Britain is no country for old men

'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

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Wednesday, 24 July 2024

'Britain is No Country for Old Men' paid tribute to six remarkable women in 2022


Britain says "Farewell" to Beryl Vertue, the Visionary Matriarch who worked in a world of film and television production dominated by men



Britain says "Farewell" and "Thankyou" to the last of Hull's 'Headscarf Heroes', Yvonne Blenkinsop



Wales made and Britain says "Farewell" to the Grande Dame of Television Celebrity Interviewers, Mavis Nicholson


Ireland made, but the World has lost that fearless traveller and much loved writer of travel books, Dervla Murphy



Britain made and the USA has lost Audrey Evans, Creator of 'Staging' for kids with cancer and Ronald McDonald Homes for their moms and dads



Britain has lost and Northern Ireland says "Goodbye" to its fearless May Blood, who fought in a male-dominated world to gain rights and improve the lives of its women


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Wednesday, 17 July 2024

Britain is no Country for Old Men presents its eight most popular obituaries for 2023



Britain says "Farewell" to its Writer, Ronald Blythe, best remembered for his masterly evocation of English rural life in a village called of Akenfield

 


Britain says "Farewell" its last remaining ‘SAS Rogue Hero’, Mike Sadler




Britain's teachers say "Farewell" to their towering beacon of light, the brilliant, charismatic educationalist, Tim Brighouse



Britain says "Goodbye" to cartoonist, Tony Husband, best remembered for his loving portrayal of his Dad's dementia in 'Take Care Son'




Time for Britain to honour and pay tribute to its Master Stone Carver, Rory Young 




Britain says "Farewell" to Kit Hesketh-Harvey, its Master where Words meet Music and joyous Renaissance Man




Britain says "Farewell" to our old and revered, Prince of Film Critics, Derek Malcolm




Britain says "Farewell" to Mik Critchlow, much-loved Photographer of the life and people of a Town called Ashington


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