The car that gave John Lennon his ticket to ride is to go under the hammer. The Beatle bought his first ever vehicle, a 1965 Ferrari 330GT Coupé, on the day he passed his driving test.
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Last Night's TV - The Day John Lennon Died, ITV1; Accused, BBC1; Coronation Street: the Historic First Episode, ITV1
Tuesday 07 December 2010
A tragic day in the life
Lennon Inc. Business is booming, 30 years on
Sunday 05 December 2010
As music fans prepare to mark the anniversary of the Beatle's murder, Andrew Johnson reports on his ever-growing financial legacy
Dylan Jones: 'You may remember Harry Nilsson as the man who led John Lennon astray during a lost LA weekend'
Saturday 23 October 2010
For many, Harry Nilsson will always be known as the singer/songwriter whose two biggest hits were written by other people ("Without You" was penned by Badfinger's Pete Ham and Tom Evans, while Fred Neil wrote "Everybody's Talkin'"). Others may remember him as the man who led John Lennon astray during his protracted lost weekend in LA in the early Seventies – when Lennon hit the city like a truck crashing into a distillery.
Time to give the real John Lennon a chance
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Record companies are cashing in on the 70th-birthday tributes to the Beatle, but David Lister finds little to celebrate
On The Agenda: Save the Postcard campaign; Chocolate Week; Couture in the 21st Century; John Lennon; National Poetry Day; Shoot Nations
Sunday 10 October 2010
Black culture celebrated in west London; ukulele culture celebrated in West Sussex
Album: John Lennon, Every Step's a Yes (EMI)
Friday 08 October 2010
EMI, as part of their reissue programme of John Lennon's notoriously patchy solo oeuvre, have created this 4CD slipcase compilation that divides Lennon's material by the categories Roots (rock'n'roll influences), Woman (love songs), Working Class Hero (political songs) and Borrowed Time (something about "his eventual understanding of the fragility of all our lives").
Wanted: John Lennon's fingerprints lifted by FBI
Friday 08 October 2010
New York shopkeeper baffled after agents seize souvenir card
Pakpoom Silaphan's exhbition is a sign of the times
Friday 10 September 2010
It's the Queen as you've never seen Her Majesty before – painted in white emulsion on an old Coca-Cola advertising sign found in Thailand. Together with other high-profile figures such as John Lennon, Che Guevara, Andy Warhol and Muhammad Ali, she features in Pakpoom Silaphan's latest exhibition, which opens today at London's Scream Gallery.
John Lennon's killer refused parole for sixth time
Wednesday 08 September 2010
John Lennon's killer was denied parole for the sixth time yesterday, three months before the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death.
John Lennon's killer tries again for parole
Monday 09 August 2010
John Lennon's killer will apply for parole for the sixth time this week.
Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo: Arthur Smith and the Global Yodel, Radio 2<br/>Great Lives, Radio 4
Sunday 08 August 2010
There's more to yodelling than a lonely goatherd
John Lennon lyrics sell for £810,000
Friday 18 June 2010
John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for Beatles hit A Day In The Life sold for more than £810,000 (1.2million US dollars) at an auction in New York today.
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