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Mar 13, 2025 • 14min

352: Ben MacIntyre at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Ben MacIntyre speaking about his new book, The Siege: the Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on March 11th 2025.
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Mar 13, 2025 • 9min

351: A. N. Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

A. N. Wilson speaking about his new book, Goethe: His Faustian Life - the Extraordinary Story of Modern Germany, a Troubled Genius and the Poem that Made our World, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on March 11th 2025.
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Mar 13, 2025 • 11min

350: Hugo Vickers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Hugo Vickers speaking about his new book, Muse to Power: the Untold Story of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on March 11th 2025.
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Mar 9, 2025 • 39min

349: Charles Moore in conversation with Harry Mount

Charles Moore tells Harry Mount how Margaret Thatcher became Conservative leader 50 years ago - and how she got on with the Queen. Lady Thatcher would have been 100 on October 13th this year. In September, Charles Moore will publish The Authorised Biography of Margaret Thatcher: Single-volume Centenary Edition.
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Mar 3, 2025 • 37min

348: Matthew Norman in conversation with Harry Mount

Matthew Norman, the Oldie’s Grumpy Old Man columnist, tells Harry Mount about creating the nickname ‘Mandy’ for Peter Mandelson – and Mandy’s outraged reaction. And he recalls meeting Bernard Manning – and his favourite Bernard Manning gag.
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Feb 24, 2025 • 43min

347: A. N. Wilson in conversation with Harry Mount

Britain’s greatest man of letters, A. N. Wilson, tells Harry Mount about the genius of Goethe, the decline of the Church of England and his addiction to journalism.
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Feb 15, 2025 • 28min

346: Ben Okri in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

Sir Ben Okri, the Booker Prize-winning author and poet, talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his latest book, Madame Sosotris and the Festival for The Broken Hearted, and his collection of African stories for Everyman.  He talks to her about being broken hearted, how the Booker Prize changed his life, being homeless and the acclaimed poem he wrote in response to the Grenfell Tower fire, as well as sharing his views on the current state of our unsettled world. 
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Feb 12, 2025 • 13min

345: Victoria Hislop at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Victoria Hislop speaking about her new book, The Figurine, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 11th 2025.
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Feb 12, 2025 • 9min

344: James Stourton at the Oldie Literary Lunch

James Stourton speaking about his new book, Rogues & Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945-2000, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 11th 2025.”
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Feb 11, 2025 • 7min

343: Liz Hodgkinson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Liz Hodgkinson speaking about her new book, A Mink Coat in St Neots, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on February 11th 2025.”

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