The Oldie | September 2025
The September issue of The Oldie is OUT NOW!
In this issue, read:
• Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran on writing sitcoms and arguing – for 45 years
• Griff Rhys Jones on being an orphan at 69 – his mother died at 98
• Antonia Fraser lived at the same house for 66 years – 50 of them with the playwright Harold Pinter
• Kenneth Cranham on playing a hippie in Coronation Street in 1968 and befriending a young George Best
• A N Wilson on a new biography capturing the horrors of Prince Andrew
• Richard Britton, retired businessman, on retiring at 83 and being bored of doing nothing
• Jonathan Margolis on Soho’s little Malta
• Lee Roswell on when her statue of Diana the huntress was valued one Antiques Roadshow
• Candida Crewe explains why she hates gardening
• Professor Paul Cartledge on how Oldies ran Greece and Rome
• Lucas Chancellor on his modelling move from London to the Manhattan runway
• Joe Cushnan on eavesdropping
• Eleanor Doughty on titles inherited by remote twigs on the family tree
Also enjoy pieces by regular contributors, including Gyles Brandreth, Prue Leith, Tom Hodgkinson, Elisabeth Luard and Lucinda Lambton. Plus book, film and theatre reviews; travel, restaurant and cookery columns; crosswords and competitions; and details of the latest Oldie trips and Literary Lunches. Enjoy!
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First published in 1992 and created by ex-Private Eye Richard Ingrams, The Oldie has been Britain’s funniest magazine for nearly 30 years. Each issue is packed with 100-148 pages of non-stop wit and eclecticism alongside the very best cartoons in the country.
The Oldie is your go-to destination for all the latest happenings in theatre, art, gardening, music, television, travel and more. Enjoy regular features such as The Oldie review of books, a quarterly supplement rounding up the best 50 books or the new travel section with top recommendations from readers, as well as Lucinda Lambton’s hidden gems of Britain. Each issue is bursting with quick-witted articles covering a diverse range of topics written by some of the world’s best columnists, including Gyles Brandreth, Virginia Ironside, Mary Kenny, Giles Wood and Matthew Norman.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Oldie September 2025.