John Lennon was shot dead on this day in 1980. Here’s how The Irish Times paid tribute
We published six stories about the former Beatle, including the appreciation reproduced here
Olympic countdown, Euro 2020 TV ratings and 100 years of HMV
Planet Business: What’s next for Sheryl Sandberg?
Darryl W Bullock: ‘1960s showbiz let gay people hide in plain sight’
Velvet Mafia author on overlooked figures and roles they played in pop culture
Gerry Marsden obituary: cheeky prime mover of Merseybeat sound who vied with the Beatles
The leader of chart-topping 1960s band Gerry and the Pacemakers whose hits included Ferry Across The Mersey
Neil Armstrong’s passport and rare pink sapphires for auction this week
Sales results and forthcoming auctions
The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine resurfaces after 50 years
Review: The film’s freaky visuals are peak psychedelia. The songs aren’t bad either
Woman and two children found dead in John Lennon’s former home
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after three bodies found in Liverpool house
How ‘Sgt Pepper’ made the world slip on its axis
Released 50 years ago, The Beatles’ opus changed the way people listened to music
Singer and presenter whose unaffected Liverpudlian charm inspired affection
Cilla Black: May 27th, 1943 - August 2nd, 2015
Jim Carroll: Every band wants a manager with the Midas touch, but good ones are few and far between
If you were to canvass new bands about who they need to help them out, a majority would indicate they’re after a manager
Jimi: All is By My Side review - lost in period haze
André Benjamin shines in a strangely muted boipic that seems to struggle against its own limitations
Television: Feeling a lorra love for UTV’s engrossing Cilla Black biopic
Review: The Liverpool luvvy gets the Jeff Pope treatment; ‘The Leftovers’ is a beautiful-people redo of ‘The Returned’
Magical mystery tour: ‘The public weren’t aware the Beatles had changed’
Paul Howard chats to ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ collaborator Gerry Harrison about Tara Browne (the reputed subject of ‘A Day in the Life’), 1967 and LSD
Beatlemania: the Fab Four’s Irish concerts, 50 years on
Dublin had already hosted JFK in 1963, but nothing prepared the city for the arrival of four mop-top lads from Liverpool – and the riots and hysteria that followed
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