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

Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Britain is a country where old men remember 1969, a band called 'Thunderclap Newman' and a year when there was 'Something in the Air'

Andy "Thunderclap" Newman, who died aged 73 in 2015, was a jazz pianist and founder member of 'Thunderclap Newman', a cobb...

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Britain is a country where old men remember the year 1967, a singer called Ray Davies a band called 'The Kinks' and song called 'Waterloo Sunset'

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Britain is the country where old men watch Chalamet's Dylan and remember the year 1965 when they too yelled with all of their might

A Complete Unknown Britain is a country where old men, once lads, remember a summer's afternoon in 1965, in a school called Eltham Gre...

Friday, 6 September 2024

Britain remembers Film Director Mike Hodges and his movie masterpiece : 'Get Carter'

Mike, who died at the age of ninety 90 in 2022, had a long and varied career in the media as a screenwriter, television director, playwright...

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...

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...............................JohnBoy: 70+ post-Second World War baby-boomer looking for and finding some surprising answers to the question : "Is Britain no country for Old Men ?"

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