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Patti Boyd, George Harrison and Eric Clapton
"What I wish to ask you is if you still love your husband, or if you have another lover?" Eric Clapton's love letter to seduce Pattie Boyd when she was married to his friend George Harrison is quite something

By Paul Brannigan Published

Pattie Boyd, the English model/photographer who was married to Eric Clapton and George Harrison, is auctioning a selection of her personal possessions, including revealing love letters

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"I'm excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies": Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty/Skyfall) to direct biopics for each of the four Beatles

By Paul Brannigan Published

The Beatles are to be immortalised in not one, but four separate biopics, to hit cinemas in 2027

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Paul & Linda McCartney backstage in 1971
The critics hated it, Ringo Starr hated it, but over the years its experimental ripples widened: 11 albums that owe a huge debt to Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram

By Jo Kendall, Mike Barnes Published

Ram's influence on second-generation Beatles fans-turned-musicians cannot be underestimated

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A psychedelic illustration of The Beatles with (inset) Youth from Killing Joke
If The Beatles had never discovered drugs, says Killing Joke bassist Youth, then their music would have sounded very different – and so would everyone else's

By Youth Published

"It's not hard to imagine how grey all our lives would be today if The Beatles had not paved the way for turning music into a kaleidoscope of colour explosions after the bland, sugar-sweet pop of the early sixties"

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Paul McCartney with Höfner bass in 1964
"Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved": Amateur sleuths have located Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass 50 years after it was stolen

By Fraser Lewry Published

Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar has been dubbed "the most important bass in history"

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The Beatles with Ed Sullivan, February 8, 1964
"When the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, life went from black and white to colour": The Beatles and the five songs that changed American music forever

By Fraser Lewry Published

February 9, 1964: 73 million households tune in as The Beatles make their debut on the Ed Sullivan show. Amongst them are a generation of future musicians

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Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon
“An exceptional collectors opportunity": An unfinished novel about John Lennon written by original Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe is being put up for sale, alongside his artwork, poems and early photos of the band

By Paul Brannigan Published

The estate of Stuart Sutcliffe is seeking a buyer for a collection of artwork, photos, poems and essays by the 'fifth Beatle'

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The Beatles in 1969
"Abbey Road was really unfinished songs all stuck together. None of the songs had anything to do with each other, no thread at all": A track-by-track guide to the final album recorded by The Beatles

By Ian Fortnam Published

After the fractious Let It Be sessions, Paul McCartney urged his bandmates back into the studio to make an album “like the old days, like we used to"

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"What was really exciting for me was watching Paul's total respect for his band members": Giles Martin tells the inside story of the final Beatles song, Now And Then

By Ken Sharp Published

You probably didn’t have a new (and final) song from The Beatles on your 2023 bingo card, but that’s what we got, surprising everybody

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The Beatles in 1964
The 10 worst Beatles songs

By Henry Yates Published

Even The Beatles had their off days, as these 10 stinkers prove

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