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Jeff Daniels "in awe" of George Harrison

On "Everything Fab Four," the acclaimed actor discusses the Beatles, his career and Netflix series "A Man in Full"

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"I know me and I know my playing... and then there's Rain": The Beatles' greatest b-side was ahead of its time, but it also exposed a difference of perspective between Lennon and McCartney

Rain features some of the greatest individual performances by the four Beatles while sounding like it was beamed from the future

MusicRadar

“We never did any TV-throwing – I’d rather nick ’em than throw ’em out the window”: Jeff Lynne recalls how easy it was for ELO to take over the 70s

From working with Roy Wood and hanging with the Beatles to finding that songs simply poured out of him, the bandleader still can’t believe his luck

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"I doubt we will have anyone breaking through in the kind of monumental way that The Beatles did, or like The Who or The Rolling Stones": George Martin correctly predicted the future in 1983. Or did he?

Well, Taylor Swift fans might disagree…

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"I never intended the statement to mean 'Paul McCartney quits Beatles'... It was all a misunderstanding. I just thought 'Christ, what have I done? Now we’re in for it'": The day the world learned the Fab Four were over

McCartney spilled the beans on this day in 1970

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"Songwriting for me, at the time of Rubber Soul, was a bit frightening because John and Paul had been writing since they were three years old": How The Beatles raised their game in 1965 to create a masterpiece that "broke everything open"

The Beatles' sixth album Rubber Soul was a colossal creative leap and marked the point at which albums began to be viewed as works of real artistic merit

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"It's been a rough road. I never got to the point ever where I thought I'd actually achieved anything": An epic Jeff Beck interview

Jeff Beck was the guitar hero everyone admired, yet throughout his career he shunned the limelight more than basked in it

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“George Martin wasn’t going to leave his own studio, and Jeff never gave directions or said much, so there was nobody telling us what to do”: Listen to Wilbur Bascomb’s bassline on Jeff Beck’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

New York session bassist Wilbur Bascomb Jr. recorded on Jeff Beck’s 1976 version of this Charles Mingus ballad

Guitar World

England under Borthwick on the upslope for first time in a long time

Despite the narrow defeat in France, there is evidence of a serious pack and speed, strength and skill in the three-quarters

The Guardian - UK

France 33-31 England: Six Nations player ratings from Lyon

Damian Penaud sparkles to help France snatch victory late on and ensure Ollie Lawrence’s efforts end in vain for England

The Guardian - UK

"He wrote it for me, but the record company had the power to prevent any other record coming out and they said, ‘This is a number one smash: Beck doesn’t get this’”: The story of the Stevie Wonder and Jeff Beck connection

Denied the song Stevie Wonder wrote for him, he instead gifted the guitarist a composition that would inspire one of his greatest performances

MusicRadar

Shooting for the stars: young guns are lighting up this year’s Six Nations

From Le Garrec’s mega pass to the mesmerising Menoncello and the mighty Martin, a new wave of impressive young talent is making its mark

The Guardian - UK

England player ratings vs Ireland: Barnstorming Ben Earl as Marcus Smith keeps his nerve

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Ollie Lawrence impress in last-gasp win, but Henry Slade continues to struggle

Evening Standard

England 23-22 Ireland: Six Nations player ratings from Twickenham

Ben Earl shone for England but it was a difficult day for Dan Sheehan and the Ireland pack

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England 23-22 Ireland: Six Nations 2024 – as it happened

Marcus Smith’s game-ending drop goal earned a dramatic win to put Ireland’s title party on ice

The Guardian - UK

Jamie George calls on England to ‘defend our home’ in Ireland clash

Ireland head to Twickenham as red-hot favourites knowing a bonus-point win would secure the Six Nations title

The Guardian - UK

Steve Borthwick’s England feel ‘weight’ of shirt before tough Ireland test

Steve Borthwick suggested inconsistent team selections during Eddie Jones’s reign were a contributing factor to England’s malaise

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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso set for first England start against Ireland

Alex Mitchell and George Martin were also in line for the Six Nations match while George Ford would keep his place at fly-half with Marcus Smith fit again

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What Hi-Fi?

12 of the best songs by The Beatles to test your hi-fi system

From infectious pop to mind-bendingly experimental, The Beatles have a rich catalogue and revolutionised music a few times over. Here are a dozen of our favourite tracks to give your hi-fi system a challenge.

The Guardian - UK

Borthwick must decide whether to stick or twist with this England side

Head coach may have nothing to lose in promoting younger players as ageing servants tread water against better teams

Evening Standard

England player ratings vs Scotland: Henry Slade underwhelms again with more needed from Ollie Lawrence

Not good enough across the board as England slump to a fourth successive Calcutta Cup defeat in the Six Nations

The Guardian - UK

Scotland 30-21 England: Six Nations player ratings from Murrayfield

Superb Duhan van der Merwe leads hosts to victory despite valiant efforts of Sam Underhill to inspire England

The Guardian - UK

Furbank offers England attacking edge in quest to settle Murrayfield score

Borthwick hopes full-back’s inclusion over Steward will add something different for Saturday’s match against Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Barry Keoghan as John Lennon? Who Sam Mendes should cast in his Beatles movies

Following the news that Mendes will direct four fab films about the Fab Four, our critic picks his fantasy lineup

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"George Martin knew Robert Moog, and asked him to come to Abbey Road and show us this Moog thing": Paul McCartney on the synth used on the final Beatles album and how its 'noise' created tension in the band

Did the Moog synth speed up the demise of the Beatles?

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