'That is no country for old men....Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.' W.B.Yeats 'Sailing To Byzantium.' 1926
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Britain is a country where old men say "Happy Birthday" to an American called Katherine Ross and an Australian called Germaine Greer
It is permissible for old men to remember beautiful women from their youth.
Katherine the American actress is 69 today, but for many old men in Britain, she is frozen in aspic in two films :
The Graduate : as Elaine Robinson in 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuTKPmHSGEc&feature=fvwrel
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid : as Etta Place in 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5l6rIUu4A
Germaine Greer the Australian feminist and writer is 72 today and will forever be remembered for her 1970 book :
Cooking with the chef Gordon Ramsay today :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrnnUfag2T0
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