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Last week, there were two major cultural anniversaries. Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, William Wordsworth was born. Fifty years ago, on April 10, 1970, The Beatles split up. Does anything link these two anniversaries? They seem to belong to different worlds and, in many ways, they do. Yet bizarre though … Read more
Unseen photograph of the Quarrymen taken a YEAR before they became The Beatles emerges on 50th anniversary of Paul McCartney quitting the Fab Four Grainy photo of The Quarrymen shows McCartney, Lennon, and Harrison in a Liverpudlian house about a year before they became The Beatles Photo is thought to be taken in 1959, and … Read more
For my husband’s 50th birthday I booked an apartment via Booking.com for a holiday at Liverpool’s docks. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band. Now coronavirus means we have been told not to travel unless it is essential. I asked the apartment’s owner if I … Read more
The Beatles meet the White Stripes! Abbey Road crossing made famous by the Fab Four gets a fresh lick of paint By Showbusiness Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 23:36 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 03:22 GMT, 27 March 2020 As the Fab Four might have sung… Here comes the sun, it feels like … Read more
The Beatles meet the White Stripes! Abbey Road zebra crossing made famous by the Fab Four gets a fresh lick of paint By Showbusiness Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 23:36 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 26 March 2020 As the Fab Four might have sung… Here comes the sun, it feels … Read more
Hard to believe, but next month sees the 50th anniversary of the day The Beatles broke up. The four of them had been together for under eight years, Ringo having joined John, Paul and George in the summer of 1962. Yet as President Obama noted when presenting Sir Paul McCartney with an award at the … Read more