Radio Oldie

Harry Mount

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led magazine podcast focused on literature, journalism, history, and cultural features, with external guests typically including authors, critics, journalists, and subject-matter experts. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors, literary commentators, historians, biographers, and cultural specialists with authoritative work or a strong connection to a timely book or feature; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 494

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 124 subscribers

Instagram: 12.0k followers

Contact Information

editorial@theoldie.co.uk

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Host

Harry Mount - Editor of The Oldie who presents its podcast and interviews contributors and invited guests about the magazine's features and literary events.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, journalists, critics, historians, literary figures, and specialists with authoritative expertise or a strong connection to a book, feature, or cultural subject.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Award-winning journalism or literary work, Recognized specialist expertise, Professional experience relevant to historical or cultural subjects

Recent Guest Discussions

Amanda Craig - Her Latest Novel, High And Low, And Her Work As A State-of-the-nation Novelist.

Titus Mills - The 1944 Allied Landings In Holland, The Veterans He Knew, And His Readers' Visit To Arnhem.

Recent Topics

Literature, History, Journalism, Art, Biography

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Radio Oldie
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493: When Harry Met Fruity - Ed Stourton remembered

July 30, 2026

Charlotte 'Fruity' Metcalf pays tribute to her dear Cambridge friend, the BBC broadcaster Ed Stourton, who has died at 68.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

492: Amanda Craig in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

July 27, 2026

Amanda Craig is a critic, award-winning journalist and author. She’s one of our only female state-of-the-nation novelists and has been compared with Balzac, Trollope and Dickens.  She talks to Charlotte Metcalf about her latest novel High and Low.This week's podcast is kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford, Actual Investors, who take a long-term approach to investing in exceptional companies.

491: Titus Mills in conversation with Harry Mount

July 20, 2026

Titus Mills is a headmaster - and an expert on Operation Market Garden, the doomed Allied landings in Holland in 1944, recalled in A Bridge Too Far (1977).As we approach the 82nd anniversary, Titus took a group of Oldie readers to Arnhem. There, he told Harry Mount about the many veterans he got to know and their epic, heroic actions.  

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