The Beatles
HG Wells, Hitler and Tasmania’s dark past: the stories behind arrival cards in Australia’s National Archives
Archive material captures arrival in Australia of celebrities including Princess Anne, Fred Astaire and four-year-old Russell Crowe, as well as The War of the Worlds author’s explosive 1938-39 visit
Tory Shepherd
16, Sep, 2023 @12:00 AM
Beatles memorabilia worth an estimated £6m goes for auction
Items include an archive from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 peace protest and a curious birthday card sent by George Harrison
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
05, Sep, 2023 @8:51 AM
Gary Wright, singer of Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, dies aged 80
Frequent collaborator of George Harrison and synthesiser pioneer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia
Sian Cain
05, Sep, 2023 @3:38 AM
From sorting fan mail to seeing Abbey Road being made: my life as a teenage Beatles employee
Merle Frimark was already a huge fan of the Fab Four when she started working for them. Here she recalls being in the room as they put the finishing touches on Come Together – and reveals her unseen snaps of her encounter
Merle Frimark
24, Aug, 2023 @11:38 AM
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr team up with Dolly Parton on Let It Be
Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton also joined country star on her cover of the Beatles’ 1970 hit
Hayden Vernon
19, Aug, 2023 @10:12 AM
Top marks for Sgt Pepper | Letter
Letter: Reader John Major should have known better when he ripped off the Beatles’ lyrics for a homework assignment
18, Aug, 2023 @4:52 PM
Photo that solves Sgt Pepper McCartney mystery up for auction
Rumours that musician was not present for album photoshoot are proved false, say UK auctioneers
Steven Morris
14, Aug, 2023 @12:14 PM
Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans
Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles Auction
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
13, Aug, 2023 @11:01 PM
Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now; Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-4 review – making history
A momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratospheric
Laura Cumming
02, Jul, 2023 @12:00 PM
Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? review – moving account of a Black female playwright in 60s London
Rakie Ayola excels as Adrienne Kennedy, whose John Lennon play was taken up by Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre while she was sidelined, in this crystal-clear production of her autobiographical tale
Clare Brennan
02, Jul, 2023 @10:30 AM
Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-64 review – watching the world change, almost overnight
Eyes of the Storm, which collects McCartney’s pictures taken as the Beatles’ fame went stratospheric, record a pivotal moment in pop culture
Richard Williams
26, Jun, 2023 @11:01 PM
Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? review – an affecting memoir of a thwarted playwright
Rakie Ayola is superb in a story about the exploitation of a Black female playwright by the great and the greedy of London’s theatreland
David Jays
23, Jun, 2023 @10:39 AM
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