1
The Oldie September 2018 3 Features 8 Olden Life: Who was Sir Henry Wood? Rev Peter Mullen 8 Modern Life: What is immersive theatre? Anna Savory 12 The golden age of Soho Christopher Howse 15 Tom Maschler – publisher par excellence John Walsh 18 My father, Roy Kinnear Rory Kinnear 22 The remarkable scrapbooks of Eric Ravilious Peyton Skipwith 26 The Queen Mother’s lady-in-waiting turns 100 Harry Mount 30 The sad tale of Christopher Robin Roger Lewis Regulars 5 The Old Un’s Notes 9 Raymond Briggs 10 Media Matters Stephen Glover 32 The Way We Live Now Dafydd Jones 34 Grumpy Oldie Man Matthew Norman 35 Short Cuts Anne Robinson 36 Gyles Brandreth’s Diary 37 Reader Trip: Marrakech 37 Greydar 39 Postcards from the Edge Mary Kenny 40 Town Mouse Tom Hodgkinson 41 Country Mouse Giles Wood 42 I Once Met… Genesis 42 Memory Lane 44 School Days Sophia Waugh 44 Home Front Alice Pitman 45 Wilfred De’Ath 47 Getting Dressed: Barbara Hulanicki Brigid Keenan 48 History David Horspool 51 On The Road: David Gower Louise Flind 53 Rachel Johnson’s Golden Oldies 53 British Building Styles 54 Readers’ Letters 68 Literary Lunches 69 Words and Stuff Johnny Grimond 69 Rant: Parking permits 74 Field Guide: School Pupil 82 Travel: Cartagena Fiona Pitt-Kethley 85 Travel: Charleston William Cook 88 Overlooked Britain Lucinda Lambton 89 Taking a Walk Patrick Barkham 90 God Sister Teresa 90 Memorial Service: Alex Beckett James Hughes-Onslow 91 Profitable Wonders James Le Fanu 92 Digital Life Matthew Webster 92 Money Matters Margaret Dibben 93 The Doctor’s Surgery Theodore Dalrymple 94 Reader Course: Journalism 95 Bird of the Month: Oystercatcher John McEwen 97 Crossword Antico 98 Bridge Andrew Robson 98 Competition Tessa Castro 106 Ask Virginia Ironside Books 57 Ctrl Alt Delete by Tom Baldwin Stephen Glover 59 Robert Graves – From Great War to Good-Bye to All That, 1895-1929 by Jean Moorcroft Wilson Nicola Shulman 59 The Last Englishmen: Love, War and the End of Empire by Deborah Baker Peter Parker 61 The Cut Out Girl: A Story of Moray House, 23/31 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7PA www.theoldie.co.uk 020 7436 8801 [email protected] Editor Harry Mount Sub-editor Nigel Summerley Art editor John Bowling Books editor Claudia FitzHerbert Supplements editor Liz Anderson Digital editor Annabel Sampson Editorial assistant Ferdie Rous Publisher James Pembroke Patron saint Jeremy Lewis At large Richard Beatty Our quiet American David Kowitz Greydar Emily Steer Oldie Subs: write to The Oldie Rockwood House 9-16 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3DH Call 0330 333 0195 or [email protected] Website subscribe.theoldie.co.uk Advertising For display contact Lisa Martin or Paul Pryde on 020 3859 7093 or 020 3859 7095 For classified contact Albert Hunt on: 020 3859 7094 [email protected] Literary lunch bookings Call Laura on 01225 427 311 Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm [email protected] News-stand enquiries [email protected] Front cover John Springs FREE AD ON GREYDAR See page 37 War and Family, Lost and Found by Bart van Es Joanna Kavenna 62 The Secret World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher Andrew A S H Smyth 65 Red Thread by Charlotte Higgins Laura Beatty 66 Putney by Sofka Zinovieff Elisa Segrave Arts 70 Film Marcus Berkmann 71 Theatre Paul Bailey 71 Radio Valerie Grove 73 Television Roger Lewis 74 Music Richard Osborne 75 Exhibitions Huon Mallalieu Pursuits 77 Gardening David Wheeler 77 Kitchen Garden Simon Courtauld 78 Cookery Elisabeth Luard 78 Restaurants James Pembroke 79 Drink Bill Knott 81 Sport Jim White 81 Motoring Alan Judd Reader Offers Come to Marrakech p37 Literary Lunches p68 Journalism Course p94 ABC circulation figure Jul–Dec 2017: 44,721 Tom Maschler’s cover story page 15 Rory Kinnear on Roy Kinnear page 18 Eric Ravilious’s lost scrapbooks page 22 NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS NUMBER 0330 333 0195 ITV/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK 003 Contents 365 v1.indd 3 03/08/2018 12:12
