Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to stream in November
Including Beatles Anthology, Stranger Things final season, All’s Fair, Palm Royale and more
The Beatles
Music books: From Mark Ronson’s insight into being a DJ in 1990s to Bruce Springsteen’s 50th anniversary book
Releases include Night People: How to Be a DJ in ‘90s New York City; Blitz: The Club That Created the 80s and more
Róisín Ingle: I sat at the childhood piano Paul McCartney played, and bashed out Let It Be
I don’t like bucket lists, but whenever I kick the bucket or pass away or die, this memory, this moment, is coming with me
Saoirse Ronan tipped to join Paul Mescal in Beatles biopic
The actors are rumoured to star in Sam Mendes’s upcoming quartet telling the ‘epic story’ of the Liverpool band
Ringo Starr: ‘Every generation, if they’re into music, listens to the Beatles’
Now showing his art in Las Vegas, the musician reflects on how The Beatles’ appeal (like him) refuses to grow old
The Beatles, Paddy’s Wigwam and lesser-known ties between Dublin and Liverpool
From religion to football, links abound between Dublin and the most Irish city in England
Previously unreleased Beatles tracks to feature on new Anthology 4
New anthology will be released on November 21st
I paid €440 for an Oasis ticket in Croke Park, and I’m not even a huge fan
For a teenager in rural Ireland, the things the brothers sang about felt superficial after Kurt Cobain’s anguish. But Oasis, who are about to play at Croke Park, were part of the wave that swept grunge away
The Music Quiz: The title of Wonderwall was inspired by a solo album by which Beatle?
Plus: In 2002, Oasis requested the British army to withdraw a recruitment video that used which song?
The Guide: Peter Kay, Camila Cabello, Galway Film Fleadh and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
July 5th-11th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Music and artificial intelligence: ‘AI isn’t just a new sound. It’s a new infrastructure baked into our products and services’
Martin Clancy of AI:OK on the challenges and possibilities facing the music industry
The bond between John Lennon and Paul McCartney: ‘For sure they loved each other... they found a way to share that love with the world’
Ian Leslie, author of John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, on the partnership at the heart of The Beatles
I thought Paul McCartney had sent me a gift after my cancer diagnosis
I rang my friend Paul Howard, a huge Beatles fan, to tell him all about it
Best new music books: The Bangles, tensions and sexism; Sinéad O’Connor as ‘a witch, burned at the stake’
Plus: A refreshing take on the Lennon-McCartney dynamic; Boz Scaggs resurfaces; and Heartbreaker Mike Campbell’s story
The Music Quiz: Which Dublin pub forms part of the title of a song on Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke’s new album, Tall Tales?
Plus: Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon is better known professionally as?
One to One: John & Yoko review – Watch this film at a good cinema to really appreciate its seat-juddering sound
There’s always room for a post-Beatles doc if it’s as good and original as this one from Kevin Macdonald
The Beatles: It’s great Mescal and Keoghan landed roles in biopics, but are we entering Fab Four overload?
The entertainment industry reckons Beatles content is as close as you can get to a sure thing in a world beset by uncertainty
John and Yoko’s One to One gig: ‘This was his only full-length concert after leaving The Beatles. It’s of huge significance’
Kevin Macdonald on his new film, based around the benefit event Lennon and Ono performed at in New York in 1972
How to have a number one album, from U2 to The Beatles: An Irish expert shares his music industry experience
Michael Mary Murphy’s new book hails the managers who have steered U2, Hozier and The Beatles to the top of the charts
Roberta Flack obituary: A hit-making soul singer who was quiet when quiet was unfashionable
Though influenced by jazz, R&B and easy listening, Flack was not quite any of them
Twiggy looks back: ‘You’ve got to remember I was 16. It was bloomin’ exciting. I was travelling the world. I was getting paid’
Twiggy arrived like a pocket cyclone in 1966. A charming new documentary by Sadie Frost charts the rise, success and fears that came with such attention
Irish musician Cian Ducrot wins Grammy Award for songwriting
Beyoncé secures album of the year award for Cowboy Carter after previously missing out four times
Ringo Starr on holidaying in Ireland: ‘We hopped over on a plane, rented a car and found a little guesthouse for two nights’
The Beatles drummer on his former band and his new country album, Look Up, which features a line-up of Nashville stars
What U2 knew about the United States that some quintessentially English stars didn’t
Better Man, the new Robbie Williams biopic, has been baffling Americans. Hitting a wall in the US really can be to do with being just a little too foreign
Music books round-up: from George Harrison’s blues to Kate Bush’s songbirds
501 Essential Albums of the ’90s is US-centric; while Further Adventures in Record Collecting: Dust & Grooves Vol 2 is wonderful if eye-wateringly expensive
Paul Mescal to star in Beatles film, Ridley Scott says
Rumours suggest actor will play Paul McCartney, with Barry Keoghan also linked to four-film biopic
Barry Keoghan set to feature in Beatles biopic, Ringo Starr says
No casting officially confirmed but names are being discussed, including Paul Mescal as McCartney
Axel F is a ‘legacy sequel’, apparently. Is this mangling of language to be our legacy?
Movie insiders use the term neutrally, but surely few outside the business can say the words with a straight face?
Paul Weller: ‘The UK is led by idiots – public-school idiots. They don’t give a f**k’
The singer’s new album is his most political since The Jam eviscerated England’s class system with Eton Rifles in 1979
Records that shaped me: by Ray D’Arcy, Chupi Sweetman, Joe Duffy, Pauline McLynn, Paul Howard and more
The way we listen to music may have changed but our relationship with recorded sound remains a vital part of who we are
Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons team up for new song Primrose Hill
James McCartney’s acoustic ballad, co-written with Sean Ono Lennon, draws from a childhood vision in Scotland
Soaking up the Mersey Beat on a trip to Liverpool, where music seeps from every corner
From The Beatles to Scouse stew to living works of art, Liverpool offers many attractions with a pop culture twist
From The Beatles to Sugababes to Rolling Stones: The pain of the almost-band-member
‘I remember when they headlined Glastonbury… I was sat at home, on my own’. Bands changing their line-ups is a cutting moment for the unwanted member
Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as stars of four Beatles biopics? I’ve heard better ideas
Donald Clarke: The musical biopic is among the most benighted of cinematic genres, but there is perhaps more chance of innovation with Sam Mendes’s planned set
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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