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The Beatles as a band has been amply covered. But analysing one friendship offers new insights.

Is there anything left to learn about the Beatles?

The famous band has been amply covered. But analysing one friendship offers new insights.

  • The Economist

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The cast of the Beatles biopics Paul Mescal, from left, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, and Harris Dickinson in Las Vegas on Monday.

The Beatles biopics: Your five big questions answered

Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan have been cast as the Fab Four across four movies. But how is this epic going to work?

  • Neil McCormick
Beyonce has topped the Grammys nominations list.

Beyonce leads Grammy nominations in female-dominated list

Australia’s Troye Sivan and Tame Impala also scored nominations.

The Frank E. Campbell funeral home, which recently undertook a $US20 million renovation.

Inside the funeral home for New York’s power brokers and celebrities

John Lennon, Heath Leader, Biggie Smalls and even Logan Roy. For more than a century, Frank E. Campbell has been the mortuary of choice for New York’s luminaries.

  • Alex Vadukul
The remarkable footage was captured by journalist Gil Wahlquist in 1964.

Unseen for 60 years: Lost Beatles tape unearthed at secondhand market

Sydney filmmaker and former musician Greg Perano bought an old 8mm film that contained live footage from the legendary Sydney Stadium gigs for $11.

  • Michael Dwyer
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson first saw Amy Winehouse perform 20 years ago. Now she’s bringing her story to the screen.

‘It’s a fine line portraying addiction’: The making of the Amy Winehouse biopic

British filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson reflects on the challenges of making Back to Black.

  • Jane Rocca
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono with attorney Leon Wildes as they leave the Immigration and Naturalisation Service, New York, 1972.

Lawyer who fought Nixon’s efforts to deport John Lennon dies

The lawyer who represented John Lennon in his long battle against deportation by the US government has died.

Giles Martin.

‘Abbey Road were disgusted’: George Martin’s son Giles on AI and the Beatles’ legacy

Giles Martin was messing with sacred texts. His late father, Beatles producer George Martin, told him he’d gone too far. Paul McCartney listened and said “go further”.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Prayer beads or cocaine? Chasing the Beatles’ dark horse

George Harrison was a mass of contradictions, as Philip Norman’s relentless biography shows.

  • Michael Dwyer
All four Beatles feature on the track, which will be the last credited to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr.

Should there even be a new Beatles song? We ask the experts

We ask a musician, an industry mainstay, academics and a critic to tell us what they think about the new Beatles song and its use of AI.

  • Hannah Story

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