John Lennon
In my ears and in my eyes
The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote
Imagine John hadn’t died
It’s easy if you try
John Lennon: the first and last global icon
Forty years on from the death of John Lennon, Dominic Green recounts the tormented life of the last universal Western icon
Days in the life of the Fab Four
Joseph Connolly reviews One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, by Craig Brown
Middle-class hero
John Lennon’s kicking against the pricks was mere window-dressing
Are the Beatles still underrated?
If Lennon and McCartney had never met, Britain would have been more boring and less colourful
The myth of Abbey Road
Abbey Road is less a cornerstone of the Beatles’ legend than its tombstone
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
