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“He was the only one who found it necessary to perform - which was useless”: The Beatle who had to be cut from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon

The making of Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece originally featured a cameo from one Paul McCartney - but his contribution didn’t impress Roger Waters…

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Passed over, targeted, fined – but is the magnificence of family carers finally being recognised?

Britain’s army of unpaid support has been excluded from the political conversation. I didn’t expect to find hope in a book by a party leader, writes Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

A Labour lost in the weeds can’t rebuild this country. Starmer must regain his nerve

Labour has good ideas and years left to change Britain. Why is it acting as if its time is almost up, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

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The Danish drama is piercing in its ordinariness. In the real world, the climate crisis worsens and authoritarians take charge as we calmly look away, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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“John said, ‘I don’t know where to go from here.’ So Paul said, ‘Well, I’ve got this other song I’ve been working on.’ They joined the two bits together to make one song”: The story of the greatest thing The Beatles ever recorded

How Sgt. Pepper's epic finale was created

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Music legend Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault and rape by former housekeepers

The Motown legend has been accused by four of his former employees of sexual assault and rape, which the women say took place between 2007 and 2024.

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Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by four women in $50m lawsuit

Ex-housekeepers accuse Motown legend of sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence

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The English question now isn’t about Reform or party politics: it’s the rage that means we can’t talk to each other any more

My time in Lincolnshire highlighted our country’s most serious problem: the disconnection that means solutions can’t be reached, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Those who prefer a map to an app abound in the age of GPS

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by John Harris on how we are increasingly leaving navigation to our phones

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: As Just Stop Oil disbands, how will we remember the radical climate activist group?

In today’s newsletter: Notorious for its disruptive protests, the group’s radical tactics may be best known as a turning point in climate resistance

The Guardian - UK

We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost

The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies

The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human difference, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Underdogs: The Truth About Britain’s White Working Class review – a complicated class portrait

Journalist Joel Budd travels around Britain demolishing Brexit myths in a nuanced study of a social group too often reduced to a cartoon by politicians

The Guardian - UK

America has been an unwelcoming place for years

Letters: Peter Anderson on why he avoids transit through US airports on his extensive travels. Plus a letter from Bob Sampson

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As a young man, I fell in love with the US. The country’s soul is still there, despite Trump’s best efforts to destroy it

For many of us, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those too, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo

The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin

The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

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Why it’s nearly impossible to build a perfect March Madness bracket — explained by mathematicians

With the first three rounds of March Madness over and the Elite Eight about to play, Brittany Miller writes about why your bracket has likely already been busted — and will continue to be at this stage, for years to come

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Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – a father and his autistic son bond through music

An honest and intensely moving book about the struggle of parenthood and the power of connection

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In a town far from Whitehall, I saw how devastating Labour’s cuts will be. When will ministers wake up?

A day with a care worker in Bury showed me the intolerable pressures of her life – and then I heard the news of a new squeeze on benefits, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice

After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly

The Guardian - UK

Spotify’s biggest sin? Its algorithms have pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music

Most musicians can only make money on the platform by writing songs inoffensive enough to get on to one of its vapid playlists, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

In Pontypool, I saw the looming threat of Nigel Farage – and how Labour is playing into his hands

Instead of bowing to rightwing populism, Starmer should take it on by rebuilding towns – and giving people the security they crave, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Migrant health and care workers deserve better than this

Letters: Readers respond to an article by John Harris in which he reflects on a ‘bitter absurdity’ at the heart of British life

The Guardian - UK

It’s the Kemi delusion: the more the Tories run towards Reform, the more their voters will run to the Lib Dems

Part of the genius of UK Conservatism used to be how it responded to chaos using the balm of tradition. Secondhand Trumpism will only alienate its voters further, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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