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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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448: Simon Jenkins at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Mar 1700:12:35Tap to summarizeSimon Jenkins speaking about his new book, A Short History of America: From Tea Party to Trump, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on March 17th 2026.
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447: Candida Meyrick at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Mar 1700:10:32Tap to summarizeCandida Meyrick speaking about her new book, Be More Bird: Lessons from a Hawk, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on March 17th 2026.
Transcribe →447: Candida Meyrick at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Mar 1700:09:37Tap to summarizeCandida Meyrick speaking about her new book, Be More Bird: Life Lessons from a Hawk, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on March 17th 2026.
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446: Derek Jacobi in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
Mar 1600:35:05Tap to summarizeThe actor Derek Jacobi talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his long career and his various roles ranging from Hamlet to acting in Gladiator, Dr Who and Last Tango in Halifax. His career stretches back to Cambridge University and then Birmingham Rep where he was spotted by Laurence Olivier and chosen to play Laertes opposite Peter O’Toole’s Hamlet in the National Theatre’s inaugural production at The Old Vic. Putting his success entirely down to luck, Jacobi celebrates his good fortune and is currently on tour in conversation with his partner of 47 years and now husband, Richard Clifford. Tickets for Derek's upcoming tour: https://www.cliveconwayproductions.com/shows/sir-derek-jacobi-in-conversation-with-richard-clifford
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445: Antony Beevor in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
Mar 900:28:46Tap to summarizeThe eminent and multiple-prize-winning historian, Antony Beevor, best known for his popular works on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil War and Russia, talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his new book on Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs, published this week. They also talk about his life and the problems that historians are increasingly facing in an age of disinformation and electronic rather than written communication.
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444: Nigel Planer in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
Mar 200:33:31Tap to summarizeComedian, actor and author Nigel Planer, stuck with being known as the lugubrious hippy Neil in the 1980’s sitcom The Young Ones, talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his memoir Young Once. He tells her how he’s finally escaped being Neil and how, alongside his career as a well-known comedian, he’s forged a successful career as an actor, musician, playwright, poet, audiobook narrator and more.
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443: Dinah - A Maureen Lipman monologue
Feb 2300:08:46Tap to summarizePart One of a series of specially-commissioned Maureen Lipman monologues for the Oldie, about Dinah - a waitress in the north of England.
Transcribe →442: Nigel Planer at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Feb 1800:15:55Tap to summarizeNigel Planer speaking about his new book, Young Once: A Life Less Heavy, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 17th 2026.
Transcribe →441: Tom Hodgkinson at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Feb 1800:12:57Tap to summarizeTom Hodgkinson speaking about his new book, How to Live Like a Stoic: a Handbook for Happiness, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 17th 2026.
Transcribe →440: Pru Leith at the Oldie Literary Lunch
Feb 1800:13:18Tap to summarizePru Leith speaking about her new book, Being Old and Learning to Love It!, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 17th 2026.
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