The Oldie

The Oldie

The Oldie magazine, Issue 340, October 2016
Editor	Alexander Chancellor
Frequency	Every four weeks
Total circulation (December 2016)	45,612
Founder	Richard Ingrams
Year founded	1992
Company	Oldie Publications Ltd.
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
Website	www.theoldie.co.uk
ISSN	0965-2507

The Oldie a British monthly magazine written for older people "as a light-hearted alternative to a press obsessed with youth and celebrity", according to their website. The magazine was launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams, who for 22 years was the magazine's editor following 23 years in the same post at Private Eye. In June 2014, after Ingrams's dispute with the magazine's publisher led to his departure, Alexander Chancellor became the editor. The circulation continues to rise.

The magazine was founded in 1992 by Richard Ingrams, previously editor of Private Eye, together with Alexander Chancellor. The magazine aimed to contrast with youth culture. The Independent on Sunday described it as "The most original magazine in the country".The Oldie magazine is owned by Oldie Publications Ltd.

It carries general-interest articles, humour and cartoons. Its contributors include James Le Fanu, John Sweeney, Thomas Stuttaford, Virginia Ironside, Stephen Glover and Raymond Briggs. It is sometimes regarded as a haven for "grumpy old men and women"—an image it has played up to over the years with such slogans as "The Oldie: Buy it before you snuff it", and its lampooning of youth subculture and what it sees as the absurdities of modern life. It was the first mainstream publication to break the Jimmy Savile sex scandal.

Despite being called The Oldie, the magazine often stresses that it is not an age-specific publication, and has many readers in their twenties, thirties and forties. It has similarities to Punch, Viz, The Spectator, Private Eye, and The New Yorker.