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It’s Been A Busy Week For Benedict Cumberbatch…

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:47:01 +0000

It’s official, Benedict Cumberbatch is the hardest-working actor in the world (internationally famous division) right now, and it doesn’t look like the pace is going to slow down anytime soon.

Remembering Victor Spinetti, F.O.B. (Friend of the Beatles)

Leah Rozen — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:34:54 +0000

Victor Spinetti, a Welsh actor who appeared in all three Beatles films – A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Help! (1965) and Magical Mystery Tour (1967) – and was a longtime friend of members of the rock group, died of cancer in London on ...

The Great British Songbook #11: ‘Real Love’

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:34:01 +0000

If you imagine the Great British Songbook as a collection of of precious jewels scattered on a kitchen floor, which need to be gathered up and, y’know, put in a jewellery box or a safe or something, the songs of the Beatles will ...

It Was 48 Years Ago Today…

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:50 +0000

Beatles anniversaries are never too far away, given the amount of very, very noteworthy things the band achieved in such a short time, but it’s always worth stopping for ten minutes or so to look once again at the footage of ...

Bronze Thieves Steal Sgt Pepper Artist’s Only Public Sculpture

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:51:44 +0000

Times are hard in Blackpool, Lancashire. So hard, in fact, that some enterprising thieves have made off with the top half of a bronze statue by Sir Peter Blake, the artist who designed the cover for the Beatles album “Sergeant ...

News Roundup: Canada Is Russell Brand-Proof

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:00:31 +0000

It’s not easy being Russell Brand. Oh sure, everyone loves you and your strange talkyspeak and your Utopian exhortations, but you’re also a recovering drug addict with several arrests under your belt, just the kind of guy ...

News Roundup: Man Finishes The Biggest British Fry-Up Ever

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:27:13 +0000

I’m not sure if this constitutes news to a society that has already given the world that bacon, peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich Elvis used to eat, but if you’re a fan of the great British fry-up, and you always ...

Five Great British Songs Re-imagined By American Artists

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:18:38 +0000

Willie Nelson, no shrinking violet in the songwriting stakes himself, has lent his distinctively weathered vocal tones to a cover version of the Coldplay song “The Scientist,” which has been used as the soundtrack to a ...

UK Chart Report: The American Invasion

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:33:16 +0000

Wait just a cotton pickin’ minute here! Aren’t we supposed to be in this together? Aren’t the British and Americans the joint rulers of all things popular and musical?