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The Oldie Magazine - Saturday 4th July
In the August issue
What's in this month's Oldie?
Dr Johnson special • How I Killed Ireland's Oldest Man • Sister Wendy • Rosie Boycott on Skid Row • Erin Pizzey • Akenfield at Forty • Great Bores of Today... and much much more...
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Are there ten or more people in your address book who are dead? Do you save string?…
Literary lunch videos
We have been videoing the speeches at our Literary Lunches. This week: Tony Benn.
Memorialwatch
We list forthcoming memorial services. Want to publicise a service? Email us and we'll add it to the listing.
Cartoon caption competition
Provide the caption for this month's cartoon and win a fabulous prize…
Welcome! The Oldie is Richard Ingrams' humorous monthly magazine, packed with great writers and cartoons - a veritable Private Eye for grown-ups...
| “Oh for goodness sake! Stop celebrating Britishness...” |
| “We've been born into a surveillance society.” |
| “The rooms are too small!” |
| “We need to work on our relationship, Dad.” |
| “I just worry that being public enemy number one at such an early age is stifling my ambition.” |
| “Paul, can I bounce a few ideas off you?” |
| “Our newest model comes with a built-in hidden compartment for your life-savings.” |
| “I've got myself a toy-boy!” |
| “So much for Google - there's nothing about hiring contract killers!” |
| “Think of it this way - it's our money.” |
| “Speed bumps ahead” |
| “You'll have to excuse Billy - he has deeply held religious views.” |
| “If you'd squandered our savings like a man, we wouldn't be in this mess.” |
| “Think Afghanistan... this is a conflict you cannot win” |
| “How much to send this letterbomb?” |
| “This is a pick'n'mix ward. You choose your own medication.” |
Click here for cartoon archive ››
Richard Ingrams in the Independent
'NOBODY HAS soared so high and dived so low,' says David Miliband on his website, according to a report in The Times. He was referring, apparently, not to Tony Blair or Gordon Brown but to the late Michael Jackson. 'RIP Michael,' Miliband added in a pious afterthought.Click here for full article ››
The Oldie of the Year Awards 2009
Sir Terry Pratchett, John Sergeant and Andrew Sachs were among the winners at this year's Oldie of the Year Awards held at Simpson's-in-the-Strand on 24th February.
Click here for more details and to see some film footage of the event.
What is The Oldie?
RICHARD INGRAMS WRITES: "After editing Private Eye for over twenty years, I decided in 1992, along with a group of friends (Auberon Waugh, Alexander Chancellor and Stephen Glover), to launch The Oldie. The aim was to produce an antidote to youth culture but, more importantly, a magazine wih emphasis on good writing, humour and quality illustration..."
FOR fifteen years The Oldie has been publishing tales of chance enounters with the famous and infamous – writers, artists, politicians, rogues, murderers and more besides. Browse a selection from our archive here.
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