The Oldie Magazine
A lifetime of pin-ups
Barry Humphries still has nightmares about going on stage. He’s always admired the stars who kept battling on
7 min |
July 2021
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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 min |
June 2021
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Renaissance miracles
For over 300 years, Italian painters produced the finest altarpieces in the world, says David Ekserdjian
5 min |
June 2021
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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 min |
June 2021
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Dearest Diana
Christopher Balfour fondly recalls a hilarious trip to New York with the princess, who would have been 60 on 1st July
3 min |
June 2021
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Sex-mad DH Lawrence
His amoral wife made the jealous writer think sex was a tragedy. By Frances Wilson
5 min |
June 2021
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Overlooked Britain: A philanthropist's palace
Heroic American steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie paid for 3,000 libraries and built glorious Skibo Castle in his native Scotland
5 min |
June 2021
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I was a teenage Marxist
Bruce Anderson was bewitched by Marxism – until he saw the IRA at work in Northern Ireland
4 min |
June 2021
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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 min |
June 2021
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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 min |
June 2021
Yachting Monthly
10 Best Cruising Destinations For History
The rich and colourful history of the British Isles means that almost every part of these islands has a unique story waiting to be discovered. Our experts have chosen harbours and anchorages which take you into the heart of some of these historic landmarks.
10+ min |
July 2021
Ancient Egypt
TAKABUTI, the Belfast Mummy
Rosalie David and Eileen Murphy explain how scientific examination of the ‘Belfast Mummy’ is revealing much new information about her life and times.
9 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
Lost Golden City
An Egyptian Mission searching for the mortuary temple of Tutankhamun has discovered a settlement – “The Dazzling of Aten” – described as the largest city ever found in Egypt (see above). Finds bearing the cartouches of Amenhotep III (see opposite, top) date the settlement to his reign, c. 1390-1352 BC – making it about 3400 years old.
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
Jerusalem's Survival, Sennacharib's Departure and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE: An Examination of Henry Aubin's Rescue of Jerusalem
BOOK REVIEWS
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period by Campbell Price
BOOK REVIEWS
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
Highlights Of The Manchester Museum 28: Busts Of Jesse And Marianne Haworth
Campbell Price describes the significance of two statue busts on display in the Museum.
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
THE OSIRION AT ABYDOS
Geoffrey Lenox-Smith investigates the enigmatic cenotaph built for King Sety I.
8 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
GEBEL EL-SILSILA THROUGHOUT THE AGES:PART 7 – LATE PERIOD TO GRAECO-ROMAN ERA
Continuing their chronological survey, Maria Nilsson and John Ward now focus on Gebel el-Silsila in the post-Ramesside era.
10+ min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Highlights of the Manchester Museum 27: A Faience Bowl from Gurob
Campbell Price describes an object in Manchester Museum’s collection depicting an everyday scene that can still be witnessed today in Egypt.
2 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
ASWAN DISCOVERIES
An Egyptian mission in Aswan has uncovered the remains of a Ptolemaic temple, a Roman fort and an early Coptic church (see oveleaf, top left).
1 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Old And New Kingdom Discoveries At Saqqara
An Egyptian team working on a Sixth Dynasty pyramid complex near the Teti pyramid at Saqqara has made a series of important discoveries.
1 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Map Of Egypt
What’s in a name? It is easy for us to forget that the names we associate with the pyramids – such as the Meidum Pyramid, the Bent Pyramid or the Black Pyramid – would have been meaningless to their builders.
3 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Per Mesut: For Younger Readers: Women And Marriage
Wisdom Literature provided advice on how to live life well, beginning with the foundation of a household.
5 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
A Boat And Horse In The Desert
Barbara Tratsaert investigates two interesting finds at the Wadi Bakariya gold mining settlement in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
7 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Egypt And The Kingdom Of Kush
in the first of a series of articles on ancient Nubia, Stanley M. Burstein outlines the history of Egypt’s southern neighbour and the relationship between the two countries throughout the pharaonic period.
9 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
The Ancient Names Of The Pyramids
We know Egypt’s pyramids by names such as the ‘Bent Pyramid’, ‘Red Pyramid’ and ‘Meidum Pyramid’ but their ancient names are far more poetic, as revealed by Andrew Fulton.
10 min |
March / April 2021
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The best sermons ever
This Easter, vicars shouldn’t be obscure or arrogant in the pulpit. Like Jesus, they should be funny, says Reverend Peter Mullen
4 min |
The Oldie magazine - April 2021 issue (398)
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When the Hurricane hit Liverpool
Alex Higgins smoked, boozed and gambled as he met a delighted Gary Smith
2 min |
The Oldie magazine - April 2021 issue (398)
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Suffering for her art
Tortured by love, longing for children, Elizabeth Bowen poured her pain into her exceptional novels, says her friend A N Wilson
4 min |
The Oldie magazine - April 2021 issue (398)
The Oldie Magazine
Gainsborough in London
The Suffolk painter is best known for his rural scenes – but his last years in the capital were the pinnacle of his career
3 min |