The Beatles
Tell us: 60 years since the Beatles’ debut, share your memories of their earliest days
We would like to hear about your experiences of seeing John, Paul, Ringo and George at their early live shows, or how it felt to hear Love Me Do for the first time
Guardian community team
09, Aug, 2022 @7:16 AM
Beatles auction rekindles memories of 1963 royal variety show
Liverpool sale will include net curtains, a brick and autographs from night that catapulted band to superstardom
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
09, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM
Sir Paul McCartney plays surprise pre-Glastonbury gig in Frome
Set at Cheese and Grain sold out in under an hour after being announced on Thursday night
Nadeem Badshah and agency
24, Jun, 2022 @9:09 PM
Sir Ringo Starr among those wishing Sir Paul McCartney a happy 80th birthday
Ex-Beatle turned 80 on Saturday, days after a brief US tour which saw him joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen
Anna MacSwan
18, Jun, 2022 @6:14 PM
At 80, Paul McCartney still makes genius look effortless
The former Beatle has aged with dignity – but not too much of it – and 60 years after his first hit will be headlining Glastonbury
Dorian Lynskey
18, Jun, 2022 @3:42 PM
‘The Beatles? I was more a fan of the Beach Boys’: Peter Blake at 90 on pop art and clubbing with the Fab Four
The groundbreaking artist documented the birth of youth culture and created the most famous album cover in history. Now with a new exhibition, he talks about what inspires him – from corn dollies to music halls
Jonathan Jones
15, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
The best films of 2022 so far
Tilda Swinton aces Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s dreamy fable, director Clio Barnard’s forbidden affair and Catherine Clinch in The Quiet Girl rank in the pick of this year’s films
Guardian film
09, Jun, 2022 @6:03 AM
Archive film shows Belfast kids going wild to Hippy Hippy Shake in 1964
Recently rediscovered BBC footage of an exuberant Sunday afternoon disco in Ardoyne has gone viral
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
06, Jun, 2022 @1:49 PM
Alan White obituary
Drummer of the progressive rock group Yes who also played on John Lennon’s Imagine and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass
Adam Sweeting
29, May, 2022 @4:26 PM
The big picture: Paul McCartney at his parents’ home in 1962
This intimate portrait of Paul McCartney was taken by his brother before Beatlemania put an end to ordinary life
Tim Adams
22, May, 2022 @6:00 AM
Helge Iberg: The Black on White album review – gently beautiful Beatles interpretations
The Norwegian pianist puts his own beguiling twist on songs he knows by heart
Dave Gelly
21, May, 2022 @3:00 PM
Country diary: The blackbird’s song is no one-hit wonder
Ormeau, South Belfast: Its mellifluous melody has been an inspiration for poets and musicians, but what of its lesser-known, scratchy follow-up?
Mary Montague
12, Apr, 2022 @4:30 AM
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