Alan Titchmarsh, Craig Brown and Tallulah Brown as Downton Abbey's Lord and Lady Grantham, and Paul Bailey as John Gielgud

  • Nov 8, 2020 · 22 min

    Barry Cryer, Comedy Legend – Oldie Podcast

    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 laughs with Harry Bucknall