Radio Oldie

Humprey Burton talks about Menuhin: A Life at the renowned literary lunch. In 2000, the presenter of the BBC's "Young Musician' series wrote the life the world's most famous Yehudi Menuhin, who has been close colleague. To mark Menuhin's centenary this biography has been republished with a new introduction. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Jonathan Dimbleby talks at the renowned Oldie Magazine literary lunch. The presenter of ANY QUESTIONS? Talks about the battle that secured the Allied Victory and which ran through the whole course of the war. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

The Oldie Recordings presents Paul Willetts, chronicler of Soho and Fitzrovia, has dug up a spy story whose protagonists include a white Russian Nazi and a US Embassy double agent. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Jonathan Fenby talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch about his latest book which explores the tempestuous history of modern France. For more than a decade Jonathan was head of Reuters in Paris. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Gyles Brandeth the star performer talks at The Oldie Literary Lunch. He is someone who would entertain even if he simply read from the Yellow Pages. Gyles reveals why he is such a scream on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute: prepare yourself for a linguistic frenzy of palindromes, mnemonics and acronyms. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Ian Kershaw talks at the enowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Kershaw is the leading expert on Hitler and Nazi Germany. His latest work focuses on the consequences for Europe of being plunged into two World Wars. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Barry Cryer, comedian and writer makes up for Jonathan Miller not turning up to the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, by telling some of his eponymous parrot jokes. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Classicist and historian Tom Holland talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Dynasty - The Rise & Fall of the House of Caesar is a prequel to Persian Fire and Rubicon. The book provides an exuberant portrait of Rome's first imperial Dynasty. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

The renowned Oldie Literary lunch held in Brighton welcomes Flora Fraser, granddaughter of Elizabeth Longford and daughter of Antonia Fraser. Flora describes the marriage of The Washingtons, George and Martha, and the struggle for independence in the US. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

The biggest selling Historian in the UK Alison Weir talks about The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox at a renowned Oldie Literary lunch. Her latest book looks at the life of scandal, imprisonment, drama and tragedy of this relatively unknown royal Tudor. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

The Oldie Lunch Recordings presents Piers Paul Read's latest novel reimagines the life of Vitellio Scarpia, the villain of Puccini's Tosca. With a backdrop of 18th Century Rome, we follow him from disgrace and penury to his fatal clinch with Tosca who he ruined. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher: Everything She Wants Volume Two: talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Moore returns to Simpson's to talk about his much awaited Volume Two of his highly praised biography. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Patrick Bishop Author of The Cooler Kings talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Bishop has spent 26 years covering conflicts around the world and has reported from the front line of almost every major war of our era. Author of The Fighter Boys, his new work tells us the story of Canadian Spitfire pilot William Ash who defied the Nazis by trying to escape f...

Stephen Clarke Author of How The French Won Waterloo or think they did talks at the renowned Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpsons on the Stand, London W1. Clarke paints the French version of Wellington and Blucher's victory in 1815. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern At the time of his death in 1820, Benjamin West was the most famous artist in the English-speaking world, and much admired throughout Europe. From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania, he had become the first American artist to study in Italy, and within a few short years of his arrival in London, was instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Academy of A...

Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister in 1979, the first woman to hold the position, and the first woman in the Western world to lead a nation. Within two years she was beset by troubles, and it seemed her historic government would be short-lived. In 1981 unemployment had risen to levels not seen since the 1930s and public finances foundered in their worst state since 1945. The 'no hope' bu...

'A cul-de-sac, a dead-end track, A sandbanked strand to sink a fleet, A bay, a bar, a strip, a trap, A wrecking ground, that's Shingle Street.' Blake Morrison's first two collections, Dark Glasses (1984) and The Ballad of a Yorkshire Ripper (1987) established him as one of our most inventive and accomplished contemporary poets. In his first full-length collection for nearly thirty years, Shingle S...

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on 'The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival

Oliver Kamm on 'Accidence will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival

Harry Mount on 'Harry Mount's Odyssey: Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus' at The Oldie Literary Lunch at Rye Arts Festival

Valerie Grove talks about her new book, The Loves of Laurie Lee, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.

Helen Lederer talks about her new book, Losing It, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.

Ferdinand Mount talks about his new book, The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.

Wendy Cope talks about her new book, Life, Love and The Archers, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.

Terry Waites talks about his new book, The Voyage of the Golden Handshake, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.