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November 24, 2017 Donald Trelford, Shouting in the Street The Oldie Literary Lunch
Ex editor of The Observer, Donald Trelford talks about his book Shouting in the Street - Adventures and Misadventures of a Fleet Street Survivor at The Oldie Literary lunch.
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10 min
November 02, 2017 December 2017 issue: Sixty seconds that hooked the nation
'Just a minute' is celebrating its 50th birthday. In all that time, the panel game has been presided over by only one man: 94-year-old Nicholas Parsons. Valerie Grove meets him to discuss his youthful secret. Valerie Grove is then made to play contestant, her topic, 'The Oldie'.
30 min
November 02, 2017 December 2017 issue: Tanya Gold's lucky trip to hospital wonderland
Tanya Gold discusses a Cornish clifftop fall that led to laughing gas, morphine, hugs, jelly on tap and a break from chores – all for free. Tanya Gold tells Harry Mount and Annabel Sampson how she loved being hospitalised.
10 min
October 31, 2017 The Oldie Literary Lunch: Mark Mason on Question Time
Mark Mason talks about the perfect pub quiz question in his latest book Question Time. Introduced by veteran comedian Barry Cryer.
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12 min
October 31, 2017 Oldie Literary Lunch, Mary & Giles Wood, The Diary of Two Nobodies
Mary and Giles Wood talk about their book - The Diary of Two Nobodies - at The Oldie Literary Lunch.
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12 min
October 31, 2017 Oldie Literary Lunch The Village News: The Truth Behind England's Idyll by Tom Fort at The Oldie Lunch
Tom Fort talks about his book, Tom Fort talks about his book, The Village News: The Truth Behind England's Rural Idyll, at The Oldie Literary Lunch at the Savoy in London.
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11 min
October 04, 2017 November 2017 Issue: Peter Cook at 80
Editor Harry Mount discusses Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and The Establishment – London's first (and last) satirical night club – with guests, Elisabeth Luard and William Cook. Discussion to supplement two of the November Oldie's lead features.
29 min
February 16, 2017 Oldie Literary Lunch: John Julius Norwich, Four Princes
John Julius Norwich talks about his latest history book Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsession at The Oldie Literary Lunch.
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19 min
February 16, 2017 Oldie Literary Lunch: Francis Beckett, Fascist in the Family
Francis Beckett tells The Oldie Literary Lunch about his father: Fascist in the Family: The Tragedy of John Beckett M.P.
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13 min
February 16, 2017 Oldie Literary Lunch: Chris Mullin, Hinterland
Ex Labour MP and campaigner for justice tells the Oldie Literary lunch guests all about his life in his memoir Hinterland.
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15 min

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