Brian Epstein
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Gerry Marsden obituary: cheeky prime mover of Merseybeat sound who vied with the Beatles
- Music
- January 3, 2021, 19:50
With his toothy grin and cheeky manner, Gerry Marsden, who has died aged 78, was one of the prime movers of the Merseybeat sound of the early 1960s. F(...)

Neil Armstrong’s passport and rare pink sapphires for auction this week
- Fine Art & Antiques
- July 13, 2019, 00:00
Auction results July 9th, Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustration online auction. Irish woman Mary Dorgan’s 140 lett(...)

The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine resurfaces after 50 years
- Film
- July 5, 2018, 17:40
The Beatles might not have been The Beatles without a little help from their friends. The Fab Four had a gifted team around them, including producer G(...)

Woman and two children found dead in John Lennon’s former home
- UK
- May 31, 2017, 09:36
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a woman and two children were discovered in the former home of John Lennon. Mersey(...)

How ‘Sgt Pepper’ made the world slip on its axis
- Music
- May 27, 2017, 05:00
I couldn’t keep my sticky, six-year-old fingers off it. I think I loved Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from the moment I became aware of it. The(...)

Singer and presenter whose unaffected Liverpudlian charm inspired affection
- People
- August 8, 2015, 01:00
The British pop revolution of the 1960s involved not only male guitar bands, but also a plethora of young female singing stars, including Cilla Black,(...)

Jim Carroll: Every band wants a manager with the Midas touch, but good ones are few and far between
- Music
- May 21, 2015, 15:00
If you were to canvass new bands about who they need to help them out, a majority would indicate they’re after a manager. Dreamers might seek a rec(...)

Jimi: All is By My Side review - lost in period haze
- Film
- October 24, 2014, 03:30
Jimi Hendrix’s ex-girlfriend Kathy Etchingham claims that scenes of domestic violence in All Is By My Side are entirely invented. We hardly needed (...)

Television: Feeling a lorra love for UTV’s engrossing Cilla Black biopic
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 20, 2014, 01:00
Back in the heyday of light entertainment, Cilla Black was huge, a proper television personality whose shows Surprise Surprise and Blind Date were rat(...)

Magical mystery tour: ‘The public weren’t aware the Beatles had changed’
- Music
- November 25, 2013, 01:00
Paul Howard, biographer of Tara Browne, the 1960s peer, scenester and alleged subject of the Beatles song A Day in the Life, is chatting to film-maker(...)