Lovely piece, Jane. Very keen to read this too, though have lately resisting buying new published books & focus on actually reading books I already own (I like Lucy Mangan’s review’s reference to tsundoku- buying more than one can ever read!) Time to make an exception!
I read your column on waking up this morning. As ever a wonderful start to Sunday morning. Then I read all 64 reasons by Leslie. Thank you for taking me there too.
I did hear Ian Leslie talking about this on BBC R4 Front Row. Apologies but I felt a bit cynical about it. I think it can be a dangerous road trying to analyse what you believe writers meant in real life when they wrote. Perhaps more so when one is dead and one still alive. As far as I know the author didn't consult with Paul McCartney when writing this. Or Rjngo presumably. Even though the latter wasn't part of the writing duo he was there observing. Though there always will be an audience for books about icons dead or still living.
Perhaps Jane Asher could be persuaded? This was referenced by Beatles biographer, Hunter Davies, in an interview with Emma Barnett on the Radio 4 Today programme, yesterday(?)
The novelist Bobbie Ann Mason, has written passionately about the Beatles for major literary magazines, including The New Yorker. In 1990, she wrote about the history and creation of their clothing:
She set her latest novel, Dear Ann, during the year of Seargent Pepper's release, and their music figures prominently. In this interview, she presents her Playlist for the novel, and discusses why their music has been essential to her all her life:
McCartney’s “Eye of the Storm” photos were finally on exhibit in San Francisco and I went to see them last week. I really liked all the photos of John in his NHS specs so it was nice to see another photo of him wearing them in your post. I did feel this strange sense of dislocation at the exhibit—that all that actually happened: Beatlemania, the British Invasion, the thrilling freshness of the songs, but to an utterly different person to who I am now. It was nice to be reminded of.
Loved this and the links onand I'm going to have some great tunes running round my head today. Where I live and go for daily walks it's not unusual to be passed by Macca on his way to his recording studio. 👍🏼👍🏼☺️
Lovely piece, Jane. Very keen to read this too, though have lately resisting buying new published books & focus on actually reading books I already own (I like Lucy Mangan’s review’s reference to tsundoku- buying more than one can ever read!) Time to make an exception!
Maldon is my home town! The bookshop is just amazing. I'd love to know your thoughts on Maldon!
I don't know if you saw the large soft toy tiger at the bookshop...my eldest adores him, and embroidered him a collar.
I read your column on waking up this morning. As ever a wonderful start to Sunday morning. Then I read all 64 reasons by Leslie. Thank you for taking me there too.
I did hear Ian Leslie talking about this on BBC R4 Front Row. Apologies but I felt a bit cynical about it. I think it can be a dangerous road trying to analyse what you believe writers meant in real life when they wrote. Perhaps more so when one is dead and one still alive. As far as I know the author didn't consult with Paul McCartney when writing this. Or Rjngo presumably. Even though the latter wasn't part of the writing duo he was there observing. Though there always will be an audience for books about icons dead or still living.
Perhaps Jane Asher could be persuaded? This was referenced by Beatles biographer, Hunter Davies, in an interview with Emma Barnett on the Radio 4 Today programme, yesterday(?)
The novelist Bobbie Ann Mason, has written passionately about the Beatles for major literary magazines, including The New Yorker. In 1990, she wrote about the history and creation of their clothing:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/04/09/beatlefest-2
She set her latest novel, Dear Ann, during the year of Seargent Pepper's release, and their music figures prominently. In this interview, she presents her Playlist for the novel, and discusses why their music has been essential to her all her life:
https://largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2021/11/bobbie_ann_maso.html
McCartney’s “Eye of the Storm” photos were finally on exhibit in San Francisco and I went to see them last week. I really liked all the photos of John in his NHS specs so it was nice to see another photo of him wearing them in your post. I did feel this strange sense of dislocation at the exhibit—that all that actually happened: Beatlemania, the British Invasion, the thrilling freshness of the songs, but to an utterly different person to who I am now. It was nice to be reminded of.
Loved this and the links onand I'm going to have some great tunes running round my head today. Where I live and go for daily walks it's not unusual to be passed by Macca on his way to his recording studio. 👍🏼👍🏼☺️
Wonderful! And Snap! I finished Lucy Mangan's "Bookish" yesterday and have John and Paul waiting to be started today!!