Kevin Barry wins the Goldsmiths Prize as it awaits its first English winner
The Irish author Kevin Barry has won the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize for his novel Beatlebone. Barry was awarded the prize on Wednesday evening, and is the third recipient of the… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Would Robert Giroux Publish the 300 Sandwiches book?
Topics discussed: the Giroux Index, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Beatles, the U.S.S.R., being back in the U.S.S.R., being from the U.S.S.R., the time Alex called Mark a communist agent,… Read more »
Philip Norman to write Paul McCartney biography
Last week, it was announced that prolific rock biographer Philip Norman’s next project will be an account of Paul McCartney’s life. What’s perhaps most intriguing about the announcement is that… Read more »
The Bard and the Beatles
Over the years, an impressive array of the world’s greatest talents has performed the works of Shakespeare on stage and screen. Think Sarah Bernhardt in Hamlet, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard… Read more »