The Oldie  |  April 2021
The Oldie magazine April 2021 issue 398.
Welcome to the April edition of the Oldie.
The great Mr Tickle graces our cover – he was the first Mr Man 50 years ago. Teacher Kath Garner wishes him and the other Mr Men a happy birthday.
Sixty years ago, a wave of brilliant Australians came to Britain. Among them were Clive James, Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries – who writes about the Ozzie invasion.
Chips Channon was the ideal political diarist – truthful, vulnerable and gossipy. Simon Heffer, editor of his uncensored diaries, tells all.
Matthew Pritchett, aka Matt, Britain’s greatest political cartoonist, has drawn an exclusive Oldie cartoon.
Hugh Johnson, the best-selling wine writer in the world, has spent 60 years writing, drinking and gardening. And he’s had a ball.
In our 32-page guide to Growing Old Disgracefully, Richard Wilson insists he isn’t grumpy. Diana Melly goes on a ballroom-dancing diet. And Peter York finds that, in lockdown, the best things in life aren’t free.
PLUS: AN Wilson on the tortured genius of his friend Elizabeth Bowen; the Rev Peter Mullen on the best Easter sermons ever; and Tristram Powell on the kindness – and cruelty – of Philip Roth
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Oldie April 2021.