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The most original magazine in the country. The Oldie keeps you young with a steady supply of wit and bracing good sense. To subscribe:

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The Oldie
3 years
HM the Queen has saluted the 2021 Oldies of the Year, declaring that 'Her Majesty believes you are as old as you feel.' @RoyalFamily @ClarenceHouse @TheSavoyLondon #youareasoldasyoufeel sponsored by @BaillieGifford
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2 years
The Duchess of Cornwall has laid out her aims for the future in a ground-breaking speech at an Oldie lunch. @ClarenceHouse @nlclondon Here is her speech in full:
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2 years
HRH Duke of Kent and royal correspondent Hugo Vickers at The Oldie of the Year Awards 2022 where HRH Duke of Kent was awarded The Oldie First-time Author of the Year Award
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6 years
Peter Firmin did more to influence British children in the late 20th century than anyone else. Together with Oliver Postgate, he created Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog and the Clangers; he also co-created Basil Brush, one of our 2018 Oldies of the Year
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The Oldie
5 years
RIP Doris Day (1992-2019). One of the greats and also one of the wise... Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children – Doris Day #DorisDay #ripdorisday
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The Oldie
5 years
A very happy birthday to one of our best loved columnists, Gyles Brandreth! Many happy returns, @GylesB1 !
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'We named him Xb32116, so we never forget the wi-fi password' @rolliwrites #toonoftheday
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'I'm very pleased with Fred's hip replacement' #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
3 years
'You are as old as you feel' - HM the Queen salutes the Oldies of the Year -
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5 years
Oldie favourite Nicholas Parsons will be awarded the Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting by @BPGPressGuild on Friday! A richly deserved win for the #JustAMinute chair
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'I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.' Groucho Marx #WorldBookDay
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Photo of Barry Humphries @Barry_Humphries legendary writer for The Oldie. We will miss him very much. Rest in peace. @neilspencephoto @OldieMagazine
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The Oldie
6 years
In 2015, Sir #KenDodd was our Oldie of the Year. Craig Brown, a lifelong fan, wrote an appreciation – 'He aims to crack six jokes a minute, or roughly 360 an hour. He delivers them so fast that you are generally laughing at the last joke but three.'
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The Oldie
2 years
The great Leslie Phillips who has died today at 98. He gave his last interview to The Oldie Magazine… #lesliephillips #oldiemagazine #oldieoftheyearawards
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The Oldie
6 years
It was arguably the greatest TV sitcom, and for one young actor, it was the greatest experience of his life. #IanLavender tells the inside story of Dad’s Army in the April Oldie
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The Oldie
4 years
During these difficult times, the great Barry Cryer, who's just turned 85, will be telling a daily joke to Oldie readers
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The Oldie
5 years
Leslie Phillips turns 95 today. Alice Pitman speaks to him about his colourful and varied, which has been so much more than a few ‘Ding dongs’... #CarryOn #LesliePhillips
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The Oldie
5 years
Amanda 'Cleopatra' Barrie accepts the Keep Calm and Carry On Award for the entire Carry On team.
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The Oldie
6 years
'I’m going to quote Bernard Shaw as he said about Ellen Terry – "she never seemed old to me." Well, nor you to me.' #DameJudiDench giving the award for Palmer d’Or Oldie of the Year to Geoffrey Palmer #TOOTY @GylesB1
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The Oldie
6 years
'There's one of those driverless sedan chairs' #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
6 years
'I'm not really gluten intolerant, I just enjoy annoying people' @nikscottglobal #toonoftheday
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1 year
Three years after Bobby Ball died, Tommy Cannon, his bereft comedy partner, is back on stage. He talks to William Cook #cannonandball #newissue #OutNow
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The Oldie
5 years
‘The trouble with naked dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops…’ Gyles Brandreth recalls reactions to Oh, Calcutta!
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The Oldie
6 years
'Yes, but Daddy may not feel like laughing when he comes round from his operation' #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
4 years
In 2014, Nicholas Parsons won The Oldie's Dorian Gray Award. On winning, he noted that a fuchsia had recently been named after him. The notes on the plant's label read: 'Nicholas Parsons will do well in any bed. Feed well and you will have amazing results.'
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The Oldie
8 months
Pru & Me: A Love Story photo by @neilspencephoto of Timothy West CBE and Prunella Scales at The Oldie Literary Lunch @TimothyWestNews @oldiemagazine #Prunella #Alzheimers
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The Oldie
3 years
Desert islands will never be the same again. Thanks KJ Lamb for @OldieMagazine #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
5 years
'What's mansplaining? Well, it's when one explains to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronising...' #toonoftheday #FridayThoughts #cartoon
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The Oldie
6 years
'Tell me something about yourself that I don't already know from the internet' #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
6 years
'This is Roger. Roger works at a call centre. He's busy at the moment, and will be with you shortly' #tooonoftheday
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6 years
'You rang, texted, emailed, Instagrammed, tweeted and Facetimed, M'Lord?' @KJLambcartoons #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
6 years
‘Our great comedies are about people who are trapped.’ Barry Cryer on his friend Tony Hancock, who died 50 years ago. July Oldie #comedy
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The Oldie
4 years
And in this month’s issue of @OldieMagazine we celebrate Jeremy Brett who died 25 years ago remembered by Damian Thompson. Greatest of all actors to play the role?
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Gyles Brandreth
4 years
There’s been an amusing correspondence in ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ about “the definitive” Sherlock Holmes, with Jeremy Brett, Douglas Wilmer & Basil Rathbone the front runners so far ... Another nominee appears today:
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5 years
This Sunday, lost episodes of Dad’s Army, filmed with new actors, will be shown on Gold. Gyles Brandreth ( @GylesB1 ) loves them
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The Oldie
4 years
Happy 85th birthday, Barry Cryer!
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Toon of the day! By Schwadron #toonoftheday @OldieMagazine
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'He was about this tall, my weight and colour' #toonoftheday
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5 years
The last of the lost Dad’s Army episodes is on Gold at 8pm tonight. Gyles Brandreth ( @GylesB1 ) saw the episodes being filmed at Pinewood #DadsArmy
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6 years
'Pantos are great!' #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
8 months
Timothy West, Harry Mount and Prunella Scales at The Oldie Literary Lunch on Tuesday 17th October 2023 @neilspencephoto @timothywest @prunellascales @mounth @OldieMagazine
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The Oldie
1 year
Toon of the day! Grammatical errors... #toonoftheday #oldiemagazine #grammar
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The Oldie
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Toon of the day! #toonoftheday @oldiemagazine By Shaun
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The Oldie
5 years
Felicity Owen, who has died aged 92, introduced the hamburger to Britain. Sixty years ago, she opened a Wimpy Bar in Reading, one of the first in Britain. At the time, they were the height of glamour
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'We should do this again, some time, except with different people' #toonoftheday
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6 years
'When I told you to stay in shape, I didn't meant this one' #toonoftheday
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The Oldie
5 years
The London Cartoon Show is on at Charing Cross Library until 1st September. Organised by @procartoonists and sponsored by @mayorsfund , the collection is a delight, says @Ferdie_Rous #TheLondonCartoonShow
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The Oldie
3 years
Our Xmas bird - the Goldcrest courtesy of @carry_akroyd in this month’s @OldieMagazine for you all
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'She'll be right out' #toonoftheday
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5 years
On receiving her award as Oldie Silver Screen Star of the Year, Sheila Hancock said how weird it was playing a leading lady, in Edie, at the age of 85. #oldieoftheyearawards #Oldies
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The Oldie
6 years
Who remembers Billy Bunter? @GylesB1 tells how he fought to bring him back to our TV screens
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The great cartoonist, Hector Breeze, has died. #RIP Here is one of his best toons! #HectorBreeze #cartoonist #Cartoon
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Toon of the day! #toonoftheday By Schwadron @OldieMagazine
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'Thank you for holding for twenty minutes. Press 7 if you still believe your call is important to us' #toonoftheday
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'Eat in or take away?' #toonoftheday
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'I said we need to update our Equality and Diversity profile, you deaf old bat' #toonoftheday #WednesdayWisdom #cartoonist
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'No, that last one was the church's wi-fi password' #toonoftheday
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'He's been unbearable since that artist painted him...' #toonoftheday #TuesdayThoughts #cartoonist
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4 years
Our @OldieMagazine #toonoftheday . We still love printed books and magazines!
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RIP the great Geoffrey Palmer at 93...
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