The Oldie

The oldies, they are a-changin’

The good news is that the generation gap is over – that incompatible hostility between the generations, described by writers from Shakespeare to Bob Dylan.

And now that Dylan, who’s just turned 80, is part of our oldie culture, the generations understand one another better than ever before.

That is one theory arising from the news that in America and Britain – and elsewhere – more young adults are living with their parents. The COVID

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