Why did Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields fail to top the charts in 1967?
There are Beatles fans who still harbour resentment over the fact that back in 1967 the group’s double A-sided single…
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Cynthia Weil and sixties pop
Sadly, Cynthia Weil died on 1 June, at the age of 82. With her main songwriting partner, husband Barry Mann,…
Pam Bromley and the Rothschilds
Over the years I’ve had a few online spats with a former Labour councillor from Rossendale, one Pam Bromley. The…
Did Zelensky name a Ukrainian army brigade after a Nazi military unit?
On 14 February Volodymyr Zelensky issued a presidential decree awarding the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…
‘Give the pop stars a fairer share of the country’s wealth!’ The Beatles and the Taxman
The reissue of Revolver in a new and expanded edition, fifty-six years after its original appearance, has reinforced my view…
Another secularist rant from Nick Cohen
In today’s Observer, Nick Cohen rallies to the defence of Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, who published a book immediately following the Madrid…
Antisemitism and the Brick Lane mural: A retrospective assessment
It’s ten years since the creation, and rapid obliteration, of a now infamous mural off Brick Lane in East London.…
Churchill and Tonypandy: Did he really shoot down striking miners?
The controversy over Tariq Ali’s book Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes stirred renewed interest among the left in Churchill…
Has Zelensky sold off Ukraine’s agriculture to US multinationals?
According to a story doing the rounds on social media, Volodymyr Zelensky has sold 17 million hectares of his country’s…
Is Stepan Bandera’s birthday celebrated as a national holiday in Ukraine?
Every new year’s day far-right nationalists in Ukraine hold a torchlight march in Kiev to mark the birthday of their…