Friday, 15 June 2012

Britain is a country where old men say " Goodbye" to an old cinematographer called Christopher Challis who brightened their lives and widened their eyes at 'the pictures' when they were boys

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Chris Challis, Director of Photography who worked on more than 70 films from the 1930's to 1980's and was a key membe...
Thursday, 14 June 2012

Britain is no country for old men trying to cross the road safely in town and city

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An article in the 'Daily Mail' today was entitled : Pelican racetracks! Green man crossings are a death trap for any p...
Sunday, 10 June 2012

Britain is no country for old men because they look old

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An article in 'The Obsever' newspaper today was entitled : Elderly struck by 'epidemic' of body image and eating dis...
Saturday, 9 June 2012

Britain is still a country for and says "Happy Birthday" to a very old and brilliant, marxist historian called Eric Hobsbawn

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Eric Hobsbawn, marxist historian and intellectual, was born during the First World War, 95 years ago today. I remember his books being on ...
Friday, 8 June 2012

Britain was no country and the Thames no river for old sailors on HMS Belfast on the day of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Flotilla

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The BBC's pre publicity for the celebrations in London last weekend raised expectations with : Follow Fearne during The Queen...
Thursday, 7 June 2012

Britain is still a country for and says "Happy Birthday" to an old actor called Ronald Pickup

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Ronald, who is 72 years old today, fist came to my attention when I saw him playing the Prime Minister, William Pitt, with his voice and gra...
Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Britain is a country where poor, hungry old men go to hospital and rich, well fed kings and queens go to banquets

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As part of the Queen's Jubilee celebration June 6th last week, 12 members of the Royal Family joined the Queen to welcome th...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Britain is a country where four old knights called Cliff Richard, Tom Jones, Elton John and Paul McCartney sang for an old Queen in her 'Jubilee Concert' outside an old Palace

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Like millions of others, yesterday I watched on tv, the open air concert, held outside Buckingham Palace in London in celebration of the Qu...
Monday, 4 June 2012

Britain is no country for an old Prince called Charles waiting and waiting to be King

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An article in 'The Gaurdian' this week was entitled : Charles in waiting: 63-year-old pays tribute to Queen – and his own dest...
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Sunday, 3 June 2012

Britain is a country where old Princes accompany an old Queen up an old river to celebrate her long reign in her old realm

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Headlines in Britain today : Queen Elizabeth joins giant jubilee flotilla in London Like millions of other Britons, I...