When will the Beatles bandwagon end?
Anthology 4 makes the extraordinary band seem ordinary
The beatles
Wednesday
Tuesday
Unpacking John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s complex relationship
You end John & Paul in understanding of their essential humanity
Wednesday
Sleepless in Shangri-La
In the Himalayas, physicians, doctors and therapists worked in concert to understand the root cause of my insomnia
Friday
The Spectator’s Music of the Year 2023
Our writers — and some venerable guests — offer their picks
Thursday
‘Now and Then’: the Beatles are back
If you thought the rivalry between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles died in 1970, you were wrong
Friday
George Harrison at eighty
Of the four Beatles, Harrison was the most attuned to, and wary of, the mania side of Beatlemania
Sunday
Jenny Boyd goes beyond the muse
She was in the backstages, the bedrooms and the jam sessions with some of the most iconic musicians of all time
Monday
Richard Lester at ninety
He lent ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ the spirit of untamed frivolity
Thursday
Sounds of Christmas past
I tend to associate Christmas music with the records I received as gifts when I was a kid
Tuesday
The rising cost of remembering the Fab Four
A forthcoming George Harrison box set will sell for $1,000. Do we still love the Beatles enough to care?
Wednesday
Fifty years of ‘Imagine’
Perhaps the real secret to the song’s eternal popularity is that it taps into our modern obsession with feeling good about ourselves
Sunday
The great lost Beatles album
It’s a real shame the Christmas flexis have not had a proper, all-on-one album release
Friday
We loved them, yeah, yeah, yeah
150 Glimpses of the Beatles by Craig Brown reviewed
Friday
They say it’s your birthday? It’s my birthday too, yeah!
The White Album is reissued at 50
