A second chance – that’s what I was being given when, having skirted death during that first round of Covid, … read more
John, Me and the Lancashire Treasure (Sunday Times, April 1980) From Born At The Right Time by Ray Connolly
I learned the real meaning of gold fever when I was 13 – although in my case the fever was … read more
Conned by the Lebanese Loop (Daily Mail 8.9.2021)
We got conned a couple of weeks ago – as, according to Action Fraud, were 504,489 other people during the … read more
The Beatles Get Back Revised (October 2, 2021)
The Beatles were hardly a happy band of musical brothers when they assembled before film cameras shortly after ten in … read more
The Everly Brothers Hits – Radio Times, December 1982
When the Everly Brothers had their first hits in the late 50s they were both barely more than boys, and … read more
Don Everly dies 21.8.21
They looked like a couple of teenage Mississippi riverboat gamblers, thin as blades with their white shirts, black waistcoats and … read more
John Lennon – A stand-up comedian? (Saga, July 2021)
If John Lennon hadn’t become a rock star he might instead have made a very good stand-up comic. Get him … read more
My Back Pages (An edited version of this article appeared in The Oldie, December. 2021)
What Muhammad Ali, Bob Dylan, Lord Hailsham, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Roger Vadim, Michael Caine, Leonard Cheshire, Paul Raymond, Eric … read more
How my Covid coma turned into a radio play (Daily Express, 20.3.21)
There is a huge void in my memory that stretches from the middle of last April until the end of … read more
Joe Biden and Me
What about that! A guy who stammers is the most powerful man in America – where, of course, they call … read more
