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Please write to Readers Write, The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG, or e-mail your letters to letters@theoldie.co.uk. If emailing, please also include your postal address.

All cartoons should be sent for the attention of Richard Ingrams, The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG. Please make sure that your name and address is on the back of each cartoon. Enclosing an SAE is essential if you wish to have your work returned. We receive an enormous amount of cartoons each week, so replying can take over a month. Please DO NOT fax or e-mail unsolicited cartoons.

We always welcome interesting stories for inclusion in The Old Un’s Diary – particularly photographs for the 'Seeing is Believing' slot, and items of non-news for the 'Not Many Dead' column, as well as interesting or unusual cuttings from newspapers or leads for stories of any kind. Please send material to The Old Un’s Diary, The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG, or email The Old Un: diary@theoldie.co.uk

Please email your samples to our designer, Joe Buckley, at joebuckley@theoldie.co.uk

We are happy to consider unsolicited articles on any subject. Articles should be between 600 and 1,300 words in length, typed and accompanied by an SAE. Please send to Jeremy Lewis, Features Editor, The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG. You can also submit pieces by email. Please send to jeremylewis@theoldie.co.uk. Please attach pieces as Word documents, making sure that the document itself contains all your contact details.

Well-written articles on any subject are always welcome, and we are particularly interested in pieces for our 'I Once Met', and 'rant' slots. If photographs or illustrations accompany your piece, please send copies and not originals. We will contact you if we need to use originals for reproduction purposes. The Oldie cannot be held responsible for the loss or damage of any unsolicited materials.

We DO NOT accept poetry or short stories. We also do not commission pieces from treatments, only from assessing finished articles. It's also probably not worth telephoning the office to 'run an idea past us' – the tale is almost always in the telling, and we'll always say the same thing: We can't promise anything, but if you're familiar with the magazine then please do have a go and send it to us, and we'll happily read it. Also, please don't call and say  'I know you don't accept poetry, but I'd just like to read you this funny poem I've written anyway.' That would be greatly appreciated.

Please do not submit anything to us unless you have read at least two or three copies of The Oldie and have a good feel for the magazine. The Oldie is one of the very few magazines in the country who believe in dedicating time and effort from our limited resources to reading all unsolicited pieces, so please do your bit – pay attention to these guidelines and make sure you're familiar with the magazine. We only read unsolicited pieces one day a week, so replies can take a month or so.