Regulars

• The Old Un’s Notes
• Gyles Brandreth’s Diary
• Olden Life: What were railway camping coaches? Bill Riley
• Modern Life: What is leng? Charlotte Metcalf
• Mary Killen’s Beauty Tips
• History David Horspool
• Oldie Man of Letters A N Wilson
• Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
• Country Mouse Giles Wood
• Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
• School Days Sophia Waugh
• Small World Jem Clarke
• God Sister Teresa
• Memorial Service:Alexander Cameron KC James Hughes-Onslow
• The Doctor’s Surgery Dr Theodore Dalrymple
• I Once Met... Gérard Depardieu Leo Dobbs
• Memory Lane Caroline Crossley
• Readers’ Letters
• Commonplace Corner
• Rant: Running Nancy Hogg
• Crossword
• Bridge Andrew Robson
• Competition Tessa Castro
• Ask Virginia Ironside

Features

• Jilly Cooper on sex and soccer Harry Mount
• In praise of mindlessness Martin Stephen
• Going behind after the show Simon Williams
• Hampstead’s artistic highs and lows Peter York
• My dad was my headmaster Quentin Letts
• Let’s hear it for weepy films Griff Rhys Jones
• Nun with a rebel habit John McEntee
• Death of the combover Dwight Garner
• Sunglasses suit oldies Liz Hodgkinson
• C S Lewis revisited Reverend Michael Coren
• Why we fall for financial scams Neil Collins
• Hoarder disorder Frances Wilson

Arts

• Film: Doctor Jekyll Harry Mount
• Theatre: King Lear William Cook
• Radio Valerie Grove
• Television Frances Wilson
• Music Richard Osborne
• Golden Oldies Rachel Johnson
• Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

Books

• Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward III, by Jane Tippett Hugo Vickers
• Tackle! by Jilly Cooper Rachel Johnson
• Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South-East (Pevsner Buildings of England),revised by Simon Bradley Christopher Howse
• A Memoir of My Former Self: My Life in Writing, by Hilary Mantel Jasper Rees
• Pru & Me: A Love Story, by Timothy West Roger Lewis
• Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, by David Petraeus andAndrew Roberts Alan Judd
• Justinian: Emperor,Soldier, Saint, by Peter Sarris Justin Warshaw
• The Unlikely Duke, by Harry Beaufort Mary Killen

Travel

• John Lavery’s Dublin Harry Mount
• Overlooked Britain: JFK Memorial, Surrey Lucinda Lambton
• On the Road: Zoë Wanamaker Louise Flind
• Taking a Walk: Windy Wigtown Patrick Barkham

Pursuits

• Gardening David Wheeler
• Kitchen Garden Simon Courtauld
• Cookery Elisabeth Luard
• Restaurants James Pembroke
• Drink Bill Knott
• Sport Jim White
• Motoring Alan Judd
• Digital Life Matthew Webster
• Money Matters Margaret Dibben
• Bird of the Month: Short- eared owl John McEwen