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

371: Theo Fennell in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

May 12, 2025 • 46 mins
Theo Fennell is one of Britain’s most renowned jewellers, having made his name in the eighties by attracting a new generation, including numerous rockstars and celebrities, to his colourful jewellery and witty silver pieces like the silver Marmite lid.  Following a 2007 exhibition of his jewellery at the Museum of Mankind on Burlington Gardens, Theo became a champion of and spokesperson for his craft, encouraging people to see...
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370: Sir Trevor McDonald at the Oldie Literary Lunch

May 8, 2025 • 13 mins
Sir Trevor McDonald speaking about his new memoir, On Cricket, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on May 6th 2025.
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369: Adam Nicolson at the Oldie Literary Lunch

May 8, 2025 • 11 mins
Adam Nicolson speaking about his new book, Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on May 6th 2025.
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368: Angela V John at the Oldie Literary Lunch

May 7, 2025 • 11 mins
Angela V John speaking about her new book, Behind the Scenes: the Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on May 6th 2025.
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367: Tom Hodgkinson in conversation with Harry Mount

May 2, 2025 • 34 mins
Tom Hodgkinson tells Harry Mount about his industrious 32 years as editor of The Idler magazine. He talks about idling, his hero, Dr Johnson, and his upcoming books on the Stoics and Socrates.
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366: Kate Summerscale at the Oldie Literary Lunch

April 28, 2025 • 12 mins
Kate Summerscale speaking about her new book, The Peepshow: the Murders at 10 Rillington Place, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on April 22nd 2025.
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365: Andrew Pierce at the Oldie Literary Lunch

April 28, 2025 • 12 mins
Andrew Pierce speaking about his new book, Finding Margaret: Solving the Mystery of my Birth Mother, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on April 22nd 2025.
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364: Sandy Nairne at the Oldie Literary Lunch

April 28, 2025 • 8 mins
Sandy Nairne speaking about his new book, Titan of the Thames: the Life of Lord Desborough, at the Oldie Literary Lunch, held at London’s National Liberal Club, on April 22nd 2025.
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363: Loyd Grossman in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

April 21, 2025 • 28 mins
Loyd Grossman is the writer, author, broadcaster, television presenter and cultural campaigner. He has served on and chairs numerous boards including the Royal Society of Arts, the organisation he currently chairs, which he sees as pivotal in restoring a sense of enlightened optimism to Britain. He tells Charlotte about his upbringing in America, his career in television and magazines, his books and his passion for heritage an...
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362: Nicole Farhi in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

April 8, 2025 • 24 mins
Nicole Farhi is a household name as a fashion designer, having helped found French Connection with Stephen Marks before setting up her eponymous fashion and homeware brand with a popular concept store at 202 Westbourne Grove.  Now she’s turned her back on fashion to sculpt and has a new exhibition, J’Accuse, at Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing.  It comprises 24 of her signature small painted busts, of people incarcerated or executed...
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361: Lynn Barber in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

April 7, 2025 • 40 mins
Lynn Barber, frequently nicknamed ‘the Demon Barber’, is one of the most multiple award-winning, respected and formidable interviewers and writers of her generation.  She tells Charlotte Metcalf about her upbringing, which was the subject of the 2009 film An Education starring Carey Mulligan as Lynn, and how it shaped her ability to ask those probing - sometimes combative - questions for which she’s known. She gives us insight...
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360: Roger Lewis in conversation with Harry Mount

March 31, 2025 • 31 mins
Roger Lewis tells Harry Mount about his new book on Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor – and about the genius and sheer oddness of Peter Sellers, on his centenary.
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359: Elisabeth Luard, Oldie Cookery Correspondent, on Substack, a new way to publish your articles and make money

March 27, 2025 • 47 mins
Recorded live at The Oldie Journalism Course, at The Marx Memorial Library 13th March 2025, Elisabeth Luard, The Oldie's cookery correspondent, shows how you can make money out of your own Substack column.
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358: How to write a travel feature with William Cook, Oldie Theatre Critic

March 27, 2025 • 58 mins
Recorded live at The Oldie Journalism Course, at The Marx Memorial Library 13th March 2025, William Cook, The Oldie's theatre critic, gives you the ideal essay plan for a travel feature.
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357: How to write a review with Sam Leith, the Spectator’s literary editor

March 27, 2025 • 57 mins
Recorded live at The Oldie Journalism Course, at The Marx Memorial Library 13th March 2025, Sam Leith, Literary Editor of The Spectator, talks about how to get a book review and how to write it properly.
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356: How to write a column with Mary Kenny, Oldie columnist

March 27, 2025 • 40 mins
Recorded live at The Oldie Journalism Course, at The Marx Memorial Library 13th March 2025, Mary Kenny, Oldie columnist and a journalist for 60 years, explains how to make columns fresh and gripping.
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355: Harry Mount, Editor of The Oldie, on the Do’s and Don’ts of journalism

March 27, 2025 • 36 mins
Recorded live at The Oldie Journalism Course, at The Marx Memorial Library on 13th March 2025, Harry Mount, Editor of The Oldie, reveals his tips on how to pitch articles to magazines and newspapers.
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354: Simon Williams in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

March 24, 2025 • 31 mins
Simon Williams tells Charlotte Metcalf about playing Major Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs, and starring in The Archers. He and his wife, Lucy Fleming, play her parents, Peter Fleming and Celia Johnson, in Posting Letters to the Moon

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353: Roger McGough in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

March 17, 2025 • 30 mins
Roger McGough was one of the Liverpool or Mersey Poets alongside Brian Patten and the late Adrian Henry.  Today he’s known as the ‘godfather of modern poetry’ and continues to present BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please, a role he’s held since 1979. He’s an OBE and CBE, the last awarded in 2004 for Services to Literature. On Radio Oldie he talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his latest book of The Collected Poems 1959-2024, growing up in...
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352: Ben MacIntyre at the Oldie Literary Lunch

March 13, 2025 • 13 mins
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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