Reviews
At Home 1960 (2011)
Fascinating early account of the Silver Beatles, as the Beatles were originally known, recorded over two sessions in Paul McCartney's home in April and July 1960
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Profiles
Now and Then
Nick Dent-Robinson reflects upon the Beatles' much anticipated new single, 'Now and Then'.
In Romford
Julie Cruickshank reflects on a mystery surrounding The Beatles playing her home town of Romford in Essex twice in 1963 and Ringo Starr's stepfather Harry Graves who came from there
Get Back
In the first of two articles on the new Beatles documentary 'Get Back', Nick Dent-Robinson finds astonishing its previously unseen footage and enjoys its evocation of a Britain and the world that has now disappeared.
Get Back
Lisa Torem, in the second of two articles on the Beatles' new epic documentary, that you’d be wise to watch Get Back,’ where the Beatles exhibit patience and utter genius.
Beatles
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper and Beyond
Dastardly finds the new Beatles documentary by director Alan G. Parker is big on fact, short on music and reveals a 'fascinating panoramic view'
Cynthia Lennon
Interview
In this 1985 archival interview the late Cynthia Lennon talks to Nick Dent-Robinson about her marriage to John Lennon and the Beatles
Cynthia Lennon
1939-2015
Nick Dent-Robinson looks back on the life of Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon
Cynthia Lennon
A Personal Tribute
Lisa Torem pays a personal tribute to Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, who died in April
Louise Harrison
Interview
Lisa Torem speaks to Louise Harrison, the older sister of George Harrison, about the Beatles tribute band which she manages and her recent memoir
Book-Bruce Pollock
If You Like the Beatles...Here are Over 200 Bands, Films, Records and Oth
Lisa Torem is impressed by Bruce Pollock's encyclopedic new book on the Beatles and the bands and other artists that they in turn influenced
Book-Nick Churchill
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: The Beatles and Bournemouth
Spencer Robertshaw enjoys Nick Churchill's new book which focuses on the part that the seaside town of Bournemouth had to play in the Beatles' development
Fest for Beatles Fans 34th Annual Chicago Beatles Celebration
Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
Lisa Torem attends a remarkable annual festival in Chicago for fans of the Beatles, and which is now in its 34th year
Profile
Beatles Part 2
In the second part of his occasional series and history of the Beatles, Anthony Strutt examines the years between 1964-1965
Profile
Beatles Part 1
With their albums having recently been the subject of a major remastering album campaign, Anthony Strutt, in the first of a several part series, looks at the Beatles' early years in Hamburg, and their first two albums, 'Please Please Me' and 'With the Beatles'
DVD : Beatles
Label Features
Anthony Street looks at the Beatles' second film, 'Help', which has been just been released on DVD with a missing scene and many other extras
Albums
Red 1962-1966 and Blue 1967-1970
Nick Dent-Robinson looks at The Beatles’ classic greatest hits Red and Blue albums which have just been reissued for their 50th Anniversary in expanded and remastered deluxe editions.
Revolver
Nick Dent-Robinson examines The Beatles' influential 1966 album 'Revolver', which has recently been re-released in a newly mixed version.
Features
1963
In 'Raging Pages' guest reviewer Eoghan Lyng contends that author Dafydd Rees ‘apes the lexicon of the era’ when focusing on the Beatles history in his new book ' The Beatles 1963: A Year in the Life'.
The Image That Made Me Weep
In 'The Image That Made You Weep', in which our writers write of the personal impact of a photo or image on them, Eoghan Lyng writes of a photo taken at Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach's wedding in 1981.