Regulars

• The Old Un's notes
• Gyles Brandreth's Diary
• Grumpy Old Man Matthew Norman
• Olden Life: What were postmen's huts? Joel Hancock
• Modern Life: What are picky bits? Richard Godwin
• Oldie Man of Letters AN Wilson
• Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
• School Days Sophia Waugh
• Prue's News Prue Leith
• Small World Jem Clarke
• Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
• Country Mouse Giles Wood
• History David Horspool
• God Sister Teresa Keswick
• Thanksgiving Service: Sir Ralph Robins Harry Mount
• The Doctor's Surgery Dr Theodore Dalrymple
• Readers' Letters
• I Once Met ... Oleg Gordievsky Alexis Parr
• Memory Lane Richard Noble
• Commonplace Corner
• Rant: Blood-pressure pills Patricia Huth Ellis
• Crossword
• Bridge Andrew Robson
• Competition Tessa Castro
• Ask Virginia Virginia Ironside

Features

• The man behind 'Oh, hello!' Stephen Fry
• Why parents need to listen to their children Anna Tyzack
• Snoring isn't boring Ruth Talbot
• Earl Spencer's book about Diana Hugo Vickers
• The bus tour is back in style Nina Stibbe
• My father was a giant Catriona Olding
• Disappearing act Roberta Planer
• The secret concealed in Dickens's desk Caitlin Davies
• Reggie Perrin Peter Dyke
• How to catch a book thief Matt Lincoln
• My complicated grandfather William Cook
• Fat Friars Michael Carter
• Fanny Cradock's disastrous mistake Paul Heiney
• How to throw a party Mary Killen

Arts

• Film: Remake Harry Mount
• Theatre: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? William Cook
• Radio Valerie Grove
• Television Frances Wilson
• Music Richard Osborne
• Golden Oldies Mark Ellen
• Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

Books

• Napoleon and His Marshals: Victory, Rivalry, Betrayal, by Andrew Roberts Alan Judd
• The Steps: A Memoir, by Sylvester Stallone Christopher Sandford
• Out of Colditz: My Father the POW and the Nazi Who Controlled His Fate, by David Lascelles David Vaiani
• Aristotle: The First Teacher, by Philip Freeman Christopher Bray
• Inside Oxford: Secrets, Stories, and Strange Traditions, by Oliver Carter Alexander Larman
• The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic, by Malcolm Gladwell Ivo Dawney

Travel

• Puglia's best-kept secrets Nancy Dell'Olio
• Spectacular art in Ghent and Bruges William Cook
• On the Road: Jan Leeming Louise Flind
• Taking a Walk: The treasures of Bentley Wood, Hampshire 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 Neil Collins
• Bird of the Month: White-fronted goose John McEwen