The Regulars

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Edited by Rosie Boycott

The Regulars

From the archives...

Interview: Gene Wilder

by Mavis Nicholson

Hollywood's comic genius talks to Mavis Nicholson about heaven, hell, life, death, and why he discourages people from becoming actors…

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Gardening with guns

I looked out to see two squirrels eating corn meant for the birds. So I got my gun and I shot one...

Do Nothing to Change Your Life

by Stephen Cottrell

There is power in sitting still and doing nothing, says the Bishop of Reading

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It's our regular slots that make The Oldie truly unique…

TIPS FOR MEANIES Jane Thynne on coffee

MODERN LIFE What is a staycation? William Stirling explains

OLDEN LIFE What was a remittance man? Mark Baker remembers

MEMORIAL James Hughes-Onslow on Sir Alastair Aird

UNWRECKED ENGLAND Candida Lycett Green on The Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

DEAR MAVIS... The Oldie's agony aunt is Mavis Nicholson
Talk to yourself by all means, but don't start answering back

READERS WRITE Your letters

LITERARY COMPETITION Tessa Castro judges your poems

MORON & GENIUS CROSSWORDS by Antico