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Appearing at the Henley Literary Festival, Max Hastings talks to Harry Mount about his new book, Plunder – the Last of the War in Europe, 1945.The book takes its title from Montgomery’s ‘Operation Plunder’, the 23 March 1945 crossing of the Rhine, witnessed by Winston Churchill, with huge amphibious and airborne landings. Max Hastings brilliantly unpicks the chaos, tragedy and heroism of the closing months of the war.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.</div>

Appearing at the Henley Literary Festival, Max Hastings talks to Harry Mount about his new book, Plunder – the Last of the War in Europe, 1945. The book takes its title from Montgomery’s ‘Operation Plunder’, the 23 March 1945 crossing of the Rhine, witnessed by Winston Churchill, with huge amphibious and airborne landings. Max Hastings brilliantly unpicks the chaos, tragedy and heroism of the closing months of the war. This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

Appearing at the Henley Literary Festival, Max Hastings talks to Harry Mount about his new book, Plunder – the Last of the War in Europe, 1945.The book takes its title from Montgomery’s ‘Operation Plunder’, the 23 March 1945 crossing of the Rhine, witnessed by Winston Churchill, with huge amphibious and airborne landings. Max Hastings brilliantly unpicks the chaos, tragedy and heroism of the closing months of the war.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

512: Max Hastings in conversation with Harry Mount at the Henley Literary Festival

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Sixty years ago, on October 21, 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed, and engulfed the Welsh village of Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults.John Humphrys, the Today programme presenter, was the first reporter to get to that harrowing scene hours later. He tells Oldie columnist Matthew Norman how vividly he still recalls the agony and bravery of the bereaved villagers, desperate to rescue their children.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.</div>

Sixty years ago, on October 21, 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed, and engulfed the Welsh village of Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults. John Humphrys, the Today programme presenter, was the first reporter to get to that harrowing scene hours later. He tells Oldie columnist Matthew Norman how vividly he still recalls the agony and bravery of the bereaved villagers, desperate to rescue their children. This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

Sixty years ago, on October 21, 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed, and engulfed the Welsh village of Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults.John Humphrys, the Today programme presenter, was the first reporter to get to that harrowing scene hours later. He tells Oldie columnist Matthew Norman how vividly he still recalls the agony and bravery of the bereaved villagers, desperate to rescue their children.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

511: Aberfan, Sixty Years On – John Humphrys and Matthew Norman

<div>Harry Mount, Oldie editor, talks to Charlotte 'Fruity' Metcalf, Supplements Editor, about the new issue. They discuss Mary Kenny's article on what it means to be bohemian. They salute Geoff Roberts, 101, the last British survivor of Operation Market Garden in Arnhem in 1944. And they swap their favourite hymns as they read the article by Sarah Sands, publisher of Hymns Ancient & Modern, who's campaigning to revive those glorious songs.</div>

Harry Mount, Oldie editor, talks to Charlotte 'Fruity' Metcalf, Supplements Editor, about the new issue. They discuss Mary Kenny's article on what it means to be bohemian. They salute Geoff Roberts, 101, the last British survivor of Operation Market Garden in Arnhem in 1944. And they swap their favourite hymns as they read the article by Sarah Sands, publisher of Hymns Ancient & Modern, who's campaigning to revive those glorious songs.

Harry Mount, Oldie editor, talks to Charlotte 'Fruity' Metcalf, Supplements Editor, about the new issue. They discuss Mary Kenny's article on what it means to be bohemian. They salute Geoff Roberts, 101, the last British survivor of Operation Market Garden in Arnhem in 1944. And they swap their favourite hymns as they read the article by Sarah Sands, publisher of Hymns Ancient &amp; Modern, who's campaigning to revive those glorious songs.

496: When Harry Met Fruity - the September issue of The Oldie

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Michael Rosen is the multi award-winning and prolific children’s author and poet and the former Children’s Laureate. He’s also the presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Word of Mouth, a hugely successful You Tuber and Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmith’s College.  He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his latest book Where are You Eddie? Exploring his feelings around his son’s tragic death from Meningitis, as well as about his own near death from Covid and his life and work.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.</div>

Michael Rosen is the multi award-winning and prolific children’s author and poet and the former Children’s Laureate. He’s also the presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Word of Mouth, a hugely successful You Tuber and Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmith’s College. He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his latest book Where are You Eddie? Exploring his feelings around his son’s tragic death from Meningitis, as well as about his own near death from Covid and his life and work. This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

Michael Rosen is the multi award-winning and prolific children’s author and poet and the former Children’s Laureate. He’s also the presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Word of Mouth, a hugely successful You Tuber and Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmith’s College.&nbsp; He talks to Charlotte Metcalf about his latest book Where are You Eddie? Exploring his feelings around his son’s tragic death from Meningitis, as well as about his own near death from Covid and his life and work.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

495: Michael Rosen in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

7: Mark Mason on The Book of Seconds at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth

Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth

Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Andrew Roberts on Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts on Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts on Churchill: Walking with Destiny at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Lucy Lethbridge talks to our editor Harry Mount about the world famous Blue Guides and the perceived difference between tourists and 'real' travellers.

Lucy Lethbridge talks to our editor Harry Mount about the world famous Blue Guides and the perceived difference between tourists and 'real' travellers.

December Issue: Blue guides and the Greek islands

Our editor, Harry Mount, interviews Nicky Haslam about the joy of having not been to university.

Our editor, Harry Mount, interviews Nicky Haslam about the joy of having not been to university.

6: December Issue: Life was my Uni

Miranda Seymour on In Bryon's Wake

5: Miranda Seymour on In Bryon's Wake at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Giles Wood and Mary Killen on The Diary of Two Nobodies

Giles Wood and Mary Killen on The Diary of Two Nobodies

4: Giles Wood and Mary Killen on The Diary of Two Nobodies at the Oldie Literary Lunch

4: Dan Cruikshank on Skyscrapers at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Tony Adams on Sober: Football. My Story. My Life.

Tony Adams on Sober: Football. My Story. My Life.

3: Tony Adams on Sober: Football. My Story. My Life. at the Oldie Literary Lunch

Lucy Deedes, the daughter of WF Deedes, Private Eye’s Dear Bill, remembers a childhood spent eating roadkill and deer butchered in the garden – before we all got so fussy about food.

Lucy Deedes, the daughter of WF Deedes, Private Eye’s Dear Bill, remembers a childhood spent eating roadkill and deer butchered in the garden – before we all got so fussy about food.

1: November Issue: Let's Get Real About Food

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