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SCOOP OF THE YEAR!
Miles Goslett and The Oldie have been named joint winners of the London Press Club's Scoop of the Year Award, together with Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones for BBC2's Newsnight and Mark Williams-Thomas for ITV's Exposure for their coverage of the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal.
Miles Goslett won the award for his article in the March 2012 issue of The Oldie exposing the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal.The article was the first to investigate why the BBC dropped its Newsnight report investigating allegations of sexual abuse made against its long-serving employee Jimmy Savile. The Oldie's Richard Ingrams was the only editor willing to publish Miles's story.
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 SHORTLISTED FOR ANOTHER AWARD!
The PPA Awards have nominated The Oldie for the Magazine of the Year award, and Richard Ingrams for Editor of the Year award.
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'Is there an oldie in the House?' Despite our ageing population, the average age of MPs is falling. Austin Mitchell MP deplores a political culture which favours youth over experience, and warns that things can only get worse...
Read all about it in the June issue
OUT NOW!
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Cartoon of the Week
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THE 2013 OLDIE BRITISH ARTIST AWARDS
THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED
We are no longer accepting entries
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PRESENT
The Oldie British Artists Awards (prize of £5,000) to recognise the achievements of British Artists over the age of 60
Richard Ingrams says: 'We are delighted with the response to last year's OBA - the entries were of a very high standard and Donald Zec was a wonderful inaugural winner. This year's competition promises to be every bit as good, and should establish the OBA as an important component of the British arts calendar'.
For more information click here or call Hannah Donovan on 020 7436 8801
To download an application form click here.
To find out more about click here
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The dates for the 2013
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26th-29th September
The Soho Literary Festival is sponsored by 
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The Oldie of the Year 2013
On Tuesday 12th February 2013 at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, Terry Wogan announced
the six winners of the Oldie of the Year Awards 2013.
From left to right: Oldie of the Year Awards Host: Terry Wogan; Troglodyte of the Year: Wally Fawkes; Snap Left in Celery Award: Fauja Singh; Pin-Up of the Year: Mary Beard; Oldie Donor of the Year: Nicholas Crace; Oldie Editor: Richard Ingrams. Unfortunately Tony Iveson, our Oldie Campaigner of the Year, couldn't be with us but General Sir Michael Jackson accepted the award on his behalf.
Our Golden Oldie of the Year went to Michael Heseltine (pictured below with his award)
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Savile row by Miles Goslett
The Oldie broke the Jimmy Savile story in the March 2012 issue with an article by Miles Goslett. Click here to read it online.
Last ever Clive Dunn interview, now online
Click here to read Clive Dunn's interview with Paul Bailey, from the November issue of The Oldie.
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