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Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons team up for new song Primrose Hill

James McCartney’s acoustic ballad, co-written with Sean Ono Lennon, draws from a childhood vision in Scotland

Wed Apr 17 2024 - 12:29

Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as stars of four Beatles biopics? I’ve heard better ideas

Donald Clarke: The musical biopic is among the most benighted of cinematic genres, but there is perhaps more chance of innovation with Sam Mendes’s planned set

Sun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00

The Beatles: Now and Then review - A near miraculous, sad, fab farewell

There is plenty of spirit on Now and Then. John Lennon has never sounded more emotionally present

Thu Nov 02 2023 - 14:00

The Fab Four’s finest: 20 Beatles tracks for George Harrison’s birthday

The Beatles guitarist and songwriter would have turned 80 tomorrow. Which is reason enough to nominate the band’s best songs, both together and solo

Fri Feb 24 2023 - 06:01

From Rachael Blackmore to Steve Bruce: The best soundbites of 2021

Some words of wisdom – and some not so wise – from the world of sport

Mon Dec 27 2021 - 13:00

2021: The year in highlights

From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped

Fri Dec 24 2021 - 06:00

John Lennon was shot dead on this day in 1980. Here’s how The Irish Times paid tribute

We published six stories about the former Beatle, including the appreciation reproduced here

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 12:46

‘A festering wound’: The true story of the Beatles break-up

Peter Jackson’s unflinching film shows the tensions weighing on the band by the late 1960s

Mon Nov 15 2021 - 06:00

Joan Collins’s star-studded home movies: What they show of Hollywood’s golden age

Paul Newman, Tony Curtis and Sammy Davis jnr in footage for actor’s ‘roller-coaster story’

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 11:35

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pay tribute to Charlie Watts following drummer’s death

Rolling Stones members honour their bandmate of almost 60 years

Wed Aug 25 2021 - 16:45

The country that I love doesn’t seem to want me here

Ireland sucked me in, in that sad subtle way like a few too many pints, and I wanted to make a life here

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 06:01

Rachael Blackmore’s Grand National victory resonates around the world

Win on Minella Times at Aintree caps a fine season which has transformed the sport

Mon Apr 12 2021 - 06:00

Generational wars are created by ad executives. Don’t let them win

The promiscuous brandishing of generational cohorts is a disease of the modern age

Sat Mar 06 2021 - 05:00

Echo in the Canyon: It’s as if 100 back issues of Mojo made a film of themselves

Review: Well-worn yarns of Laurel Canyon music in the groovy times get another airing

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00

Ed Sheeran’s £200m fortune places him among UK’s top 10 richest musicians

Michael Flatley retains position in wealth list while Rihanna joins after moving to London

Wed May 13 2020 - 10:07

Little Richard, rock’n’roll pioneer, dies aged 87

Star, famous for songs such as Tutti Frutti, was an originator of the genre

Sat May 09 2020 - 20:24

TV guide: 28 of the best shows to watch this week

Triggering Troubles documentary Lost Lives, plus the return of Outlander and The Great House Revival, Al Pacino in alt-history thriller Hunters, and two Friends with new shows

Sun Feb 16 2020 - 01:00

Liam Gallagher’s son and Ringo Starr’s grandson in court over Tesco charge

Gene Gallagher and Sonny Starkey have pleaded not guilty after alleged altercation

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 14:08

Imagine there’s no Beatles. Danny Boyle makes it easy if you try

The director on his new romcom, in which only one man remembers the band existed

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 05:00

Jenny Lewis: On the Line – Every track is a pop-rock jewel

Lewis shapes relationship trouble and her mother’s death into something durable

Fri Mar 15 2019 - 05:00

Peter Jackson to direct new Beatles documentary from unseen Let It Be footage

Film will be based around 55 hours of unreleased video recordings made during 'Let It Be' sessions

Wed Jan 30 2019 - 12:32

Playboy mansion contents go on sale: silk pyjamas and velvet slippers anyone?

More than 8,000 items from Hugh Hefner’s Los Angeles home set for auction

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 16:48

‘Off she went with a trumpety trump, trump, trump, Trump’

Not even a modern-day reminder of the twittering president could spoil our happiness as we sang along to ‘Nelly the Elephant’

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 07:01

British honours for Barry Gibb, Darcey Bussell and Ringo Starr

Jilly Cooper, Eamonn Holmes, Marc Almond, Alexandra Shulman, Rick Stein also recognised

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 22:30

Fans mark 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Dublin’s Wolfe Tone Square the site for recreation of Beatles’ famous album cover

Thu Jun 01 2017 - 19:17

First listen: ‘Sgt Pepper’ is the comfort and escape we need today

I now know Ringo is my favourite Beatle, and who’s to blame for The Flaming Lips

Sat May 27 2017 - 05:00

How ‘Sgt Pepper’ made the world slip on its axis

Released 50 years ago, The Beatles’ opus changed the way people listened to music

Sat May 27 2017 - 05:00

Wild Geese: Martin Nolan, co-owner in US of Julien’s Auctions

Athlone man turned to auctioneering after stockbroking and hotel doorman work

Fri Jan 13 2017 - 05:00

Dublin Book Festival: eight to see this weekend

The 10th annual Dublin Book Festival takes place this weekend, hosting workshops, walks, talks and readings by some of Ireland’s prominent writers. Here are some of the must-sees

Wed Nov 09 2016 - 14:00