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**OUR LATEST OLDIE TRAVEL OFFERING**
A Taste of Burgundy
with Robert Joseph & Elisabeth Luard



23-30th June 2012

A wonderful week in the wine-growing area of Burgundy, an area that represents France at its greatest: beautiful towns, wonderful landscape, French architecture at its most romantic. Robert Joseph, our wine writer, and Elisabeth Luard, our cookery expert, will guide 16 guests round vineyards, markets, chateaux and cathedrals. Transport is included - a minibus from central London. For more information, click on this link. Or e-mail Charlotte Fairbairn on charlottefairbairn@theoldie.co.uk.
 

BY POPULAR DEMAND,
we are running a second week of
 
A Taste of Provence
14th-21st April, 2012
with Elisabeth Luard
& David Wheeler
 

A mouthwatering week of French food, French wines, Provencal landscapes and gardens in spring. In the company of Elisabeth Luard our cookery expert and David Wheeler, our own gardening writer, you will be guided through the wild flowers and gardens of the Luberon and beyond.  Trips to restaurants, time to swim and relax, wine-tasting and cookery lessons.  To find out more, ring Charlotte Fairbairn on 020 7436 8801. Or e-mail charlottefairbairn@theoldie.co.uk.

 

**BOOK NOW - PLACES GOING FAST**
A Taste of Palladio and Venice
with Huon Mallalieu
28 September -
6 October 2012 

To stay in a wonderful Italian Palladian villa; to be accompanied around the architecture of the Veneto by a charming and scholarly expert; to be wined and dined by the most trusted of Oldie scions of food and drink. What could be more enticing? For more information, click on this link.  Or e-mail charlottefairbairn@theoldie.co.uk.
 
A Taste of Andalucia
with Elisabeth Luard
& Robert Joseph
7-14 June 2012

The Oldie has been to Puglia and Scilly and Tuscany, and in June next year, we are taking a further group of readers to Andalucia.  The trip combines food, wine, the normally unseen Andalucia and visits to the lovely towns of Ronda & Jerez, the latter during the world-famous horse fair.  For more details please click here. Or email charlottefairbairn@theoldie.co.uk. 
  
OLDIE BOOKS
The Oldie Annual 2012

At last, the Oldie Annual 2012!  Available to buy now and overflowing, as ever, with the Oldie's classic combination of humour, irreverence and wit. Features by Oldie regular columnists such as Virginia Ironside, Raymond Briggs and James Le Fanu jostle for space with articles by luminaries of English letters such as PD James and our very own Richard Ingrams. All this and much more, for just £9.99 Click here to order
 
Seaside Resorts
Candida Lycett-Green

A celebration of the British seaside resort, this latest work from Oldie regular contributor Candida Lycett-Green visits fifty of the best across England and Wales, from Broadstairs to Bridlington, Southwold to Swanage, Torquay to Tenby.  Beautifully illustrated, jauntily observed. £14.99  "If there’s a better book to give for Christmas published this autumn, I’d like to see it." The Spectator Click here to order
 
My Passion for Water
Small Ships, Big Experiences

Thirty celebrities share their memories of their
favourite seas, rivers and oceans in this beautifully presented large-format book.  Each memory is illustrated with fabulous photography.  Contributors include Joan Whitfield, Ranulph Fiennes, Anna Ford, Ann Widdecombe, Michael Palin and Frederick Forsyth.

This fascinating collection has been put together by Noble Caledonia in aid of Just a Drop.  £14.99
Click here to order
 
 
Recipes and Ramblings
By our cookery columnist Elisabeth Luard.

The book is a collection of recipes from her regular column of the last 10 years - beautifully illustrated by Elisabeth, one of Britain's best-loved, award-winning cookery writers.  Click here to order

The Oldie Book of Crosswords

The Oldie's Antico has been setting crosswords      since the early 1990s, and his puzzles have always been hugely popular with readers. Herewith 100 of the best his crosswords from the last 11 years including 50 difficult puzzles for 'geniuses' and 50 for the 'morons'. The foreword is by Colin Dexter, well known crossword enthusiast and writer of the Inspector Morse novels.

Click here to order

The Oldie Annual 2011

The Oldie Annual 2011 brings gems from our regular columnists such as Virginia Ironside, Raymond Briggs and James Le Fanu alongside from Duncan Campbell on the decline of English robbery, from Austin Mitchell on the strange death of New Labour, and from Peter Wheeler who remembers the presenter Bill Grundy. The editor is especially pleased to include some of our best illustrators, the late Paul Hogarth, the long-serving Robert Geary and a selection of our cover artists.

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Unwrecked England

Candida Lycett Green has been writing her Unwrecked England column for The Oldie since its launch in 1992. Her new book gathers together one hundred of her favourite places. She tells us more about the book and why these places are special.

Click here to read the full article and order the book

The Oldie Book of Cartoons

If you enjoy our cartoons, you will love The Oldie  Book of Cartoons 1992-2009. A delightful compendium of many Oldie highlights, all chosen by Richard Ingrams.

Click here for Richard Ingrams' thoughts on Oldie cartoons and to order

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