The first Sunday of the month, so it’s time to find something by an artiste with a June birthday. As ever, there’s no shortage of possibilities, but I didn’t have to look very far this time. It just had to be Macca: Paul McCartney, born on 14 June 1942 – in Liverpool, of course. But…
We watch quite a few TV quiz shows of varying Ievels of intellectual rigour – from ‘Mastermind’ and ‘Only Connect’ to ‘Tipping Point’. One sad common characteristic of them all, however, is the diminishing awareness among the contestants of The Beatles. For goodness’ sake, being from Merseyside we almost literally grew up with them. However,…
‘Regret’, ‘shame’ and suchlike are the keywords for Song Lyric Sunday this week, and this might just be one of the finest songs abour remorse ever written. You’ll already have heard it. (Attributed to Lennon and McCartney, but this is 100% Paul) Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.Now it looks as though they’re…
the only deadhead in the hameau 