One lunchtime in 1961 a young telephone engineer called Mal Evans took a different route back to work after … read more
Will It Be 1966 All Over Again? (Mail On Sunday, August 20, 2020
Hurrah The Lionesses
Ray Connolly
Some moments you remember all your life. One of mine happened fifteen minutes after … read more
What is it about Horses? May 4, 2023
What is it about horses? Why on Saturday will we smile fondly when we see the Household Cavalry as it … read more
Manchester City 1, Inter Milan 0 May 13, 2023
Consider the newspaper photographs the day after. See the unrestrained euphoria of the fans who congregated together on Saturday night … read more
God Only Knows Where AI will lead us next? (Daily Express, May 13, 2023)
A Beatle was singing God Only Knows on my phone the other night. No, I thought. That can’t be … read more
Yoko Ono at 90 Mail on Sunday, January 1, 2023
Half a century ago Yoko Ono was probably the most vilified woman in the world. Believed by many to have … read more
The Making of That’ll Be the Day and Stardust – Daily Mail, 28.2.23
No-one sets out to write a film that half a century later is considered a cult movie. But I did, … read more
Burt Bacharach 1928-2023 (Daily Express 10.2.23)
More than almost any other artists, songwriters define their moments. Burt Bacharach was such a songwriter. His most prolific period … read more
Devoted – BBC Radio 4 (23.3.21)
Devoted
Writer Ray Connolly spent six months in hospital fighting Covid 19. This is the story of how he survived.
Yoko Ono at 90 (Mail on Sunday January 1, 2023)
Half a century ago Yoko Ono was probably the most vilified woman in the world. Believed by many to have … read more
