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Brian's Weekly Rubbish


Refugees and a Red Carpet
Hi Everyone A few years ago, I researched my family tree. I got back to 1710 when Matthew Mate married Ann Biker at a church about 20...
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Aug 23, 20253 min read


Two Empires and a Mushroom Cloud
Hi Everyone Now, as you know, I am just approaching middle age, so I was certainly not around almost two thousand years ago, wearing a...
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Aug 15, 20253 min read


We've Just Been on a Summer Holiday
Hi Everyone It was interesting to read a couple of weeks ago that one of the effects of climate change was that people were beginning to...
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Aug 9, 20253 min read


Get Yourself a Heavy Metal Tattoo
Hi Everyone When my children and grandchildren said that they were hungry, my usual answer was that they had never been hungry in their...
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Aug 2, 20253 min read


Old Men Ruling the World
Hi Everyone Did you realise that many of the world leaders are approaching middle age and nearly all are hoping to leave a legacy for the...
brianmate
Jul 26, 20253 min read


Some Things Never Change
Hi Everyone Although we have never been weekly cinema goers, we have always enjoyed a visit to our local cinema when there was an...
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Jul 19, 20253 min read


Perhaps the Heat Has Got to Me This Week
Hi Everyone What a relief to realise that the central heating has been off for some weeks now, and as we pay the same amount for our...
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Jul 12, 20253 min read


Extreme Days Out for the Middle Aged
Hi Everyone I read this week about a lady who is attempting to visit 50 cities before she reaches the age of fifty. That does not sound...
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Jul 5, 20253 min read


Social Media and a Love of Music
Hi Everyone This week, I read that one of our young tennis stars was affected in a negative way by some of the posts she had seen on her...
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Jun 28, 20253 min read


Definitely a Week to Remember
Hi Everyone Some of the most feared and unpopular world leaders like Putin, that funny little man from North Korea, and Mr China, seem to...
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Jun 21, 20253 min read


Try to Remember That You Are Unique
Hi Everyone As a boy at school, I did not appear to have had a problem learning to read and write. This week one of our best celebrity...
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Jun 14, 20253 min read


An Optimistic Future for Everyone Here in Britain
Hi Everyone One of he things that we probably hear too often is the question “Is Britain broken?”. In a radio interview, a politician...
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Jun 7, 20253 min read


Some Things Never Change
Hi Everyone One of the first jobs I did when I went to work for the Funeral Director and the bricklayer of dubious ability in 1960 was to...
brianmate
May 31, 20253 min read


Looking Forward toWinter
Hi Everyone When we were kids, I remember that you could buy Ostermilk, which came in a large tin. I have no idea what the contents of...
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May 24, 20253 min read


The Musings of a Man Approaching Middle Age
Hi Everyone This week, our national broadcasting company, the BBC, is asking people how they see the future of the organisation due to...
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May 17, 20253 min read


The Joys of Approaching Middle Age
Ho Everyone Now I bet that you think that the challenging approach to middle age is not something to look forward to but I can tell you...
brianmate
May 10, 20253 min read


Back in the Distant Past
Hi Everyone Back in 1970, yes, all that long time ago, we had a holiday on the Greek island of Rhodes. A few years before we were there,...
brianmate
May 2, 20253 min read


Do Birds Lay Easter Eggs?
Hi Everyone This week, I asked my friend Google why we give each other Easter eggs. It is, of course, because an egg symbolises new life,...
brianmate
Apr 26, 20253 min read


The Celebration of a Life
Hi Everyone Last week we travelled nearly two hundred miles to a f------. He was a cousin on the Senior Partner's side of the family,...
brianmate
Apr 19, 20253 min read


Don't We All Need A Liberation Day
Hi Everyone I suppose that nearly all of us have had Liberation Days along the way. After years of the "best time in your life", it was...
brianmate
Apr 5, 20253 min read
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