Regulars

• The Old Un's Notes
• Bliss on Toast Prue Leith
• Gyles Brandreth's Diary Gyles Brandreth
• Grumpy Oldie Man Matthew Norman
• Olden Life: What were detachable shirt collars? William Freeman
• Modern Life: What is the Human Library? Sonia Zhuravylova
• Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
• Country Mouse Giles Wood
• Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
• Letter from America Philip Delves Broughton
• Profitable Wonders James Le Fanu
• School Days Sophia Waugh
• Happy 200th Birthday, Engels! Christopher Sandford
• Home Front Alice Pitman
• God Sister Teresa
• Memorial Service: James Humes OBE James Hughes-Onslow
• The Doctor's Surgery Theodore Dalrymple
• Readers' Letters
• I Once Met... Graham Greene Gavin Henderson
• Memory Lane
• Media Matters Stephen Glover
• Words and Stuff Johnny Grimond
• Rant: Stadium names Fergus Kelly
• History David Horspool
• Crossword
• Bridge Andrew Robson
• Competition Tessa Castro
• Ask Virginia Ironside

Features

• The Gospel according to Diana Rigg Rev Peter Mullen
• Victoria Wood's lovely letters Jasper Rees
• I swam across the North Pole Lewis Pugh
• Secret family words Ysenda Maxtone Graham
• Whodunnit? Dick Francis or his wife? William Cook
• My friend, a grumpy war hero P D Duffaud
• Back to university - at 62 Nicola Walker
• Lucky Jim and my unlucky grandpa Jenny Bardwell
• My dad built the Mayflower Randal Charlton
• A N Wilson - the man who knows so much Frances Wilson

Arts

• Film: The Duke Harry Mount
• Theatre: The Mousetrap is back! Madeline Smith
• Radio Valerie Grove
• Television Roger Lewis
• Music Richard Osborne
• Golden Oldies Rachel Johnson
• Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

Books

• The Windsor Diaries: A Childhood with the Princesses, by Alathea Fitzalan Howard Nicky Haslam
• Diary of an MP's Wife, by Sasha Swire Sarah Sands
• Agent Sonya, by Ben Macintyre John Preston
• Tom Stoppard: A Life, by Hermione Lee Michael Billington
• Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood, by Jasper Rees Tanya Gold
• The Haunting of Alma Fielding, by Kate Summerscale Kate Hubbard
• Inside Story: A Novel/How to Write, by Martin Amis A S H Smyth

Travel

• Barbados revisited James Pembroke
• Overlooked Britain: the Duke of Clarence Memorial, Windsor Lucinda Lambton
• Taking a Walk: North Norfolk's dog-friendly coast path 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
• Getting Dressed: John Crace Brigid Keenan
• Bird of the Month John McEwen