One lunchtime in 1961 a young telephone engineer called Mal Evans took a different route back to work after … read more
One lunchtime in 1961 a young telephone engineer called Mal Evans took a different route back to work after … read more
What is it about horses? Why on Saturday will we smile fondly when we see the Household Cavalry as it … read more
Consider the newspaper photographs the day after. See the unrestrained euphoria of the fans who congregated together on Saturday night … read more
A Beatle was singing God Only Knows on my phone the other night. No, I thought. That can’t be … read more
Half a century ago Yoko Ono was probably the most vilified woman in the world. Believed by many to have … read more
No-one sets out to write a film that half a century later is considered a cult movie. But I did, … read more
More than almost any other artists, songwriters define their moments. Burt Bacharach was such a songwriter. His most prolific period … read more
Half a century ago Yoko Ono was probably the most vilified woman in the world. Believed by many to have … read more
Who killed Elvis Presley? In his new film ‘Elvis’, which goes on release this week, writer-director Baz Luhrmann makes a … read more
You can’t beat a bit of real mystery as the background for dramatic super-reality, can you? Well, that’s what the … read more