Regulars

• The Old Un's Notes
• Gyles Brandreth's Diary
• Grumpy Oldie Man Matthew Norman
• Olden Life: What were charity football teams? John Harding
• Modern Life: What is ethical non-monogamy? Richard Godwin
• Media Matters Stephen Glover
• Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
• Country Mouse Giles Wood
• Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
• School Days Sophia Waugh
• Quite Interesting Things about... trees John Lloyd
• God Sister Teresa
• Funeral Service: Nicholas Parsons James Hughes-Onslow
• The Doctor's Surgery Theodore Dalrymple
• Readers' Letters
• I Once Met... Ringo Starr Reverend Don Tordoff
• Memory Lane Nicholas Hordern
• Small World Jem Clarke
• History David Horspool
• Words and Stuff Johnny Grimond
• Rant: Theatre Brandon Robshaw
• Crossword
• Bridge Andrew Robson
• Competition Tessa Castro
• Ask Virginia Ironside

Features

• 1950s school segregation Liz Hodgkinson
• Are You Being Served? turns 50 Roger Lewis
• Long live oldie Luddites Valerie Grove
• The Bomber Harris recipe book Tom Assheton
• The joy of dropping out Terrence Derbyshire
• My two dads Allegra Huston
• Branston, king of pickles turns 100 Sara Wheeler
• How to buy a picture Huon Mallalieu
• The first child star, William Betty Michael Arditti
• The genius behind Casablanca Nick Brown
• Never too old for netball Jenny Bardwell

Arts

• Film: Downton Abbey: A New Era Harry Mount
• Theatre: Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask Wiliam Cook
• Radio Valerie Grove
• Television Frances Wilson
• Music Richard Osborne
• Golden Oldies Rachel Johnson
• Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

Books

• The Palace Papers, by Tina Brown Hugo Vickers
• A Village in the Third Reich, by Julia Boyd, with Angela Patel Ivo Dawnay
• I Used to Live Here: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys, by Miranda Seymour Alan Judd
• Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose, by Alison Weir David Horspool
• English Gardening Eccentrics, by Todd Longstaff-Gowan David Wheeler
• Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK, by Simon Kuper Harry Mount
• Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World, by John Walsh Charlotte Metcalf
• Bad Relations, by Cressida Connolly Frances Wilson

Travel

• How the British made the Alps Rachel Johnson
• Overlooked Britain: Park Lane's Animals in War Memorial Lucinda Lambton
• On the Road: Maurice Gran Louise Flind
• Taking a Walk: Blean Woods, Kent 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: Common Sandpiper John McEwen
• Getting Dressed: William Dalrymple and Olivia Fraser Brigid Keenan