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Astrid Kirchherr: Photographer who captured The Beatles’ young spirit

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Throughout their career, The Beatles were blessed with exceptional good fortune as they rarely worked with anyone who did not enhance their career in some way. In 1960 they met the photographer Astrid

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Fans on the Fun Podcast – With Richard Porter

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In this episode of FOTR, Ethan chats with “the Beatle brain of Britain” and premier London tour-guide Richard Porter about how he discovered the Beatles, The Rutles, the late Victor

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The Historic Re-Opening of Abbey Road Studios

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Returns For First Recording Session After Only Closure In 90 Years For nearly 90 years, the doors to Abbey Road Studios have welcomed artists, composers, songwriters, producers,

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How R&B Created a Foundation for the Beatles: ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll is Black’ Read More: How R&B Created a Foundation for the Beatles |

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For John Lennon, there would been no Beatles without R&B. In fact, they’d have been no rock ‘n’ roll at all. “I’ll never stop acknowledging it: Black music is my life,” he told Jet magazine

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The moment John Lennon got high on LSD and told The Beatles he was Jesus Christ

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John Lennon and The Beatles weren’t famed for their drug-taking per se. Their music and their output as artists always trumped the fact that they experimented with drugs during the

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The Beatles were ‘so SERIOUS’ about starring in Lord of the Rings: Guess roles they wanted

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THE BEATLES were ‘so serious’ about starring in The Lord of the Rings that they approached Stanley Kubrick and JRR Tolkien, reveals Peter Jackson. Yesterday, Josh Gad organised an epic

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All The Cars The Beatles Have Owned (And Where They Are Now)

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One of the greatest bands of all time is The Beatles. There’s no denying that they had numerous hits such as “Hey Jude,” “We Can Work It Out,” and many

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George Floyd Writing on Abbey Road Studios Wall

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Not many people have been going to Abbey Road Studios during the lockdown – but one person who did left this message below on the wall, as tweeted by Abbey

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Music venues are where British culture is born. It’s Britain’s duty to keep them alive

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If British music has a soul, it resides in small venues. In hundreds of pub backrooms, grotty gig venues, DIY spaces and sweat-soaked basement clubs where lives are changed and,

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The last photos of John Lennon: Newly enhanced images that have NEVER been published in full show Beatles legend signing an autograph for his killer

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The time is 4pm on December 8, 1980, a mild day in New York.  As John Lennon leaves his home on Central Park West, he pauses to autograph a record

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