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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
At some point during adulthood, many of us started pretending to enjoy things we definitely hated as kids. Olives. Blue cheese. Red wine. Sparkling water that tastes like somebody whispered “fruit” into it from another room. Gen X especially became experts at this. Somewhere between paying council tax and buying kitchen appliances voluntarily, we convinced ourselves certain foods were “sophisticated.” And for years many of us quietly forced them down […]
FIFA is in ongoing talks over an earlier kick-off time for England's World Cup match against Mexico on Sunday due to the risk of severe weather disruption. The Football Association is discussing the potential change with the world governing body, though there is no clear outcome yet. The round-of-sixteen clash at the Azteca Stadium was scheduled for six o'clock local time, meaning one in the morning in England. Special licensing […]
Not every trend deserves a comeback. For every brilliant bit of nostalgia Gen X remembers fondly, there’s another trend we’re perfectly happy to leave buried somewhere in the past next to broken fax machines and forgotten New Romantic haircuts. Because while the 70s, 80s and 90s gave us amazing music, iconic films and some unforgettable TV, they also gave us some truly questionable ideas. And somehow, at the time, many […]
Andy Burnham has stated he has not yet chosen his chancellor, amid speculation regarding his potential cabinet if he runs unopposed in the Labour leadership contest. Speaking to LBC, the prime minister-in-waiting expressed frustration over Westminster's focus on personalities rather than policy and direction. He insisted he is deliberately focusing on setting out a new direction for the country, which he outlined on Monday. England have reached Sunday's T20 World […]
School taught us a lot of things. Some useful. Some confusing. Some completely impossible to apply in real life unless somebody urgently needs a compass or a recorder performance. But the most useful skills most Gen Xers ever learned usually came from somewhere else entirely. Parents. Jobs. Friends. Trial and error. Or complete panic. Because growing up in the Gen X era meant learning practical life skills whether you wanted […]
A teenager has drowned during a Duke of Edinburgh's Award trip in Wales. Emergency services were called to Powys on Tuesday evening after the eighteen-year-old entered the River Wye and could not be found. Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed his body was located following a search involving mountain rescue. A spokesperson for the scheme confirmed he was on his award expedition. A sixteen-year-old boy has been left with potentially life-threatening injuries following […]
Britain has invented some genuinely world-changing things. The World Wide Web. The telephone. The jet engine. The light bulb. Chocolate bars that mysteriously shrink every year. But while the big inventions get all the attention, there are loads of underrated British creations that quietly made everyday life better without getting the recognition they deserve. And Gen X grew up surrounded by many of them. Some were practical. Some were strange. […]
Serena Williams has lost on her return to Wimbledon, four years after her move away from tennis. The 44 year-old American was beaten by Australian Maya Joint, who is twenty-four years her junior, in their round-one clash on Centre Court. Williams, a seven-times Wimbledon champion, lost the match in three sets as Joint triumphed six-three, six-seven, six-three. It was her first singles match since the 2022 US Open. A patient […]
There was a time when you bought something… and then owned it. Simple. You bought a CD. It was yours. You bought a car. Also yours. You bought software. Yours again. You even bought a TV and somehow managed to watch it without creating an account, accepting cookies or signing up for a free trial that mysteriously became £9.99 a month. Gen X remembers this world well. Now? Everything feels […]
A long-delayed military spending plan will be published on Tuesday. Sir Keir Starmer said the defence investment plan will keep Britain safe and secure long into the future. The Ministry of Defence confirmed it includes five billion pounds to increase the Armed Forces' use of drones. It follows a thirteen-point-five billion pound funding increase agreed by the Treasury and Downing Street. A commercial pilot has reported colliding with a drone […]
