Paul McCartney
In my ears and in my eyes
The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote
Let It Be: Have we passed the golden era of the rock ‘n’ roll memoir?
There is an inexhaustible public appetite for learning about the private lives of our idols, but they don’t make rock stars like they used to
Days in the life of the Fab Four
Joseph Connolly reviews One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, by Craig Brown
The oldest rockers in town
The original generation of rock ‘n’ rollers remain more interesting than modern stars
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
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Free speech and fashionable hypocrisy
Between the Tory government and the University and College Union, will anyone be consistent?
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Healers who harm
Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
