The Oldie Magazine
The gripes of Roth
As a new biography appears, director Tristram Powell remembers working with a writer who could be kind – and scarily cruel
6 min |
April 2021
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Gyles Brandreth's Diary: Appointment with death
After 30 years of double vision and headaches, I finally visited a neurologist and learnt the truth...
4 min |
The Oldie magazine - April 2021 issue (398)
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Wizards from Oz
A wave of brilliant Australians came to Britain sixty years ago. They included Clive James, Germaine Greer – and Barry Humphries
6 min |
The Oldie magazine - April 2021 issue (398)
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Pilgrimage to 84 Charing Cross Road
A New Yorker’s letters to a London bookshop were a big hit 50 years ago. Valerie Grove accompanied her on her first visit to Marks & Co
6 min |
April 2021
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Chips with extra sauce
Chips Channon was the ideal political diarist – truthful, vulnerable and gossipy.
6 min |
April 2021
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How Mr Tickle Tickled The World
Fifty years after they began, Mr Men books have sold 85 million copies. Teacher Kath Garner pays tribute to the brilliant adman behind them
4 min |
The Oldie magazine - April 2021 issue (398)
Ancient Egypt
THREE MIDDLE KINGDOM TOMBS IN THUTMOSE III'S TEMPLE OF MILLIONS OF YEARS
Myriam Seco Álvarez and Javier Martínez Babón return with more exciting finds from their work at this important archaeological site in Luxor.
7 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
THE “SHISHAK” ATTACK
James Bowden reassesses the Libyan pharaoh Sheshonq I’s attack on Israel and its importance to Egyptian history.
6 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
The Catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: A Subterranean World of Canids
Paul T. Nicholson explores the labyrinthine burial site for millions of dog mummies.
10 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
THE BIG, THE BIZARRE AND THE BEAUTIFUL
John Wyatt, Maria Nilsson and John Ward present the last instalment of their report revealing the bird species discovered at ancient Gebel el-Silsila.
9 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
MORE SAQQARA DISCOVERIES
Following the discovery of 59 painted wooden Late Period coffins reported in AE122, the Egyptian team at Saqqara has now revealed another hundred intact painted wooden coffins (below and opposite) in three 10 to 12 metre-deep burial shafts.
1 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
GLORIOUS EGYPT IN FINLAND
Continuing our series on international Egyptology exhibitions, Tuuli Turtola explores an exhibition at the new Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki.
1 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
ESNA RELIEFS REVEALED
Restoration work by a German-Egyptian team has revealed the original colours of the reliefs at the Temple of Esna (opposite, top).
1 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
Crowning Glories: Women's Hairstyles
Per meset for young readers
4 min |
January / February 2021
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John le Carré, the German master
In 1956, before he was a famous spy novelist, David Cornwell came to teach at Eton. Among his pupils was Ferdinand Mount
5 min |
February 2021
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Hats off to Napoleon and Wellington
The Emperor and the Duke both wore bicornes – in different styles. Now their hats are united, thanks to Nancy Astor. By Justin Davies
4 min |
February 2021
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Insanely happy
Alan Crawford has learnt to be content, despite suffering from dementia for three years
4 min |
February 2021
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Wasn't he so loverly?
Wilfrid Hyde-White was as charming and mischievous in real life as in My Fair Lady, remembers Simon Williams, his friend and co-star
5 min |
February 2021
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My hostess? A banjo-playing prostitute
Exotic Lady Meux brought glamour, several Whistler portraits, and a Christopher Wren masterpiece to Maureen Lipman’s favorite hotel
5 min |
February 2021
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Arts
Arts
10+ min |
February 2021
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Fine and dandy
The dandy style, created by Beau Brummell, was perfected by Oscar Wilde and Edward VIII. By Shaun Cole and Miles Lambert
5 min |
February 2021
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Dirk Bogarde's lucky second act
Roger Lewis celebrates the centenary of a sad, dark actor who matured into a happy writer
8 min |
February 2021
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A happy Hunter once more
At 85, widowed Hunter Davies is writing new books and finding young love. By Valerie Grove
6 min |
February 2021
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Gregory Gregory's Stately Pleasure Home
Harlaxton Manor has been home to a millionaire Victorian recluse, a face-cream tycoon and an American university
4 min |
February 2021
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The Archers turns 70
Programme assistant Gill Powell taped Grange Farm’s turkey chicks, printed Phil Drabble’s Nature Notes – and made one awful mistake
4 min |
January 2021
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What a swell party!
As coronavirus kills off Christmas parties, Charlotte Metcalf remembers friends who made the evening go with a swing
4 min |
January 2021
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My gaudy nights
For 50 years, Oxford don Oswyn Murray welcomed back old pupils to his college – except for one in 10 Downing Street
4 min |
January 2021
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Look back in candour
Lockdown led to a boom in autobiography. Frances Wilson gives you her tips on how to tell the story of your life
3 min |
January 2021
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King of the Purbeck Stone Age
Treleven Haysom has been quarrying stone on the Isle of Purbeck for over 60 years – now he’s written the definitive book about it
3 min |
January 2021
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Joe O'Biden's Irish home
County Mayo is adored by Hollywood, the US President-elect – and Dea Birkett
5 min |