Regulars

• The Old Un’s Notes
• Gyles Brandreth’s Diary
• Grumpy Oldie Man Matthew Norman
• Olden Life: Who was Boethius? Lindsay Johns
• Modern Life: What is heteropessimism? Richard Godwin
• Oldie Man of Letters A N Wilson
• Mary Killen’s Beauty Tips
• History David Horspool
• Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson
• Country Mouse Giles Wood
• Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny
• Small World Jem Clarke
• School Days Sophia Waugh
• God Sister Teresa
• Memorial Service: Nigel Lawson James Hughes-Onslow
• The Doctor’s Surgery Dr Theodore Dalrymple
• Readers’ Letters
• I Once Met ... Arthur Miller Benedict Nightingale
• Commonplace Corner
• Rant: On-screen pop-ups Carolyn Whitehead
• Crossword
• Bridge Andrew Robson
• Competition Tessa Castro
• Ask Virginia Ironside

Features

• Best ever Christmas film Christopher Sandford
• Oldie of the Year Awards 2023
• Not mad – just sad Rachel Kelly
• Matchbox art Michael Foley
• Robert Hardy, my Dad Justine Hardy
• Rules of entertainment Lulu Taylor
• Colour-blindness doesn’t impede my art John Rattigan
• My parents were ready to die Matthew Norman
• The churchwarden’s tale Nick Primmer
• Jeremy Lewis Prize Robert Parsons

Arts

• Film: Napoleon Harry Mount
• Theatre: The Witches William Cook
• Radio Valerie Grove
• Television Frances Wilson
• Music Richard Osborne
• Golden Oldies Rachel Johnson
• Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu

Books

• Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender, by Linda McDougall Quentin Letts
• Life at Full Tilt: The Selected Writings of Dervla Murphy, edited by Ethel Crowley Dea Birkett
• Land of Shame and Glory, by Peter Hennessy Francis Beckett
• The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens, by Helena Kelly Jasper Rees
• Humanise, by Thomas Heatherwick Jonathan Meades
• Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary, by Nina Stibbe Harry Mount

Travel

• Advent in Aachen William Cook
• Overlooked Britain: a duke’s mausoleum in South Lanarkshire Lucinda Lambton
• On the Road: Rebecca Hall Louise Flind
• Taking a Walk: Slow road to Cheshire Patrick Barkham

Pursuits

• Gardening David Wheeler
• Kitchen Garden Simon Courtauld
• Cookery Elisabeth Luard
• Restaurants James Pembroke
• Sport Jim White
• Motoring Alan Judd
• Drink Bill Knott
• DigitalLife Matthew Webster
• Money Matters Neil Collins
• Bird of the Month: Red-Legged Partridge John McEwen