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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    The angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley (from "Good Omens") come to the rescue when a confused convent school girl confronts John Lennon over his “Beatles are bigger than Christ” remarks.

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    10 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 2

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    In March of 1963, shortly before the release of their first album, the Beatles are driving home from a concert in Harrogate. When their dilapidated van breaks down in the Yorkshire moors, they meet a “spirited” fan named Cathy and her ill-tempered boyfriend Heathcliff.

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    08 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 13

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    Three snapshots of Paul and John's relationship through the rise and height of Beatlemania, starting in Hamburg, making a stop during the filming of Help! and ending with the '66 US Tour.

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    06 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 9

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    In January 1963 Mal Evans punched the windscreen out in the Beatles van because it was too cracked to see through. The Beatles lay on top of one another in the back for warmth. In interviews, Paul has cheerfully described the result as a "Beatles Sandwich".

    Four months later, according to restaurateur Charles Finch, the Beatles played a joke on a chambermaid. They surprised her by all being in one bed.

    This is how I like to imagine those two events.

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    04 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    The house at 251 Menlove Avenue was a fortress of middle-class respectability. Mary "Mimi" Smith saw to that with a ferocity that bordered on the divine. The brass knocker was always polished; the lace curtains were perpetually crisp. But for those who lived within its walls as boarders, the house wasn't just a quiet respite in Woolton, it was an observatory.

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    04 Jan 2026