The Oldie | November 2025
The November issue of The Oldie is OUT NOW!
In this issue, read:
• Merlin Holland on Oscar Wilde, his grandfather; 125 years after his death
• Annabel Venning on male heroism – modern men may work out, but they are still cowards
• John Humphrys on confessions of a bad farmer – from interviewing the PM to milking a cow
• Alyson Elliott on her 53 years of teaching and unrecognisable classrooms
• Gillian Tindall, 87, on dying to die. She died on 1st October, days after writing this piece
• Ella Carr on party animals – when great writers throw a party for a dramatic scene
• John O’Sullivan and Nick Garland on the real Margaret Thatcher at 100
• Olivia Hurton on the return of the bluestockings – hosting salons and writing
• Christopher Sandford on Nazis on screen
• Peter York on losing £35,000 on backing the Modern Review – and loving it
• Richard Snailham on the Duke of Kent at 90
• Roger Lewis on the hateful book world – from bitter writers to stingy publishers
• Your free Christmas Gift Guide featuring Mary Killen on looking young, Rev Steve Morris on the Church revival – and win three bottles of Taylor’s vintage port
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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Artikelen in deze editie
Hieronder vindt u een selectie van artikelen in The Oldie November 2025.