The Oldie Magazine - June 2021
The Oldie Magazine - June 2021
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In this issue
● The Oldie has been dubbed ‘Private Eye for grown-ups’ and is read by intelligent people who are fed up with the formulaic nature of the celebrity-obsessed national press
● As well as having a lively reviews section, The Oldie is packed with the very best cartoons
● The Oldie is published every four weeks and has 92–122 pages. Every quarter we publish The Oldie Review of Books with the main magazine, as well as a foreign travel supplement in January, a UK travel supplement in March, a Christmas Gift Guide in November and a cartoon calendar
Dearest Diana
Christopher Balfour fondly recalls a hilarious trip to New York with the princess, who would have been 60 on 1st July
3 mins
Thank heaven for Leslie Caron
She starred in Gigi, danced with Fred Astaire and acted opposite Cary Grant. Hugo Vickers meets the great actress as she turns 90
10 mins
Renaissance miracles
For over 300 years, Italian painters produced the finest altarpieces in the world, says David Ekserdjian
5 mins
I was a teenage Marxist
Bruce Anderson was bewitched by Marxism – until he saw the IRA at work in Northern Ireland
4 mins
Virginia McKenna, the African queen
At 90, the actress is still saving the wildlife she fell in love with, filming Born Free, over 50 years ago. By Roderick Gilchrist
6 mins
Sex-mad DH Lawrence
His amoral wife made the jealous writer think sex was a tragedy. By Frances Wilson
5 mins
Churchill's mommie dearest
History hasn’t been kind to Jennie Churchill, who died 100 years ago. But the New Yorker was her son’s greatest influence. By Anne Sebba
6 mins
Travel: Exmoor Ecstasy
In lockdown, Londoner Ivo Dawnay moved to Somerset’s coombes and moors. Now he never wants to leave this Garden of Eden
5 mins
The Oldie Magazine Description:
Publisher: Oldie Publications Ltd
Category: Culture
Language: English
Frequency: 13 Issues/Year
The idea for the Oldie was conceived by Richard Ingrams, who was the editor for 22 years, and Alexander Chancellor.
● The Oldie is 23 years old this year. It is not a retirement magazine but an irreverent humorous magazine packed with great writing. 92% of our readers state ‘reading’ as their number one hobby
● The Oldie has been dubbed ‘Private Eye for grown-ups’ and is read by intelligent people who are fed up with the formulaic nature of the celebrity-obsessed national press
● As well as having a lively reviews section, The Oldie is packed with the very best cartoons
● The Oldie is published every four weeks and has 92–122 pages. Every quarter we publish The Oldie Review of Books with the main magazine, as well as a foreign travel supplement in January, a UK travel supplement in March, a Christmas Gift Guide in November and a cartoon calendar
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