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A podcast chatting to the very best Beatle authors and writers - available on all Podcast Apps. Also posting Daily Beatle Content!

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New Podcast! I’m joined for this mini episode by Yvonne Innes to discuss her biography of her husband, the remarkable Neil Innes. From the Bonzos to the Pythons via the amazing Rutles, Yvonne beautifully tells Neil’s story and it was real joy to chat to her.
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RIP to the magnificent Shelley Duvall - seen here looking terrific when she was dating Ringo Starr in the late 70’s.
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60 years ago today The Beatles met Morecambe and Wise in what Paul McCartney called his favourite of all The Beatles TV appearances. Complete unbridled joy captured forever.
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The absolute best Lennon and McCartney picture ever, taken during a late night jam at the Marietta Hotel in Obertauern during the Help filming. Just two guys having an amazing time playing music.
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John Lennon photographed by Annie Leibovitz, December 8th 1980.
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A little thought for Linda McCartney, who would’ve celebrated her birthday today. ‘She was just a great person to hang out with: very funny, very smart and very talented.” Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney got to duet with John Lennon last night. Pretty special.
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¡Lennon y McCartney otra vez juntos sobre un escenario! #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney
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Linda McCartney watches Paul induct John Lennon into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, January 1994. The emotion is clear - she knew what a monumental emotional effort this must’ve been for Paul to undertake.
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John Lennon photographed by Annie Leibovitz, December 8th 1980.
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This Ringo quote from the Anthology book might just sum up The Beatles better than anything else I’ve ever read.
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The Beatles launch ‘Revolver’ in Los Angeles, August 24th 1966. Happy #revolver Day!
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Paul McCartney and Martha, as captured by Linda, 1969.
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Thinking of the wonderful Linda McCartney, who would have celebrated her birthday today. ‘Every love song I write is for Linda’ - Paul McCartney
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54 years ago today, in the grounds of John Lennon’s Tittenhurst Park home, The Beatles spend their Friday afternoon being photographed together for the very last time.
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57 years ago today - McCartney and Harrison exchange a grin as The Beatles play their final official gig at Candlestick Park, August 29th 1966.
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A quick thought for Linda McCartney, who we lost 26 years ago today. ‘Every love song that I write is for Linda’ - Paul McCartney
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I love seeing Beatles with their heroes. George Harrison and Carl Perkins, Friar Park 1989.
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Thinking today of Brian Epstein - gone 56 years today. ‘If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.’ - Paul McCartney
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This might be my new favourite Beatles picture. Ringo reads out a request on Brian Matthew’s ‘Saturday Club’, 21 May 1963. Look at the uncontrollable belly laughs of the other Beatles - complete joy. What a gang they were.
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Macca watch! Paul McCartney hanging with former ice hockey player Henrik Lundqvist at Bruce Springsteen’s show at Madison Square Garden last night. Looking good!
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A little thought for Linda McCartney, who would’ve celebrated her birthday today. ‘She was just a great person to hang out with: very funny, very smart and very talented.” Paul McCartney
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John Lennon October 9th 1940 - December 8th 1980. Always thinking of this beautiful boy, but particularly today.
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Backstage at the Boston Garden, May 1976, Paul McCartney is presented with a less than impressive model of himself.
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A certain Paul McCartney is 80 today. This beautiful boy had made the bad times bearable and the good times even better - where would we be without him?
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John Lennon giggling at a fan portrait of Ringo Starr, backstage on The Beatles first US tour, 1964.
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Who inspired Paul McCartney to go back out on tour after 10 years in 1989? ‘Deadheads, man!’
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Paul McCartney is photographed skateboarding by Linda McCartney, 1986.
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Sad to hear of the passing of the magnificent Maggie Smith, seen here enjoying a chat with Ringo Starr at the 1964 Variety Club Awards.
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Paul McCartney sits at the piano in his childhood home of 20 Forthlin Road, and stares at pictures of his Dad and brother. What a journey.
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It’s Good Friday - so here’s Paul McCartney stood outside Abbey Road in 1978 wearing a frankly excellent scarf.
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66 years ago today- Geoff Rhind uses his Kodak Cresta and snaps a picture of local band the Quarrymen at the Woolton village fete. The picture is crowded, but there’s only one person that we, and the watching Paul McCartney, take notice of.
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For the first time since John’s death, Paul McCartney and Julian Lennon are photographed together. Plaza Hotel, New York, October 1984. ‘Whenever Paul came round we used to wrestle and run - which was not something I did with Dad’
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John Lennon, snapped by a fan, arrives at Paul McCartney’s London home in Cavendish Avenue, Summer 1967.
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John Lennon amuses Paul McCartney with a soft toy, 1964.
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Ronnie Spector and John Lennon are snapped by Bob Gruen at the Hippopotamus Club, New York City, November 1974. Ronnie looking fabulous- will be much missed.
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54 years ago today, The Beatles sat on the steps of Abbey Road Studios, waiting to start the photo shoot for the most famous album cover of all time. Photographer Linda McCartney’s handbag also in view.
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Paul McCartney - we know about his songwriting and musicianship - but look at the skill and accuracy here in cutting this cake. Under the glare of the cameras a perfect slice is prepared, perfectly displayed and presented to Peter Blake - amazing.
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George Harrison, aged 22, 1965. What a beautiful picture.
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Three Beatles, One McCartney digit in the Starr ear, Linda snaps another picture and memories are stirred.
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In the back garden of Paul McCartney’s home at 20 Forthlin Road Liverpool, 3 pre fame Beatles sip their tea and pose for the camera.
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Paul McCartney, lost in music, recording ‘Ram’ at CBS Studios, New York, 1970.
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Sad to hear of the passing of George Martin’s wife, Lady Judy. Captured beautifully here by Paul from his recent photo exhibition, having just the best time possible as The Beatles relaxed in Miami.
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I have nothing for you except Paul McCartney in a nice coat. But that really should be enough to get you through your day.
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George Harrison and Patti Boyd are off to Magic Alex’s lunchtime wedding in Bayswater, July 1968. They are looking, let’s face it, absolutely amazing.
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55 years ago today The Beatles played on the roof and Lennon and McCartney shared one last on stage smile.
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Paul McCartney and Denny Laine, photographed by Linda McCartney in Richmond Park, London, 1973.
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George Harrison. 1943 - 2001. ‘They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us.’
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53 years ago today, as the afternoon shadows begin to appear on the wall of the Assembly Hall at John Lennon’s Tittenhurst Park home and time ticks toward the evening, The Beatles are photographed together for the very last time.
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This looks amazing - coming 13th June. ‘In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul McCartney on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive - 1964: Eyes of the Storm presents 275 of McCartney's photographs from six cities’ Can’t wait!
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Sometimes you just need to see a deeply cool picture of John Lennon to improve your day. So I offer you this.
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Thinking of Brian Epstein, who left us 55 years ago today. Beautifully captured here by David Bailey in 1965. ‘If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian’ - Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney talks about Ian Macdonald’s ‘Revolution in the Head’, Uncut Magazine, 2004.
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Linda McCartney snaps a very relaxed John and Yoko in the living room of Paul’s Cavendish Avenue London home.
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John Lennon arrives at Paul McCartney’s house at Cavendish Avenue, London bearing a camera, some time in 1967.
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RIP to the wonderful Mary Quant, seen here having her hair cut by Vidal Sassoon, in one of the most 1960s pictures ever taken.
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If you need a picture of Kermit The Frog clinging onto George Harrison, and who doesn’t…? Please see below.
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Paul McCartney being absolutely correct about Prince for 28 seconds.
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An incredible looking Billy Preston talks to George Harrison, 1974.
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Happy 91st Birthday to the mighty Yoko Ono. ‘I could have been squashed by that incredible amount of hatred. But then I found a way of transforming it into love.’
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George Harrison photographed by 18 year old Mike Mitchell at the Washington Coliseum, February 11th 1964, clearly having the absolute time of his life.
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John Lennon photographed by Bob Gruen, 1980.
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There’s cool, there’s very cool and then there’s Paul McCartney at the ‘How I Won The War’ premiere.
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Starting again for the first time in a while because - why not?
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George Harrison at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, August 7th 1967.
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The Beatles photographed in Hyde Park, October 24th 1964 by Robert Freeman.
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There’s cool, and then there’s 1965 Paul McCartney dressed as a Spaceman photographed by Richard Avedon cool.
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Happy 90th Birthday to the mighty Yoko Ono. ‘I could have been squashed by that incredible amount of hatred. But then I found a way of transforming it into love.’
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George Harrison and Robbie Robertson, 1988. Incredibly sad to hear of Robbie’s death today.
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Occasionally you just need to see Paul McCartney sat on his doorstep in 1967 with Martha and two kittens.
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RIP to the mighty Tina Turner, seen here having the best time possible with Paul McCartney during the 1986 Prince’s Trust concert.
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Paul McCartney, lost in music, recording ‘Ram’ in 1971.
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney, photographed September 4th 1962 at the Beatles recording session for Love Me Do, as released 60 years ago today. Nothing would ever quite be the same again.
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Happy Birthday to the amazing Patti Boyd - beautifully photographed here in 1970 by Linda McCartney.
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Paul McCartney and Jane Asher looking beautiful and clasping each other, Bangor 1967. The next day, Brian Epstein would be dead and the next Beatle chapter would begin.
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A tiny thought for Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, who we lost 44 years ago today. ‘He was always a little dangerous, in the end, he was just too dangerous for his own good.’ Paul McCartney
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55 years ago today, The Beatles ignored the signs and enjoyed the sunshine in St Pancras Church and Gardens - just another Mad Day.
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Beautiful pictures of George Harrison during the filming of Help by Henry Grossman, whose death was announced yesterday. Still in his pyjamas, George had come to breakfast ‘looking like Hamlet’ - so Grossman snapped these.
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John Lennon throws George Harrison a warm smile, recording ‘Imagine’ at Tittenhurst, 1971.
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Paul McCartney leaves his home at Cavendish Avenue with his dog Martha in the back seat, 1969.
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55 years ago today and The Beatles are about to cross a very famous road for what will be an even more famous album cover.
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Paul McCartney at JFK Airport, October 28th, 1982.
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Happy 85th birthday to the mighty Klaus Voormann. ‘I don’t play bass anymore. Who could I play with? I was spoiled…’
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Paul McCartney recording drums for ‘Band on the Run’, released 50 years ago today.
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Please enjoy these rather marvellous pictures of Paul McCartney recording ‘Ram’.
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@faces_of_jeff On a similar note - this is a book by a woman that made John Lennon a cheese sandwich in 1960. I paid money for this.
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Struggling? Then please enjoy mid 70s Paul McCartney in a truly excellent hat and coat combo.
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Ringo Starr joins John Lennon in Spain for the filming of ‘How I Won The War’, 1966. One of my favourite Beatle Buddy moments. ‘I just went and hung cos he was lonely, you know?’
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Three Beatles, one microphone, a glorious noise happens - for that moment, everything feels good.
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One of my very favourite Beatle photos. 8 days before the release of Sgt Pepper, they wander through Hyde Park. Look at the smiles of the kids faces, The Beatles reciprocating, realising what complete joy they bring.
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