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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
Christopher Robin did adore his bear
He told me he loved Winnie-the-Pooh – and his father, AA Milne
![Christopher Robin did adore his bear](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/Cwlx-RSUL1595842480818/crp_Christopher-Robin-did-adore-his-bear.jpg)
4 mins
The strongest link
Lockdown reunited Anne Robinson and daughter Emma Wilson in her Cotswolds barn. It brought joy, chaos – and ‘home screaming’
![The strongest link](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/5f1e9a99d5ccb/crp_The-strongest-link.jpg)
6 mins
Raise a glass to the greatest TV chef ever
As Bill Knott reopens his restaurant, he remembers being slapped by Keith Floyd – a great pal, a disastrous restaurateur and a telly genius
6 mins
An odyssey round my treasured islands
As Greece opens to tourists, Taki Theodoracopulos sails home across the Ionian Sea
![An odyssey round my treasured islands](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/5f1e9da6219ba/crp_An-odyssey-round-my-treasured-islands.jpg)
5 mins
What a Dame!
The late Vera Lynn – Oldie of the Year in 2018 and a great friend to the magazine – wrote her last piece for us in May, aged 103
![What a Dame!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/k7HtBmgUE1595842652037/crp_What-a-Dame.jpg)
4 mins
The Mayflower's Essex boy
Four hundred years after the fabled ship sailed to America, William Cook salutes its captain
6 mins
Profitable Wonders: Batting for bats
Besides elegantly wielding his bat at the crease, former England Captain David Gower is a long-standing admirer of the other, flying version.
![Profitable Wonders: Batting for bats](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/TPnj_B-9I1595842953874/crp_Profitable-Wonders-Batting-for-bats.jpg)
3 mins
Getting Dressed: Puttin' on the glitz, Dynasty style
Pamela Bellwood dazzled viewers in Claudia Carrington’s jewels
![Getting Dressed: Puttin' on the glitz, Dynasty style](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/5f1ea424cad68/crp_Getting-DressedPuttin-on-the-glitz-Dynasty-style.jpg)
4 mins
Travel: Bernini's Rome
No artist left a greater mark on the city than the great baroque sculptor and architect. Loyd Grossman follows in his footsteps
![Travel: Bernini's Rome](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/11074/483333/5f1ea2ef9db24/crp_Travel-Berninis-Rome.jpg)
6 mins
London's finest egg-loos
Behind its Georgian, stucco façade, a Mayfair restaurant heralds a new dawn in British lavatorial design
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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