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Anthology 4 shows there’s still more to discover about the Beatles

A lot can happen in three decades. Since 1995, we’ve seen nine different UK prime ministers, the birth and death of the Minidisc, iPod and DVD. Manchester City sank to the third tier of English football then rose to become champions of Europe. One thing that hasn’t wavered, though, is…

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The Beatles Anthology: the flammed together ‘new episode’ feels totally pointless

The TV equivalent of raiding a bare cupboard, the supposed extra hour here is cobbled together from previous DVD extras – but you can’t miss the tension between Harrison and McCartney

The Guardian - UK

The Beatles Anthology review – the incredible audio shows exactly why the world fell in love with this band

This update of the 1995 documentary series is utterly authoritative. And its tweak of the Fab Four’s songs is a thing of wonder – their music absolutely thumps!

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“Eric said that the only way he’d play on it is if he sounded like the Beatles”: Legendary Abbey Road record producer, Ken Scott, explains how Eric Clapton ended up playing an uncredited solo on a Beatles classic

Scott also reveals the recording technique the team used to make sure Clapton's solo sounded Beatles-esque

Guitar World

Promise at prop but lock a concern: England position-by-position report after perfect autumn

England won four games from four this autumn to extend their winning streak to 11 matches but how is Steve Borthwick’s squad shaping up two years out from a World Cup?

The Independent UK

“Ringo used to say that the Beatles would have only made three albums if it wasn’t for Paul”: Giles Martin unpacks the upcoming remastered Beatles Anthology series

One of the greatest music documentaries of all time now has an all-new episode, as well as remastered picture and sound

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England back up bark with bite to show new identity – and look like World Cup contenders after All Blacks win

A signature success for Steve Borthwick arrived to continue a run of 10 consecutive wins with England’s new attitude increasingly apparent

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“It made me want to write a song that, if it ever got back to the people going through those troubles, might just help them a little bit”: The intricate genius and powerful subtext behind a Beatles acoustic gem

At the very heart of the White Album, this tender Beatles masterpiece pulled from the classical music tradition and empathised with the American civil rights movement

MusicRadar

“He said, ‘Great. Very nice record. Now tell me, who do you think we should get to sing it?’ That took me completely aback. After all, he was holding the Paul McCartney recording!”: The creation of Macca's explosive Bond theme Live And Let Die

“Writing a Bond song is a bit of an accolade. I always had a sneaking ambition to do it”

MusicRadar

Shirley Abicair obituary

Australian singer and musician who became a regular on children’s TV programmes in the UK in the 1950s and 60s

The Guardian - UK

“I once had a flirtation with heavy metal, and I regretted it very much. It didn’t seem to have any sense”: The British hellraisers who put legendary Beatles producer George Martin off working with hard rock bands

This is what happened when two worlds collided in the Caribbean

Louder

“It’s heraldic. It’s funny. It’s virtuoso and also really stupid! I wouldn’t change a note”: Simple ideas and happy accidents propelled a Dutch band’s second album to the pinnacle of prog. And yodelling.

Master craftsmen’s 1971 release was a unique fusion of ingenuity, passion and febrile chemistry – plus some tension – and they never looked back

Louder

"I've got blisters on my fingers!" 12 songs that prove The Beatles really rocked

When The Beatles cranked up the guitars, they really cranked up the guitars

Louder

“It’s one of George's best songs. His mind is clear and his music is clear”: The genius of the profound 1967 Beatles song that John Lennon held up as George’s greatest

The opening to Sgt Pepper’s second side underlined just how boundless the Beatles’ musical scope had become

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The Independent UK

England star George Martin faces Six Nations fitness race after major surgery

Towering lock Martin underwent shoulder surgery over the summer and will definitely miss the autumn series of matches

The Guardian - UK

Prem Rugby 2025-26: complete club-by-club guide to the season

Bath, the defending champions, are favourites to retain their title but Saracens will be boosted by Owen Farrell’s return

The Independent UK

Owen Farrell misses out on England squad for training camp

Farrell made his return to Test rugby with the British and Irish Lions this summer but has not featured for England since the 2023 World Cup

The Independent UK

New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall

Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print

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MusicRadar

Beatles Anthology compilations, documentary and book all restored, revamped, repackaged and reissued this autumn

But still no Carnival Of Light

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Unreleased Beatles songs will feature on new Anthology compilation

Beatles fans will get to hear 13 previously unreleased songs on a new Anthology compilation which is being released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Anthology documentary TV series and albums.

The Guardian - UK

The Beatles Anthology to be remastered by Peter Jackson’s company

A remastered version of the classic 90s docuseries will launch in November, 30 years after the original series was broadcast, with an episode of new material on Disney+ – alongside an album of rare and unreleased recordings

Louder

"More clarity to Phil Mogg's passionate vocals and Paul Chapman's white-hot solos": The deluxe edition of UFO's No Place To Run successfully upgrades the original

UFO's Paul Chapman-era classic No Place To Run has never sounded better

Louder

“There was a very unpleasant atmosphere between all of us. George Martin said he’d do another album… Instead we drove the band off the cliff”: How Stackridge conspired to swerve the success they deserved

The quirky West Country prog group started to get somewhere with 1973’s The Man In The Bowler Hat. Guitarist/vocalist James Warren – later of The Korgis – accepts youth and inexperience caused their implosion at exactly the wrong moment

Guitar World

“I didn’t know their tunes, but we played some Chuck Berry and reggae, then Paul McCartney said, ‘What are you doing for the next few years?’” How Laurence Juber went from winning a Grammy with Wings to landing a hit record with Harry Styles

The British guitar veteran explains what made George Harrison different, how he returned to Number 1 with Harry Styles after 25 years away, and why Wings’ Back to the Egg needs to be re-evaluated

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"Somebody said to him, 'Did you have a click track?' He said, 'Yes, we did. Ringo, his name was'": Ringo Starr names his proudest moment in The Beatles

And he still feels the slight of not playing on Love Me Do

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