✽ Happy 30th birthday to The Oldie!
The first issue of the magazine (pictured) came out on 21st February 1992.
Richard Ingrams, the founding editor, said, ‘Many claim to have thought of the idea of The Oldie, including Alexander Chancellor and John McEwen, two of our backers. Another claimant is Ian Hislop, editor of
Private Eye. He is certainly one of the keenest enthusiasts, partly, I suspect, because if the magazine is successful, it will stop me hanging around in the Private Eye offices.’
Richard Ingrams is happily still with us, as editor, died in 2017.
