There are so many fond and fun memories evoked from a century now passed. Perhaps a penny for your thoughts with pre-decimalisation. A loosening of a stoic ‘stiff upper lip’, and understatement for which we were once famed. The pleasure of a postcard in its rearguard of pen and stamp to the instantaneous Social media. Favourite jokes of Barry Cryer which raise a harmless smile. The warm glow of recollection by a passage well written in a different manner for a different time. One is often enthused to share these passages of the past with those whose comprehension can enjoy their value.Wether with a page of paper, a digital screen or an email newsletter joy is to be had.

It tells me all I need to know as well as being thoroughly entertaining. Hope Harry Mount keeps up the good work.

Having had to reset my iPad, I opted to reinstall my apps individually, rather than use the backup, not wanting to reintroduce any fault on the system. This worked on every app except The Oldie.I have now found that by apparently purchasing a subscription directly from The Oldie, it has, though, awoken my Apple subscription - something neither Apple nor The Oldie have been able to tell me! Hence the dropped star!

I love The Oldie and have subscribed to the print edition for years.Due to eyesight deterioration I have changed to digital copy. I access it on my iPad, however I cannot make the page bigger, the print is too small to read, I have to email the page to myself, when I am able to ‘pinch apart’ the page to make the text bigger. Is it me?