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Feb 02 2025 341 ep. 18 mins 204

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

Feb 02 2025 32 mins

Elisabeth Luard talks to Charlotte Metcalf with warmth and candour about her passion for cooking and food, her extensive travels, her upbringing in Uruguay and time as a debutante in London during the 50s, motherhood, her long marriage to Nicholas Luard, the one-time owner of Private Eye and founder of the satirical Establishment Club with Peter Cook. She also describes the harrowi

340: Peter York in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

Jan 27 2025 32 mins

Peter York is a British author and cultural and social commentator, perhaps best know for co-authoring The Official Sloane Rangers Handbook with Ann Barr in 1982. He was Style Editor of Harpers & Queen for ten years and recently started up a new podcast about culture wars, the subject of his latest book A Dead Cat On Your Table.

339: Hugh Johnson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Jan 22 2025 12 mins

Hugh Johnson speaking about his new book, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2025, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on January 21st 2025.”

338: Tim Marshall at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Jan 22 2025 9 mins

Tim Marshall speaking about his new book, Prisoners Of Geography: the Quiz Book, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on January 21st 2025.

337: Chris Patten at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Jan 21 2025 17 mins

Chris Patten speaking about his memoir, The Hong Kong Diaries, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London's National Liberal Club, on January 21st 2025.

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

Jan 19 2025 40 mins

Robert Bathurst, star of Cold Feet and Toast of London, is playing Jeff Bernard in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell in Jeff’s old haunt, the Coach & Horses. He tells Harry Mount what a sublime writer Bernard was.

335: Ed Stourton in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

Jan 13 2025 36 mins

Edward Stourton has worked in broadcasting for over 40 years and was a presenter on Today for many years. He continues to present BBC Radio 4 programmes like Sunday and The World at One. He’s also been a foreign correspondent for Channel Four, ITN and the BBC and has written several books, including his recent memoir, Confessions, is now out in paperback with a new postscript com

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

Jan 06 2025 35 mins

Kenneth Cranham CBE is a Scottish film, television, radio and stage actor. His most notable screen roles were in Oliver!, Up Pompeii, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Chocolat, Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1, Hot Fuzz, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool.

Oldie Podcast - William Boyd in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

Dec 17 2024 31 mins

William Boyd is a British novelist, short story, writer and screenwriter. Between 1980 and 1983, Boyd was a lecturer in English at St. Hilda's College, Oxford and it was while he was there that his first novel, A Good Man in Africa (1981) was published. He was also a television critic for the New Statesman between 1981 and 1983. Boyd was appointed Commander of the Order of the Bri

Oldie Podcast - John Standing in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

Dec 17 2024 31 mins

Sir John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet (born 16 August 1934), known professionally as John Standing, is an English actor. Standing is best known for roles in the 1955 production of Titus Andronicus starring Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh, and for leading parts in many plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest and Private Lives with Maggie Smith. John Standing has appea