RIP Dave Mason of Traffic, pictured here in London in 1968.

Paul McCartney talks about Prince, who we lost 10 years ago today.

RIP Desmond Morris. Paul McCartney wrote you this nice letter in 1987.

Dezo Hoffman photographs The Beatles taking in the Sunday Mirror, 1963.

Always!

Absolutely - guess they wanted to include Brian and the four of them?

This is out mid October - based on ‘Brian’s Twinlock Binder’ - so could be interesting…

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Paul and Linda McCartney at Lympne Castle, 1979.

This never fails me make me feel amazing every time I watch it.

George Harrison take a phone call at home, 1969.

A quick thought for Linda McCartney, who we lost 28 years ago today.
‘Every love song that I write is for Linda’ - Paul McCartney

Beatle fans interviewed outside the Fox Theatre in San Diego, 1964. Elvis very much yesterday’s news.

Try Gould’s Beatles book ‘Can’t Buy Me Love!’

In which Ringo Starr signs autographs without trousers, 1963.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney photographed at the filming of the ‘Rain’ promo video at Chiswick Gardens, 1966. Just about the two coolest human beings on planet earth.

Thanks as ever, Mike!

John Lennon with his son Julian and a friend at his home Kenwood, 1968.

The Beatles press conference at the Hilton Hotel, Tokyo, June 29th 1966.

Hope you enjoy!

Impossible for me to wander past Post Office Alley in Kew, where once The Beatles trotted out of in Help and not snap a ‘now’ picture.

New Podcast! I’m joined by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social to discuss her BFI Film Classics book on ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. What makes this film so timeless and vital? What made it stand out from so many pop films before or since?

New Podcast! I’m joined by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social to discuss her BFI Film Classics book on ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. What makes this film so timeless and vital? What made it stand out from so many pop films before or since?

What a treat of a night it was!

Amazing how little had changed when I went yesterday - you can almost see the ghosts of those boys still skimming their stones if you look hard enough…

Me with David Janson, Ringo’s young riverside friend from Hard Day’s Night, at Samira’s book launch last night.

Pan Macmillan buys Helen Barrett’s book on the women who shaped The Beatles

Pan Macmillan has acquired a new cultural history of The Beatles' era, through the lens of the women who shaped the band and its members, by journalist Helen Barrett 👇 #BookSky

I am at the very towpath that a mildly worse for wear Ringo walked along to tell that @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social’s Hard Day’s Night book is excellent and made me want to watch the film all over again!

Happy Birthday Julian Lennon!
‘You’ve got to respect everything and in turn things will respect you—the planet will respect you. So, it’s one big ball of love. Dare I say that?’

Paul McCartney and the final incarnation of Wings photographed at Lympne Castle, 1979.

I counted 6 interviewees of mine there!