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

Sunday, 2 June 2019

Britain is still a country for an old D-Day Veteran, Peace Campaigner and Soulful Singer called Jim Radford

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Jim, who is 90 years old, was a 15 year old galley boy serving on the tug the Empire Larch when it sailed to join the Normandy D-Day inv...
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Friday, 31 May 2019

Britain, a country where old men in need of social care have an advocat in similarly old, New York-born, documentary film maker, Roger Graef

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Roger, theatre director and filmmaker, who is 83 years old, was born in New York in 1936 and moved to Britain when he was 26 in 1962, wher...
Sunday, 26 May 2019

Britain is no country for old model railway enthusiasts from Market Deeping Model Railway Club, but is a country with an old rock star enthusiast called Rod Stewart

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Market Deeping Model Railway Club based in the market village of that name in Lincolnshire has held its annual model railway show at Stamf...
Monday, 20 May 2019

Brexit-obsessed Britain is set to remain no country for neglected old men in England living in Care Home Deserts

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Of the four nations which constitute Britain, it is in England that 1.3 million elderly men and women over the age of 65 live in areas in...
Friday, 17 May 2019

Britain, mired in Brexit, is still a country for and is grateful to the valour of an old D-Day veteran called Harry Read

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Harry Read is 94 years old, but on D-Day on June 6th 1944 he was a fresh-faced 20 year old who was a wireless operator and, as part of the...
Monday, 13 May 2019

Britain is a country where old men bid "Farewell" to Doris Day who beguiled them with her voice and presence on the cinema screen when they were boys

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What you possibly didn't know about American actor and singer Doris, who has died at the age of 97, that she : * was born Doris Ka...
Sunday, 12 May 2019

Britain is no longer a country for and says "Farewell" to an old and great TV broadcaster and erstwhile Labour politician called Brian Walden

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What you possibly didn't know about Brian, who has died at the age of  86 years and will be remembered by his forensic TV interviews of ...
Thursday, 9 May 2019

Brexit Britain, though convulsed in political crisis, is still a country where old men of Merit can have a peaceful luncheon with their Sovereign at Windsor Castle

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These old men and women were gathered together this week to sit down to luncheon with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Ca...
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