Regulars

• The Old Un's Notes
• Bliss on Toast Prue Leith
• Gyles Brandreth's Diary
• Grumpy Oldie Man Matthew Norman
• Olden Life: Who was A P Herbert? Rev Peter Mullen
• Modern Life: What is Fritzling? Mary Killen
• Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
• Country Mouse Giles Wood
• Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
• Small World Jem Clarke
• Profitable Wonders James le Fanu
• School Days Sophia Waugh
• Quite Interesting Things about... Springs John Lloyd
• God Sister Teresa
• Funeral Service: Bill Windham James Hughes-Onslow
• The Doctor's Surgery Theodore Dalrymple
• Readers' Letters
• I Once Met... Peter Ustinov Dan Zerdin
• Memory Lane
• Media Matters Stephen Glover
• History David Horspool
• Words and Stuff Johnny Grimond
• Rant: Boring adverts Martyn Hurst
• Crossword
• Bridge Andrew Robson
• Competition Tessa Castro
• Ask Virginia Ironside

Features

• My great Dorothy L Sayers mystery Hilary Macaskill
• I invented the OAP street sign Yvonne Neville
• My friend, David Tomlinson Craig Brown
• Genius of Grinling Gibbons Loyd Grossman
• The knight who invented champagne Stephen Skelton
• Peter Cook and me Barry Humphries
• How to be a newsreader Nicholas Owen
• London's richest woman Simon Jenkins
• Joan Greenwood, my Mama, was born 100 years ago Jason Morell

Arts

• Film: Citizen Kane Harry Mount
• Radio Valerie Grove
• Television Roger Lewis
• Music Richard Osborne
• Golden Oldies Rachel Johnson
• Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

Books

• The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, by Paula Byrne AN Wilson
• Churchill & Son, by Josh Ireland Miranda Carter
• Philip Roth: The Biography, by Blake Bailey Maureen Freely
• The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance, by Ross King Charles Saumarez Smith
• Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels, by Hannah Ross Jane O'Grady
• The Screaming Sky, by Charles Foster Richard Davenport-Hines
• My Phantoms, by Gwendoline Riley Joanna Kavenna

Travel

• A good man in Africa: in the steps of Denys Finch Hatton Sara Wheeler
• Overlooked Britain: the stables at Manderston, Berwickshire Lucinda Lambton
• Taking a Walk: On the Wandlebury Roman road Patrick Barkham
• On the Road: Liz Hurley Louise Flind

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
• Getting Dressed: Catherine Butler Brigid Keenan
• Bird of the Month: Dunnock John McEwen