The Yoko Ono problem
As David Sheff’s new biography reveals, decades of suspicion aimed at the provocative artist, musician and widow have obscured her…
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The Beatles’ brilliant friendship
The Paul McCartney-John Lennon bond is a great story of boys and men, class and fame, love and jealousy
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Why Paul McCartney cannot let it be
The great Beatle and the shadow of John Lennon.
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The end of Generation Rock
The music of the baby boomers survived into the 21st century, with stars still performing in their eighties. Can it…
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The fatal flaw in the “final” Beatles song
On “Now and Then”, created using AI, John Lennon’s voice is punchy and crisp. Does that make it a great…
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David Scheel Q&A: “I studied octopuses from a yellow submarine”
The marine biologist on the Beatles, eliminating single-use plastic, and animal self-awareness.
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Band on the rise: Paul McCartney’s candid Sixties photographs
The National Portrait Gallery exhibition of “forgotten” pictures will be revelatory for Beatles obsessives.
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The death of the groupie
The original mega-fan has shaped pop culture since the 1970s – but our ideas of sex, power and fame have…
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The last great Beatles gig
A recently unearthed recording of the band playing at Stowe school has a strong claim on being the last gasp…
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The menace of Beatlism
28 February 1964: I refuse to believe the Beatles and their like are what the youth of Britain want.
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Why the break-up of the Beatles still grips us
Even in 1969, Lennon and McCartney were still capable of making each other laugh and creatively turning each other on.
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How the Beatles changed the world in seven years
Craig Brown’s One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time explores how, in less than a decade, the band redefined…
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Why I didn’t tell the whole truth about the Beatles
Hunter Davies admits he played his part in continuing the band's carefully cultivated image.
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