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Brendan Brown
Contributor at Scandinavia Standard
- 43 stories
- Writing since 2026
Brendan Brown is co-founder of Brown Brothers Media. He founded The Expert Editor in 2012 and Global English Editing in 2014, working professionally as an editor before moving into publishing.
Signature pieces
- + Lifestyle Since 2008 it has been illegal in Switzerland to own a single guinea pig, because the law classes them as social… Aug 26, 2026
- + Psychology Psychology says the reason older people stop caring what others think isn't that they've grown cold Aug 19, 2026
- + Psychology Psychology says the smallest courtesies are often the most revealing Aug 19, 2026
All stories
- Aug 17, 2026 Psychology says people who aren't genuinely good are almost never cruel in obvious ways + Psychology
- Aug 17, 2026 Psychology says people who keep their circle extremely small as they age aren't becoming antisocial + Psychology
- Aug 14, 2026 Psychology says the phrase 'we weren't rich but we had everything we needed' isn't really a description of your… + Psychology
- Aug 13, 2026 "Back to the Future" was rejected over 40 times by studios who thought it was too wholesome, and a Universal executive… + Lifestyle
- Aug 13, 2026 Billy Joel wrote "Piano Man" about a lounge gig he actually worked in Los Angeles under the fake name Bill Martin… + Music
- Aug 12, 2026 Psychology explains why the dog in your bed might be your most stable relationship + Psychology
- Aug 12, 2026 Psychology says people who return their shopping cart when no one's around aren't just following rules + Psychology
- Aug 12, 2026 "Dancing Queen" was performed in public for the first time at a gala for the King of Sweden's wedding in 1976, two… + Music
- Aug 12, 2026 ABBA turned down a billion dollars to reunite in 2000, one of the largest offers ever made to a band, and Björn later… + Music