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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
Dear Papa – cook, musician, Oldie editor
My father, Alexander Chancellor, former editor of The Oldie, would have turned 80 this year.
2 mins
Bond, Uncle Bond
As the 25th Bond film comes out, Kate Grimond remembers Ian Fleming – her prescient, funny, diffident uncle
4 mins
Shaken, not stirred, by 007
And Mary Clive recalls a disastrous 1938 holiday in Capri with a sunburnt Fleming
![Shaken, not stirred, by 007](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f352726147/crp_Shaken-not-stirred-by-007.jpg)
6 mins
From the '20s smart set...
As Belgravia begins on TV, Simon Williams recalls the London of Upstairs, Downstairs
![From the '20s smart set...](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f3602f06a6/crp_From-the-20s-smart-set.jpg)
3 mins
...To the private jet set
While Eleanor Doughty tours modern Belgravia, home to international plutocrats
![...To the private jet set](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f36a13e2c1/crp_To-the-private-jet-set.jpg)
4 mins
Death of De'Ath
Melvyn Bragg, who worked at the BBC with Wilfred in the ’60s, was saddened by his fall from grace – and kept him solvent in later years
![Death of De'Ath](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f3733cb80d/crp_Death-of-DeAth.jpg)
3 mins
War correspondence
Roger Mortimer (1909-91), later the Sunday Times racing correspondent and author of the Dear Lupin letters, was captured by the Germans in Belgium in 1940. For five years, he was incarcerated in four different prisoner-of-war camps. There he wrote a series of charming letters to Peggy Dunne, an old friend
![War correspondence](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f37fd5409e/crp_War-correspondence.jpg)
5 mins
Cub reporters
School magazines trained writers – from Philip Larkin to Harold Pinter – since 1786 but they’re now in decline, says Arnold Harvey
3 mins
Farewell to the full Monty
Michael Palin mourns Terry Jones, his fellow Python, and tells Harry Mount about his own brush with the Grim Reaper
![Farewell to the full Monty](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f393109148/crp_Farewell-to-the-full-Monty.jpg)
8 mins
Don't Be Grumpy – Be Happy
As we get older, it’s easy to whinge and scowl, says Lucy Deedes. Much better to avoid confrontation, smile and accept life’s little let-downs
![Don't Be Grumpy – Be Happy](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/419982/5e5f39a3d6d3b/crp_Dont-be-grumpy-be-happy.jpg)
4 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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