Radio Oldie

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 14, 2018 · 12 min
12: Robert Hardman on Queen of the World at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Robert Hardman on Queen of the World
Dec 14, 2018 · 13 min
11: Kenneth Baker on On The Seven Deadly Sins at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Lord Baker on On The Seven Deadly Sins
Dec 14, 2018 · 14 min
Gyles Brandreth on Have You Eaten Grandma? at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Gyles Brandreth on Have You Eaten Grandma?
Nov 26, 2018 · 16 min
Nicholas Parsons turns 95
Nicholas Parsons talks to Harry Mount at the Gibraltar Literature Festival
Nov 26, 2018 · 17 min
10: Miles Goslett on An Inconvenient Death at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Miles Goslett on An Inconvenient Death: How the Establishment Covered Up the David Kelly Affair
Nov 26, 2018 · 47 min
10: January Issue: The Icy Thrills of Boxing Day at the Races
Harry Mount talks to Brough Scott – celebrated racing presenter, winning jockey in over a hundred races and a Kempton Park veteran – about the King George VI steeplechase and the perils of winter riding.
Nov 26, 2018 · 13 min
9: Andrew Morton on Wallis in Love at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Andrew Morton on Wallis in Love
Nov 26, 2018 · 14 min
8: Dan Snow on On this day in History at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Dan Snow on On this day in History
Nov 2, 2018 · 14 min
7: Mark Mason on The Book of Seconds at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Mark Mason on The Book of Seconds
Nov 2, 2018 · 11 min
Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth
Nov 2, 2018 · 11 min
Andrew Roberts on Churchill: Walking with Destiny at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Andrew Roberts on Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Oct 31, 2018 · 16 min
December Issue: Blue guides and the Greek islands
Lucy Lethbridge talks to our editor Harry Mount about the world famous Blue Guides and the perceived difference between tourists and 'real' travellers.
Oct 31, 2018 · 19 min
6: December Issue: Life was my Uni
Our editor, Harry Mount, interviews Nicky Haslam about the joy of having not been to university.
Oct 25, 2018 · 9 min
5: Miranda Seymour on In Bryon's Wake at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Miranda Seymour on In Bryon's Wake
Oct 25, 2018 · 12 min
4: Giles Wood and Mary Killen on The Diary of Two Nobodies at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Giles Wood and Mary Killen on The Diary of Two Nobodies
Oct 25, 2018 · 15 min
4: Dan Cruikshank on Skyscrapers at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Dan Cruikshank on Skyscrapers
Oct 25, 2018 · 11 min
3: Tony Adams on Sober: Football. My Story. My Life. at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Tony Adams on Sober: Football. My Story. My Life.
Oct 2, 2018 · 24 min
1: November Issue: Let's Get Real About Food
Lucy Deedes, the daughter of WF Deedes, Private Eye’s Dear Bill, remembers a childhood spent eating roadkill and deer butchered in the garden – before we all got so fussy about food.
Oct 2, 2018 · 27 min
1: November Issue: I Once Kissed Roger Moore
Former Bond Girl Madeline Smith talks to Annabel Sampson about Roger Moore undressing her with a magnetic watch in 'Live and Let Die'. Madeline also talks about Bond Girls in the #MeToo climate, and why Peter Cook was the 'one that got away'.
Sep 20, 2018 · 28 min
2: Filming if...
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of if… The Oldie screened Lindsay Anderson’s anti-establishment satire set in an English public school at the Soho's Curzon. David Wood – who played Johnny in the film – spoke to Valerie Grove, the Oldie's radio columnist, afterwards. Here is part of that conversation, followed by a few questions from the audience.