The Beatles
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Top of the pops?
What makes great rock and roll
The Beatles: occasionally fab four
Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
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
All you need is luck
Everything with The Beatles happened at double time, thrilling but draining too, says Sarah Ditum
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
