The Oldie | January 2026
The January issue of The Oldie is OUT NOW!
In this issue, read:
• Harry Cluff salutes the 70th anniversary of Guys and Dolls – and its sparring stars
• Roger Lewis reviews the miseries of 2025 – from his ballooning waistline to his shrinking savings
• On the 50th anniversary of his death, Simon Berry salutes Flanders – and Swann
• Dreading Christmas gatherings? You must go, says Rachel Johnson – who always says yes
• As the railways turn 200, Harry Mount visits the world’s oldest model-railway club
• John Humphrys worked with three BBC chiefs – who all met grisly ends
• Christopher Sandford looks back 50 years to 1976 – and the raid at Entebbe, the Sex Pistols and the hottest summer for two centuries
• Somerset MaughamSomerset Maugham was tricky, touchy – and affectionate. By his grandson Jonathan Hope
• When the Reverend Steve Morris isn’t taking Christmas services, he’s a bookseller on the hunt for priceless, antiquarian volumes
• James Pembroke hates overly clean houses
Also enjoy the special Travel Supplement, as well as 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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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Oldie January 2026.