Radio Oldie
Radio Oldie
The Oldie magazine’s podcast featuring discussion and debate around the lead features in the latest magazine, plus live recordings from our famous Literary Lunches. Presented by Harry Mount.
Episodes
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Feb 1, 2016 • 12min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Humphrey Barton on Menuhin
Humprey Burton talks about Menuhin: A Life at the renowned literary lunch. In 2000, the presenter of the BBC's "Young Musician' series wrote the life the world's most famous Yehudi Menuhin, who has been close colleague. To mark Menuhin's centenary this biography has been republished with a new introduction.
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Feb 1, 2016 • 16min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Dimbleby on The Battle of the Atlantic
Jonathan Dimbleby talks at the renowned Oldie Magazine literary lunch. The presenter of ANY QUESTIONS? Talks about the battle that secured the Allied Victory and which ran through the whole course of the war.
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Jan 14, 2016 • 13min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Paul Willetts on Renezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms
The Oldie Recordings presents Paul Willetts, chronicler of Soho and Fitzrovia, has dug up a spy story whose protagonists include a white Russian Nazi and a US Embassy double agent.
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Jan 14, 2016 • 9min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Jonathan Fenby on Modern France
Jonathan Fenby talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book which explores the tempestuous history of modern France. For more than a decade Jonathan was head of Reuters in Paris.
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Jan 14, 2016 • 16min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Gyles Brandreth on Wordplay
Gyles Brandeth the star performer talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch. He is someone who would entertain even if he simply read from the Yellow Pages. Gyles reveals why he is such a scream on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute: prepare yourself for a linguistic frenzy of palindromes, mnemonics and acronyms.
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Dec 16, 2015 • 10min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Sir Ian Kershaw on To Hell & Back
Ian Kershaw talks at the enowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Kershaw is the leading expert on Hitler and Nazi Germany. His latest work focuses on the consequences for Europe of being plunged into two World Wars.
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Dec 16, 2015 • 7min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Barry Cryer and his Parrot Jokes
Barry Cryer, comedian and writer makes up for Jonathan Miller not turning up to the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, by telling some of his eponymous parrot jokes.
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Dec 16, 2015 • 12min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Tom Holland on the House of Caesar
Classicist and historian Tom Holland talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Dynasty - The Rise & Fall of the House of Caesar is a prequel to Persian Fire and Rubicon. The book provides an exuberant portrait of Rome's first imperial Dynasty.
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Dec 1, 2015 • 11min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Flora Fraser, The Washingtons
The renowned Oldie Literary lunch held in Brighton welcomes Flora Fraser, granddaughter of Elizabeth Longford and daughter of Antonia Fraser. Flora describes the marriage of The Washingtons, George and Martha, and the struggle for independence in the US.
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Dec 1, 2015 • 12min
Oldie Literary Lunch: Alison Weir on The Lost Tudor
The biggest selling Historian in the UK Alison Weir talks about The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox at a renowned Oldie Literary lunch. Her latest book looks at the life of scandal, imprisonment, drama and tragedy of this relatively unknown royal Tudor.
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