The Oldie | December 2025
The December issue of The Oldie is OUT NOW!
In this issue, read:
• Malcolm Baird on his dad, a century after John Logie Baird invented the telly
• Judith Keppel won Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 25 years ago – and it changed her life for ever
• Andrew Roberts salutes the brilliant Ernie Wise on what would have been his 100th birthday
• Charlie Mortimer knows the value of insults – and the ability to withstand them
• John McEwen on Britain’s oldest modern-art gallery – and the astonishing masterpieces it’s sold
• Michael McKee salutes solicitor Paddy Mayne, killed in a car crash 70 years ago after a heroic Second World War
• Richard Britton went through the Hell of downsizing after his wife died
• Simon Scott Plummer salutes Sir John Vanbrugh, the Baroque architect and master of the ‘Castle Air’, on his 300th anniversary
• Quentin Letts has a pet hate: over-restored art
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 dans ce numéro
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection d'articles dans The Oldie December 2025.