A few weeks ago Mary-Lou and yours truly made a real effort to wake up on a Sunday morning to do cultural things rather than spend the day in bed wondering if that last beer was really necessary. We went to see an exhibition called The Beatles in Spain, and let me tell you, it [...]
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Lennon Wall (Prague)
When Cliff and I planned our trip to Prague last February we were quite shocked to find there was a monument called Lennon Wall. Was there a connection between the Beatles and Prague that my 20 years as a Beatles fan missed? No, not really, but there was indeed a connection between Lennon’s message and [...]
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Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Wood, 2009)
What better day to share some Nowhere Boy screencaps than John Lennon’s 70th birthday. As a lifelong Beatles fan, I devour (and enjoy) every film about them, regardless of its quality. Nowhere Boy is often described as a film about John Lennon’s childhood, but that’s not what it is. It’s more of an account of [...]
